According to Billboard.biz, Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of THE WHO, will be among those receiving the Kennedy Center Honors for 2008.

Kennedy Center chairman Stephen A. Schwarzman commented a prepared statement: "As the heart and soul of the seminal band the Who, songwriters and singers Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey transformed the sights and sounds of rock and roll."

On Sunday, Dec. 7, in a star-studded celebration on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage, performers from around the world will salute the 2008 honorees. The show will be broadcast on CBS. The Kennedy Center Honors will be bestowed the night before the gala, on Dec. 6, at a State Department dinner hosted by secretary of state Condoleezza Rice.

The honors recipients, recognized for their lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts, are selected by the Center's board of trustees.