Iggy Pop played new Chicago venue The Salt Shed (pics, setlist, video)
Iggy Pop played his first US show of 2023 at Chicago's cavernous, brand-new $50 million dollar venue, The Salt Shed, on Friday night. While he released new album Every Loser in January, most of his set was dedicated to solo and Stooges classics, backed by his horn-powered band. At 75, Iggy is still a spry -- and shirtless -- dynamo. From The Chicago Tribune:
Feeding off the aggressiveness of the music and restlessness of the messages, he turned words into scowls, threats and rebukes. He yelled, whooped, howled, snarled and barked. Pop no longer detonates with the primal intensity he mustered well into his early 60s. Yet he can still shake some action — and isn’t shy about baring skin.
With his sinewy, scarred body resembling a well-worn piece of leather, Pop treated it not like a temple but as an instrument in service to bruised sounds. He swayed to the syncopated grooves of “The Passenger,” shimmied during a stripped-down rendition of “Lust for Life,” nestled close to fans for the dissonant “Death Trip” and swatted invisible enemies while shouting commands to his band on a confrontational “Gimme Danger.” He flipped microphones and fell to the floor, twisted his back into an S-curve, beat on his chest, swiveled suggestively, threw punches in every direction.
You can check out photos by James Richards IV, along with setlist and fan-shot video from Iggy's Salt Shed show, below.
In April, Iggy will debut his new backing band, The Losers, which features Guns N' Roses' Duff McKagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Chad Smith and Andrew Watt (who produced Iggy's new album), with a short West Coast run. His 2023 schedule also includes Pasadena's Cruel World Festival, and more. Head below for all upcoming dates.
SETLIST: Iggy Pop @ The Salt Shed 3/10/2023
Five Foot One
T.V. Eye
Frenzy
Raw Power
Strung Out Johnny
The Passenger
Lust for Life
Death Trip
The Endless Sea
Loose
Mass Production
Gimme Danger
Modern Day Rip Off
I Wanna Be Your Dog
Encore:
I'm Sick of You
Search and Destroy
IGGY POP - 2023 TOUR DATES
APR20 - REGENT THEATER - LOS ANGELES (LA), CA, US
APR22 - THE MASONIC - SAN FRANCISCO, CA, US
APR24 - ORPHEUM THEATRE - LOS ANGELES (LA), CA, US
APR27 - HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM - HOLLYWOOD, CA, US
APR29 - PEARL CONCERT THEATER, PALMS CASINO RESORT - LAS VEGAS, NV, US
MAY20 - CRUEL WORLD 2023 - BROOKSIDE GOLF COURSE - PASADENA, CA, US
JUN10 - SYD FOR SOLEN 2023 - COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
JUN15 - TORSDAGPASS BERGENFEST 2023 - BERGENHUS FESTNING - BERGEN, NORWAY
JUN17 - AZKENA ROCK FESTIVAL 2023 - AZKENA - VITORIA-GASTEIZ, SPAIN
JUN21 - PGE NARODOWY - WARSAW, POLAND - WITH RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AND THE MARS VOLTA
JUN26 - MAIMARKT GELÄNDE - MANNHEIM, GERMANY - WITH RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AND THE MARS VOLTA
JUN29 - ROCK WERCHTER 2023 - FESTIVALPARK WERCHTER - ROTSELAAR, BELGIUM
JUL01 - CRYSTAL PALACE PARK - LONDON, UK - WITH BLONDIE AND GENERATION SEX
JUL08 - MUSILAC 2023 - ESPLANADE DU LAC - AIX LES BAINS, FRANCE
JUL11 - GROUPAMA STADIUM - LYON, FRANCE - WITH RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AND KING PRINCESS
JUL14 - ERNST HAPPEL STADION - VIENNA, AUSTRIA - WITH RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS AND KING PRINCESS
JUL19- JUL23 - ELECTRIC CASTLE FESTIVAL 2023 - ELECTRIC CASTLE - BONȚIDA, ROMANIA
AUG02 - STARLITE CATALANA OCCIDENTE - MARBELLA, SPAIN
AUG04 - CURRAGHMORE HOUSE & GARDENS - PORTLAW, IRELAND - WITH JAMIE XX, CARIBOU, LOYLE CARNER AND MORE
AUG04- AUG06 - ALL TOGETHER NOW 2023 - CURRAGHMORE HOUSE & GARDENS - PORTLAW, IRELAND