{"id":112,"date":"2005-08-24T11:29:06","date_gmt":"2005-08-24T11:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=112"},"modified":"2005-08-24T11:29:06","modified_gmt":"2005-08-24T11:29:06","slug":"john-peel-day-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2005\/08\/24\/john-peel-day-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"John Peel Day Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.co.uk\/article\/ds23781.html\" target=\"blank\">From Digital Spy:<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"BBC Radio 1\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio1\">Radio 1<\/a> have announced a day of gigs in tribute to highly influential <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Disc jockey\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disc_jockey\">DJ<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"John Peel\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/radio1\/alt\/johnpeel\/index.shtml\">John Peel<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>October 13 will see the first &#8216;John Peel Day&#8217; on which venues staging gigs across the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Country music\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Country_music\">country<\/a> will be invited to do so under the banner of Peel Day in celebration of his life, <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Broadcasting\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Broadcasting\">broadcasting<\/a> career and the influence he had over the music world by giving many unknown bands their first break into the big time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Also being organised is a special <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Concert\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Concert\">concert<\/a> in <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"London\" rel=\"geolocation\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=51.5080555556,-0.124722222222&amp;spn=0.1,0.1&amp;q=51.5080555556,-0.124722222222 (London)&amp;t=h\">London<\/a> held by the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"BBC\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\">BBC<\/a>, with details to be announced nearer the time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Peel died last October at the age of 65.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What a great way to celebrate the life and work of this great man, I&#8217;m sure he&#8217;d enjoy this even though he&#8217;d probably be a little embarrassed by it all!<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Digital Spy: Radio 1 have announced a day of gigs in tribute to highly influential DJ John Peel. 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