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2005/1/2

The latest OBEs on the Queen's New Year's Honours list include Roger Daltrey of The Who (you know, of "hope I die before I get old" fame) and Pete Waterman (of Stock/Aitken/Waterman fame), decorated for his services to ~~manufacturing~~ music.

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2003/1/12

Pete Townshend, frontman of power-pop pioneers The Who, has admitted to paying for child pornography, but claims that he was doing it in the name of research for a book, and his activities as a vigilante against padeophiles (of whom he strongly maintains he is not one). Townshend's name and credit card number were found when the FBI raided a pay-per-view child pornography web site.

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