Pete Townshend
Rights position
| Company | Relationship | Ownership classification | Status | Verification | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Wave Music | listed in artist directory | artist association only | current | verified | directory page |
“Artist association only” is the accurate classification for a directory listing. No composition or recording of this artist has a documented Primary Wave publishing or master ownership interest in the supplied dataset, and SPEC §10 forbids inferring one from the relationship.
No biography
The directory publishes no biography for this artist. 166 of 178 artists have a short biography and 20 have a full one.
Digital profiles and identifiers
| Scheme | Value | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher profile | https://primarywave.com/artists/pete-townshend/ | high |
No MusicBrainz, Discogs, IPI, ISWC or ISRC identifier is present for any artist in this dataset. Those schemes exist in the schema and are unpopulated.
News mentions 2 posts
| Date | Title | Matched by | Confidence | Words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-14 | PETE TOWNSHEND PARTNERS WITH PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC PETE TOWNSHEND, AWARD WINNING CO-FOUNDER OF LEGENDARY ROCK BAND THE WHO, PARTNERS WITH PRIMARY WAVE MUSIC Photo credit: Terry McGough THE PARTNERSHIP INCLUDES RIGHTS ACROSS TOWNSHEND’S NAME, IMAGE, AND LIKENESS AND FUTURE CREATIVE PROJECTS “Too iconoclastic to conform to the Mods, too musical to be a true punk, Pete Townshend […] | tag+title | high | 907 |
| 2026-02-03 | Inside Primary Wave’s 20th Anniversary Pre-Grammy Party: Presented by Venu The Primary Wave 20th Anniversary Pre-Grammy Party: Presented by Venu took place Saturday, January 20th 2026 at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills, California. The event was filled with legendary rockers and iconic moments as Primary Wave celebrated the 68th Annual Grammy Awards. “Primary Wave Music marked its 20th […] | tag | high | 327 |
“Matched by” and the confidence are carried through from the source extraction rather than flattened: a tag or tag+title match is high confidence, a title-only match is medium or low. A mention is not a transaction.
Associated repertoire (SPEC §22 category C)
No playlist embed
No Spotify playlist is embedded on this artist's page. 108 of 178 artists have one.
Identity and aliases
| Alias | Type | Confidence | Status | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Townshend | source spelling | high | accepted | verbatim name as published in the Primary Wave artist directory |
A candidate alias is not used for matching until a reviewer accepts it. SPEC §12 forbids automatically merging low-confidence matches.