OUTRAGE OVER THE WHO LANDING SUPER BOWL GIG

The Who has sparked outrage from a leading children's charity after landing this year's (10) Super Bowl half-time show - because of Pete Townshend's 2003 arrest on suspicion of possessing child pornography.

Pete Townshend was cautioned by police for accessing a website linked to child pornography in 1999 as part of research for a book he was planning.

As a result of accepting the caution, Pete Townshend was placed on Britain's Sex Offenders Register for five years - which has now been cleared from his record.

But officials at Child AbuseWatch.net have slammed the decision to let the group p lay at the NFL showdown in Tampa Bay, Florida in February (10).

Evin Daly, founder of the group, says, "I'm a fan of the band. Pete Townshend is the only issue, and the issue is that he's a former registered sex offender."

An NFL spokesperson says, "U.K. police cleared him since he was doing research for a project on child abuse."