"He’s had real influence, and I think he’s influenced me," Pete Townshend said of past collaborator David Gilmour.

While Pete Townshend wasn't able to write the "real" opera he'd planned, the resulting failure kept him creatively enganged.

Quadrophenia (1979) Having turned everything up to 11 for their first album-to-film venture, The Who got a more stripped-back treatment for their second.

WRITTEN by Pete Townshend, The Who’s seminal 1973 rock album Quadrophenia inspired the iconic 1979 film starring Phil Daniels ...

The dance version of the Who’s rock opera is full of stunning choreography, but the classic mod story is lost in the flurry.

Some tell a continuous story, while others use each song to contribute to an overall theme. Here are some of the more notable concept albums ever made.

The artist has built a career treating anatomy as a canvas, as much as a subject.

Pete Townshend’s original music forms the soundtrack to a sharp touring production with costuming by Paul Smith ...

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The red, white and blue bull’s-eye on the front curtain at Sadler’s Wells tells us we are in the familiar territory of Pete ...

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Quadrophenia is something that is a bit of a phenomenon. It started life as a concept album written by Pete Townshend and recorded by The Who in 1973. The album ...