After Pete Townshend, singer/pianoplayer Mika took the stage and sang/played a few songs. Had never heard of him before. He had a really optimistic sound to his music, very much like a happy Freddie Mercury. See and hear for yourself.
The day after seeing The Pipettes, we returned to La Zona Rosa to see Pete Townshend thanks to Carla & Liane being on the ball and hooked into some last minute SXSW musical act notification service. Here is slightly over a minute of a solo acoustic piece: