The Who's Pete Townshend smashed his guitars up carefully so they could be repaired
Daily Mail
Fans of The Who came to expect destruction at every concert after Townshend, 74, first demolished a Rickenbacker at the Railway Tavern in Harrow and Wealdstone in September 1964.
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