{"id":984,"date":"2011-10-03T17:06:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T17:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/10\/03\/pete-townshend-to-launch-john-peel-lecture\/"},"modified":"2011-10-03T17:06:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T17:06:09","slug":"pete-townshend-to-launch-john-peel-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/10\/03\/pete-townshend-to-launch-john-peel-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Townshend to launch John Peel Lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"


The Who star Pete Townshend is to deliver the inaugural John Peel Lecture, in which he will assess the state of music in the internet age. <\/p>\n

The talk, to be hosted by BBC 6 Music, will become an annual event given by a different music figure every year.<\/p>\n

Townshend will ask how musicians can survive in the age of free downloads.<\/p>\n

The lecture, named in honour of legendary DJ Peel, who died in 2004, will be part of the Radio Festival in Salford at the end of this month.<\/p>\n

It will be introduced by Peel’s son and broadcaster Tom Ravenscroft, along with fellow 6 Music presenters Stuart Maconie and Mark Radcliffe, and broadcast live on the digital radio station.<\/p>\n

Townshend said he was “honoured” to be asked to deliver the address, adding that the former BBC Radio 1 DJ had introduced him to bands like The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Undertones before they had signed record deals.<\/p>\n

“John didn’t just listen to music, he played it on air and let his audience decide,” the 66-year-old guitarist said.<\/p>\n

“He was a listener first, and an activist second, and I am happy to have a chance to honour him and examine how his legacy might extend into the future.”<\/p>\n

In his lecture, Townshend will pose the question: “Can John Peelism survive the internet?”<\/p>\n

A BBC statement said his lecture would ask: “In an age of free downloads and a disposable attitude to music, can creative people earn a living, and without radio, how can the ‘unpolished’ music that John Peel championed find an audience?”<\/p>\n

The event, to be held at The Lowry theatre in Salford on 31 October, is designed as the music industry’s equivalent of the annual MacTaggart Lecture, given by a leading media executive at the Edinburgh International Television Festival every August.<\/p>\n

Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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