Iggy Pop, the 62-year-old Stooges' frontman known for his youthful onstage antics, has vowed to take one novelty out of his act: stagediving. Recently Pop played the 20th annual Tibet House Benefit concert at Carnegie Hall, and word is when he made his famous dive into the audience, no one tried to catch him. He recently stated, "When I landed it hurt and I made a mental note that Carnegie Hall would be a good place for my last stagedive. The audience were just like, 'What are you doing?'" But The Guardian asks another question: "With Iggy turning sensible in his old age, what next?"
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