Pete Townshend

The Who’s Quadrophenia to be revived as a ballet

More than 50 years on from its release, the concept album has been reimagined in a collaboration with Sadler’s Wells and will tour in 2025

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

25, Jun, 2024 @5:00 AM

‘Mind-boggling’: Johnny Marr on his 53 favourite guitars – and the one Noel Gallagher smashed

They were used to write Smiths classics like Still Ill and What Difference Does It Make? As the star publishes a coffee-table book telling the stories of his most adored guitars, he remembers the loan to Noel that made him give up booze

Andy Welch

16, Oct, 2023 @3:24 PM

David Lasley obituary

Singer-songwriter whose four-octave vocal range made him one of the most sought after backing singers in American music

Adam Sweeting

15, Dec, 2021 @5:35 PM

The U-WHO: why Pete Townshend glued together his smashed guitars

It’s one of rock’n’roll’s defining images of excess. But breaking a guitar onstage is also expensive. Which is why the pop star came up with a clever plan to fix his instrument – and keep his reputation

14, Oct, 2020 @1:08 PM

Mick Fleetwood review – rousing all-star celebration of Peter Green

A surprise appearance by original Fleetwood Mac member Jeremy Spencer was just one of the highlights in a concert where Noel Gallagher, Steven Tyler and others paint Green’s blues

Robin Denselow

26, Feb, 2020 @2:28 PM

The Who: Who review – back and still causing a big sensation

Despite their precarious relationship, Daltrey and Townshend return for their first album in 13 years, snarling at the Grenfell disaster and hoping for world peace

Alexis Petridis

28, Nov, 2019 @12:00 PM

Tommy review – Ken Russell's mad rock opera is a fascinating time capsule

Russell’s adaptation of the Who’s concept album about a blind pinball wizard features Oliver Reed, Elton John, Jack Nicholson, Tina Turner and Eric Clapton

Peter Bradshaw

22, Nov, 2019 @2:00 PM

The big picture: punks and skins in harmony

The photographer who captured the spirit of punk has released a book of her most arresting portraits

Tim Adams

07, Jul, 2019 @6:00 AM

What will you be reading next year? London book fair's star attractions

Salman Rushdie’s take on Don Quixote, Elton John’s memoirs and a study of criminals in Broadmoor – a selection of the biggest and most interesting books announced at the fair

Sian Cain

15, Mar, 2019 @4:12 PM