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Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp have covered Iggy Pop’s ‘The Passenger’ in the latest of their Sunday Lunch video series.The video specials began during the first coronavirus lockdown in the UK last year and quickly went viral as the couple put their spin on songs by David Bowie, Metallica, Britney Spears, Soft Cell and more.“Welcome to Toyah and Robert’s Sunday Lunch and here we are rocking out with T on the kitchen table,” Fripp introduced this week’s instalment.

Cat Power has announced details of a new covers album – listen to her versions of tracks by Frank Ocean and The Pogues below.‘Covers’ will be released on January 14, 2022 via Domino, and also feature renditions of songs by Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, Billie Holiday and more.Ahead of the release of the album, Cat Power has shared a version of Frank Ocean’s 2012 track ‘Bad Religion’, which she also performed on The Late Late Show with James Corden last night (October 7).In a statement, the singer

Iggy Pop has opened up about the excitement he still feels when discovering new music.Speaking to The Guardian, Iggy said that discovering new music “opens my mind and the element of surprise keeps me connected.”Describing the process, he added: I feel like I’m mining for diamonds – and when you find the diamond, you know.”He gave the example of how he felt when hearing ‘Chaise Longue’ by Wet Leg saying: “It’s cheeky, with a wicked groove, but it’s the vocals – they’re almost metronomic.

Sharon Van Etten has shared her cover of the Velvet Underground‘s ‘Femme Fatale’ – you can listen to her rendition of the track below.The song is the latest preview of ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror – A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico’, a covers album honouring the Velvet Underground’s 1967 debut album which is set for release on September 24.Van Etten is among the featured artists who have contributed to the record, which also includes covers by St.

Iggy Pop and Matt Sweeney have shared their cover of the Velvet Underground‘s ‘European Son’ – you can listen to the track below.The reimagining forms part of the upcoming tribute album ‘I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute to the Velvet Underground & Nico’, which is set for release on September 24.“The Velvet Underground were rock and roll’s finest band.

Bryan Adams recreated the touring lifestyle amid the ongoing pandemic as he shot this year’s prestigious Pirelli calendar.

Eurovision 2021 winners Måneskin have teamed up with Iggy Pop for a new version of their single ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’.The original version of the song appeared on the Italian group’s second album ‘Teatro d’ira: Vol. I’, and landed in the Top 10 of the official UK singles chart.Måneskin took to social media today (August 4) to announce that they have enlisted Iggy for a collaborative rework of the single.

Iggy Pop, Sharon Van Etten, Michael Stipe, St.

Iggy Pop will lend his voice to a documentary focused on the discovery and exhibition of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun.The documentary, Tutankhamun: The Last Exhibition, was produced by Nexo Digital and Italian cultural agency Laboratoriorosso. It follows the tomb’s discovery in 1922 and the subsequent touring exhibition, King Tut: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh, which launched in Los Angeles in 2019.

Berliner Zeitung read: “Nico: Death of a Star from Berlin Reveals the Secret Love Drama of Alain Delon. ”‘I think she was ashamed her whole life’ – Nico pictured in 1965Even in death, Nico’s story was framed in the context of one of the many famous men who drifted through her life.

Iggy Pop‘s pet parrot has given the Sleaford Mods song ‘Tweet Tweet Tweet’ an unexpected boost in popularity through a viral dancing clip – you can watch the video below.The singer’s cockatoo, named Biggy Pop, has attracted a healthy online following in recent years and was named as an honorary patron of Australia’s Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital last summer.One of Biggy’s recent dancing videos – which typically feature Iggy playing a song on his speakers to get the parrot dancing – sees the bird

Iggy Pop has joined the cast of Canadian director Jeremy LaLonde’s upcoming comedy film Blue Iguana.The godfather of punk, whose first band was called The Iguanas, which led to his nickname Iggy, will star as Edward, the wealthy patriarch whose death kicks off a chain of unfortunate events for son Daniel whose plan to reconnect with his siblings hits a snag when he discovers they all want to kill him for his inheritance.Other names set to star in the film include Bob Saget, Joel David Moore,

Elvis Costello has shared a new six-track EP of French-speaking tracks featuring Iggy Pop and more – listen below.‘La Face de Pendule à Coucou’ features French adaptations of songs from Costello’s 2020 album ‘Hey Clockface’.The EP was first previewed back in December with Iggy Pop’s version of ‘No Flag’. Speaking on the difficulty of translating the lyrics into French, Iggy said: “There’s a uniqueness to the French language.

Mick Rock might never have snapped iconic photos of David Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Mötley Crüe and a host of other musicians. At the time, he was attending Cambridge University in ­England, majoring in literature and harboring no photographic ambitions.But Rock told The Post that on that night, “I was at the home of a friend who had all the toys, including a great record player and camera.

Phoebe Bridgers has teamed up with Philip Glass, Scorchio Quartet and Jackson Browne to perform an orchestral version of ‘Kyoto’.The special rendition of the ‘Punisher’ track came as the musicians performed for Glass’ annual Tibet House benefit last night (February 17).The event is usually held at New York’s Carnegie Hall, but was held virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAnnie Lennox, Cage the Elephant and Black Pumas will join the line-up for the 34th Annual Tibet House US Virtual Benefit Concert on Wednesday night (February 17).

