Ultimately, Pete Townshend made the right call, listening to his friend and making Tommy a pinball wizard instead of a rockstar.

“Pinball Wizard” has been played at almost every Who concert since 1969. Keith Moon, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend of The Who perform the rock opera “Tommy” in concert at New York City ...

Pete Townshend's musical "Tommy" is back on Broadway. The Who's original rock opera about a "Pinball Wizard" has been reimagined for 2024, but it's still one of those rare Broadway shows where you ...

The Who are about to revive their 1969 rock opera Tommy on Broadway and frontman Pete Townshend joined ... The musician took the stage to showcase “Pinball Wizard,” “See Me, Feel Me ...

Rock icon Pete Townshend will not only introduce ... Deadline hears that Townshend and the Tommy cast are set to perform “Pinball Wizard.” Townshend was previously announced as a presenter ...

at the same time the Who’s “Tommy” and “Pinball Wizard” were also making their first impact; and “Hollywood Dream, the Thunderclap Newman Story: Pete Townshend, a Band of Outsiders ...

That’s when this revival serves up “Pinball Wizard.” It’s one of the work’s most famous hits by Pete Townshend, who wrote the music and lyrics and co-authored the book with director Des ...

Pete Townshend is hailed as one of rock’s ... he developed a signature style of 16th-note strumming with his motif for “Pinball Wizard,” played on a Gibson J-200 acoustic guitar, from ...

Songwriter Pete Townshend first toyed with the ... which sent Townshend rushing home to write the song “Pinball Wizard.” Townshend said in Sensation, “What it did was inject this incredible ...

Throughout The Who’s history, quite a few of their tunes has Daltrey singing lead on the verses and choruses, with Townshend then ... wear long hair.” “Pinball Wizard” was one of the ...

Pete Townshend and the cast of The Who's Tommy ... Deadline hears that Townshend and the Tommy cast are set to perform “Pinball Wizard.” Townshend was previously announced as a presenter ...