Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins is to play the part of Iggy Pop in a new film centred around the New York punk scene of the mid-Seventies, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
New York’s world-famous CBGB nightclub, the spiritual home of the city’s influential seventies punk scene which closed in 2006, looks set for a revival after a group of investors bought the venue’s name and assets with a view to launching a new music festival this summer.