Iggy Pop Hosts a Night of Raucous Punk Rock at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse [Photos]

There are few bigger icons in the world of punk rock than Iggy Pop. In the UK, for a few festivals, including a recent appearance at Bearded Theory Festival, the punk rock legend arrived in Manchester for a night of punk rock classics at the O2 Victoria Warehouse, one of only a handful of his own headline shows.

And what a setlist. Reeling off classic after classic, the set saw Iggy draw on a wealth of material from across his career. Early on, “Raw Power,” “The Passenger,” and the equally iconic “Lust For Life” made an appearance, while the double whammy of “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and “Search and Destroy” made an appearance midway through the set.

This suitably rowdy set was lapped up by this equally rowdy crowd, all overseen by a man who tears around the stage with the energy of a twenty-year-old. Plundering his own material as well as a wealth of material from The Stooges, these songs may be twenty, thirty, even forty years old but here in Manchester in 2025, they still sound as raw, exciting and relevant as they did when a young Iggy Pop smashed his way into the punk rock scene.

Our photographer, Maryleen Photography, headed down to the gig in Manchester, and you can check out her gallery, along with Iggy’s setlist, here:

Setlist:

1. T.V. Eye
2. Raw Power
3. I Got a Right
4. Gimme Danger
5. The Passenger
6. Lust for Life
7. Death Trip
8. Loose
9. I Wanna Be Your Dog
10. Search and Destroy
11. Down on the Street
12. 1970
13. I’m Sick of You
14. Some Weird Sin
15. Frenzy
16. L.A. Blues / Nightclubbing
17. Modern Day Rip Off
18. I’m Bored
19. Real Wild Child (Wild One)
20. Funtime

Iggy Pop @ O2 Victoria Warehouse (Manchester, UK) on May 31, 2025

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