Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Who in 1971 The Who’s sixth album is many things to many people. To some it’s the musical comedown that followed the ...

What do you get when you strap a full orchestra onto one of the most high octane rock operas in history? You get an instant classic What do you get when you strap a full orchestra onto one of the most ...

Album cover for The Who’s 1973 rock opera, “Quadrophenia,” which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. The Who’s “Quadrophenia” — a rock opera composed by guitarist Pete Townshend is turning ...

In the early ’70s, after failing to realize his Lifehouse concept as a rock opera and movie, Pete Townshend began work on what would become the Who’s Quadrophenia album. He considered it the ...

In an interview with Rolling Stone just last month, Daltrey said that Townshend isn’t touring with him this year because of his hearing problems. “Pete is having terrible hearing problems at the ...

"Quadrophenia" didn't go so well for The Who the first time around. The band's second rock opera wasn't initially as popular as its first, "Tommy." Its plot about the British Mods' rebellion against ...

Pete Townshend will perform The Who‘s famous 1973 double album Quadrophenia live with orchestral accompaniment at four concerts around America in September. In addition to Townshend, who wrote all of ...

Like a lot of middle-aged guys not in show business, Bill Schultz has listened to his favorite Who album thousands of times, imagining how he’d like to see it done live. But here’s where he parts ways ...