The Måneskin, among the 13 most listened to artists in the world on Spotify with more than 51 million monthly listeners and over 2.5 billion total streams on all digital platforms, today announce an unprecedented, extraordinary version of ‘I Wanna be your slave ‘in collaboration with rock legend Iggy Pop to be released on Friday 6 August 2021. Simultaneously with the digital release, a limited edition 45 rpm vinyl will also be released containing’ I wanna be your slave ‘with Iggy Pop (side A) and the track original (side B) Victoria, Damiano, Thomas and Ethan collaborate with one of the most transgressive and iconic characters in the history of contemporary music, who with the band The Stooges entered the glorious Rock’n Roll Hall Of Fame and who recently received a Grammy Award for his outstanding career. Iggy Popvanta in the years unforgettable partnerships like the one with David Bowie and with other milestones of music of the most diverse genres, from Simple Minds to Green Day, from Alice Cooper to New Order, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Queens of the Stone Age. Says Iggy Pop “Måneskin gave me a big hot buzz” (The Maneskins gave me a great boost of enthusiasm “). that he likes our music and seeing an artist of his caliber so available to us was exciting. We grew up listening to his songs and it is also thanks to him that we decided to form a band. It was great to have had the opportunity to meet him and make music together ».
The original track of “I wanna be your slave” is contained in the album “Teatro d’Ira Vol.1”. The official video, released on July 15 with a world premiere on YouTube, obtained 22 million views in a week . For four weeks at the first position of Spotify’s Top 50 Global Chart with the song ‘Beggin’, Måneskin – the first Italian band in history with two singles at the same time in the UK Singles Chart, currently at position # 5 and # 7 – have just announced the sold out of their first tour in the main Italian palaces (organized and produced by Vivo Concerti) to which is added the concert-event on Saturday 9 July 2022 at the Circo Massimo, created in collaboration with Rock In Roma – www.rockinroma.com During the summer of 2021 and that of 2022 they will be on tour in the most important European festivals.