Today sees the second annual John Peel Day.

The Raconteurs, Squarepusher and The Horrors join the Electric Proms for a special gig on October 26 at the Electric Ballroom in Camden.

Meanwhile tonight hundreds of gigs are being organized around the UK in memory of the Radio 1 DJ.

For the Peel Day page on the Radio 1 Website
Click here.

October 12 is Peel day as this was the date of his final show on Radio 1.

He died while on holiday in Peru with his wife in October 2004.

Read more about last year's event.