pete

[Pilam76@aol.com]

the following is from pete's statement from his site courtesy of matt & pete.

5 March 2001 
The Who to play Central Park (Not) 



After the following mischievous posting on one of the Who newsgroups about 
the band's activities this year, which has caused a lot of fans to ask 
questions,.... 

'I will not reveal a particular source.....other than Curbishley Mgmt. I 
happen to know the Who will be having a very busy 2nd half of this year. 
Roger has just wrapped a film he had commited to. Pete has been working hard 
on the the new Who release. He and Roger are now working. John has a couple 
of songs ready. Pete has around 40! Roger will be making contributions. It 
will be chopped to 12 or so.... then recorded. The Who have aslo agreed to a 
free show in NYC's Central Park in late summer. Rod Stewart and Eric Clapton 
are said to be on board as well. Remember where you heard this first. The new 
DVD is looking at an April 24th release date as well. HBO is said to be 
involved in the NYC show. Buckle-up Who fans! Anyone who doubts my sources or 
veracity.....I don't care! PS Solo Pete fans there WILL be a Scoop 3 as 
well.... ' 

...we thought we ought to put the record straight. I passed the posting on to 
Pete (the information in which certainly didn't come from anyone in the 
management company) and he replied as follows:

"Roger has not 'wrapped' any film I know of. (By the way 'wrapped' means 
finished shooting not 'scrapped' or postponed). He has been trying to make 
sure he fills his time as usual, but I believe he is keeping the latter part 
of the year open because he is planning to organise (produce) Teenage Cancer 
Trust shows (which may or may not involve the Who at all). 

I am not working hard on '....the Who release' at all. I have spent the first 
6 weeks of the year going through piano pieces written between 1995 and 1999 
and have so far finished 12. They are pseudo-classical-cum-jazz pieces. No 
words. These are to help Helen (Spike) create a third Scoop with a similar 
mix between demos, new songs, classical experiments (and just fun stuff) that 
the first two albums presented. So far I have not discovered a single 
'perfect' Who song in any of my trawlings through my old stuff or recent 
stuff. I have some good songs though. If we abandon the 1971-1973 Who studio 
process favoured by most hardline Who fans (myself included), maybe they 
would work. 

Roger and I are not working together yet. He has played me three really good 
songs, but I don't feel they quite fit the current Who brief. 

John has not played me or Roger any songs yet. 

I do not have 40 songs ready. I have 1400 pieces of music, around 40 of which 
are songs. But I am certain they will not work for The Who without a major 
change in our musical direction (see above). 

I know nothing of a free concert in Central Park and plan to take the entire 
Summer off to go sailing, so I won't be there unless it is the charity gig to 
change the world..... 

Scoop 3 is not scheduled for release until it's finished. I'm working on it 
again at the moment. November looks realistic I'm afraid. 

Pete" 

Don't Get Fooled Again! - Matt 

 
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