Also in memory of the great man, there’s an unprecedented amount of gigs taking place up and down the country. The centrepiece is a sold-out show at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall featuring Peel favourites New Order, Super Furry Animals, The Fall (of course), Laura Cantrell, Misty In Roots, Venetian Snares (us neither) and Jawbone.

But if you can’t be there, then you could be at any one of these. We’d personally recommend My Tiny Ballboy in Edinburgh, Ultrafoetus in Withington or Blind Hostility at The Swan in Hereford. We haven’t actually heard any of those but they do have great names. That's important.


Radio One will be broadcasting a new documentary on October 17 called ‘Keeping It Peel’, which will focus on the tiny, obscure record labels that John tirelessly championed, and speak to fans who swap tapes of his legendary sessions and festive 50 countdowns.

And, with wonderful perversity, you can also purchase a tulip named in John’s honour here with proceeds going to help children’s music performance.
Don’t eat the bulbs!





Meanwhile, here at Slashmusic, we continue to encourage, champion and generally stand on the sidelines waving banners at new music over on our Making Music page. We’re pretty sure Peely would’ve appreciated the wry beat poetry of Penny Broadhurst, the anti-emo effervescence of Out With Mummy and the classic Britpop-ishness of The Charlie Parkers. Plus, our indie showcase winners Secret Hairdresser would surely have been booked for a session.

And if you don’t like any of that, we will, in the words of Mr Peel, “come and break wind in your kitchen”.