Iggy Pop, Brian Eno, Jarvis Cocker and Members of the Clash Set for Holiday Radio Shows on the BBC

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BBC radio listeners will be able to celebrate the holidays with a real-life Grinch this year. According to the Guardian, Iggy Pop will host two shows on BBC 6 Music, one on Christmas Day and one on New Year's Day.

A radio show devoted to "rockin' rebels", airing midday on December 25, sounds like it'll be more of an Iggy Pop show than a Christmas show: "I was a little worried that the listening might feel ragged for the kind of people who can't embrace Duane Eddy and, say, the Last Poets in the same hour with Doc Watson," he said. "Well, that's too damn bad."

The New Year's one will be devoted to "heartbreak and heartaches."

Both shows are part of 6 Music's week-long holiday broadcast, which also includes an interview with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich on Christmas, a two-hour special from the Clash's Mick Jones and Paul Simonon on December 26, and a show of "essential a cappella tracks" from Brian Eno and Jarvis Cocker. 

Listen to Iggy Pop's version of "White Christmas":

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