Iggy Pop is an avant-garde icon and a punk pioneer. The Montreux Jazz Festival is a boundary-pushing event that brings the best of all musical genres to one gorgeous location every year.
“Live At Montreux Jazz Festival 2023” captures the dazzling Iggy Pop performance that could only happen here. First in a series of earMUSIC releases from the festival, this concert marked Iggy’s third appearance at the 57th edition of Montreux.
Rock icon Iggy Pop’s performance at the 2024 Montreux Jazz Festival is now being released as a live album on January 24th via earMUSIC. You can listen to “Five Foot One” (A track from 1979’s “New Values” album. Iggy says, “I give something extra every time I do Montreux Jazz set. In ’23 it was deep cuts like ‘Mass Production,’ ‘Endless Sea,’ ‘Five Foot One’ and a hell of a lot of sweat.”
Backed by a seven-piece band, Iggy breathes new fire into The Stooges classics like “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and “T.V. Eye” and ignites the adoring crowd with visceral run-throughs of “The Passenger” and, of course, “Lust for Life.”
The year 2023 marked Iggy’s return to the top 10 in major territories with his album “Every Loser.”
It was the perfect moment to showcase his classic songs and share new ones (“Modern Day Ripoff,” Frenzy”) at the venerated Stravinski Auditorium.
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