Sunday, May 28, 2006

Pete Townshend: The Who mini-album in june, new cd in september

Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend talks to Relix about the new releases by The Who:

A new Who album is scheduled for release in September, but I have decided on a June European release for The Glass Household, a condensed version of a mini-opera of the same name based on my novella, The Boy Who Heard Music. In the excerpted form, the mini-opera is six songs that run to just over 11 minutes; in its complete form, it's about ten songs running to about 30 minutes of music, which will form the backbone of the new Who album. Roger and I both sing on it. Pino Palladino has been playing bass, with Zak Starkey on drums, John "Rabbit" Bundrick on Hammond organ. On the mini-opera, Peter Huntington, who plays with Rachel Fuller, plays drums because Zak is finishing up touring with Oasis.

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The Who: bootlegs for charity

Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend has big plans to beat the bootleggers. About selling live recordings culled for the upcoming tour by The Who:

Every show we play is bootlegged by someone. With Roger (Daltrey)'s OK already given, I intend to bootleg Who shows myself and give the proceeds to charity... On this tour we will sell DVDs as well as CDs. We will also sell BitTorrent downloads through longliverock.org. We will also offer podcasts through iTunes. In addition, we will webcast a live stream of 30 minutes featuring at least one LIVE number by the Who from every show for 99 cents. Proceeds (will go to) to local health, childrens', and street charities... Every few weeks, the Who will webcast an entire show for a major charity -- we are considering some causes at the moment. If you are a corporate sponsor considering sponsoring the Who in this mammoth FIRST-EVER tour webcast venture, get your head out of your arse and walk towards us. We are about to take off.

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