Happy New Year from The Music Soup! Although I'm not sad to see the back end of 2025, I'd like to mention some high points of my year. One of them at the top was absolutely without a doubt September 21st at Shoreline Amphitheater, covering The Who's farewell show . Standing a couple feet in front of Roger and Pete for the entire show will be one of the fondest memories of my life. This photo, much to my surprise, was captured by Kaari, a Live Nation employee at the Shorelin

The culmination of a lifelong appreciation for this band, when 'super fan girl' (me) photographs The Who! On a beautiful September evening in Mountain View California, at The Shoreline Ampitheater, The Who played to an audience of approximately 18,000 attendees. This was the tail end of their "The Song is Over" farewell tour. From here, they headed north to Vancouver and the Pacific Northwest for three more shows and are winding up their last show, on their last tour, in Pal

Roger is already 80 and today Pete joined the 80 year old rockstar club! Pete Townshend Musicians who have been in the soundtrack of my...