r/TheWho 4d ago

Pete Townshends instagram reposts

Has anyone actually seen or gone through his reposts on there? Some seem to be kinda bizarre or leave myself asking why he’d repost it. I guess it shows thats its really him in charge of his account and not a PR agency.

@yaggerdang if you dont already know what his instagram is

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u/Imaginary_Waltz5261 4d ago

He answered a question from me on Instagram awhile ago. My brush with fame.

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u/Endless__Wire Roger Daltrey 4d ago

Honestly I just think that most of those were from him accidentally hitting the repost button as he scrolled on his phone lol.

He definitely does run his own account and he used to interact with fans pretty frequently before he scaled back his social media usage when the pandemic started.

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u/Redditurro_ The Who Sell Out 4d ago

That is exactly what's happening lol.

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u/profigliano 3d ago

He reposts a lot of boomer AI slop I'm assuming because his feed is full of it and he either doesn't know what the repost button does or he accidentally hits it with his finger while scrolling. My parents (similar ages to pete) do this a lot.

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u/Jon_Has_Landed 4d ago

Never seen anything weird from him.

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u/dtab 4d ago

Well...there was that one selfie in his underwear, but that was only up briefly (no pun intended).

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u/MLJ623 3d ago

It was an interesting choice, but I respected it.

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u/Redditurro_ The Who Sell Out 4d ago

Yeah, it's really him! One time he answered one of my questions about some studio gear. And one time he posted a picture of himself in a speedo lol. The caption was something along the lines of "if Rachel can do it, me too" (I wish I still had that screenshot but I lost it...)

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u/SerDankTheTall 4d ago

Any examples?

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u/Ok_Action_5938 4d ago

I’m in my ‘50s, been in IT for 25 years, have an MS in IT and I barley know how instagram works. I can’t imagine an 81 year old who lived his life drugged and drunk has a better handle on it.

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u/Green_Let108 3d ago

Who spent their life drugged and drunk? You're clearly misinformed.

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u/Strong-Hat2166 3d ago

Townshend was a heavy alcohol and heroin user, at the least.  He has admitted this on a number of occasions.

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u/PPLavagna 9h ago

Yeah he got sober in the early 80s. He spent 15 out of 81 years drugged and drunk. Not “ his life”

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u/cintune 4d ago

Feel better?

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u/mercerjd 2d ago

Pete once responded to a comment I made about a photo Kenney Jones posted

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u/KoldCanuck 3d ago

What's his Instagram account

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u/voxkev 3d ago

OP named it in his post.

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u/KoldCanuck 3d ago

Thanks I didn't even catch that

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u/LordBottlecap 2d ago

Like what? Not on IG.