Iggy Pop guests on Hotei’s Cookie track

By Scott Munro
( Classic Rock )
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He sings on Japanese guitarist Tomoyasu’s latest single

Iggy Pop has made a guest appearance on Japanese guitarist Hotei Tomoyasu’s latest single That’s How The Cookie Crumbles.

The track will be released as a download on June 15 via Spinefarm Records and is taken from Hotei’s as-yet-untitled 16th album which is expected to be released in the autumn. View the lyric video below.

The Japanese musician, who recorded Battle Without Honor Or Humanity for Quentin Tarantino film Kill Bill, has previously played with artists including David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Chicago, Hugh Cornwell and INXS.

A 3CD anthology of Pop’s post-Stooges material titled Psychophonic Medicine will be released on June 23 and he’ll support Foo Fighters at their two London Wembley gigs on June 19 and 20.

Hotei will play London’s Lexington on July 7.

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.