The Idiot Tour

Iggy Pop was one of Bowie’s closest friends and collaborators. Pop had influenced the character of Ziggy Stardust, and Bowie had produced Iggy and The Stooges third album Raw Power. By early 1974, The Stooges had dissolved (for the second time) due in no small part to Pop’s heroin addiction. Bowie visited Pop while he was undergoing rehab at UCLA, and brought him along on the Isolar Tour. Pop joined Bowie on his trip to Berlin to quell his own drug problem. Pop’s solo career proper began there, where the two would record The Idiot and Lust for Life, with the release of Low between the two. Bowie, now 30, joined Pop in 1977 to tour in support of The Idiot, playing keyboards and singing backing vocals.