Rock legend, 78, wheeled off stage in coffin during bizarre exit
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Gig-goers at London's Alexandra Palace were left baffled as a rock icon's show wrapped up with a huge coffin being wheeled out onto the stage.
A lone arm waved from the black box, prompting laughter from the onlookers as they realised star of the show and music legend, Iggy Pop, was inside.
As the huge coffin faced the front, the shirtless rocker opened the lid and smiled at the crowd shouting 'bye' and basking in the applause.
Posting to his social media the 78-year-old star quipped: 'London was a hoot! How you exit is equally important to how you enter.'
This marked the penultimate show in a handful of UK dates for the Grammy winner's Lust For Life tour, before he heads to Glasgow on June 3.
Iggy kicked off the gig with TV Eye, a song he rose to fame with as a member of The Stooges.
He blasted through over 20 hits before wrapping the show – before his coffin exit – with Funtime.
The legend had previously performed at Manchester's O2 Victoria Warehouse before heading to London.
He's off to In The Meadows festival in Dublin, Ireland, next then to a string of gigs in mainland Europe over the summer.
The American rocker will head back to the States for two July gigs before jetting back over to Denmark, Sweden, Brazil, and Argentina.
Fans were living for his coffin antics in London, with ktorreg writing on X: 'Only iggy … 😉 … may he long reign … 🔊🎶🎸.'
'Punk's not dead 🤘' added post_punk while Ingeastrid said: 'Always that smile…mischievous charmer.'
Off-stage, life is much less rock and roll for Iggy who revealed at Cannes Film Festival he 'likes baths, sometimes with a rubber duck and bubbles'. More Trending
He continued: 'Sometimes I get really upset if it's getting late in the day and I think to myself that I haven't done anything I really like. And music is what gives me pleasure you know, well music and the sea.'
'That's my default setting, so I'm always putting my pleasure first – I can get really desperate to seek pleasure – and when that happens usually it means someone takes me to the beach.'
According to the rocker, about 95% of life is about being 'chill' rather than raising hell, despite what his on-stage persona might suggest.
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