Full Page Bowie & Dido Pic In Hello

Dido and the "dapper rock legend" at the 2002 Nordoff-Robbins
Silver Clef Awards. Pic © Dave Hogan/Mission/WireImage.com

Angel for life...

The current issue of Hello magazine (July 16th) has a full-page picture (similar to the one above) of David Bowie and British singer Dido at the 2002 Nordoff-Robbins Silver Clef Awards. David presented Dido with an award for her debut album, 'No Angel', during the ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in London, the day before his Meltdown date.

The magazine reports that "the biggest cheer of the day went to dapper rock legend David Bowie", and in fact goes on to say that he received a standing ovation. One wonders what reception our man would have received had he been there to collect an award for himself.

Diminutive ginger Scot, Lulu, (sorry, I know that tag is up there with "ever-ch, ch, ch, ch, changing chameleon of rock, David Bowie", but I couldn't resist.) was also present to collect the Special Achievement Award. This award reflects Lulu's continued success over the years, dating back to her teenage success in the Sixties with The Luvvers and her presence in the charts every decade since.

Often those appearances since the Sixties have been guesting with other artists, and though her #3 single 'The Man Who Sold The World' was released as a solo single, the massive contributions to the recordings from David Bowie and Mick Ronson are obvious.

Bowiephiles

David Bowie at Meltdown. Picture by Total Blam Blam

I'm changing time

Meltdown : The Telegraph : 07/03/02

David's performance at Meltdown was the subject of an additional review in The Telegraph, from a journalist who is also a lifelong fan - Sarah Crompton. Here are a couple of extracts:-

"...... this year he released Heathen, ... a work in which he has somehow found a way to unite the man he once was with the person he is, to tap back into the wellsprings of his creativity and, in a manner both moving and uplifting, pull out songs that linger in the memory."

"It struck me that, once again, as he has so many times in his career, he was setting a new pattern for other rock idols to follow. .... Like great painters, they can find a way to refine a work to its essence, to make the product of their age as burnished as the songs of their youth; to combine innocence and experience and still be heroes."

Meltdown : The Telegraph : 07/04/02

Also in The Telegraph, this time from Neil McCormick, a story about some of the well-known names backstage at Meltdown, and their take on the events of the evening.

Brian Eno:- "It was actually quite bizarre, sitting in the audience hearing all those sounds and arrangements we created being so immaculately replicated by other musicians."

Bono:- "Back in the Seventies, it was something strange and alien, this harsh, cold, Teutonic sound." Tonight everyone was singing along. It sounded like pop music."

Kylie:- "I've never actually heard it before. When did it come out? Well, I was only nine! Its not the kind of thing we were singing in the playground in Melbourne!"

Bowie, Bono, Eno backstage at Meltdown. © Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com

Aladdin Sane : Usa Today : 07/01/02

As part of the Absolut Album Covers campaign - " a salute to the artists whose designs have left an indelible mark on music" - Rob O'Connor, founder and creative director of London-based design agency Stylorouge, talks about the design process for the cover of Aladdin Sane. Click here to listen and to view some rather nifty Flash 6 animation.

and..

There are quite a number of reviews online covering the other performers at Meltdown, more of which from Blammo later. Here are a couple of links and quotes to whet your appetite.

Meltdown (Mercury Rev) : The Independent : 07/02/02

"Masterfully constructed, the show astonishes because the band can continually scale new peaks.... Goddess on a Hiway" is like a Chuck Berry car-driving song as remodelled by Philip K Dick, stretching out into a sensurround rhapsody. "Opus 40" glories in subterranean explosions and wired-to-the-moon pyrotechnics, Donahue crouched down, tearing several shades of destruction from his guitar, while the predatory bass, drums and keyboards hover as if waiting for the kill."

Meltdown (Television/Luke Haines) : The Independent : 06/24/02

From the pulsating brilliance of "Little Johnny Jewel" to the adrenaline rush of "See No Evil", they are as beguiling as ever. "Marquee Moon", with its rippling, free-form jazz-style wig-out, is quite exceptional. This was a rare appearance from a rarely talented band ? we should treasure them while we can."

:))

Bowie Wows Cologne With Two And A Half Hour Set!

No really, please come back, there is another encore...I'm
going to do 'Low' now...honestly, I'm not pulling your leg!

