News Latest News from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-US Copyright 1998-2026 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=11479 Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:02:02 -0500 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:37:20 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=11479 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/well-only-be-around-for-a-couple-of-months-pete-townshend-didnt-care-about-smashing-guitar-because-he-thought-the-who-would-be-very-short-lived-but-this-is-what-proved-him-wrong https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/well-only-be-around-for-a-couple-of-months-pete-townshend-didnt-care-about-smashing-guitar-because-he-thought-the-who-would-be-very-short-lived-but-this-is-what-proved-him-wrong Music News: "I treated The Who then as though we were a punk band. I thought we would be very, very short-lived."]]> Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-whos-pete-townshend-actually-doesnt-enjoy-this-key-part-of-rock-n-roll-most-musicians-are-not-like-me https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the-whos-pete-townshend-actually-doesnt-enjoy-this-key-part-of-rock-n-roll-most-musicians-are-not-like-me Music News: "Most musicians do two things that I don't really do or don't enjoy doing."]]> Fri, 25 Apr 2025 03:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/somebody_needs_to_occasionally_slap_rick_rubin_the_whos_pete_townshend_takes_jab_at_iconic_producer_amp_other_pundits_of_creativity.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/somebody_needs_to_occasionally_slap_rick_rubin_the_whos_pete_townshend_takes_jab_at_iconic_producer_amp_other_pundits_of_creativity.html Music News: "You see a lot of stuff on YouTube and Instagram, people nagging you about the way that you have to be creative."]]> Thu, 07 Nov 2024 23:17:12 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jimi_hendrix_was_huge_and_he_was_broke_pete_townshend_speaks_on_reality_of_making_money_in_the_music_industry.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/jimi_hendrix_was_huge_and_he_was_broke_pete_townshend_speaks_on_reality_of_making_money_in_the_music_industry.html Music News: "I said, 'How you doing?' and he said, 'Pete, I'm broke.'"]]> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 22:29:05 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_whos_pete_townshend_talks_how_massive_tragedy_affected_bowie_recalls_how_pre-fame_david_behaved_when_they_met.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_whos_pete_townshend_talks_how_massive_tragedy_affected_bowie_recalls_how_pre-fame_david_behaved_when_they_met.html Music News: "He could have been another Jimi Hendrix, Keith Moon casualty - there's no question about it," the guitarist commented.]]> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 21:39:06 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_quotes_by_pete_townshend_about_life_and_music-90189 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/10_quotes_by_pete_townshend_about_life_and_music-90189 Features: A Londoner, a Mod, a musician, a composer, a librettist, a fiction writer, a sailor, and a guitar smasher.]]> Tue, 07 May 2019 10:32:36 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/pete_townshend_helps_grenfell_tower_victims.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/pete_townshend_helps_grenfell_tower_victims.html Community Feed: Townshend replaced a piano lost in a fire that belonged to a young girl.]]> Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:26:29 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/watch_the_teaser_video_for_the_song_pete_townshend_wrote_for_the_americans.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/watch_the_teaser_video_for_the_song_pete_townshend_wrote_for_the_americans.html Wtf?: "I wanted to keep it very simple," says Pete.]]> Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:37:18 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/pete_townshend_apologizes_for_swearing_at_child.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/pete_townshend_apologizes_for_swearing_at_child.html Wtf?: Placard at gig prompted guitarist to tell seven-year-old to "f--k off".]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 13:18:03 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/townshend_i_would_have_shot_myself_over_child_porn.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/townshend_i_would_have_shot_myself_over_child_porn.html Wtf?: The Who guitarist Pete Townsend has admitted he considered suicide in the aftermath of his 2003 child porn scandal.]]> Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:01:23 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/pete_townshend_wanted_to_f--k_mick_jagger.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/pete_townshend_wanted_to_f--k_mick_jagger.html Wtf?: Pete Townshend's forthcoming biography reveals that he would have slept with the Rolling Stones frontman given the chance. Where on earth did that come from!]]> Fri, 28 Sep 2012 12:29:33 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/the_whos_pete_townshend_mick_jaggers_penis_is_huge_and_extremely_tasty.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/wtf/the_whos_pete_townshend_mick_jaggers_penis_is_huge_and_extremely_tasty.html Wtf?: Speaking at a press conference in London, The Who's guitarist, Pete Townshend, commented on the size of The Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger's manhood.]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:03:47 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_who_pete_townshend_produces_new_rock_opera.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_who_pete_townshend_produces_new_rock_opera.html Music News: Shortly after The Who conceived, produced and recorded their rock opera "Tommy", Pete Townshend started work on a follow-up "sci-fi rock opera".]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 12:27:34 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/pete_townshend_quadrophenia_was_the_last_definitive_who_album.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/pete_townshend_quadrophenia_was_the_last_definitive_who_album.html Music News: Everyone has their favorites, and when it comes to Who albums, Pete Townshend's is "Quadrophenia".]]> Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:35:22 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/pete_townshend_calls_apple_a_digital_vampire.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/pete_townshend_calls_apple_a_digital_vampire.html Music News: The Who's Pete Townshend has urged Apple's iTunes to use its power to help new bands instead of "bleeding" artists like a "digital vampire". ]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:48:16 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_who_pete_townshend_fears_his_songwriting_days_are_over.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/the_who_pete_townshend_fears_his_songwriting_days_are_over.html Music News: The Who guitarist Pete Townshend fears he can no longer write songs and push musical boundaries like in the 70s.]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:48:39 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/pete_townshend_presents_song_composing_software.html https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/pete_townshend_presents_song_composing_software.html Music News: Pete Townshend has unveiled a software program that will help music fans compose personalized tracks at the click of a button.]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:37:20 -0400