“ He joins the long list of celebrities who have been victimized by this hoax. On Wednesday (May 24) the singer's reps officially confirmed that Iggy Pop is not dead. Iggy Pop Death Hoax Dismissed Since Singer Is ‘Alive And Well’ Some pointed out that the news had not been carried on any major American network, indicating that it was a fake report, as the death of a singer of Iggy Pop's stature would be major news across networks.Ī recent poll conducted for the Celebrity Post shows that a large majority (71%) of respondents think those Iggy Pop death rumors are not funny anymore. Where as some trusting fans believed the post, others were immediately skeptical of the report, perhaps learning their lesson from the huge amount of fake death reports emerging about celebrities over recent months. And as usual, Twittersphere was frenzied over the death hoax. Hundreds of fans immediately started writing their messages of condolence on the Facebook page, expressing their sadness that the talented 76-year-old singer was dead. Please show your sympathy and condolences by commenting on and liking this page.” ET on Tuesday (May 23, 2023), our beloved singer Iggy Pop passed away. Those who read the ‘About’ page were given a believable account of the American singer’s passing: “ At about 11 a.m. Iggy Pop’ Facebook page attracted nearly one million of ‘likes’. Rumors of the singer’s alleged demise gained traction on Tuesday after a ‘ R.I.P.
Thankfully, Stooges frontman is alive and well. However the May 2023 report has now been confirmed as a complete hoax and just the latest in a string of fake celebrity death reports. News of singer Iggy Pop’s death spread quickly earlier this week causing concern among fans across the world. As well as recording his own versions of The Passenger, in his later years he returned to the Beggars Opera project, releasing seven further albums.Is Iggy Pop secretly gay and hiding in the closet? He was diagnosed with electrosensitivity in 1998, which made him feel unwell when in proximity to electronic devices – he had to adapt his home studio to accommodate the illness. In 1995, he released Auschwitz, an instrumental work marking the 50th anniversary of the camp’s liberation that he regarded as his most important solo work. He set up his own studio and began exploring the possibilities of digital production, occasionally releasing albums with collaborators – including his wife Virginia Scott – such as the ambient project Kumara. Gardiner became a father and didn’t continue to tour with Bowie and Pop.
Iggy Pop paid tribute to Gardiner, writing: “Dearest Ricky, lovely, lovely man, shirtless in your coveralls, nicest guy who ever played guitar.” “The song Success epitomises this jubilant energy and the album on the whole shows imaginative qualities consistent with this rising lunar energy.”
“Lust for Life benefited from a lot of spontaneity and was largely recorded as the moon was waxing towards full,” he later explained. He also co-wrote the songs Success and Neighbourhood Threat, and played drums on the closing jam Fall in Love With Me. At a certain point my ear caught the chord sequence.” I was in a light dream enjoying the glorious spring morning. “I was not paying any attention to what I was playing. “The apple trees were in bloom and I was doodling on the guitar as I gazed at the trees,” Gardiner later said. He then played guitar and contributed songwriting on the Bowie-produced Iggy Pop album Lust for Life later in 1977, describing the writing and recording sessions as “a joy”.Īmong Gardiner’s contributions is a riff regarded to be one of the simplest and greatest of all time: the swaggering three-note motif for The Passenger, which came to him in bucolic surroundings not usually associated with Pop. I enjoy the occasional drink but I would be quite happy if alcohol was returned to its rightful place in the laboratory,” he later said. On this famously debauched tour, Gardiner preferred to take early morning walks – “If others used, they must have been discreet. The Bowie recordings brought him into the orbit of another star, Iggy Pop, and he toured with Bowie and Pop for the latter’s album The Idiot, with Bowie on keyboards. Photograph: Richard McCaffrey/Getty Images Performing with Iggy Pop and David Bowie in San Francisco, 1978.
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