We're gonna put in some extras tonight...*

David Bowie played the E-Werk in Cologne, Germany, last night, and gave fans at the intimate venue a very special treat. At first the set list was comparable to other recent European shows in terms of content, but after the first encore when he would normally finish the show, David returned to an astonished audience and proceeded to play pretty much all of 'Low', which turned the show into a 30-track epic by the end of the evening!

The concert was being filmed, and 'Everyone Says Hi' was performed twice in the first encore for that very reason. Perhaps that's why fans were treated to 'Low' too.

Whatever, by all accounts it was a special evening, possibly made even more special by David's Stylophone re-working of 'Do-re-mi' from 'The Sound Of Music' soundtrack at the end of 'Slip Away'. Who knows where this may end? 'Sixteen Going On Seventeen' in France tomorrow perhaps? Or maybe 'Edelweiss' in Italy and 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' in Switzerland. Apparently Gerry Leonard also complied with David's wishes for him to perform a little jig from Riverdance!

The poster for last night's show. Click for more pix!

Mr Bowie wore the ensemble in the live shot above for the entire show, and he performed the following popular tunes from his catalogue:

Life On Mars?
Ashes To Ashes
Cactus
Slip Away
Starman
China Girl
I Would Be Your Slave
I?ve Been Waiting For You
Changes
Stay
Fame
I?m Afraid of Americans
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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Everyone Says Hi
Hallo Spaceboy
Let's Dance
Everyone Says Hi
Ziggy Stardust
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Warszawa
Speed Of Life
Breaking Glass
What In The World
Sound And Vision
Art Decade
Always Crashing In The Same Car
Be My Wife
A New Career In A New Town
Subterraneans

Click on the poster above to take you to a German review of the show with a couple more pictures. Thanx again to SusanS for her breathless messages on my mobile at the end of each show, and indeed to all of the BowieNutters following Bowie around Europe right now. What a wonderful bunch of loonies you are!

*The first person to tell me what Bowie recording this is from gets another silly random prize!

Listen To Mick Rock Live On Radio 2 Now

Mick 'n Ziggy 1973 © Mick Rock

Me I'm on a radio show...

Mick Rock is the guest of Bowie-loving (not in a man-love sense) Jonathan Ross this morning. You can tune in to Radio 2 online by going here. Jonathan's other guests are lead singer of A-Ha Morten Harket and bloody funny comedian Vic Reeves. Stay tuned to BNet News for loads more Mick Rock stuff shortly.

Praise For Bowie's Manchester Move

David Bowie onstage in Manchester on
Wednesday night. Picture by Total Blam Blam

The Sun Machine is Coming Down, and We're Gonna Have a Party...

The media here in the UK have given David Bowie's performance at the Move Festival in Manchester on Wednesday a big thumbs up...Here follows some excerpts from reviews in today's Daily Star, The Manchester Evening News and NME online:

Daily Star - By Amy Watts, with a headline of "BOWIE'S MAGICAL MOVE"

"The sun came out for David Bowie's performance at the first ever Move festival - and he responded with a sparkling gig in Manchester to go with the rare sunbeams...Even after more than 30 years in the business, the hits were pitch perfect, from the anthemic Starman to funky versions of China Girl and Let's Dance...Bowie rounded off the show with one of the most famous tracks in history, Ziggy Stardust. And the crowd went wild. If Bowie ever gets bored with belting it out after all these years in the business, he certainly hides it well."

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The Manchester Evening News - By Sarah Hughes, with a headline of "A GLORIOUS REIGN"

"As DAVID BOWIE strode on stage, the torrential rain stopped and the clouds parted to let him show why he is one of the greatest rock stars on Earth....Few have ever had as much effortless charisma and he wowed even the most sodden members of the crowd at the Lancashire County Cricket Ground with the headline show on the first day at the Move festival.

Looking unnaturally (and some might say unfairly) good for his age, Bowie, now 55, whipped the capacity audience into a frenzy, dipping in and out of his new album Heathen while finding time for the sort of greatest hits show most acts would be lucky to dream of.

...not only can Bowie reduce an audience to a quivering mass of hero worship, it seems he can also control the weather: Support act Suede turned in a tight, adrenaline-driven set, in a torrential downpour: But as soon as Bowie arrived on stage, the downpour stopped...

Bowie effortlessly dipped in and out of his extensive back catalogue from Ashes To Ashes to Let's Dance by way of Fame, Heroes, Starman and even a taut, menacing version of I'm Afraid of Americans, which sounded strangely apt although he was swift to point out his band were largely from the US.

