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Pete Townshend's John Peel lecture - full text

Full text of the Who star's speech at the Radio Festival on Apple's iTunes and music piracyFirstly I'm honoured to have been asked to do this first lecture in the name of John Peel. John and I were never close friends, and I know he was not always an unconditional Who fan, but through his long-time producer John Walters – who was a great friend to me and to Who drummer Keith Moon – I followed John Peel's career with the sense of a family insider. I don't want to kick off this series of annua...

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09:29 on November 1 2011

Pete Townshend's John Peel lecture - full text

Guardian Music — Full text of the Who star's speech at the Radio Festival on Apple's iTunes and music piracyFirstly I'm honoured to have been asked to do this first lecture in the name of... more info

20:29 on November 1 2011

Radio review: the John Peel Lecture

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01:38 on November 1 2011

Pete Townshend delivers The John Peel Lecture

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11:17 on October 31 2011

Pete Townshend to deliver inaugural John Peel Lecture

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