Talking About The Who

Paul Bearman is joined by author and musician Dante DiCarlo to look at the news stories relating to The Who for October 2026 and travel down various tangents along the way:

• North American tour of the Tommy musical announced – running from October 2026 until June 2027
• An “acoustic stripped” mix of ‘Squeeze Box’ from the upcoming Super Deluxe Edition of The Who By Numbers released
• New live Super 8 footage from 1970 and 1976 uploaded to YouTube by Classic Rock Media Archive
• Zak Starkey’s new supergroup The Rent Boys make their London debut at Dingwalls
• John Entwistle’s sci-fi rock opera idea from 1978 – what happened to it, and were any other songs part of it?
• The singles drawn from Live at Leeds
• And Paul takes possession of a mystery white-label bootleg from the 1973 tour of Quadrophenia

Recorded 20th October 2026

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Paul Bearman is joined by author and musician Dante DiCarlo to look at the news stories relating to The Who for September 2026 and travel down various tangents along the way:

• The Who By Numbers Super Deluxe Edition announced – is it the band’s most underrated album?
• Brian Kehew’s discovery of lost Who tapes at Sunset Sound, Hollywood in 2020
• What future Super Deluxe Editions can we expect?
• New Roger Daltrey interview and his recent tour of North America – is he singing better than ever?
• The band’s recent reunion with Zak Starkey
• Pete Townshend / Lifehouse documentary ‘Behind Blue Eyes’ announced
• And the upcoming reissue of My Generation for National Album Day

Recorded 23rd September 2026

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Paul Bearman is joined by YouTuber Ethan Fisher and musician Matt Weston to report on two concerts from Roger Daltrey’s solo North American tour of 2026.

Recorded 25th September 2026

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In 1983, Paul Bearman was three years old, hyperactive, and rarely slept. One evening, he defied his parents' expectations by sitting completely transfixed as BBC Two aired a documentary about Jimi Hendrix as part of its Rock Around the Clock programming… and his life was changed forever. Soon afterwards, he developed a love for The Who, watching The Kids Are Alright and The Who Rocks America on repeat, receiving albums and books for birthdays and at Christmas, and playing toy guitars while pretending to be Pete Townshend.

In this free bonus episode, Paul talks to his parents, Wendy and John, about his early exposure to music; going with them to see The Who live; his childhood fascination with musical instruments, from toy guitars to his dad's drum kit; the birthday and Christmas presents he thought had come from Pete Townshend; and his lifelong relationship with The Who, including his attempts to better understand what that connection means.

Interviews recorded April 2026

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Remus Down Boulevard – ‘Only For You’ From the album A Week at the Bridge E16 (recorded live at the Bridge House, London, April 1978)

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Rain. Crowd violence. Counterfeit tickets. Overcrowding. People climbing up floodlights. Lasers. Keith Moon’s last gig to a paying audience in England. The final entry in The Guinness Book of Records for loudest concert ever recorded.

This is Charlton 1976, fifty years on.

Host Paul Bearman talks to his parents – the people he inherited his Who fandom from – as well as Tony Fletcher (author of Dear Boy: The Life of Keith Moon), Buddy Ascott (drummer of seminal Mod band The Chords) and Richard Evans (The Who’s artist and designer) about their memories of attending one of the most unique concerts in The Who’s history.

Interviews recorded March and April 2026

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(Please note that there are some minor sound issues during the first minute of our conversation with Tony Fletcher, which are quickly resolved)

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Brian Cady (AKA Brian From Atlanta), the moderator and creator of the renowned website The Who This Month, talks about:

• Setting up his website during the early days of the internet
• The many different versions of various Who songs – and how a cleaning lady ruined the recording of ‘Rael’
• His involvement in the 2004 restoration of The Kids Are Alright movie – and the desired scenes director Jeff Stein couldn’t include
• Pete Townshend’s difficulty in properly mourning Keith Moon
• What really happened during the “Abbie Hoffman incident” at Woodstock
• Meeting Roger Daltrey for the one and only time – and Roger’s negative reaction towards him
• And the sensory overload from seeing The Who live in 1973

Interview recorded November 2025

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Justin Harris, guitarist in tribute band Maximum Who, talks about:

• The progression from a covers band to a Who tribute band – and how daunting the prospect was
• Deciding to match The Who’s stage clothes and equipment, including recreating Keith Moon’s famous ‘Pictures of Lily’ drum kit
• How the characteristics of each member of Maximum Who line up with their counterparts
• Playing with his other band, The Hiwatts, at Roger Daltrey’s son’s wedding and 50th birthday – including an impromptu guest spot from Zak Starkey on drums
• Being a last-minute replacement with the renowned Who tribute band, Who’s Who, at the Keith Moon Blue Plaque unveiling in 2009
• And making an unusual request to Pete Townshend – and Pete’s subsequent reply

Interview recorded February 2026

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The Hiwatts with Zak Starkey on drums at Simon Daltrey’s 50th birthday

Roger Daltrey sings ‘I Can’t Explain’ at a couple’s wedding

Who’s Who – ‘I Can’t Explain’ Keith Moon Blue Plaque Celebration at Grosvenor House, London, March 2009

Who’s Who – ‘The Seeker’ (excerpt) and ‘Baba O’Riley’ Keith Moon Blue Plaque Celebration at Grosvenor House, London, March 2009

Who’s Who (with John Schollar) – ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’ Keith Moon Blue Plaque Celebration at Grosvenor House, London, March 2009

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Max Ker-Seymer talks about:

• Accidentally stumbling across The Detours supporting The Rolling Stones in Putney in 1963
• Being a first-generation Mod – and why present-day perception of the movement may be wrong
• Seeing The Who at the Marquee and the Goldhawk Club in 1965
• Why their mid-sixties harmonies and choice of cover songs set them apart from their peers
• Moving from London to America in 1975, and the subsequent struggle to follow the band live
• How Pete Townshend has improved as a guitarist over the years
• Appearing as an extra in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film Blow Up – and watching Jeff Beck struggle to replicate Townshend’s guitar destruction
• And The Who exceeding his expectations on their North American farewell tour

Interview recorded September 2025

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Paul Bearman is joined by Who tribute band guitarist and author Dante DiCarlo to give their initial reaction to the new live album from The Who, Live at Eden Project, released on 29th May 2026

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