As the hits kept coming, there was an overwhelming sense that Bowie is now more relaxed than he has been for years. Ever the actor; he played to the crowd, hamming it up at times and grinning and cracking jokes between hits. The voice, of course, was as glorious and theatrical as ever..."

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NME.COM - with a headline of "BOWIE 'MOVE'S MANCHESTER!"

"DAVID BOWIE wowed fans and stars at the first night of the NME-sponsored 'MOVE' festival in MANCHESTER last night (July 10). The show, at Lancashire County Cricket Club, saw John Lydon, Badly Drawn Boy and Tim Burgess of The Charlatans brave the elements to witness the legend?s only outdoor UK show of the year, alongside Suede, The Divine Comedy, the Electric Soft Parade and the Real People.

Bowie?s set drew heavily on new album ?Heathen?, which saw him reunited with Tony Visconti, producer of seminal albums ?Low? and ?Scary Monsters And Super Creeps?. However, he also echoed his 2000 Glastonbury appearance, opening with crowd favourite ?Life On Mars?? and incorporating ?Starman?, ?Heroes? and ?Changes?.

A stripped-down Divine Comedy were notable for a cover version of ?Planet Of Sound? by the Pixies ? the first of the day?s tributes, as Bowie played a reworking of ?Cactus?."

David And Iman At The Serpentine - The Winners!

Can turn around no (kiss-kiss)

OK, remember that quick little competition we set in yesterday's news? Well, here are the winners. ziggy1972@davidbowie.com wins something nice for being the first to tell us that the picture we posted was of David and Iman attending the annual summer party at the Sepentine Gallery in London's Hyde Park, on July 9th 2002.

And, despite the fact that most of the suggestions were price tag based, we have three winners for the caption part of the competition too. Ysengrin@davidbowie.com earnt herself a prize for the very clever image above, while Mask@davidbowie.com gets some sort of bovine voucher for supplying the original idea for the image below.

Mask sent in the image of a sailor kissing a girl taken in New York in 1945 by Alfred Eisenstaedt and entitled "Kissing the war goodbye". It's a famous poster print these days (click on the image to see the original)...well we've turned our image to black and white and subtly changed the caption to "Kissing the tour goodbye"...I think it works!

Finally we have awarded a fourth prize to justinsohl@davidbowie.com for the simplicity of the caption: "The Iman Who Fell To Earth"...simple but clever and funny, not unlike myself! };-)

Anyway, if the four of you would each send your name and address to me at TotalBlamBlam@DavidBowie.com with a subject line of "David and Iman winner", we'll post you your prizes as soon as we've decided what they are!

Nimes Ticket Winners

Due to all the system upgrades and maintenance, we have decided to post the winners on the site without having an email confirmation. The new BowieNet email system still is being tweaked up, and we wanted to make sure that all the winners were notified.

SO --

Without further adieu, we proudly announce the winners for the Nimes Arena show in Nimes, France.

We are hoping that all the winners are able to attend. If you are able to attend simply show up at the venue with some form of ID.

Click here to see the list of winners for NIMES

Bowie Moves Manchester Tonight

David Bowie onstage in Manchester tonight. Picture by Total Blam Blam

Move On...

It was looking very much like rain was going to stop play during the first day of The Move Festival at Lancashire County Cricket Club ground in Manchester today. But the music triumphed and we all had a jolly wonderful time. I'm just back from Manchester, and frankly, after only two hours sleep the night before...I'm knackered. So I'll post a few pix and the setlist for tonight, and I'll be back with more tomorrow.

Here are the songs from David's stunning performance at day one of The Move Festival:

Life On Mars?
Ashes To Ashes
Cactus
Slip Away
Starman
China Girl
I Would Be Your Slave
I?ve Been Waiting For You
Changes
Stay
Fame
I?m Afraid of Americans
5.15 The Angels Have Gone
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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Everyone Says Hi
Hallo Spaceboy
Let's Dance
Ziggy Stardust

DB, Mark and birthday boy Lard today. Picture by Total Blam Blam.

Earlier in the day, David stopped by Radio 1's Mark 'n Lard show for a quick chat and to play a few records in celebration of Lard's birthday...a bit! It was all frightfully funny, and I can't wait to hear a tape of what was broadcast.

I'll leave you with a final backstage shot at Move of David with, (from left to right) Pinky and Neil Hannon of The Divine Comedy, and Brett Anderson of Suede, all of whom enjoyed brilliant performances of their own. More of which later.

