Having hit a turmoil of hard drugs as the 1970s arrived, Eric Clapton was coaxed out of his destructive exile by Pete Townsend for a memorable event.

Timeless, iconic, yet also indisputably a product of the era in which it was designed, the Stratocaster was shaped in huge ...

It’s getting its North American premiere on Navy Pier with a British and Chicago cast — expect the story of the British Invasion band and songs like “You Really Got Me” and “Lola.” ...

Rock star Pete Townshend has admitted paying to enter an Internet site advertising child pornography but said he had done so "purely to see what was there". The admission came in a statement ...

Pete Townshend is set to escape criminal charges over child pornography allegations. Plans are being drawn up to caution the rock star - a move that would spare him a damaging court case but leave ...

“We wanted to feel that we weren’t in a rush – even though we were. That’s how you end up singing in a sleeping bag”: From a ...

While rock and roll may seem to be fading in the UK, our list of the top 20 greatest bands of all time proves that the genre ...

Spiro, the emerging electric guitar virtuoso whose talents have left Tosin Abasi and Tim Henson’s jaws on the floor, has revealed the secrets behind his otherwordly right-hand speed-picking technique.

It was only in retrospect that Townshend recognized how the song foretold, as he put it, “the desperate, chaotic and increasingly fragmentary nature of my life over the next 20 years.” ...

NHL legend Wayne Gretzky’s daughter Paulina attended the bachelorette party of her friend Keml Nichenko. Paulina shared a ...