• Reality-TV refugee John Lydon has announced that Public Image Limited has ceased its 17-year hiatus and will play a five-date reunion tour this winter, albeit without original members Jah Wobble and Keith Levene. Here’s hoping they at least get a TV appearance or two out of it. [Guardian] More »
The rental truck that housed Iggy and the Stooges’ gear when it was stolen sometime Monday morning has been found, but the equipment inside has yet to be recovered. The Stooges’ show tonight in Toronto will go on despite the loss, but the band members will have to use rented and donated equipment until their stuff turns up. C’mon, this story needs to have a happy ending! Full list of stolen items–via Hootpage, which has pictures of some pieces–after the jump.
Somebody stole the Stooges’ gear from a truck parked outside their Montreal hotel this morning. What gives, man? Full list of stolen property at the link, in case you want to be on the lookout. More »
Yeah guys, I mean…not like I was expecting some kinda “L.A. Blues” blowout as a big raspberry in the face of the HOF and I love both Ig and “Ray Of Light” but… Maybe “Burnin’ Up” was better? Madonna’s blatant disinterest in whatever’s going around her is still kinda disarming? More »
All the recent talk about The Weirdness has prompted us to dig up our old Stooges records, starting with 1973’s brutal Raw Power. More »
It didn’t take long for the new Stooges song, “Idea Of Fun,” to course through the blogosphere, much the same way that protein shakes course through Iggy Pop’s gangly, spidery innards. More »