My Generation: Last News

Warren Littlefield has now been a producer longer than he has been an executive. In his second career, Littlefield, who, as entertainment president and head of comedy at NBC developed and put on the air such series as The Golden Girls, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Seinfeld, ER, Friends, Frasier, Homicide and Law & Order, has produced shows like FX/Hulu’s Fargo, The Handmaid’s Tale, Dopesick, The Old Man and the upcoming Amanda Knox.

Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ for the first time, noting that “everyone stopped what they were doing”.The skateboarding legend has reminisced about his memory of the day in a new NBC documentary My Generation, which covers the rise of Generation X in the early-’90s.In the episode, Hawk says: “I was actually in New York interviewing a band for Thrasher magazine. Someone from the label said, ‘Hey, we have this new Nirvana’, and put it on in the room.”“Everyone stopped what they were doing and everyone looked around,” he added.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music It turns out that when Pete Townshend recently told the New York Times that he was planning on a final Who farewell tour, he was “being sarcastic,” he told the “Sound Up!” podcast in an interview released today (April 16). “It feels to me like there’s one thing the Who can do, and that’s a final tour where we play every territory in the world and then crawl off to die,” he told the Times in an interview published last month.

Roger Daltrey is about to show Who fans who he is.The 80-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer just announced he’s embarking on a brief, solo, acoustic North American tour this May and June with special guests KT Tunstall and Dan Bern on select dates.Along the way, the “Baba O’Riley” singer will headline at Bethel’s Bethel Woods Center For The Arts on Sunday, June 16 and Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre on Tuesday, June 18.At all shows, Daltrey plans on “presenting a mostly acoustic set of Who gems, rarities, solo nuggets and other surprises with an intimate rock-based band and setting as well as answering questions from the audience,” according to a press release.For fans that can’t wait to chop it up with the man who provided the vocals to timeless hits like “Who Are You,” “Pinball Wizard,” “My Generation,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” “Behind Blue Eyes” and so many more live, tickets can be secured as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, March 22, fans who want to ensure they have tickets ahead of time can purchase on sites like Vivid Seats before tickets are officially on sale.Vivid Seats is a secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.They have a 100% buyer guarantee that states your transaction will be safe and secure and will be delivered before the event.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found below.Highland Park’s annual summer music festival stretches all the way from early June to late August.Just a few of the biggest names set to perform this year include Lynyrd Skynyrd with ZZ Top, James Taylor, Robert Plant with Allison Krauss, Daryl Hall with Elvis Costello

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA 56-year-old acetate recording of a previously unreleased and relatively unknown song featuring David Bowie is expected to draw thousands of pounds at an auction in England on Thursday.The song, titled “I Want Your Love” and recorded in 1965 by a teenaged Bowie and his early group the Lower Third, was written by John Dee and Jack Tarr and produced by top ‘60s producer Shel Talmy — who also produced a string of classics for the Kinks and the Who, including “You Really Got Me,” “Sunny Afternoon,” “My Generation,” “I Can’t Explain” and two early singles for Bowie, who was still going by his original surname in Davy Jones and the Lower Third.