Lust for Life 2024: Clem Burke (Blondie), Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) and Katie Puckrik (broadcaster and performer) reunite for second UK tour
24th May 2023Following glowing reviews, sold-out venues, and many, many fun nights, the all-star line-up celebrating Iggy Pop’s classic Lust For Life album has announced a second UK tour. Legendary Blondie drummer, Clem Burke, will once again be joined by former Sex Pistol and punk pioneer, Glen Matlock on bass; broadcaster and Pet Shop Boys dancer, Katie Puckrik on vocals; Iggy Pop and David Bowie collaborator, Kevin Armstrong on guitar; Luis Correia, who’s toured internationally with Earl Slick on second guitar; together with classical pianist, composer, and touring member of Heaven 17, Florence Sabeva on keyboards.
The band will again perform the Lust For Life album in full, as well as revisit songs from across the individual band members’ careers with legendary artists including Blondie, David Bowie, and the Sex Pistols. Some of them will be songs the band performed on the last tour but there will be a few surprises thrown in as well.
Three of the band members, Glen Matlock, Clem Burke, and Kevin Armstrong, have toured with Iggy Pop and each has made an album with him: Glen Matlock (Soldier) in 1980, Clem Burke (Zombie Birdhouse) in 1982, and Kevin Armstrong (Blah Blah Blah) in 1986.
Fronting the band, the irrepressible Katie Puckrik proved a rock ‘n’ roll revelation to many on the last tour. As Clem Burke said: “Katie is fantastic and she’s joined the ranks of the other brilliant women I’ve been fortunate to play with: Debbie, Annie, Nancy, Wanda, The Go Go’s and Joan!”
Katie Puckrik: “Touring Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life in 2023 felt like a homecoming. My broadcast career had long steered me away from my original calling as a performer, from dancing onstage with The Fall and Michael Clark Company, touring the world with Pet Shop Boys, and singing in Sparks’ opera The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, both on the original cast recording and in performance. So to embody the funny/dirty/tart/smart songs of the magnificent Iggy Pop was an electrifying rebirth. Every single gig was a communion with a frothing room of Pop-aholics, and it’s thanks to the crowds who danced and hollered along to Lust For Life, The Passenger, and the rest of Iggy’s anthems, that we get to do it all over again. Once again I’ll be elevated by some of Iggy, Bowie, and Blondie’s most beloved players, including Clem Burke, Glen Matlock, and Kevin Armstrong, and I’m warning you—this band is a joy machine!”
Glen Matlock: “To be on stage with these fellow like-minded guys and gals and celebrate our collective musical ancestries is always a pleasure, so come on down and let’s all hit the roof together.”
Clem Burke: “I’m really looking forward to once again playing with this great group of friends and musicians. All aboard for more Funtime!”
The full 2024 tour dates are as follows:
Thur 29 Feb – Arts Centre, Colchester
Fri 01 Mar – Social, Hull
Sat 02 Mar – St Luke’s, Glasgow
Sun 03 Mar – O2 Ritz, Manchester
Tue 05 March – O2 Academy2, Leicester
Wed 06 Mar – O2 Academy2, Birmingham
Thu 07 Mar – O2 Academy2, Sheffield
Fri 08 Mar – O2 Academy2, Liverpool
Sat 09 Mar – O2 Academy Islington, London
All tickets are available via: https://lustforlifetour.com/
