for The Who follows at Festival Hall in Kirkby-in-Ashfield on the 13th before they fly off to Hamburg, Germany on the 15th to perform on the TV show Beat Club. The following night they both attend his next show at the 7½ Club. After the show, Pete and Eric Clapton catch Jimi Hendrix's set at the Bag O'Nails club.

BBC records show The Who are paid £84 for their appearance. On the 11th, The Who mime to 'Happy Jack' for a broadcast of Top Of The Pops the following day. radio stations have added 'I'm a Boy' to their playlist.

charts but Cash Box reports that 17% of polled U.S. On the 7th, Disc magazine starts a four-part 'Who Are The Who?' series starting with Roger. He takes Eric Clapton with him the next night specifically to check out Syd Barrett. The truth is that Pete is on his third acid trip and sensing correctly that he is in no shape to drive, instead goes to the UFO Club to see The Pink Floyd. The Who's management claim it is another car accident on the M1. The Who's first show for the year is on the 6th at the Marine Ballroom in Morecambe, all except for Pete who doesn't make it. January 1967 New music releases: The Doors - The Doors More of The Monkees - The Monkees 'Ruby Tuesday' - The Rolling Stones 'There's a Kind of Hush' - Herman's Hermits

Opera news magazine covers 1967