<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Pete-townshend ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/pete-townshend Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:07:13 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I can't walk away, so I've come back to do the thing I know how to do best, which is play”: Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival announces 2026 lineup ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/concerts-gigs-tours/2026-eric-clapton-crossroads-festival-announced SuYnntMvQBPMB9uCMmtp4N Mon, 30 Mar 2026 18:07:13 +0000 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:32:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “These guitars are not just for blues lawyers – you can rock with one of these”: Joe Bonamassa on the vintage Gibson that makes a great power chord guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/joe-bonamassa-gibson-es-350-rock-rhythm-guitar QBb6DJfLid65DVc6qMqthK Mon, 10 Nov 2025 16:36:25 +0000 Thu, 13 Nov 2025 15:09:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He smashes the guitar to smithereens and says, ‘It’s my band. I can do whatever I like!’” Pete Townshend’s substitute guitarist on his heated rehearsal row with the Who legend ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-bolton-on-filling-in-for-pete-townshend at79N6Zkz4tHmW7VbcdA8E Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:15:22 +0000 Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:23:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar head poked through the ceiling. When I brought it out, the top of the neck was left behind... They were laughing their heads off”: Pete Townshend's guitar-smashing became a controversial onstage ritual, but it started by accident ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-guitar-smashing-origin-story avzobo9FjFbFMjZuQcSg8S Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:33:00 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:50:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This is the way rock stars die, OxyContin”: Pete Townshend opens up about the health challenges he encountered and overcame before The Who's final bow ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-health-challenges-before-the-whos-final-bow f5M8pqj6p63UufsyWDqYRP Thu, 28 Aug 2025 15:11:56 +0000 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:28:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think I probably have another five years in show business”: Pete Townshend looks to the future as The Who’s farewell tour gets underway ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-on-the-who-farewell-tour gttajDxZ3zomxSnEuibSNG Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:26:34 +0000 Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:09:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s a preamp, but it’s got the biggest distortion I’ve ever heard”: Fontaines D.C.'s Carlos O'Connell reveals the secret weapon on his pedalboard – a plain box with one knob and oodles of gain ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/fontaines-d-c-carlos-oconnell-reveals-the-secret-weapon-on-his-pedalboard EzYkBiC6cJzajt4BEjpPTa Thu, 05 Jun 2025 10:51:01 +0000 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 11:44:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Although the road has not always been enjoyable for me, it is usually easy. The best job I could ever have had”: Pete Townshend looks back at life on the road as The Who announce farewell North American tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/the-who-announce-farewell-us-tour jzNLhoiGkEmoJ52VYzrZj3 Fri, 09 May 2025 12:49:30 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 14:32:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I loved working with David Gilmour… but that was an uneasy collaboration”: Pete Townshend admits he’s not a natural collaborator – even with bandmates and fellow guitar heroes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-admits-hes-not-a-natural-collaborator M5cxjStn8CeYHkmSDwrokW Fri, 25 Apr 2025 14:28:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My guitar tech ran in and said, ‘Hey, you want to meet Pete?’ I was too scared”: The Smithereens’ love affair with The Who goes way back – yet when guitarist Jim Babjak got the chance to meet Pete Townshend, he turned it down ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/the-smithereens-jim-babjak-on-turning-down-the-chance-to-meet-pete-townshend mJGmSdscDf6vTq3M8mKtB Tue, 15 Apr 2025 14:17:34 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:27:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The guitar work on her tracks is perfectly wonderful without me, so I decided to throw some mud at the wall”: Pete Townshend passes the torch to the next generation as he lends his guitar chops to emerging Dutch guitarist's latest record ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-inge-lamboo-collaboration WyHJFmaJesEYHKr8A4E7bQ Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:44:01 +0000 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:57:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If I told AI, ‘Write a load of Pete Townshend songs like he used to in 1973,’ a lot of Who fans would be really pleased”: Pete Townshend threatens to turn to AI if fans don’t stop asking him to play The Who’s hits ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/pete-townshend-ai-songwriting NGvtEwh2t3F85ymXytJ2YT Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:28:24 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 15:11:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was playing at three times the speed I normally play at”: When Pete Townshend got his first Jackson guitar… and loved it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/pete-townshend-first-jackson-year-in-review-2024 D7oYRtQfJirgcVyUFLXDwB Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:08:00 +0000 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 11:32:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I used an SG Junior and it would never stay in tune. Felix had this old beat-up Junior and said, ‘Try this thing,’ and I never gave it back’”: Leslie West on giving his Gibson Les Paul Junior to Pete Townshend after tracking three songs with The Who ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/leslie-west-on-giving-his-gibson-les-paul-junior-to-pete-townshend SWe4QHAQEivx6ADonTTjNA Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:36:17 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “‘We were wondering if you play clawhammer nylon.’ I go, ‘What's it for?’ And they go, ‘The Who, I guess it's a rock band or something,’ and I'm like, ‘What?!’” Hollywood's go-to guitarist, Andrew Synowiec, on how he ended up playing on a Who record ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-andrew-synowiec-ended-up-playing-on-a-who-record exnVUQssYLYtdR6Fdtnqzf Mon, 28 Oct 2024 11:50:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Pete Townshend said, ‘I wish I could play like you.’ I thought, ‘I wish I could come up with the three chords you take to the bank!’” How Caleb Quaye became Elton John’s go-to guitarist – and took over Jimmy Page’s session work ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/caleb-quaye-pete-townshend-elton-john-robert-fripp uwHokM8BqT8x6RaMFvQSFa Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:53:47 +0000 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:11:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton may have been masters of ’60s lead playing, but Pete Townshend was the god of rhythm guitar – and he was just as unhinged on the acoustic ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/pete-townshend-the-who-acoustic-guitar-style rvRzvUH9VVbEbtnTsYCo7K Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:40:17 +0000 Wed, 13 Nov 2024 09:28:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A lot of dedicated Who fans come to every show in order to see Roger hit me in the face again, for me to smash him over the head with a guitar”: Pete Townshend sets the record straight about Roger Daltrey's comments on The Who's retirement ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-on-roger-daltrey-comments-on-the-who-retirement H4SePSR36s9wcEKRXaR2Ub Thu, 04 Jul 2024 15:13:17 +0000 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 09:47:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It always hurts to see the poor instrument face the wrath of these wannabes”: After another destroyed guitar controversy at Coachella, is guitar smashing simply not cool anymore? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/coachella-guitar-smashing rrnvbMTMseCpAHjAEB4GLM Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:44:36 +0000 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:01:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ “When we first came to New York, we'd play four times a day. I only had one guitar, so I'd have to break it and fix it four times a day”: Pete Townshend talks guitar smashing, and what he had to do to keep his gear functioning ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-smashing-guitars RextgX55M2fHvVjFZ9rfFR Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:51:07 +0000 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 09:57:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Eric came in, played great, just one tasty lick after another. Jeff Beck’s contribution was spellbinding”: Mark Knopfler enlists Clapton, Townshend, Iommi, Slash and dozens more for all-star charity single ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/mark-knopfler-guitar-heroes-going-home-local-hero-theme-featuring-jeff-beck-final-performance mfYj9bUrymmytWVbbR2vdC Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:54:51 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve had all of the great guitarists in the world say to me, ‘Pete, you’re not in the top 10 for virtuosity, but you’re certainly No. 1 as an acoustic rhythm player’”: Pete Townshend on Who’s Next, Lifehouse, and fun times with Superstrats ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/pete-townshend-the-who-whos-next-lifehouse UyQYnPTiuTVLE4nkqejMpW Fri, 02 Feb 2024 19:45:03 +0000 Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:15:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I think it’s the challenge right now, as it is for a lot of musicians”: Pete Townshend pinpoints the one thing Instagram players get wrong – and reveals who his favorite social media guitarist is ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-what-instagram-guitarists-get-wrong ufqMBSe7STtgXmVwx9QrXj Thu, 11 Jan 2024 10:21:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Leslie West said: ‘I prefer your licks, Pete. Eric seems to be playing things he’s learned, that he’s picked up from other blues players’”: Pete Townshend says the Mountain legend favored his expansive rock licks over Eric Clapton’s blues vocabulary ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-leslie-west-eric-clapton-guitar-licks FP7TWQro5zqR2xwmc9hmYZ Sun, 07 Jan 2024 11:07:09 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:26:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was playing at three times the speed that I normally play at”: Pete Townshend resisted buying “heavy metal” guitars for decades – but he just got his first Jackson at the age of 78… and loves it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-got-his-first-jackson 3tSM4Nj6x4sDRMDzQHtyrb Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:27:08 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Bewildering technique that went way beyond any standard root/5th ideas": Listen to John Entwistle’s isolated bass on My Generation ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/bewildering-technique-that-went-way-beyond-any-standard-root5th-ideas-listen-to-john-entwistles-isolated-bass-on-my-generation cATYp8Kw3ftWb7aPYZgZVF Tue, 30 May 2023 14:56:56 +0000 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:13:40 +0000 <![CDATA[ From all-star extreme metal to riffs built entirely around ring modulators: here are this week's essential guitar tracks ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/essential-guitar-tracks-all-star-extreme-metal-riffs-built-around-ring-modulators CrahqXsmbbKbRSARP46KXT Thu, 30 Mar 2023 16:25:32 +0000 Fri, 31 Mar 2023 08:38:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Andy Fraser: “It was me trying to impersonate Pete Townshend, who was, to me, the all-time greatest chord king” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/andy-fraser-it-was-me-trying-to-impersonate-pete-townshend-who-was-to-me-the-all-time-greatest-chord-king 6emmuFo92oEieB4tuhCu5V Fri, 17 Mar 2023 14:05:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Amps used by Pete Townshend and The Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia for sale on Reverb ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-grateful-dead-reverb-amps nV7Mu2hAmU4fyvayHFq8mV Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:06:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend says he was planning to quit The Who before Keith Moon died ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-plan-to-quit-the-who-before-keith-moon-died oaMXHAPW48Hnx2p8iS5dPD Fri, 06 May 2022 13:30:00 +0000 Mon, 09 May 2022 08:58:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend says the death of John Entwistle forced him to become a better guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-john-entwistle-death nLnDztEUyEvVqgJXPDu8dk Tue, 15 Feb 2022 19:29:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Who announce 29-date The Who Hits Back North American tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-who-hits-back-tour DnKs5r2MGE8bKrgRxyTEVR Mon, 07 Feb 2022 16:44:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Roger Daltrey says Jimi Hendrix “stole Pete Townshend’s stage act completely” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/roger-daltrey-jimi-hendrix-stage-act hZ53zdsr6JHieBS6zJTPjA Mon, 15 Nov 2021 17:43:51 +0000 Thu, 18 Nov 2021 09:31:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Who’s definitive documentary, Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who, can now be streamed for the first time on The Coda Collection ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-who-amazing-journey-available-on-the-coda-collection Nnthosdke95NBQxwiCW8Sa Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:18:03 +0000 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 14:25:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend says he "invented the guitar tech" ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-says-he-invented-the-guitar-tech 76JT7D4LAz7oBYbrQVesam Fri, 07 May 2021 16:33:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend reveals his love for Thundercat's latest album, It Is What It Is ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-reveals-his-love-for-thundercats-latest-album-it-is-what-it-is mKNQRxhjcByx3BJHTV9XEB Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:25:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ Aclam recreates Pete Townshend’s “clear fuzz dirge” tone with the Windmiller Preamp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/aclam-recreates-pete-townshends-clear-fuzz-dirge-tone-with-the-windmiller-preamp zhqkjjHHUWcW2xqHxYKn9b Thu, 21 Jan 2021 15:38:29 +0000 Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:28:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Those guitars Pete Townshend smashed onstage with the Who? He glued them back together in order to smash them again ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/those-guitars-pete-townshend-smashed-onstage-with-the-who-he-glued-them-back-together-in-order-to-smash-them-again DKCBYX2sGwoaT5wh3cR2tC Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:38:33 +0000 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 14:48:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend reveals how he first connected Eddie Van Halen and Michael Jackson in tribute to late guitar legend ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-reveals-how-he-first-connected-eddie-van-halen-and-michael-jackson-in-tribute-to-late-guitar-legend 9KK7Z9yQ5ByGKNmKzbKbpG Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:28:51 +0000 Wed, 07 Oct 2020 14:31:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Peter Green tribute concert: 10 guitar highlights from David Gilmour, Kirk Hammett, Billy Gibbons, Pete Townshend and more ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-peter-green-tribute-concert-10-guitar-highlights-from-david-gilmour-kirk-hammett-billy-gibbons-pete-townshend-and-more neCxRPMRbyD7oGirTtQNS6 Wed, 26 Feb 2020 17:00:30 +0000 Mon, 23 Sep 2024 09:41:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Footage of David Gilmour, Pete Townshend, Kirk Hammett and more rehearsing for Peter Green tribute concert released ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/footage-of-david-gilmour-pete-townshend-kirk-hammett-and-more-rehearsing-for-peter-green-tribute-concert-released xpTfapKiDNXf9niXLXDMSD Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:36:23 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:36:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend would smash a guitar again - but only for charity ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-would-smash-a-guitar-again-but-only-for-charity 3TfVsnG8MrSxaC4C3CDga6 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:55:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend: get the guitar sound and style ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/pete-townshend-get-the-guitar-sound-and-style pnUCjtBfn7dSFdMUsrHmAG Wed, 30 Oct 2019 20:15:39 +0000 Fri, 28 Oct 2022 14:01:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar's biggest names tell us what really happened at Woodstock ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitars-biggest-names-tell-us-what-really-happened-at-woodstock NJE9kXxKPb7tNS3AMeQnq4 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:52:43 +0000 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 11:53:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ Pete Townshend: today's players have “literally exhausted the possibilities of the guitar” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/pete-townshend-todays-players-have-literally-exhausted-the-possibilities-of-the-guitar Y9GVZ4B8ofxDHz8bW6wcPh Tue, 01 Oct 2019 09:57:38 +0000 Tue, 24 Dec 2019 20:17:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ The secrets behind Pete Townshend's tone on The Who's Won't Get Fooled Again ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/the-secrets-behind-pete-townshends-tone-on-the-whos-wont-get-fooled-again rqL4GLr8KJ8DWXeU7eJ7AK Mon, 08 Jul 2019 18:36:48 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Who Announce ‘Moving On!’ Symphonic Tour, First New Album in 13 Years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/the-who-announce-moving-on-symphonic-tour-first-new-album-in-13-years i4dJZ3Uz3bifmTHCXcpojM Mon, 14 Jan 2019 15:14:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Guitar Smashers: The 11 Deadliest Ax Wielders of All Time ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitar-smashers-11-deadliest-ax-wielders-all-time-video MmGw4aKwkRphw62R9WLFHH Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:20:46 +0000 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 16:23:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ The Remains of a 1964 Strat Destroyed by The Who's Pete Townshend Are Going Up for Auction ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/gear/the-remains-of-a-1964-strat-destroyed-by-the-who-pete-townshend-are-going-up-for-auction 7sRwXZvNgnnaf2oApxJSeG Thu, 05 Apr 2018 18:17:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ Roger Daltrey Announces 'As Long As I Have You,' His First Solo Album in 26 Years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/roger-daltrey-announces-as-long-as-i-have-you-his-first-solo-album-in-26-years pqyrQXfQSx86kkagdipsBB Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:14:14 +0000