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. Pete Townshend came roaring into New York City’s fabled ...

Pete Townshend's Classic Quadrophenia is heading to the U.S. for a handful of tour dates later this summer. The U.S. tour consists of only four performances, starting on Sept. 2 in Lenox, Mass., with ...

If “Tommy” is the Who’s great rock opera, its successor, “Quadrophenia,” might more accurately be described as the rock group’s great opera. That perspective is reinforced by “Pete Townshend’s Classic ...

The Who’s “Love Reign O’er Me” stands as the musical climax and final track for the group’s 1973 rock opera “Quadrophenia.” And during the album’s recording, bandleader Pete Townshend initially ...

Pete Townshend performs “Classic Quadrophenia” in 2015. (Photo: Matt Kent) “I’m very, very much older than [Bieber], but I really have a very strong connection with him and who he is, and what he’s ...

Pete Townshend has announced the premiere of Quadrophenia: A Mod Ballet, based on the Who’s classic 1973 album. The production will open in the U.K. in May 2025, following years of development after ...

NEW YORK (AP) — On a rare day off from the first leg of The Who’s 50th anniversary tour, Pete Townshend punctually enters the room with longtime partner Rachel Fuller to discuss “Classic Quadrophenia.

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 ...

The Who's maestro will revive his rock opera with a full orchestra for select concert dates this September Over the last few decades, Pete Townshend's status as a composer has thankfully caught up ...

NEW YORK - On a rare day off from the first leg of The Who's 50th anniversary tour, Pete Townshend punctually enters the room with longtime partner Rachel Fuller to discuss "Classic Quadrophenia." The ...

Phil Daniels, conductor Robert Zeigler, Pete Townshend, Rachel Fuller, Billy Idol and Alfie Boe backstage at the Royal Albert Hall. As a leading icon of the British music revolution of the 1960s, Pete ...