The Who's Pete Townshend ... 'I want to take on ageing using angry rock'n'roll'. Photograph Courtesy: The Guardian / Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Townshend says "Floss" will focus on a pub-rock musician and his troubled relationship with his wife, who runs a riding stable.
He says he wants to use the angry medium of rock 'n' roll to take on issues of aging and mortality facing the baby boom generation.
Songs from "Floss" will feature on a new Who album due next year.
Townshend said Tuesday he is in talks with New York producers about staging the show in 2011.
Townshend's previous rock operas "Quadrophenia" and "Tommy" started as albums and later became films and stage musicals. [rc]
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.
August 25, 2009
UK: Pete 'Who' Townshend, 64, working on a musical about Aging
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LONDON, England / Associated Press / Entertainment / Music / August
The Who's Pete Townshend at work on new musical
Pete Townshend once wrote "I hope I die before I get old."
Now the 64-year-old guitarist and songwriter for British rock band The Who says he is working on a new musical about aging.
The Who's Pete Townshend ... 'I want to take on ageing using angry rock'n'roll'. Photograph Courtesy: The Guardian / Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Townshend says "Floss" will focus on a pub-rock musician and his troubled relationship with his wife, who runs a riding stable.
He says he wants to use the angry medium of rock 'n' roll to take on issues of aging and mortality facing the baby boom generation.
Songs from "Floss" will feature on a new Who album due next year.
Townshend said Tuesday he is in talks with New York producers about staging the show in 2011.
Townshend's previous rock operas "Quadrophenia" and "Tommy" started as albums and later became films and stage musicals. [rc]
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.
The Who's Pete Townshend ... 'I want to take on ageing using angry rock'n'roll'. Photograph Courtesy: The Guardian / Matt Cardy/Getty Images
Townshend says "Floss" will focus on a pub-rock musician and his troubled relationship with his wife, who runs a riding stable.
He says he wants to use the angry medium of rock 'n' roll to take on issues of aging and mortality facing the baby boom generation.
Songs from "Floss" will feature on a new Who album due next year.
Townshend said Tuesday he is in talks with New York producers about staging the show in 2011.
Townshend's previous rock operas "Quadrophenia" and "Tommy" started as albums and later became films and stage musicals. [rc]
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press.
