<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in The-who ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/the-who Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Damon’s got two sides to him. He’s that guy who plays with musicians all around the world. But he’s also got a really hard side...”: Phil Daniels on Blur, Quadrophenia and the solo album he’s recorded ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/singles-albums/damons-got-two-sides-to-him-hes-that-guy-who-plays-with-musicians-all-around-the-world-but-hes-also-got-a-really-hard-side-phil-daniels-on-blur-quadrophenia-and-the-solo-album-hes-recorded e4eZyVAZKYTwqKNjE3x85B Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'm quite interested in AI... getting some of my songs that didn’t quite work and putting them up onto Suno... there might be hits”: Why Pete Townshend is interested in using AI ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/im-quite-interested-in-ai-getting-some-of-my-songs-that-didnt-quite-work-and-putting-them-up-onto-suno-there-might-be-hits-why-pete-townshend-is-interested-in-using-ai 7deGNixC2YKugStGrRdxSH Sat, 15 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was smashing a guitar at every show. I had to use this special glue called Cascamite – it’s a powdered glue and I managed to string them back together. I got very good at putting guitars together”: Pete Townshend remembers The Who’s first US tour ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/i-was-smashing-a-guitar-at-every-show-i-had-to-use-this-special-glue-called-cascamite-its-a-powdered-glue-and-i-managed-to-string-them-back-together-i-got-very-good-at-putting-guitars-together-pete-townshend-remembers-the-whos-first-us-tour 3AMyTFYgKweDR7XxSFKgm3 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:01:53 +0000 Fri, 14 Nov 2025 09:20:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ 'Illness' forces The Who to postpone Philly date on final US tour ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/illness-forces-the-who-to-postpone-philly-date-on-final-us-tour ff8DrJPFEzkb5T5tXDWWU7 Fri, 22 Aug 2025 11:29:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought this had blown over. The Who has a new drummer… this is old news and it’s completely wrong.”: Zak Starkey claps back at Roger Daltrey's "character assassination" claims as the drama surrounding his departure from The Who rumbles on ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/shows-festivals/i-thought-this-had-blown-over-the-who-has-a-new-drummer-this-is-old-news-and-its-completely-wrong-zak-starkey-claps-back-at-roger-daltreys-character-assassination-claims-as-the-drama-surrounding-his-departure-from-the-who-rumbles-on 4ZbWxHDgoCWbmHFcLcdUaL Fri, 08 Aug 2025 16:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was kind of a character assassination and it was incredibly upsetting”: Roger Daltrey on Zak Starkey’s reaction to his Who ‘sacking’ ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/bands/it-was-kind-of-a-character-assassination-and-it-was-incredibly-upsetting-roger-daltrey-on-zak-starkeys-reaction-to-his-who-sacking H2UsE6HCvqcDTpiWb26L2a Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:54:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ "On this particular occasion, I dropped some beats, apparently. I’ve looked everywhere and I can’t find them!": Zak Starkey on his Who sacking, plus advice for new Oasis drummer and Ringo-playing actor ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/on-this-particular-occasion-i-dropped-some-beats-apparently-ive-looked-everywhere-and-i-cant-find-them-zak-starkey-on-his-who-sacking-plus-advice-for-new-oasis-drummer-and-ringo-playing-actor ydpFa5LvqBoy6jXUcrhABB Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:51:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I got it right and Roger got it wrong... he came in a bar too early”: Zak Starkey offers a detailed explanation of the on-stage incident that led to him being fired from The Who ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-got-it-right-and-roger-got-it-wrong-he-came-in-a-bar-too-early-zak-starkey-offers-a-detailed-explanation-of-the-on-stage-incident-that-led-to-him-being-fired-from-the-who hpytLWYLfJRUMyCn9qfZ4f Mon, 16 Jun 2025 12:07:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ll cry if I go... I’d have done that gig for nothing, you know?” Zak Starkey on why he won’t be at any of the Oasis comeback gigs ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/ill-cry-if-i-go-id-have-done-that-gig-for-nothing-you-know-zak-starkey-on-why-he-wont-be-at-any-of-the-oasis-comeback-gigs CMZECGVbHT2snG8rzt35jT Fri, 13 Jun 2025 07:41:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dropping two beats on our second show is not a firing offence”: Zak Starkey speaks out yet again on being fired - and not 'retired' - from The Who ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/dropping-two-beats-on-our-second-show-is-not-a-firing-offence-zak-starkey-speaks-out-yet-again-on-being-fired-and-not-retired-from-the-who TLWMDRFZ9VKsp3VBD9DreW Thu, 29 May 2025 16:03:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I said I was completely available for the foreseeable future.... Rog said 'Oh!' and we kind of left it there.": Zak Starkey and Roger Daltrey have made up after ‘confusing’ chat ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/i-said-i-was-completely-available-for-the-foreseeable-future-rog-said-oh-and-we-kind-of-left-it-there-zak-starkey-and-roger-daltrey-have-made-up-after-confusing-chat