Iggy Pop at the Hard Rock Cafe rocks the square

FLORENCE, ITALY – Iggy & the Stooges will be the headlining stars of “Hard Rock Cafe Rocks the Square”, the free music achieved thanks to Hard Rock Cafe and the cooperation with the Municipality of Florence. It is expected Thursday, September 27, piazza della Repubblica, Florence , starting at 7.30 pm.

Iggy Pop (real name James Newell “Jim” Osterberg, Jr.) is the American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor famous for “Lust for Life”, “Real Wild Child” and many more pop songs.

Though considered an innovator of punk rock, Pop’s music has encompassed a number of styles over the years, including pop, metal, jazz and blues. Pop became known as ‘Iggy’ in high school, during which time he served as drummer for local blues band The Iguanas. He is vocalist of influential protopunk band The Stooges (Pop and the other surviving members of the group reunited in 2003), having become known, since the late 1960s, for his outrageous and unpredictable stage antics.

Though the singer’s popularity has waned and waxed throughout his career, Pop has recorded a number of well-known songs, including “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” “Candy” (a duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52’s), “China Girl”, “Nightclubbing”, “Search and Destroy”, and “The Passenger”.