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Iggy Pop performs at 2026 Coachella on April 12, 2026. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images “It’s not easy being alive now … It’s not easy to be old … it’s not easy to be young,” Iggy Pop said from the Mojave stage at Coachella on Sunday. “It wasn’t easy then,” he added before launching into Iggy and the Stooges’ “1970,” a track marking the time and era it came out.
The Godfather of Punk turns 79 on April 21, and though he addressed the passage of time, he was full of vigor onstage, belying his seven-plus decades around the sun. He was also in his natural element: shirtless and commanding the stage while he led the crowd through a greatest-hits set on Sunday from the Mojave tent.
It was tailor-made for an audience that was ready for his “Raw Power,” which he also performed alongside other Stooges classics, including opener “T.V. Eye,” “Search and Destroy,” and the crowd scream-along, “I Wanna Be Your Dog.” Pop bounced around alongside his band, which included a horn section and Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ guitarist Nick Zinner.
