PASADENA, Calif. (AP) – Mr. T has given himself a makeover.

The former television action star shed the piles of gold chains that were his signature look after witnessing the destruction from Hurricane Katrina.

“As a spiritual man, I felt it would be a sin against my God for me to wear all that gold again because I spent a lot of time with the less fortunate,” the actor said Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s summer meeting.

“I saw some, I call it “sorry celebrities.’ They’ll go down there and hook up with the people to take a photo-op. I said, “How disgusting.’ If you’re not going to go down there with a check and a hammer and a nail to help the people, don’t go down there.”

Mr. T, whose real name is Lawrence Tero, stars in “I Pity the Fool” debuting in October on TV Land. He dispenses advice to viewers who are struggling with life’s problems.

The former star of “The A-Team” said he’s about more than his rough-and-tough image.

“Yes, I am qualified to beat people up. But I am pretty intelligent,” he said. “That’s what throws people off. If you’ve been through something, that gives you an authority that you can speak on certain things. That’s why people relate to me. I pull no punches.”

NEW YORK (AP) – It’s been more than 20 years since the Who blasted their way through a major concert tour. This fall, they’ll give it another go.

The opening date will be Sept. 12 in Philadelphia, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey announced Thursday. They will then wind their way through the U.S. and Canada before jumping next year to South America, the Far East, Australia and Europe.

Stops on the tour include New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Seattle, Los Angeles and Toronto.

The Who will perform songs from their new “mini-rock” opera, “Wire & Glass,” and their upcoming studio album, tentatively titled, “Who 2,” set for release Oct. 23. It will be their first studio album since 1982’s “It’s Hard.”

“I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to a tour as much as this one,” Townshend said in a statement. “Roger and I are both fit and well, ready to rock.”

Daltrey said he and Townshend plan to perform “some rarities that we’ve not played for a long time.” They will be joined by keyboardist John “Rabbit” Bundrick, bassist Pino Palladino, drummer Zak Starkey and singer-guitarist Simon Townshend.

NEW YORK (AP) – Kevin Kline is in. Christopher Walken is out of the Shakespeare in the Park production of “Mother Courage and Her Children,” starring Meryl Streep.

Walken, who was to have played the role of Cook, withdrew from the production because of scheduling conflicts, Arlene Kriv, a spokeswoman for the Public Theater, said Thursday.

Tony Kushner’s adaptation of the Bertolt Brecht classic anti-war drama, featuring original music by Jeanine Tesori, begins preview performances Aug. 8 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The production, directed by George C. Wolfe, opens Aug. 21. It is scheduled to run through Sept. 3.

Kline has had a long association with the Public Theater, having played in Shakespeare plays such as “Hamlet,” “Richard III,” “Henry V,” “Measure for Measure” and “Much Ado About Nothing.” During the 2006-07 season at the Public, he will play the title role in “King Lear.”

LONDON (AP) – Pete Doherty told a judge Thursday he plans to have a chemical implant put into his abdomen to help him kick drugs.

Doherty, the 27-year-old frontman of Babyshambles, appeared for a progress review of his drug rehabilitation program that was ordered after he was arrested several times on drug charges.

He said he hoped to have the fingertip-sized implant, which releases a drug to prevent highs from opiates, fitted within two weeks.

Judge Jane McIvor told Doherty she was pleased with his progress but was still waiting for his first negative test result.

“You are going in the right direction. It’s not easy, especially in your circumstances. I appreciate that entirely,” McIvor said. “I think your concentration should be, within six months of the order, to get a negative test.”

Doherty was two hours late for the court appearance in east London. The former lead singer of the Libertines wore his signature suit and trilby hat.

The singer said he was disappointed that his last test was not negative: “Maybe next time ‘round,” he said.

His case was adjourned until September, when another review of his treatment will take place.

Doherty gained international attention after a British tabloid printed pictures of his then-girlfriend, Kate Moss, allegedly using cocaine at a music studio where Doherty and his band were recording. No charges were leveled against the supermodel.