Peter Watts
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Freelance journalist and author of Denmark Street: London's Street of Sound. Now on https://t.co/nvdgOpPVNQ
Joined January 2010
My book about the music history of Denmark Street - Denmark Street, London's Street Of Sound - is coming out this week. https://t.co/pPG2kE1P0p
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The X Effect. Sky's data and forensics team investigates how Elon Musk is boosting the British right
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White Elephants And Flying Pigs: The Extraordinary Afterlife Of Battersea Power Station - my updated history of London’s favourite building is now available in paperback. https://t.co/xgHHnlGEL3
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I wrote about the Rock And Roll Public Library on Flitcroft St.
greatwen.com
I am not usually the type of person who can summon a quote off the top of their head but one came to mind as I looked around the Rock And Roll Public Library in St Giles. This is a collection of po…
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There's so much to talk about in the new @uncutmagazine, not least our lengthy and revealing interviews with @JimmyPage, @RobertPlant and John Paul Jones as they reflect on 50 years of @ledzeppelin's masterpiece Physical Graffiti... Order here: https://t.co/qxlORD36JN 1/4
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The first look at Jeremy Allen White as Bruce Springsteen in the upcoming biopic, Deliver Me From Nowhere, has been revealed. Coming to theaters in 2025.
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Incidentally, the photo here looks out over Denmark Street - the new @RoughTrade is just out of shot across the street.
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Interviewed Pete Townshend for the Standard. He has opened “The Townshend Studio” in his old University - a room of vintage synths on which he recorded Baba O’Riley, Tommy etc. We talked about the crisis in arts education, plans for The Who, Oasis & more.
standard.co.uk
As the Townshend studio opens at the University of West London the legendary guitarist talks about the importance of arts funding, the Oasis reunion and what next for The Who
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customer: if you could get any one book made into a film, what would it be? me: you'd need a time machine to get London right (bomb sites etc) but the answer is...
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I interviewed Evan Dando for the Telegraph.
telegraph.co.uk
The Lemonheads singer’s career was blighted by addiction and rumours of an affair with Courtney Love. Now he’s clean and ready to rock again
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I interviewed Evan Dando for the Telegraph.
telegraph.co.uk
The Lemonheads singer’s career was blighted by addiction and rumours of an affair with Courtney Love. Now he’s clean and ready to rock again
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Great news for Denmark Street! And you can read about the street’s long music history in my book, Denmark Street: London’s Street Of Sound.
paradiseroad.co.uk
We have an opening date. Delighted to announce Rough Trade Denmark Street will officially open on Monday 28th October at 10am! Matt, Jack and the team are so excited to welcome you to number 24 on this very special street. The future starts now.
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I bumped into The Boss himself in the corridor after the interview, saying ‘hi Bruce’ just quietly enough for him to get away with pretending he hadn’t heard me.
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Stevie did a full costume change between interview and screening as can be seen his ensemble above.
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I interviewed @StevieVanZandt and Jon Landau for @uncutmagazine ahead of a new Bruce Springsteen film that streams on Disney from Friday October 25. https://t.co/phmsmmHcxN
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To coincide with the release of our 20th anniversary box set, we are putting out a series of limited edition 7” singles that expand on each of the four CDs in the box with additional tracks and a design that reflects the style of our original run of releases...
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