ContactMusic — Iggy and The Stooges were not allowed into the UK when they first appeared at the border. The legendary rock group - fronted by Iggy Pop - were relocated from... more info

Topix — Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock 'n' roll. Just as the veteran soap actress believed she might never win a Daytime Emmy, the godfather of punk was certain his groundbreaking band The Stooges wouldn't ever earn a spot in the ... more info

Topix — Iggy Pop and his groundbreaking band The Stooges will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Monday. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock 'n' roll. more info

Stereogum — Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Moby, and Henry Rollins all appear in Suck, a low-budget vampire comedy about musicians who become vampires to get famous. You might have liked it better when it was called Jennifer’s Body. And you probably loved it when it ... more info

Guardian Music — When Iggy and the Stooges collapsed in the late 1970s, Iggy hitched a ride with David Bowie, while guitarist James Williamson went off to study calculus. Now, amazingly, they are gigging again. Will Hodgkinson meets both parties of a reckless reunion... more info

The Playlist — Earlier today, we quoted Jay Baruchel singing the praises of the Canadian government's arts funding system which he hoped to use to bring his gestating slasher pic "Pig" to life. While this writer, who lives north of border, generally agrees with Bar... more info

CNN Showbiz — Mark Linkous, the Virginia-born indie-rock fixture best known for his work in the lo-fi pysch-folk project Sparklehorse, as well as for collaborations with artists ranging from Danger Mouse to Tom Waits, Iggy Pop and PJ Harvey, died March 6 of a self... more info

Live Daily — Singer/songwriter Mark Linkous, who performed and recorded under the name Sparklehorse, committed suicide Saturday in Tennessee. He was 47 years old. According to his manager, Shelby Meade, Linkous shot himself in an alley outside a friend's home.... more info

Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter celebrated for his beautiful and haunting music has taken his own life, aged 47Mark Linkous, the musician better known as Sparklehorse, has died. The singer-songwriter celebrated for his beautiful, haunting and melancholy music took... more info