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 Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”.   Partner news |  Latest news International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine  Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets.Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty.Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran.Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |
