A full 15 years after it was announced, Pete Townshend's memoir, 'Who I Am,' arrives on bookstore shelves today (Oct. 9) -- which, for Townshend, means reliving the 2003 legal troubles that he's always insisted stemmed from research he was doing for the book.
October 9, 2012 Who guitarist Pete Townshend sat down for a 90-minute question and answer press conference in conjunction with the release of his autobiography 'Who I Am' at the New York Public Library yesterday (October 8). He talked about the band, his love of smashing his guitars, Jimi Hendrix and much more.
October 8, 2012 Out today is Pete Townshend's long-awaited autobiography, called, Who I Am. Townshend, who began posting excerpts on his website several years back, talks candidly about his the sexual abuse he suffered as a child, his creative process both with and without the Who, his personal life -- and for the first time in detail, his 2003 arrest and caution for logging on to porn sites believed to carry images of children.
October 5, 2012 Pete Townshend will be making the rounds in support of his memoir, Who I Am, which will be published Monday. That night he'll put in an appearance at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. On Tuesday it's a book signing and question-and-answer session with Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner. Wednesday it's down the New Jersey Turnpike for a stop at the Philadelphia Free Library. Thursday it's up to Ridgewood, New Jersey for a signing at Bookends. And on Friday he'll be in Boston at the Berklee Performance Center. He'll also include several TV stops.
October 4, 2012 Pete Townshend is gearing up for a busy fall. On October 8th his long awaited autobiography, Who I Am, will be published and he'll embark on a mini-book signing tour, before kicking off the Who's 37-date Quadrophenia & More Tour on November 1st in Sunrise, Florida at Bank Atlantic Center.
October 1, 2012 Pete Townshend has announced an interview and performance for Friday, October 12th in Boston at the Berklee Performance Center. Tickets for the appearance will run $32.50 with a copy of Townshend's new memoir, Who I Am, being included in the price of admission. Earlier that day, Townshend will wrap his mini-signing tour at the Barnes & Noble store in Boston's Prudential Center.
The Who's Pete Townshend's image took a bit of a hit back in 2003 when he was investigated for downloading child pornography, and the guitar great is now taking the opportunity to address the scandal, stating that he was the product of "white knight syndrome."
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