Townshend pete

The bands top the bill at new Knowsley Hall event

I haven’t been drinking, and I’m not being merely mopey or hoping that someone with the right kind of clout will read this and give me as a result of what I’m about to say a substantial pay rise – I really mean it when I say I can’t think of a better job than editing Uncut.

Townshend and Daltrey to play nine dates in the UK

Daltrey and Townshend also pick up British cultural award

Winwood and Weller amongst stars to celebrate the life of Jim Capaldi

Complete control: Joe’n’Mick’s three-minute stabs at immortality – plus Argentinean promos!

The Who Two’s improbably urgent return. There’s another rock opera, too.

Carol Clerk, who covered Live Aid for Melody Maker, on the newly released DVD of the global rock spectacular

Leaving aside for a moment the issue of whether an unshown TV special from '68 could capture, as the opening credits suggest, "the spontaneity, aspirations and communal spirit of an entire era" any more accurately than, say, Catweazle or Do Not Adjust Your Set, and regardless of whether you think Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed are the fulcrum points of a generation or just something that music critics of a certain age should learn to get over, the portents of this cryogenically preserved moment in rock time are undeniable. Look!

The 'Orrible 'Oo back in action with patchy but promising opener for a week-long series of Teenage Cancer Trust benefit concerts