Pending news for rock fans comes from Pete Townshend who has hinted at a post lockdown The Who album.

The Who guitarist, Pete Townshend, has caused quite a stir by his admission of wanting to work with Roger Daltrey after lockdown. The 75-year-old classic rock legend has been in his home studio working on some songs he hopes to release. Townshend has made it clear that this release depends on whether it makes sense financially and has expressed his distain over revenue accumulated from live streams.

The band have had to cancel and reschedule their tour dates due to Covid, firstly rescheduling the UK and Ireland tour to this year but with the current Corona news the band will have to reschedule again or cancel entirely. Townshend spoke to Uncut about his new musical plans for the new album, “There’s pages and pages of draft lyrics,” he continues and states “If the moment comes, I’ll go in and start.”

The Who famed for their hit ‘My Generation’ released 1965 became the poster boys of the mod generation, which represented a youthful rebellion fuelled by music and fashion. The band would go on to write one of the first rock operas, ‘Tommy’ released 1969 which later became a film, and whose sixth studio album became one of the most famous films which documented mod culture, ‘Quadrophenia’ in 1973, making it also their second rock opera. The band would go on to be recognised on every influential band list made and were recently honoured at London’s UK Walk Of Fame. Townshend himself would go on to help solidify Marshall Amps as the reputable company that it is now.

The band’s last studio album entitled, ‘Who’ was released in 2019 to critical as well as commercial success, the album reached number three on the UK album chart and received some decent reviews, with most of the songs written by Townshend.

As for the latest instalment of The Who’s material, it looks like we will all have to wait until Lockdown is through to get our fix of Townshend and Daltrey.

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