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The Who's Show Justly Goes On

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The game is Sunday, but one winner has already emerged from Super Bowl Week. Fairness. Truth. Common sense. OK, that's three winners. But they all took the form of Pete Townshend on Thursday. Normally the status of halftime performers would pale when compared to the status of Dwight Freeney's...

Who Are You to Ban Townshend From Super Bowl?

And now, from the people who brought you Michael Jackson surrounded by 3,500 children and Janet Jackson's right breast, we have the most controversial Super Bowl halftime performer of all. Pete the Pervert. That would be Pete Townshend of The Who, unless child advocacy groups have their way. They're raising a stink over...

Pete Townshend News From the Web

05/31/12 Exclusive: read an extract from new Stone Roses... Source: GIGWISE "Ahead of the book's release, and a summer packed with Roses-related excitement, we have a extract from the book, recalling the band's early days and their first ever show in London. Read the extract below.
05/29/12 Pinball wizards: Des McAnuff & Pete Townshend rawk the... Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada Recipient Des McAnuff, left, and Pete Townshend from the band The Who put on the final act during the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala at the NAC in Ottawa on Saturday, May 5, 2012.
05/15/12 Spears Could Join X Factor; Underwood Tops Billboard Source: Voice of America (VOA) Although unconfirmed by FOX-TV, many media outlets are reporting that Britney Spears has signed a $15-million contract to judge the second season of America's X Factor.
05/15/12 Where was I on May 15? A cryptic diary offers clues* Source: The London Free Press - London ON - Canada Pete Townshend, Des McAnuff & Steve Gouveia** on that famous May night at Ottawa, courtesy of myspace.com/stevegouveiamusic.
05/12/12 Coldplay's Chris Martin Has Hearing Disorder Recap Source: antiMusic On Monday Coldplay's Chris Martin Has Hearing Disorder was a top story.

Background on Pete Townshend

Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English rock guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and author, known principally as the guitarist and songwriter for the rock group The Who, as well as for his own solo career.

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