V7dw953rfvf8WdSt54qei8 Wed, 28 May 2025 07:13:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It became clear there was a link between the kids that I grew up with and the difficulties that young men are facing today”: Pete Townshend on how a new version of Quadrophenia moved him to tears ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/it-became-clear-there-was-a-link-between-the-kids-that-i-grew-up-with-and-the-difficulties-that-young-men-are-facing-today-pete-townshend-on-how-a-new-version-of-quadrophenia-moved-him-to-tears xXDqPazXjmQfKH5EQcaiVf Sun, 25 May 2025 09:17:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The weight of this responsibility is enormous and I am feeling every ounce of it”: The Who’s new drummer announces himself to fans ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/the-weight-of-this-responsibility-is-enormous-and-i-am-feeling-every-ounce-of-it-the-whos-new-drummer-announces-himself-to-fans 2W7kyDPm7XqikhqMhgDpmi Thu, 22 May 2025 09:37:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "The lie is or would have been that I quit – I didn’t": Zak Starkey sacked from The Who - again ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/the-lie-is-or-would-have-been-that-i-quit-i-didnt-zak-starkey-sacked-from-the-who-again nvaAS7B5M2hY9NiYbCDJkh Mon, 19 May 2025 05:51:01 +0000 Mon, 19 May 2025 05:54:12 +0000 <![CDATA[ Zak Starkey is back in The Who. “I take responsibility for some of the confusion… Zak made a few mistakes and he has apologised”, says Pete Townshend ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/drummers/zak-starkey-is-back-in-the-who-i-take-responsibility-for-some-of-the-confusion-zak-made-a-few-mistakes-and-he-has-apologised-says-pete-townshend EBT2j5nf3gLThAdQFYsVtb Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:45:34 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 09:46:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ "When we did Live Aid, we could barely play. Queen were in the middle of a tour, walked out there, took the whole thing, and turned it into an advert for themselves": Pete Townshend says that The Who invented stadium rock and then gave it away ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/when-we-did-live-aid-we-could-barely-play-queen-were-in-the-middle-of-a-tour-walked-out-there-took-the-whole-thing-and-turned-it-into-an-advert-for-themselves-pete-townshend-says-that-the-who-invented-stadium-rock-and-then-gave-it-away jrk2PirgKyF4ftfR2VinqJ Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:33:53 +0000 Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:44:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was a fair fight that I got thrown out of the band for, because Moon came for me with a tambourine": When Roger Daltrey was fired from The Who at the worst possible time in 1965 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/guitars/it-was-a-fair-fight-that-i-got-thrown-out-for-because-moon-came-for-me-with-a-tambourine-when-roger-daltrey-was-fired-from-the-who-at-the-worst-possible-time-in-1965 TzvEMYhTV9RXmjcdYuh7z Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:53:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I remember saying to Eric, 'I'm going to play him off the stage one day'. But what Eric did was even more peculiar, he said, 'Well, I'm going to pretend that I am Jimi Hendrix!'": Pete Townshend looks back in this classic 1990 guitar interview ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/guitarists/i-remember-saying-to-eric-im-going-to-play-him-off-the-stage-one-day-but-what-eric-did-was-even-more-peculiar-he-said-well-im-going-to-pretend-that-i-am-jimi-hendrix VrL7enzUpVjCdyvZVaH4xB Wed, 25 Dec 2024 14:00:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’d like to think that there's a big studio in the sky”: Shel Talmy, legendary producer of The Who and The Kinks, dies aged 87 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/producers-engineers/id-like-to-think-that-theres-a-big-studio-in-the-sky-shel-talmy-legendary-producer-of-the-who-and-the-kinks-dies-aged-87 tDLYTuVEcoUGuG8awgepeN Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:24:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Somebody needs to occasionally slap Rick Rubin”: Pete Townshend criticises producer’s mixed messages about creativity ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/somebody-needs-to-occasionally-slap-rick-rubin-pete-townshend-criticises-producers-mixed-messages-about-creativity 2c5jt4zsq7dbcAXsGCnemj Mon, 11 Nov 2024 14:51:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I would love to do another album and I may try to bully him on that": Pete Townshend on future Who plans and the possibility of new music ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/i-would-love-to-do-another-album-and-i-may-try-to-bully-him-on-that-pete-townshend-on-future-who-plans-and-the-possibility-of-new-music KEVTyFnuKiVumEzamoqAKH Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:04:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I’ll do it if Pete wants to do it - really wants to do it and do it properly“: Roger Daltrey on The Who's future and how the internet has “ruined” live music ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/ill-do-it-if-pete-wants-to-do-it-really-wants-to-do-it-and-do-it-properly-roger-daltrey-on-the-the-whos-future-and-how-the-internet-has-ruined-live-music-claims-daltrey