Iggy Pop has left the constructing.
The rock legend, 78, ended his farewell live performance in Manchester, England on Saturday by climbing right into a coffin and being wheeled off the stage.
Iggy carried out shirtless on the O2 Victoria Warehouse. After singing his remaining track, he obtained into the casket whereas sporting black pants and sneakers.
The musician shared a clip of the surprising second on his Instagram, writing, “LONDON We know how it started and this is how it ended. Would love to see some splendid and witty captions for this one!”
Whereas sharing the video on X (previously Twitter), Iggy wrote, “London was a hoot! How you exit is equally important to how you enter.”
Within the feedback of a TikTok clip, followers reacted to Iggy’s dramatic exit from the stage.
“I’d expect nothing less of Iggy Pop,” one fan wrote.
“What a legend, he’s one of the last ones left,” one other fan mentioned.
“That’s one unforgettable farewell! Iggy Pop always knows how to make a statement,” another person wrote.
A fourth fan commented, “What a wild and unforgettable way to end a concert! Only Iggy Pop could pull something like this off.”
Iggy (whose actual identify is James Newell Osterberg Jr.) is on his Lust For Life Tour. His subsequent present is in Glasgow on Wednesday.
Final month, Iggy was requested if he’s contemplating retirement as he approaches 60 years within the music business.
“The central job has a lot to do with beating on things, strumming things, waving your arms about, and opening your mouth to yell or talk or sing a melody. And I enjoy those things,” he instructed Rolling Stone.
“I think there are days where I think, ‘Oh, I’d like to be by the sea with my feet up,’ of which I do at least a few times every year, but to actually shut down the part of you that needs to compete, that needs to move forward and just imagine that you’re going to enjoy [that]? I don’t think so,” he continued. “I don’t think that works.”
The “Godfather of Punk” added: “Sometimes I think, well, maybe I could be one of these guys that just takes lots of mega vitamins and does push-ups when he’s 92 or something, to see how long I could live, but I don’t think I could do that either. So I’m just somebody who’s lucky that I found something to do when I was a pre-teen and I can still do it.”
Iggy rose to fame as a member of the Stooges within the Sixties. As a solo artist, he’s launched 19 studio albums since 1977. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame in 2010.
