Iggy Pop has said that he won’t ever stage dive again owing to now being “too rickety”.

The music icon told NME that the practice he popularised as a young punk rocker fronting The Stooges is no longer viable as a 75-year-old man.

Speaking about a gig at London’s Crystal Palace Park dubbed ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ next summer, Pop confirmed that he won’t be launching himself from the stage.

“I’ve left the proscenium a few times if the crowds were too dull just to whip ’em up, but mostly I didn’t have to,” he told NME. “I won’t do the dives again, I’ve managed to survive it mostly and I’m too rickety for that now.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Pop paid tribute to Taylor Hawkins by praising the “incredible style” and “colour” that the late Foo Fighters drummer brought to his forthcoming album, ‘Every Loser,’ due out on January 6th.