ContactMusic — Punk icon Iggy Pop is giving a boost to struggling music stores as the newly-appointed ambassador of Record Store Day 2012 The Stooges star is championing small shops ahead of the celebration on 21 April 12 which is held annually to help independent ... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Big Beat is releasing John Cale: Conflict & Catalysis: Productions & Arrangements 1966-2006 on February 27. as a producer, you've got to be a catalyst, an ally, a co-conspirator. sometimes you need to introduce conflict.' - john cale in his autobi... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Watch Aussie blues singer Grace Woodroofe tackle The Stooges' classic I Wanna Be Your Dog, recorded live in the Relix boiler room. Her debut album Always Want comes out January 24th on Modular. » gracewoodroofe.com.au more info

Altsounds — * About Eddy Current Suppression Ring & SO MANY THINGS* They've drawn comparisons to Wire, Can, The Fall, Fugazi and The Stooges. They have a singer who wears black gloves to overcome stage fright. They won the $30,000 Australian Music Prize for... more info

ContactMusic — Punk icons The Stooges have been forced to postpone their upcoming U. S. tour to allow frontman Iggy Pop to recover from a broken foot he sustained during a concert last month (Aug11). The group was performing at the Peninsula Festival in Romania on ... more info

NME — Singer apologises and says he 'hates like hell to cancel shows' more info

Gigwise — Band postpone US tour... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Iggy Pop and his The Stooges bandmate James Williamson have written an album's worth of new material. more info

ContactMusic — Iggy Pop and his The Stooges bandmate James Williamson have written an album's worth of new material. Punk legend Pop invited the guitarist to his house in Miami, Florida earlier this year (10) where they came up with 10 new songs. The rocker reveals... more info

NME — Singer reveals he's been working on new tunes with guitarist James Williamson more info