ContactMusic — Punk icon IGGY POP is taking SEX PISTOLS star STEVE JONES' offer to join THE STOOGES seriously. Jones offered to step in and fill the void left by the death of ... more info

Rolling Stone — Iggy Pop has puked on his audience, rolled around in broken glass and exposed himself to crowds. But on his new album, the 61-year-old rocker does something that may shock people — he sings in French. The Stooges frontman shows off his multilingual... more info

Guardian Music — This week's batch of tunes finds Iggy Pop and Katy Perry reimagining themselves again, while Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody straps himself to a Saturn V and heads for the starsHatcham Social – Murder in the Dark The Velvet Underground? Echo and ... more info

ContactMusic — Hellraiser IGGY POP is deserting his rock roots to record an album of jazz songs. The Stooges frontman claims he is "sick" of uninspiring guitar music, and is embracing a ... more info

AngryApe — The Stooges man gets inspired by a French novel more info

Guardian Music — An unlikely cocktail of Michel Houellebecq and Jelly Roll Morton is the inspiration for Stooges legend's new francophile album, PréliminairesIn what is happily one of the best headlines of the year, Iggy Pop is to release a Jelly Roll Morton-influ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Iggy Pop says he has recorded a jazz album based on the French author Michel Houellebecq's novel "La Possibilité d'une Ile" ("The Possibility of an Island"). In a video interview that was originally posted on Iggypop.org but has be... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy! Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon have announced that a reunited Blur will be headlining the June 24-28 Glastonbury Festival alongside Bruce Springsteen. Passion Pit are bringing their DIY dancetastic music to the masses,... more info

NME — Iggy Pop has revealed that he has recorded a jazz album based on the French author Michel Houellebecq's novel 'La Possibilite D'une Ile' ('The Possibility Of An Island'). more info

Pitchfork — Iggy Pop loves controversial French writer Michel Houellebecq. I mean, who doesn't? Right? Transgressive, satirical novels that may or may not be totally racist depending on who you ask? That's just about everybody's favorite thing, right? Last yea... more info