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The Who

April 2026

  • JIMI HENDRIX AND KEITH ALTHAM

    Keith Altham obituary

    Journalist who pioneered the role of rock music PR in the UK and looked after the Rolling Stones, the Who and the Beach Boys

January 2026

  • Leonard Cohen at Glastonbury festival in 2008.

    Any greatest live albums list is incomplete without these classics

  • Iggy Pop lies on the stage, microphone in hand

    Ranked
    From Dylan to disco, Beyoncé to Bob Marley: the 30 best live albums ever – ranked!

November 2025

  • Nicky Hopkins as seen in The Session Man

    The Session Man review – Mick Jagger joins look at amazing life of keyboards ace Nicky Hopkins

    The pianist played with the Beatles, the Stones, the Who and more, but remains little known beyond insider circles. This loving doc asks why – but leaves some questions unanswered

June 2025

  • Paris Fitzpatrick as Jimmy in Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet at Sadler’s Wells, London.

    Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet review – a razor-sharp reboot of the Who’s rock opera

  • Ringo Starr

    Ringo Starr called Roger Daltrey ‘that little man’, says son sacked from the Who

May 2025

  • Quadrophenia in rehearsal at Sadler’s Wells East, London.

    Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’

  • Finger on semicolon key

    Brief letters
    The semicolon: a short pause that no one understands

  • Hove, UK. Sunday 23 July 2023. Zak Starkey of the English rock band The Who performs on stage at The 1st Central County Ground © Jason Richardson / Alamy Live News<br>2RDX322 Hove, UK. Sunday 23 July 2023. Zak Starkey of the English rock band The Who performs on stage at The 1st Central County Ground © Jason Richardson / Alamy Live News

    The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey for second time in a month

  • The Who Concert In Barcelona<br>BARCELONA, SPAIN - JUNE 14: Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of the British band The Who perform in concert at Palau Sant Jordi on June 14, 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Xavi Torrent/Redferns)

    The Who announce ‘bittersweet final tour’ of US and Canada

April 2025

  • Zak Starkey dressed in a yellow hoodie, sitting behind his drum kit

    Zak Starkey reinstated as the Who’s drummer, days after departure

  • Roger Daltrey and Zak Starkey performing in The Who in Berlin, Germany, in 2023.

    The Who fire drummer Zak Starkey after Royal Albert Hall performance

March 2025

  • Sabrina Carpenter performs onstage during the Brit awards at the O2 Arena, London, on 1 March 2025.

    Brief letters
    A way for politicians to share out the freebies

    Brief letters: Perks for charities | Arne Slot | Birthdays column | Pelvic-floor exercises | Pogonophilia
  • Roger Daltrey in Tommy, directed by Ken Russell, 1975.

    From the Guardian archive
    Ken Russell’s Tommy reviewed – archive, 1975

    27 March 1975: Tommy was arguably the best rock opera written and now we have it flung at us from the screen. Take your earplugs and possibly a sedative, but go
  • Ken Russell in 2011.

    Mark Kermode on film
    Mark Kermode on… director Ken Russell, the king of cult classics who was so much more than a sensationalist

    Half a century on from the sublimely ridiculous Tommy, the passionate abandon that distinguished Russell’s films – from composer biopics to the infamous The Devils, among other bonkers oddities – is needed now more than ever

November 2024

  • Shel Talmy death<br>Undated handout photo issued by Talmy Entreprises of Shel Talmy, who produced music for British bands The Who and The Kinks. The US record producer has died aged 87, and passed away "peacefully in his sleep" at his home in Los Angeles on Wednesday, "from complications due to a stroke". Issue date: Thursday November 14, 2024. PA Photo. During his career, Talmy produced hits including My Generation by The Who and You Really Got Me by The Kinks, as well as working with British superstar David Bowie. See PA story DEATH Talmy. Photo credit should read: Talmy Entreprises/PA Wire NOTE TO EDITORS: This handout photo may only be used for editorial reporting purposes for the contemporaneous illustration of events, things or the people in the image or facts mentioned in the caption. Reuse of the picture may require further permission from the copyright holder.

    Shel Talmy obituary

    Music producer for the Kinks and the Who on hits such as You Really Got Me, Sunny Afternoon and My Generation
  • Shel Talmy at work – the esteemed producer has died aged 87.

    Shel Talmy, producer for the Who, the Kinks and David Bowie, dies aged 87

    The American producer helped to craft a raw, immediate sound for British rock in the mid-1960s, with hits such as You Really Got Me and My Generation
  • man sitting on a red velvet sofa in room with blue wallpaper

    ‘Played on over 250 albums’: was Nicky Hopkins the greatest unsung pianist ever?

    He helped shape classic songs by the Rolling Stones, The Who and the Beatles but his influence on music has been largely ignored. A new documentary aims to correct that

September 2024

  • Pete Townshend of the Who smashing a guitar up on stage – though there would be even more violent moments between the band.

    ‘Only three more songs till I kick your ass!’ Rock’n’roll’s biggest onstage bust-ups

  • An Afghan girl reads a book inside her home in Kabul.

    Brief letters
    BBC lessons for girls in Afghanistan

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