THE WHO RECEIVES KENNEDY CENTER HONOR

Last updated: Tuesday, December 23, 2008

THE WHO RECEIVES KENNEDY CENTER HONOR

The 31st annual Kennedy Center Honors proclaimed ‘The Kids Are Alright’. On Dec. 7th The Who received the coveted Kennedy Center Honor as the first rock band ever to do so. The award ceremony will be aired Dec. 30th on CBS.

Coinciding with this honor, The Who At Kilburn: 1977 is now available on DVD & Blu-Ray from Image Entertainment. One of the last filmed performances with all the band’s original members showcases them in top form performing many of their biggest hits.

Few bands have had a more lasting impact on the rock era than The Who. Inducted into the Rock n’ roll Hall of Fame in 1990, their incendiary style and poignant storytelling garnered them one of rock’s most loyal followings, with the brash foursome bursting onto the scene in the mid-1960’s armed with a searing new template for rock, punk and everything after. The Who have sold more than 100 million albums worldwide, including ferocious and diverse classics such as the 1969 groundbreaking rock opera Tommy (which won 5 Tony awards for its Broadway adaptation in 1993), 1971’s pummeling Live At Leeds, 1973’s Quadrophenia, 1978’s Who Are You, and their final studio album 1982’s It’s Hard, their last full length CD of original material before their recently acclaimed Endless Wire, their first album in more than two decades.

Unprecedented demand for The Who’s recent sold-out trek across the globe reaffirmed their reputation as one of rock's most cathartic and robust live bands. Cited by numerous critics for delivering the touchstone performance at the 9/11 Benefit Concert at Madison Square Garden , the group continues to enrich both its musical legacy and its riveting stage presence, and will be heading out to tours in Australia and New Zealand in March of 2009. Nominated this week for yet another Grammy for Best Long Form Video for the critically acclaimed documentary, Amazing Journey: The Story Of The Who, the comprehensive anthology spans their amazing four-decade career, which has also seen them become part of the Grammy lexicon over the years. The band won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Grammy Foundation in 2001, with three seminal albums being inducted into the Grammy Hall Of Fame: Tommy (inducted in 1998), My Generation (inducted in 1999), and Who’s Next (inducted in 2007.)

The Who were awarded the inaugural Freddie Mercury Achievement In Live Music Award at the 2006 Vodaphone Live Music Awards, held at the legendary Roundhouse In Camden, in London England, as well as being honored at the VH1 Rock Honors this past July at UCLA's Pauley Pavillion. The lively show featured historic 'homage' sets by contemporary giants such as Pearl Jam and The Foo Fighters, among others, paying tribute to a band that has commanded one of the most expansive audiences in the history of popular culture.

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| Tuesday, December 23, 2008

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