So much talent in one small room. Picture by Total Blam Blam.

More Pictures From Mark 'serpico' Plati

Showtime for DB and band. Photo by tour manager, Frankie. - Pictured from left to right, David
Bowie - Vocals, Keyboards, Saxophone, Stylophone. Gail...Oh sod it...You know who they are!

And I looked and frowned and the film star was me...

As promised by the outrageously talented Mark Plati yesterday, here are a couple of pix from Sunday night's show at the Seat Beach Rock 2002 festival in Belgium. The picture of David and the whole band above was taken just before showtime, which, apart from onstage, is probably one of the only times you can get 'em all in the same place at the same time!

"Sailor, singing in the dance hall..." DB does 'Life On Mars?' in Belgium

The shot above of David onstage was taken by Mark himself during the first song of the evening, 'Life On Mars?', and very nice it is too. Speaking of Mr Plati, while introducing the band in Belgium, David referred to the hairy-faced one as Mark 'Serpico' Plati. I'm sure most of you know Serpico as the 1973 Al Pacino film of the same name, but I'm not sure I can see what David is getting at...can you? };-)

Click on any of the images above to take you to the Studio Brussel website where you can view more pictures from the show.

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Montreux Ticket Winners

Due to all the system upgrades and maintenance, we have decided to post the winners on the site without having an email confirmation. The new BowieNet email system still is being tweaked up, and we wanted to make sure that all the winners were notified.

SO --

Without further adieu, we proudly announce the winners for the Stravinski Auditorium show in Montreux, Switzerland.

We are hoping that all the winners are able to attend. If you are able to attend simply show up at the venue with some form of ID.

MONTREUX

MANCHESTER

NORWAY

DENMARK

David And Iman Messing About In London!

What's Really Happening?

Just a quick teaser...the first person to tell me what the picture above is all about will get a silly prize of some sort, and another prize will be awarded for the best caption supplied. I'll give you a clue, it was taken in London last night.

Send your answers/captions to me at TotalBlamBlam@DavidBowie.com with a subject line of "What's Going On with David and Iman?" We'll post the answer and the winner tomorrow at some point.

Right I'm off to get that Manchester-bound locomotive...see you there!

30 Years Ago Today And Ziggy 30th Cd Winners

The original programme/poster for Bowie at the RFH
on July 8th 1972, and the original Ziggy press advert.

White Light makes me sound like Lou Reed...

As you know, today sees the EMI release of 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' 30th Anniversary Special Edition double CD, for which we set a competition last week. (07/03/02 NEWS: ZIGGY 30TH PROMO WINNERS AND NEW COMPETITION) This was the poser we set: "The version of 'Moonage Daydream' on this CD was mixed especially for a TV/cinema ad...what was that advert?" ...and I don't think anybody answered anything but "Dunlop Tyres", which is the correct answer.

Unfortunately, only five of you get to win a copy, and TRS? has decreed that these five BowieNetters should be the winners of this very special item:

thunderball@davidbowie.com
bab@davidbowie.com
squinty@davidbowie.com
c.hanington@davidbowie.com
scottspalding@davidbowie.com

If the five winners could please send your address to me at TotalBlamBlam@DavidBowie.com with a subject line of "Ziggy Stardust 30th Anniversary CD winner", we'll send you your prize as soon as the live European madness is over.

July 8th 1972

As David pointed out when he brought The Dandy Warhols onstage to join in on 'White Light/White Heat' at Meltdown last week, thirty years ago today is the day that he performed as the headline act for a "Friends of the Earth/Save the Whale Benefit Concert" at the Royal Festival Hall. This was the show that introduced Britain to Lou Reed who joined Bowie on-stage for 'White Light/White Heat', 'Sweet Jane' and 'Waiting For The Man.'

Support that night came in the shape of The Marmalade and The JSD Band, and David was introduced by DJ Kenny Everett thus: "..here is the second greatest thing...next to God...David Bowie!"

The item on the left in the picture above is the original programme that folded out into a big poster with David superimposed, rather bizarrely, on a what looks to me like a whale harpoon! I guess it was the glam equivalent of a flower in the barrel of a rifle. The advert on the right appeared in music publications to advertise both the release of the 'Ziggy Stardust' album and the show at the RFH. There is a clearer version of this ad in the excellent packaging for the Ziggy re-issue.

