Iggy Pop blasted for race outburst

Veteran rocker Iggy Pop has been blasted after using a racist term during a live interview with the BBC.

Wed, 27 Jun, 2007 - 10:41

Veteran rocker Iggy Pop has been blasted after using a racist term during a live interview with the BBC.

The Lust For Life star - real name James Newell Osterberg Jr - was being interviewed at England's Glastonbury Festival last weekend when he recalled visiting "p**I shops".

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Courts Entertainment Heathrow Place: England Place: Warsaw, Poland Person: Iggy Pop Person: James Newell Osterberg Jr Event: Glastonbury Festival Organisation: BBC Organisation: Commission for Racial Equality

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