It’s a sad, sad day for fans of the Who. Speaking to the Evening Standard at a screening for band documentary Sensation, Who guitarist and one-half of the band’s surviving members, Pete Townshend said: “For the 50th anniversary we’ll tour the world. It’ll be

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The Jonas Brothers (this is no time to refer to them as the “JoBros” – this is serious now) have just cancelled their upcoming US tour because of “creative differences.” Their original plans had been to play a gig in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania this