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Iggyfest: Blah Blah Blah

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‘There’s this thing that people say about The Velvet Underground: almost no one bought their albums, but everyone who did started a band. It was a similar thing with Iggy.’

So says Tim Pope, a filmmaker who’s spent 30 years working with Iggy Pop. This week Pope is taking part in Iggyfest, a celebration of the rock ’n’ roll icon born James Osterberg Jr: frontman of punk rock prototypes The Stooges, pioneering solo artist, underrated actor and recently the face of a cringeworthy insurance ad. (No one’s perfect.)

Iggyfest follows similar ICA events including Bowiefest, Princefest, Blondiefest, Smithsfest and Ronsonfest (for glam guitarist Mick Ronson, rather than greasy-haired producer Mark). The programme includes screenings of Pope’s ‘Kiss My Blood’ (a film of Pop’s ’91 gig at the Olympia in Paris) alongside Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Dead Man’ and Nick Abrahams’s Stooges documentary ‘Doghouse’. There’s a live reinterpretation of Iggy’s 1986 album ‘Blah Blah Blah’ by its original session musicians, and you can even belt out your own versions of ‘Search And Destroy’ and ‘The Passenger’ at a free ‘Iggyoke’ event.

Iggy’s most balls-out years might be behind him, but Tom Wilcox, Iggyfest’s curator, explains why this is the right time to celebrate his work: ‘Everyone who has made music since the late ’60s has been influenced by him. We’re not just looking back in a nostalgic way: we’re trying to understand his cultural impact.’ Which is why lifelong fans and new devotees alike shouldn’t miss this Iggy pop-up.

For more info on the events taking place, see below or visit ica.org.uk.

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