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The Who: Who review – Serviceable rock that’s just about fine
If this album turns out to be their swansong, it won’t be the one that fans remember them for
Pete Townshend: ‘I woke up with a needle in my arm and Phil Lynott standing there’
The Who guitarist on addiction, his new novel and why he’s still touring 40 years later
Albums of 2019: A big year for recording acts of all sizes
Expect newies from Rihanna, Foals, Hozier, Chance the Rapper, Soak, Stormzy and MBV
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Donald Clarke: The Who’s ‘Tommy’, ‘Quadrophenia’, Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’, Lloyd Webber. Enough
Banksy’s greatest work of art: putting £1m through the shredder
Banksy act of art destruction has said something that needed to be said: art is being choked to death by money
Sgt Pepper’s: when The Beatles got high on pomposity
Who knows when Sgt Pepper by The Beatles was first declared the greatest LP of all time? It’s not even their best
Remembering Bruce Springsteen’s first Irish concert
The Boss’s gig at Slane Castle made the front page of ‘The Irish Times’ 31 years ago
Iggy Pop takes a bite out of U2 over Apple deal
Godfather of punk hits out at modern music industry but empathises with ‘abandoned’ fans
Mods come out force for The Who at the O2
Ageing rockers tackle their musically and thematically most ambitious album on Quadrophenia and More tour
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