PRETENDERS - PRETENDERS TO BE HONOURED

Rockers THE PRETENDERS are to be the next act honoured at the VH1 Decades Rock Live TV special - with IGGY POP and GARBAGE star SHIRLEY MANSON among those paying tribute. CHRISSIE HYNDE's group will perform as part of the August (11AUG06) celebration, which will also feature INCUBUS and KINGS OF LEON. The show will be taped at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey for broadcast later in the year (06).