Iggy Pop and Stooges’ play Montreal concert - have gear stolen. Play Toronto’s Massey Hall - talk to SHOvine about it. Video and Photos
August 7, 2008
(Aug 6-08) Iggy Pop and the reunited Stooges’ are in the midst of a World Tour.They are currently touring through Canada and had a shock on Monday night after the Montreal show when the truck caring their gear was stolen. They were at Toronto’s Massey Hall two nights later - and after that gig, Iggy talked with fans and signed autographs. I mentioned to Iggy not to think of all Canadians as thieves, he mused back to me, “What about French Canadians?”
“It’s us that play the music. Not the sticks of wood.” - IGGY POP
CHECK THE VIDEO—>
More:
p2pnet news has a story about Iggy’s stolen gear - AND HAS A FULL LIST OF WHAT WAS STOLEN. p2pnet also adds from Pop’s management:
If anyone tries to sell you any of the following, contact Fischer at nycentral13 @ gmail dot com, or call him on 1 646 932 1907
Heisting the Stooges’ gear? Very uncool to steal from legends.
Ben Rayner from the Toronto Star, adds a little humour to his Stooges concert review:
“The sight of a shirtless sexagenarian humping a Marshall stack is nothing if not creepy, while Iggy’s age adds an extra layer of sleaze to the raw sexual frustrations of Stooges tunes like “Loose,” “Down on the Street” and “1969″ written nearly 40 years ago. But the Stooges are meant to be creepy and sleazy, so this is a positive development.” - Ben Rayner, “It’s creepy, sleazy, loud fun” - Toronto Star
Iggy Pop, Stooges’ gear stolen after Montreal show - ASSOCIATED PRESS, Aug06-08
The Stooges are in the middle of a tour with stops in Belgium, Britain, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Spain and the United States.
I liked how Iggy’s reflection is playing off the car hood in this shot.
Iggy was super nice taking time after the Massey Hall show to greet the many fans awaiting his exit from the stage door.
Iggy Pop’s management is asking this to be passed along—> Here is a detailed list of the gear stolen with the contact info to Pop’s manager in-case anybody should see any gear around.
http://www.hootpage.com/stoogesstolenstuff/stoogesstolenstuff.html
Good of Iggy to enjoy a fine glass of vino on the car ride back to the hotel.
from PBEENS on Flickr
“Here’s a picture of the crowd that Iggy Pop invited up on stage
tonight at Massey Hall. Yo ucan just make out Iggy closest to the
audience, with the microphone in his right hand up near his mouth.
Surprisingly, the crowd on stage was relatively well behaved, with the
exception of one idiot who grabbed Iggy and put him in a headlock.
Iggy just took it all in stride, and kept on singing.
This man/band knows how to put on a concert. “
[…] is a good Iggy Pop story going on ShoVine about how Iggy’s band equipment all got stolen from Montreal two-nights […]
Here some video from inside the Massey Hall, Toronto show.
[…] he stated “It’s us that play the music. Not the sticks of wood.” You can gain more info at this location, and props goes to Iggy for keeping spirits high after losing their […]
girlfriend VENUSVEGA on yt shot some nice Iggy stuff. She was close!
“It was a real cool time.”
VENUSVEGA also got this crazy stuff of all the people ON THE STAGE from the Iggy Pop Show.
http://ca.youtube.com/user/VenusVega