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Iggy Pop is set to host his own Sunday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music, the station has announced.
The American singer previously appeared on 6 Music last year to host two special festival programmes, and is now going to host his own show for the rest of the year.
As you just heard on @maryannehobbs ... IGGY POP will be presenting his own 6 Music show for the rest of the year. 4-6pm, Sundays. Alright!
— BBC Radio 6 Music (@BBC6Music) February 23, 2014
Iggy Pop is best known as the lead vocalist for Iggy and the Stooges, as well as solo hits such as 'The Passenger' and 'Nightclubbing.'
Speaking of his appointment as 6 Music host, Iggy Pop said, "I had a great experience doing the shows for BBC Radio 6 Music over the holidays. To be honest, commerce, critics, crooks and creeps have conspired over time to knock the stuffing out of my soul as I have become ever more removed from the joys of feeling music."
The singer added, "The act of revisiting my library and memories to share the tunes I have treasured with a radio audience has relit a flame for me. So I was kind of hoping the Beeb would ask me to do some more. So I guess I did alright, because I'm gonna. Watch out for me."
BBC Radio 6 Music was created in 2002, but nearly closed in 2010 when the BBC Trust suggested only one in five UK residents were aware the station existed. A high profile campaign, which used the hashtag "'SaveBBC6Music", led to the plans for the station's closure being dropped.
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