Here, Music Week presents a transcript of the Who band leader's speech in full - in which he discusses iTunes (and why it's a little like "a vampire"), his rebellious "inner artist" and the future of popular music as we know it...

Firstly 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 ...