You can read more on this particular performance by nipping over to the ZSC and scrolling down to July 8th 1972. Check out the reviews from which these two quotes are taken:

"A Star is Born! - When a shooting star is heading for the peak, there is usually one concert at which its possible to declare - That's it - he's made it." - Melody Maker

"David Bowie will soon become the greatest entertainer Britain has ever known." - Music Week

Last Night At The Seat Beach Rock 2002 Festival

David Bowie at the RFH. Picture by Total Blam Blam

I keep a photograph...

In the absence of any pictures from the Seat Beach Rock 2002 festival in Belgium last night, I am posting the rather moody picture above, which is a shot from the Meltdown soundcheck. (Click on the image for a couple of other pictures I took at the soundcheck, and posted on the MBs yesterday)

Mr Plati has promised some pix from last night's show, but I know how impatient you lot are, so in the meantime here's the set list with new additions, 'Starman' and 'Absolute Beginners':

Life On Mars?
5.15 The Angels Have Gone
I?ve Been Waiting For You
Ashes To Ashes
China Girl
Sunday
Cactus
Slip Away
Changes
Starman
Stay
I Would Be Your Slave
Fame
Absolute Beginners
I?m Afraid of Americans
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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A New Career in a New Town
Everyone Says Hi
Let's Dance
Ziggy Stardust

SusanS, our man in the field, reports breathtaking solos from Earl Slick and Mike Garson on 'Sunday' and 'Changes' respectively, and she says David looked absolutely gorgeous dressed in a blue number for the encore, similar to the red jacket he wore for his performance at the Tribeca Film Festival back in May.

She also notes that David and Gail enjoyed some romantic playacting interactivity during 'Absolute Beginners', and that DB seemed to linger a little longer than usual during THAT bit in 'I?m Afraid of Americans'! What is she talking about? };-)

See you in Manchester then folx.

Heathen Re-enters Uk Top 20

This is the trip, And this is the business we take...

David Bowie's 'Heathen' album has returned to the UK top 20 after spending a week at number 27. Obviously recent media coverage, and indeed word-of-mouth, have rekindled interest in the album which now stands at number 19 on the UK chart.

'Heathen' remains in the top 30 of eighteen countries around the globe, with top 20 positions in fourteen of those countries :

Iceland - 3
Denmark - 4
Norway - 5
Germany - 6
Austria - 7
France - 7
Argentina - 9
Australia - 9
Japan - 10
Belgium - 14
Sweden - 14
Switzerland - 16
Italy - 18
UK - 19
Holland - 24
New Zealand - 25
Spain - 29
Canada - 30

These are the latest chart placings as far as I know, but some of these positions may have changed with new charts being published around the world daily. Please feel free to contact me with any updates.

Anyway, I'm sure you'll all want to join me in congratulating David on the continued success of 'Heathen'. Well done guv!

Set List And Mark Plati Pix From Denmark

Plati-eye view of David Bowie and his audience on Friday.

Never let it rain, never let it rain, never rain...

David Bowie's show on Friday at the Horsens Festival in Denmark was threatened by an early downpour that thankfully passed in time for the show. The gig was an intimate affair with another new running order that included an emotional rendition of 'Space Oddity'.

The crowds at these European shows are already greeting newer songs such as 'Slip Away' and 'Heathen' as if they were old classics...with a mass clap-a-long to the latter becoming de rigueur.

Band member Mark Plati has kindly sent in a couple of pictures to share with us, of which we'll be posting more in the near future. Here is the set list from Friday's show:

Warszawa
Space Oddity
Sunday
I've Been Waiting For You
Hallo Spaceboy
5:15 The Angels Have Gone
China Girl
Slip Away
Cactus
I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
I Would Be Your Slave
Subterraneans
Ashes To Ashes
"Heroes"
Heathen (The Rays)
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Speed Of Life
Everyone Says Hi
Ziggy Stardust

Mike Garson and DB about to take the Horsens Festival by
storm, while Nick the production manager looks on and
remembers he must start e-mailing the set lists to Blammo!

Tonight's show at the Seat Beach Rock 2002 festival in Belgium has a live stream of some of the acts playing today, though I'm pretty sure that David's set isn't being broadcast. But go here if you want to take a look anyway.

Manchester Ticket Winners

Due to all the system upgrades and maintenance, we have decided to post the winners on the site without having an email confirmation. The new BowieNet email system still is being tweaked up, and we wanted to make sure that all the winners were notified.

