Yesterday was another big day for the The Who: on top of announcing their Sirius Radio channel, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey stopped by the David Letterman show to play a lovely acoustic version of “Man in a Purple Dress,” from their upcoming CD The Endless Wire. We are sufficiently ressured that Wire will not be It’s Hard, Pt. 2.
Later that night Pete stopped by the tiny downtown club Joe’s Pub to perform at his girlfriend Rachel Fuller’s gig, alongside Martha Wainwright. Pete strummed along during both ladies’ brief sets before taking a solo slot in the middle of the show that included the new track “In the Ether” and such classics as “Greyhound Girl,” “Let’s See Action,” “Blue, Red & Grey” (on ukelele!) before everyone came back out for a raucous rendition of “I’m One” from Quadrophenia. The new album is out October 31st, but check out leaks here. [thanks, Stereogum]

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