Iggy Pop scores his top chart entry in U.S. with “Post Pop Depression”April 1, 2016 - 14:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iggy Pop has achieved his highest chart entry in the U.S., with latest solo effort 'Post Pop Depression' debuting at Number 17 in the U.S., NME reports. 'Post Pop Depression' was released on March 18 and recorded in secret last year. Pop's band for the album was made up of Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme, Arctic Monkeys' drummer Matt Helders and Homme's colleague Dean Fertita. The album features 'Gardenia' and 'Break Into Your Heart'. The group also made their live debut on Colbert in January. The record reached Number One in the Rock Chart in the U.S. and Number 17 in the Billboard Top 200. Pop's previous highest-charting record was 1977's 'Idiot', which reached Number 72. Meanwhile, Iggy Pop will headline London's Royal Albert Hall with Homme and Matt Helders in May. The band will be playing select live dates around the globe, with Homme on record as saying they will only perform in “small, beautiful theaters where their presence might still seem disruptive.” The first UK venue to host the band will be the Royal Albert Hall in London with the band set to play on May 13. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |