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Iggy Pop, Barbican London
Punk godfather keeps his shirt on to great effect
Suits you: Iggy Pop
[Emila Holba]
TOM STONE urges you to catch the last dates of a New York singer/songwriter, never afraid to challenge her audiences musically or politically
JAN WOOLF examines work that aims to give viewers a material experience of the environments in the polar north and Britain equally affected by the climate crisis
The bard recalls advice received 50 years ago from his TRB muse, and sorts out appropriate legislation for football club ownership
MICHAL BONCZA and MARIA DUARTE review Facing War, Kontinental ’25, Bugonia, and Relay
MAYER WAKEFIELD is frustrated by a production of Ibsen’s classic study of an anti-heroine that fails to elucidate her motivations
PETER MASON tunes his ear into the domestic affairs of a Carribbean couple with a troublesome son
IT'S true. Iggy Pop has kind of “gone off” rock’n’roll and he admits as much in the liner notes for new album Free.
“I began to recoil from guitar riffs in favour of guitarscapes,” he writes and the record — a more laid-back affair with plenty of trumpet — proves the point.
Perhaps that’s why tonight’s gig from the usually topless godfather of punk is being billed as part of the London Jazz Festival. And he keeps his shirt on.
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