![]() He has a place on the river nearby where he focuses on his art, and he takes regular trips to “the islands”: the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and Cuba, each just an hour away. These days Iggy lives in Coconut Grove, an upscale, leafy green neighbourhood. Oh my God, there were still thrift stores here. 2 Live Crew had their own store front in Miami Beach. You know, people taking advantage of cheap rent for these large spaces you could throw a club. There were lots of shady characters here. It was a 1968 car and he handed me the keys and said: ‘She’s ready to drive to California right now.’ A cherry red Cadillac de Ville convertible from some old geezer. “At that time, there was never a problem parking. In 1997, I bought a condominium for $40,000 from a shady character on the beach. ![]() I walked about 50 blocks up the beach the first day I got to Miami. Iggy has lived in Florida since 1991 – after 20 years in New York he was tired of the city’s “monumental shitty buildings and shitty people”. “This is a south eastern breeze, the nicest you can get here,” he says. Unsurprisingly, the wild man is most comfortable wearing a pair of jeans sans shirt, with his leathery torso proudly on show. We meet Iggy with a rail full of Martine Rose clothes on a scorching hot afternoon in north east Miami. ![]() ![]() Frankly, Iggy has never sounded more free. Even in a back catalogue as rich and diverse as his, Free stands tall as the sombre, contemplative sound of an artist at the peak of his powers. As Iggy says: ”This is an album in which other artists speak for me, but I lend my voice.” Those artists are Texan jazz trumpeter Leron Thomas and guitar instrumentalist Noveller. His last album was 2016’s Post Pop Depression, produced by Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age and featuring Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders on drums.Īnd now comes Free. Nor have they slowed his restless, punkish creativity. He was still hard at it in the Nineties, with 1993 bringing another rebirth in the mighty American Caesar album (1993).įour decades on, neither age nor rehab have withered Ig. He produced Iggy’s first two solo albums, The Idiot and Lust For Life, the latter featuring the still-vital title track and The Passenger. 2 and is headlined by King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard and Tame Impala, the latter performing its landmark sophomore album Lonerism in its entirety.After accidentally inventing punk with deathless, defiant tracks like Search and Destroyand I Wanna Be Your Dog, he moved into another phase when he moved to Berlin in the mid-Seventies and partnered with David Bowie. No details about its release have yet been made available.Īs previously reported, Desert Daze will be held Sept. Pop’s next album was produced by Andrew Watt and features appearances by Pearl Jam touring multi-instrumentalist Josh Klinghoffer and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith. I’ve left no stone unturned to be there with you on October 2nd, but now I can only plan to play this wonderful festival again in the future.” “Due to a confluence of world events, we have had unprecedented visa issues for my French band way beyond our control, and the band can’t enter the United States in time for the date. “I am disappointed to announce the cancellation of my appearance at the Desert Daze Festival,” says Pop. The performance was to be Pop’s only one in North America this year. Beach House will replace Iggy Pop as the final night headliner at the upcoming Desert Daze festival near Lake Perris, Calif., after Pop’s French-based band was unable to enter the United States due to visa complications.
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