The Who gigs: Talkin’ bout older Cork generations

PETE TOWNSHEND, lead guitarist with legendary rock band The Who, paid tribute to his Irish background as he announced details of the band’s summer concerts in Dublin and Cork in London yesterday.

“My father was born there, which explains everything about my drink problem,” joked a fit-looking, 61-year-old Townshend, adding that his grandfather was born on Cork’s Gillabbey Street — “something I just found out recently,” he said.

The Who will be the top-billing act at the Live at the Marquee series of concerts in Cork this summer, which runs from June 22 to July 7 on Centre Park Road.