Film stills from “Quadrophenia” (left) and “Northern Soul.” I might as well kick off this occasional series on music and the movies with a claim bound to annoy someone: Despite the status of 1979’s “Quadrophenia” as the classic film about the English mod scene, 2014’s “Northern Soul” is an…

Six months after the release of The Who’s new album, Who, the last two members of the original lineup will be north of 75 years old. The duo didn’t die before they got old. Who The Who Polydor, Dec. 6 But that seems to be OK with the band,…

The Who performs at Chase Center in San Francisco on Oct. 9, 2019. Photos: Martin Lacey. SAN FRANCISCO — The Who have never shied away from making big statements, achieving mega-stardom in time for Woodstock with the bold rock opera Tommy. From that point on, the conceptual aspirations of guitarist and…

Welcome to RIFF Rewind! Every week of 2018, we’ll highlight the top five songs of a different year as selected by our expert panel of tastemakers, by which, of course, I mean me (with help from my friends Robin St. Clare and Ash McGonigal, plus other contributors and RIFF…

The Who performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug, 13, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri SAN FRANCISCO —The weather forecast was calling for Sunday to be the one sunny day at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. But by the time headliners The Who took the stage,…

Producers of the 10th annual Outside Lands announces the daily lineups of the festival that runs from Aug. 11 to 13. English electronic band Gorillaz and hip-hop icons A Tribe Called Quest headline Friday. Rockers Metallica and Queens of the Stone Age take center stage on Saturday. Classic rock band The Who and pop singer-songwriter…

Zak Starkey and Sshh Liguz are SSHH. Photos: Celine Teo-Blockey LOS ANGELES – It’s three days after the election and President-elect Donald Trump is about to head out to the White House. I, meanwhile, am at the Hollywood Hills bungalow that Zak Starkey and his longtime partner, Sshh Liguz,…

Jerry Lee Lewis, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and Paul McCartney all on the same stage? It has happened, though perhaps not in a normal festival timeframe. They are just a few artists who’ve performed live at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies…

OAKLAND — An amazing journey is nearing its end for The Who. The British rock group plotted its “The Who Hits 50” tour in 2015, but after frontman Roger Daltrey’s health battles and a Morrissey amount of postponements, the band finally played Thursday at Oracle Arena in Oakland. Daltrey has…