He claimed Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton both praised him for his talent, which he honed in response to the performance style ...

For all of the great music Paul McCartney made on his own, this tune was destined for Pete Townshend before he even played on ...

The Who star Pete Townshend has opened up about the “pain” Parkinson’s disease has caused for those close to him as he threw ...

Pete Townshend, the legendary guitarist of The Who, known for his energetic stage presence and iconic windmill guitar playing ...

The Who were a daring rock band musically, but they were also willing to potentially alienate their audience with their views ...

Quadrophenia defined a generation and in 1979 inspired the cult classic feature film of the same name. Now it's back – this ...

Pete Townshend was born in London in 1945 and came of age during a peak period in British rock history, leading the Who as their guitarist and main songwriter. He penned classics like 'I Can't ...

Rock star Pete Townshend has admitted paying to enter an Internet site advertising child pornography but said he had done so "purely to see what was there". The admission came in a statement ...

This year's Songwriters Hall of Fame inductees include iconic artists and producers like The Doobie Brothers, George Clinton ...

Rock guitarist Pete Townshend was cautioned by police today over child porn offences. But Scotland Yard said The Who star would be placed on the sex offenders' register for five years. Townshend ...

The only thing less likely than Thunderclap Newman, the strange band masterminded by Pete Townshend in 1969, having a No. 1 single is the notion that a 400-plus page history of them would be ...

A guitar owned by The Who rocker Pete Townshend has sold for £7,200 at action. The 1989 Takamine FP-360SC electro-acoustic guitar went under the hammer at Gardiner Houlgate auction house in ...