BBC news reports that:

THE WHO guitarist PETE TOWNSHEND stormed out of an interview when US DJ Howard Stern mentioned his 2003 police caution for accessing a pedophile website.

Townshend and singer ROGER DALTREY were waiting for the interview to begin when Stern's co-host began to talk about the "child pornography stuff".

The guitarist walked out, leaving his band-mate to complete the interview.

Stern later said he was "very sorry". Townshend left a reply on his website, saying: "Howard, let's have lunch".

The rock star was questioned by police in 2003 as part of the Operation Ore investigation into accessing child porn on the internet.

Townshend admitted using his credit card to look at a pedophile website for research into child abuse, but he denied being a pedophile.

He received a police caution, and was placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years.

However, he was cleared of possessing indecent pictures downloaded from the internet.

'Dirty underpants'...

Wednesday's interview, on "shock jock" Howard Stern's satellite radio show, was supposed to promote The Who's new album, Endless Wire, which is released next week.

It is the first album the legendary rockers have recorded together since 1982's It's Hard, which topped the UK charts.

Stern's co-host Robin Quivers, claimed on air that Townshend would have walked out even "if we didn't bring that up. He's a real testy guy".

Daltrey leapt to his band-mate's defence, accusing Stern of "sniffing dirty underpants".

"Can you imagine you're accused of this stuff and then you're found not guilty? If you had to defend yourself through this stuff?

"The wounds are so deep on the man, and it's just tragic because he's got so much to offer."

Source BBC

Nine Inch Nails updated their european tour:

Feb, 10 - lisbon, portugal - Coliseum
Feb, 11 - lisbon, portugal - Coliseum-
Feb, 12 - lisbon, portugal - Coliseum-
Feb, 14 - madrid, spain - la riviera
Feb, 16 - bilbao, spain - pabellon de la casilla
Feb, 18 - barcelona, spain - razzmatazz
Feb, 21 - paris, france - Olympia
Feb, 22 - paris, france - Olympia
Feb, 23 - lille, france - zenith
Feb, 25 - manchester, UK - apollo
Feb, 28 - glasgow, UK - academy
Mar, 03 - nottingham, UK - arena
Mar, 04 - birmingham, UK - academy
Mar, 07 - london, UK - brixton
Mar, 08 - london, UK - brixton
Mar, 14 - koln, german - palladium
Mar, 18 - brussels, belgium - ancienne belgique
Mar, 21 - amsterdam, holland - paradiso
Mar, 24 - berlin, germany - columbiahalle
Mar, 26 - stuttgart, germany - porsche arena
Mar, 28 - munich, germany - zenith
Mar, 29 - vienna, austria - gasometer
Apr, 01 - milan, italy - alcatrazz
Apr, 02 - zurich, switzerland - volkshaus
Apr, 04 - frankfurt, germany - volkshaus
Apr, 06 - copenhagen, denmark - vega
Apr, 07 - oslo, norway - sentrum scene
Apr, 08 - Stockholm, Sweden - annexet
Apr, 10 - helsinki, finland - old ice hall

Source NIN

OzzyHead.com has issued the following update:

"Sharon Osbourne was interviewed by Opie and Anthony yesterday on their syndicated radio show. She confirmed that Ozzy will be performing on the 2nd stage again next year at Ozzfest 2007. She also said that they are trying to get ALICE IN CHAINS on the bill.

Sharon also made a quick reference to a 40th Anniversary tour for BLACK SABBATH in 2008."

In related news, as previously reported, the 26th annual CMJ Music Marathon, held October 31st - November 4th at Lincoln Center and its neighboring Tower Records in New York, will present more than 100 panels and discussions featuring dozens of high-profile artists, executives, journalists, industry veterans and pop-culture icons debating the state of today's volatile music business and its prospects for the future. One of the panels includes the OZZFest 10th Anniversary Reunion being held on November 1st.

It is described as follows:

The artists and major players of OZZFest reveal secrets of the event, disclose how and why it has impacted them and the music industry, share their favorite memories and discuss some of their OZZFest experiences that were not in the media. The moderator is Billy Graziadei, former guitarist/vocalist of BIOHAZARD/current guitarist of SUICIDE CITY.

Panelists include:

Mercedes Lander, drummer of KITTIE; Morgan Lander, lead singer of Kittie; Dez FaFara, former lead singer of COAL CHAMBER/current lead singer of DEVILDRIVER; Shaun Lopez, lead singer of THE REVOLUTION SMILE; Alan Robert, LIFE OF AGONY bassist/SPOILER NYC bassist; Ryan Tooker, lead singer of GRADE 8; and Dustin Tooker, guitarist of Grade 8.

Source OZZY