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Starting this November, Emerging Cinemas is proud to present two extraordinary pop music events in association with D&E Entertainment, the nation's pre-eminent pop music specialists for digital cinemas. Charter members of the “British Invasion” in the 1960s, The Who — Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon — had been on hiatus [...]
Set in the late 70’s, Getting in Tune tells the story of Daniel Travers, a guitar player whose wrestling with his demons. He’s also struggling to find a way to get his band, the Killjoys, their big break.
Overlooking New York's Central Park, the Navarro was The Who's hotel of choice in the city throughout the 1960s and 1970s. It was here in early 1971 that Pete Townshend's mental breakdown began to manifest itself, when he attempted to walk out of a 10th storey window. The Who were in New York recording material at the Record Plant for the album that would become Who's Next.
Bill Maher claims to be just asking questions about religion in his new documentary "Religulous." And to back up that humble statement, the opening credits
Photo: Denholm/Getty The Pigeon Detectives are five young pop ruffians from Rothwell, England — near Leeds, the Kaiser Chiefs’ hometown — with a batty name and Sixties-vintage pudding-bowl haircuts, except for singer Matt Bowman. He has a mushroom cloud of light-brown curls that bounce around his head as he zips across the stage, doing Pete Townshend-style [...]
It is one-third of a century since Alan Yentob made Cracked Actor, his stunning Omnibus documentary on David Bowie in the wake of the "killing off" of the singer's alter-ego Ziggy Stardust, yet the man who Private Eye calls "Botney" is, at 61, still hanging out with rock gods.
Saying “peripheral-free” is like saying “castrated” when it comes to music games. Isn’t half the fun of playing Rock Band the plastic instruments? But there must be market for people (parents) who...
I get about ten books sent to me every week. I'm a slow reader, so I can't begin to get to them all. But I keep the ones that I hope to get to some day. Here are a few interesting ones in my ready-to-topple-over reading stack: Teeny Bikini #4, by Robert Ullman. I actually did read this one already. It was easy, because it doesn't have any words, just wonderful little pencil sketches of cartoon cuties....
So after the new ads with Jerry Seinfeld were a catastrophe of the highest order, Microsoft went back to the drawing board for their ad campaign. And made this. Yes, that’s pretty great. You know what’d be just as funny and possibly more poignant? An ad with Pete Townshend saying “I’m a PC”. [...]
Fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at the early days of the Smashing Pumpkins reunion on the mammoth DVD "If All Goes Wrong," due Nov. 11 via Coming Home Media.
THE WHO are to receive a top US cultural honour from The Kennedy Centre, it has been reported.Artists from all disciplines are recognised by The Kennedy Centre ...
DETROIT (Billboard) - A planned covers album by the Who, to be produced by T-Bone Burnett, is on hold but still on the duo's radar, according to frontman Roger Daltrey.