New Pete Diary

[L. Bird]

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Wire & Glass


WIRE & GLASS is the new title for the short version of the new Who 
MiniOpera. The mastering was completed this afternoon by Jon Astley and my 
chief engineer Myles Clarke, and delivery to Polydor will take place 
shortly. We are probably going to use a Ross Halfin photo for the CD jacket 
- keep it simple. My daughter Minta, who works in the film industry, is 
leading the hunt for a video director.

This new release is the first truly creative piece from the Who for nearly 
25 years and I don't want to muddle anything. This is good music. There is a 
story behind the music, but it doesn't matter much at this point.

I am working hard to make sure we deliver what I most want to see for the 
Who on tour, which is regular Live webcast elements of our performances, and 
occasional complete Live shows. Rachel Fuller's IN THE ATTIC is going to 
provide a presentation-vehicle for all of this, warming up the web for the 
Who, and providing her own unique brand of music, humour and chat every 
night. We just heard there is a good chance of Rachel's show being seen 
later this year on TV - so you may get a chance to see the Who clips she 
includes in her shows, if everything goes well for her.

The Who begin rehearsing in two weeks, during which time I have to finish 
the rest of the Who album with Roger - so again, I'm trying to keep the 
music simple and direct. Our new stage set will allow us to do some new 
things, and to help tell some stories as yet untold.

We are still on track for release of the Mini-Opera in mid-June, the 
complete album in mid-September.

It's a very exciting moment. Rachel and I are just about to put up another 
episode of IN THE ATTIC on TowserTV - she is the Star and I am the Grouch. 
Her old buddy Mikey is, bizarrely, the crazy one who nonetheless keeps us 
all on the ground. She has a special guest tonight from the band Squeeze. In 
fact there are three of them playing. Check in at 1900 UT.