Wholigans rejoice: The Who deliberates new album

Two years ago The Who marked its comeback to the studio with Endless Wire. Now, Pete Townshend has begun to talk of plans for a follow-up. Reportedly, Townshend and Roger Daltrey both have started writing individually, in hopes of producing an album that reflects a classic Who sound.

“Roger is working on his own idea for an album for us, with the producer T-Bone Burnett, who is an old friend of mine,” Townshend said recently on his blog.

The Who would be in good company should Burnett decide to produce. Aside from his 2002 Grammy win for producing the soundtrack to O Brother, Where Art Thou, he also produced Robert Plant and Alison Krauss’ Raising Sand.

Other plans for The Who in 2008 include a possible run of dates in Japan to support the recently released documentary, Amazing Journey. Townshend also mentioned the possibility of playing a few festival dates, though fans should not expect a tour anytime soon; writing the new album seems to be his top priority.

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