Vor rund 30 Jahren gründete Pete Townshend eine Rocksupergroup, bestehend aus Gitarrist David Gilmour (Pink Floyd), Schlagzeuger Simon Phillips (Toto) und Keyboarder John Bundrick (The Who, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Roger Waters). Ihre gemeinsame Motivation war es, Geld zu sammeln, um Drogenabhängigen zu helfen. Zu den weiteren Musikern gehörten Bassist Chucho Merchán, Perkussionist Jody Linscott, der Mundharmonikaspieler Peter Hope Evans und die Sänger Billy Nicholls und Cleveland Watkiss.
Im Laufe ihrer kurzen gemeinsamen Karriere gaben Pete Townshend’s Deep End nur insgesamt drei Livekonzerte.
On 16 September 2016, Eagle Rock Entertainment release the live concert film FACE THE FACE by Pete Townshend’s Deep End as a DVD+CD set [Cat No: EAGDV068]. This is the first official release of the show on either DVD or CD format. FACE THE FACE features Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour on lead guitar throughout and the set includes ‘Face The Face’, ‘Secondhand Love’, ‘Rough Boys’, ‘Slit Skirts’, ‘Give Blood’, ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’, ‘Behind Blue Eyes’, ‘Pinball Wizard’ and more.
This show was filmed for the famous German TV series Rockpalast at MIDEM in Cannes on 29 January 1986. Pete Townshend’s Deep End were touring in support of Townshend’s solo concept album WHITE CITY: A NOVEL. Several of the musicians that appeared on the album were featured in the line-up of Deep End including Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour on lead guitar. The set list has tracks from the WHITE CITY album, other Pete Townshend solo tracks, Who classics, David Gilmour’s song ‘Blue Light’ and a couple of surprises.