dckBQQTunBnjoFntkAndBX Tue, 11 Jun 2024 11:57:47 +0000 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 13:07:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It's a group of musicians that Roger has chosen": Pete Townshend is candid about the live lineup of The Who in new interview ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/its-a-group-of-musicians-that-roger-has-chosen-pete-townshend-is-candid-about-live-lineup-of-the-who-in-new-interview WeFKCvHtSXJgSexmMAfdYc Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:55:37 +0000 Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:55:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I doubt we will have anyone breaking through in the kind of monumental way that The Beatles did, or like The Who or The Rolling Stones": George Martin correctly predicted the future in 1983. Or did he? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/I-doubt-whether-we-will-have-anyone-breaking-through-in-the-kind-of-monumental-way-that-the-beatles-did-or-like-the-who-or-the-rolling-stones-george-martin-correctly-predicted-the-future-in-1983 qUvixiHu8tDZ6ZZUsNS6sE Thu, 11 Apr 2024 14:27:01 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Nobody's gonna tell me that a hunk of wood with strings stretched across it is sacred": Pete Townshend reveals all about why he became a guitar smasher ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/pete-townshend-guitar-smashing-the-who RpHZWAwpq7nLQxrkKpKZRb Wed, 27 Mar 2024 14:20:17 +0000 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:44:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ "AC/DC made 50 albums, but all their albums were the same. It wasn’t the way the Who worked. We were an ideas band": Pete Townshend admits he doesn't enjoy playing live with the band much anymore but still wants to release new music ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/the-who-pete-townshend-acdc JfmxgbeE3a5nUKwbcWi9nW Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:01:04 +0000 Wed, 27 Mar 2024 13:10:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you could just bear with us, we’re going to go and revive our drummer by punching him in the stomach. He’s out cold...": 5 crazy Keith Moon moments ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/crazy-keith-moon-stories sCwYsRrx6iZrcZjE5TTmEk Tue, 07 Nov 2023 07:57:32 +0000 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 07:58:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ I Can’t Ex-pane: Jeremy Clarkson shares clip of window cleaner drumming on his Premier Spirit of Lily Keith Moon kit ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/jeremy-clarkson-shares-video-of-window-cleaner-playing-keith-moon-replica-drum-kit-the-who UzYLsZD2LrM4gysxspZVhg Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:08:58 +0000 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:28:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Thorn demos his touring pedalboard for classic rock tones ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/pete-thorn-talks-through-his-touring-pedalboard-for-classic-rock-tones g6wpupmBCaQVpmp93ztYYC Wed, 01 Feb 2023 10:56:54 +0000 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:28:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Roger Daltrey says Jimi Hendrix stole Pete Townshend’s stage act ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/roger-daltrey-the-who-townshend-hendrix VGjQP6irTCxKptstCqAsbe Fri, 12 Nov 2021 17:40:38 +0000 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 10:57:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Keith Moon drove a Rolls Royce into a swimming pool on this day in 1967. Or did he? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/keith-moon-rolls-royce-pool EX3bzx9jEWYHhk3DWFfuaB Mon, 23 Aug 2021 13:35:29 +0000 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:27:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ Rush’s Geddy Lee and Neil Peart voted greatest rhythm section of all time ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/rushs-geddy-lee-and-neil-peart-voted-greatest-rhythm-section-of-all-time p8V5h6S4wdWPwgFCeTox49 Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:57:12 +0000 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:26:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ In a rare interview, bass legend Pino Palladino reflects on replacing The Who‘s John Entwistle on two days‘ notice ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/in-a-rare-interview-bass-legend-pino-palladino-reflects-on-replacing-the-whos-john-entwistle-on-two-days-notice TmDcouEvLYJKYaPcMUWE8S Tue, 06 Apr 2021 17:47:34 +0000 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:26:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Should injured guitarists play on regardless? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/should-injured-guitarists-play-on-regardless-198343 A4t73zUCSkPgK37CTF8g5S Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:27:00 +0000 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:26:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ Premier Spirit of Lily 8 Piece Kit ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/reviews/drums/premier-spirit-of-lily-8-piece-kit-26897 m4pguqrHbG6SCtz5FezYLf Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:41:44 +0000 Thu, 21 Sep 2023 10:26:25 +0000