SO --

Without further adieu, we proudly announce the winners for the Lancashire C.C.C., Old Trafford show in Manchester.

We are hoping that all the winners are able to attend. If you are able to attend simply show up at the venue with some form of ID.

Click here to see the list of winners for MANCHESTER

Bowie's Permanent Return To Uk Unlikely

David Bowie on the BBC's Six O'clock News last night.

Sense Of Doubt...

David Bowie scotched suggestions of any return to London as a family base last night, via a short interview on the BBC's Six O'clock News. David, who was interviewed in front of two TVs which played bits of old footage as he spoke, made it clear that the all-invasive British media had a lot to answer for:

?The pure inconvenience of having a camera lens stuck in either my face or my wife and child?s face every morning, I think would certainly be a deterrent to me wanting to come back to live here on a permanent basis. Even being here a couple of days, I mean, this is a really different place. It?s astounding how media driven London is.?

He also suggested that the quality of chart entertainment in the UK wouldn't make a return to his ancestral home any easier:

?I know about Kylie and Robbie and Pop Idol and stuff like that. You can?t get away from that when you hit the shore, so I know all about the cruise ship entertainment aspect of British pop.?

"Didn't I see you in the audience aboard the QE2?" Kylie
quizzes DB at the Meltdown aftershow. Pic © Kevin Mazur.

All very fair comments I guess, illustrated in a tenuous way in the picture below of my daughter, Holly, with Kylie at Coldplay's Meltdown aftershow recently, where I stuck my camera lens in the face of the cruise ship entertainer, who my 12-year-old is a fan of.

Holly, whom I have never force-fed Bowie's music, (she'll get there under her own steam, though I have taught her how to do Bowie Eyes, see pic) last week asked me to compile her a best of Bowie CD as she rather likes "that space one and the ch, ch, ch, one"...Needles to say I declined to perform the illegal act of copying, and instead suggested she go spend some of her not-very-hard-earned pocket money on 'The Singles Collection' and 'Heathen'!

Kylie Minogue gets her picture taken with Holly Blam Blam.

Sorry for that diversion...You can watch the three-minute snippet from last night's news by clicking on the image above.

Friday Night With Ross And Bowie

David Bowie and GAD on BBC1 tonight.

The Church of Man-Love, is such a holy place to be...

For those of you with access to BBC television that aren't attending tonight's show in Denmark, you should tune into BBC1 at 22:35 (BST) for 45 minutes of Jonathan Ross's exclusive chat with David Bowie. David was in fine form for this interview, and having been present at the taping (06/28/02 NEWS: LAST NIGHT WITH ROSS AND BOWIE) and having enjoyed the advantage a preview tape, I can tell you that this is a great piece of TV.

Apart from the highly entertaining interview, David and the band's performances of 'Fashion', 'Slip Away', 'Everyone Says Hi' and 'Ziggy Stardust' will all be broadcast this evening. And if you're around earlier in the evening, you may want to check out the news on BBC1 at 18:00...I'm saying no more. But here's another pic from tonight's show anyway.

Mr David Bowie singing on the show that tried to
get him to issue forth on Man-Love, or something.

Last Night At The Quart Festival In Norway

Kiss you in the rain...

David Bowie played his first outdoor festival show of the 'Heathen' tour to an ecstatic crowd last night. Though the set was performed in a steady drizzle of rain, the 12,000-strong audience's spirit certainly wasn't dampened as they clapped along to the like of '5:15' and 'Heathen'. The crowd obviously showed great appreciation for the older stuff too, greeting songs such as 'Changes' and 'Ziggy Stardust' with much joyous enthusiasm.

David was by all accounts in joyous mood too, drawing from a twenty-one-song set list that was similar to the Paris show, but included both of the Side One 'Low' instrumentals, and opened with 'Life On Mars?'. Members of various of the support bands danced along sidestage. Jack and Meg White of The White Stripes getting down to 'A New Career In A New Town'...now that's a sight I would've loved to have witnessed!

Anyway, here is the complete set list from last night's show:

Life On Mars?
Hallo Spaceboy
I?ve Been Waiting For You
Speed Of Life
China Girl
5.15 The Angels Have Gone
Stay
Slip Away
Ashes To Ashes
Afraid
Cactus
A New Career In A New Town
Fashion
Changes
Sound And Vision
"Heroes"
Heathen
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Everyone Says Hi
I?m Afraid Of Americans
Let?s Dance
Ziggy Stardust

Onward to Horsens it is then.