Sleaford Mods release their new album ‘Spare Ribs’ on Friday (January 15), and have shared a new single and details of their own TV show.The final single released in preview of the album is ‘Nudge It’, featuring Amyl and the Sniffers vocalist Amy Taylor – watch its new video below.The band will also premiere a new hour-long TV show called SMTV on YouTube this Saturday (January 16) at 8pm GMT, featuring Taylor, previous collaborator Billy Nomates, Iggy Pop and more.

A host of A-list stars joined forces to support PETA’s 40th anniversary on Saturday, Dec 12.

Iggy Pop, Jermaine Dupri, and Lily Tomlin will be honored with animal rights trophies at PETA’s 40th-anniversary celebration this weekend (December 12, 2020).The virtual party, hosted by Alan Cumming, will feature appearances by Mariah Carey, Dolly Parton, Chrissie Hynde, Paul McCartney, Gillian Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, James Cromwell, Belinda Carlisle, Casey Affleck, and Pamela Anderson, among others.Dupri, Tomlin, and Iggy Pop will all receive humanitarian awards for their

Iggy Pop, Jermaine Dupri and Lily Tomlin will be honoured with animal rights trophies at PETA's 40th anniversary celebration this weekend. The virtual party, hosted by Alan Cumming, will feature appearances by Mariah Carey, Dolly Parton, Chrissie Hynde, Paul McCartney, Gillian Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Anjelica Huston, James Cromwell, Belinda Carlisle, Casey Affleck, and Pamela Anderson, among others.

And Styles is by no means the first to toss the trews. David Bowie wore a floral gown on an album cover in the 70s, Kurt Cobain rocked Courtney Love’s floral dresses, while Iggy Pop, Kanye West, Vin Diesel, Diddy and Jared Leto have all rocked skirts and kilts with varying degrees of aplomb.

Iggy Pop likened listening to Nine Inch Nails to “hearing the truth” as he inducted the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last night (November 7).Trent Reznor’s band joined the famed list alongside Depeche Mode and more at the virtual ceremony.“When I first heard about Nine Inch Nails and I heard a little of their music, I thought, ‘Well, who is this guy?’,” Iggy said during his induction speech. “So I took a look and I saw a face straight out of 15th century Spain.

Nine Inch Nails were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame during a two-hour broadcast on HBO overnight.The band were given an induction speech from Iggy Pop, who compared them to Bob Dylan, Nirvana, George Clinton and French writer Michel Houellebecq. Other artists who lined up to praise Nine Inch Nails included St.

Cillian Murphy will return to BBC Radio 6 Music with a new late-night series exploring his own record collection as he explains why the music holds a special place in his life.

Miley Cyrus, Dave Grohl, Jennifer Hudson, Iggy Pop, Alicia Keys, and Bruce Springsteen will be among the stars helping to induct the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 during a virtual ceremony on November 7, 2020.Luke Bryan, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, St. Vincent, Ringo Starr, Gwen Stefani, and Charlize Theron will also be among the celebrities saluting Depeche Mode, the Doobie Brothers, Whitney Houston, Nine Inch Nails, The Notorious B.I.G., and T. Rex, as well as Ahmet Ertegun Award winners

Times may be tough for many in the music industry at the moment, but I’ll tell you who’s not struggling: Iggy Pop’s cockatoo, Biggy Pop. His public profile has never been higher.

Iggy Pop, A$AP Rocky and Tyler, the Creator have starred in a new short film advertising Gucci Tailoring’s new campaign.In the Harmony Korine-directed video, the suited-and-booted rock and hip hop stars mess around at a west coast home where they eat spaghetti and dance in bathrooms.The clip was filmed back in February and is soundtracked by Cerrone’s 1977 song ‘Supernature’.

Celebrity cockatoo Biggy Pop – best known, of course, for being the owner of musician Iggy Pop – has announced that he has become the founding patron of the Byron Bay Wildlife Hospital in Australia.In a statement, Biggy says: “I’m a bird, and a real wild one, and I have many cockatoo cousins in Australia. I was so distressed to hear that 180 million birds died in the catastrophic bushfire crisis that killed over three billion native animals in Australia.

Creem: America’s Only Rock ’N’ Roll Magazine, recreates those lost days of defiance.

Iggy Pop paid a visit to the mag’s Detroit headquarters, publisher/founder Barry Kramer sneaked up behind the proto-punk and dumped a trashcan full of garbage on his head. Then Kramer inexplicably exclaimed, “Hey, motherf - - ker! Did you forget your manners?”Joan Jett once showed up, outraged and intending to kick the ass of critic Rick Johnson who decimated the Runaways’ first album (she assumes that he slipped out a back door).

IDLES’ frontman Joe Talbot, who’s used a global pandemic as an excuse to become a talkshow host, pitching himself somewhere between Jerry Springer and Iggy Pop. But, like, from Bristol.Balley TV is stupid, clever, weird, wise, rude, sweet, mindless, thoughtful, totally baffling and absolutely hilarious.

Iggy Pop has called on Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott to co-sponsor the proposed Big Cat Public Safety Act to protect tigers and other big cat species from animal abuse.

All Points East Festival organisers have announced that it won’t be taking place this year due to the ongoing battle to stop the spread of coronavirus.

The line-up already includes the likes of Iggy Pop, Johnny Marr and Kim Gordon

He was the co-writer of 'Dancing Barefoot'

Back in December, Cage the Elephant told Billboard to look out for an upcoming collaboration their song, "Broken Boys," with the hint that the artist on the track is "pop without being poppy and it's not Iggy Azalea."