ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
August 1, 1978
Iggy "You Know Your Girlfriends Want Me" Pop is wrapping up his European tour as an almost-Stooge (his band lineup, if you forget: Fred "Sonic" Smith, ex of the MC5, Scott Asheton, ex of the Stooges on drums, Gary Rasmussen, from Sonic's band and formerly with the UP on bass, and ex-Stooge Scott Thurston on keyboards and guitar). From the first reports we got at presstime, the tour Seemed a success; enough to ensure the band touring the States in the fall in its current incarnation.
The big Zim strikes a blow for international relations: Yes, that's v right, Bob Dylans has a romance brewing with a real princess, Ra Aranga of the Maori Tuhoe tribe in New Zealand. How many times has she seen Renaldo&Clam?
