(Original photo by Helmut Newton, 1983)
#BowieForever
LOOKING BACK FIFTY YEARS TO BOWIE’S 28TH BIRTHDAY
“Slim tie, Showdown, Can't stop…” *
It’s 8th January in David Bowie’s UK birthplace and it’s wonderful to see all the appreciation already shown for him around the globe on what would have been his 78th birthday today.
The love for DB via social posts, live tributes and fan meetings is quite incredible. You know how moved he would have been.
The image we’ve used was taken on David’s 28th birthday on this day in 1975. He was snapped by Robin Platzer at the star-studded opening of the Lajeski Gallery in New York, where sixty artists exhibited their interpretation of ‘The Condition of the Tie today'.
Here’s an edited excerpt from a report in The New York Times headed: The Theme Was Ties, the Opening Slightly Mad...
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The show’s theme was “The Condition of the Tie Today,” and its purpose was, as Yoko Ono, artist and former Beatle wife, put it, “fun in this time of depression.”
So for fun's sake, if not always for art's sake, about 1,000 guests and gate‐crashers from the worlds of art, fashion, music and theater and from the fringes of these worlds, jammed into 22‐yearold Gary Lajeski's new chrome and glass winter digs in the old Valentino building. It's an extension of his Tower Gallery in Southampton.
They came with and without tie and in a variety of dress and undress.
Pop singers, ranging from glitter (David Bowie) to bubble gum (David Cassidy), mingled with actors and socialites who were trundled back and forth from the Plaza Hotel by carriage.
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* Actually, Bowie’s tie was far from slim, having been a fan of neckwear as a statement for some time already.
#BowieForever #WorldDavidBowieDay #DavidBowieBirthday
A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM DBHQ
“Dazzled by the new year”
Welcome to 2025 via Renaud Monfourny’s camera lens from thirty years ago.
This shot was taken in Paris in 1995 to accompany a Bowie interview in Les inRockuptibles with Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, published the following year.
Thanks for all your support throughout 2024, it’s more appreciated than you know.
Have a wonderful 2025 and here’s to some exciting Bowie anniversaries ahead and more this year.
#BowieNewYear2025 #BowieRenaudMonfourny #BowieLesinRockuptibles
DAVID’S 10-YEAR-OLD SEASONAL MESSAGE TO YOU
“Black struck the kiss,…”
Ten years ago today, David Bowie kindly sent us his annual seasonal message to post on the official Bowie socials and here on DavidBowie.com
Despite the enthusiasm and exciting promise of more music on the horizon in the brief note, sadly this would prove to be his last year-end holiday message.
We’ve used the same image (called Bowie Ghosts), that accompanied that original post.
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25th December 2014
SEASONAL MESSAGE FROM DAVID BOWIE TO YOU
Wishing you guys a very happy year-end holiday and we are looking forward to a full, plump but snappy, rather sexy, music-crazy New Year, are we not?
Oh, yes we are !!
David Bowie 2014
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#Bowie2014 #BowieForever
DAVID BOWIE’S SECOND LP IS 55 TODAY
“Can you hear me Major Tom?”
The second album by David Bowie (titled David Bowie and latterly known as Space Oddity) was released fifty-five years ago today in the UK through Mercury affiliate Philips Records.
Financed by Mercury on the strength of the Space Oddity single, the album was recorded in 1969 at Trident Studios in London with Tony Visconti producing, aside from Space Oddity itself which was produced by Gus Dudgeon.
Mercury added the legend Man of Words/Man of Music for the US version of the album and used different artwork. Neither the Philips or Mercury versions had any commercial success, despite a positive reaction from critics.
The album finally reached the audience it deserved with the reissue in 1972 by RCA Records under the title of Space Oddity, following Bowie’s commercial breakthrough with Ziggy Stardust. Using a contemporary Mick Rock photo of Bowie as the artwork, the reissue charted in both the UK and the US.
Tony Visconti revisited the album five years ago for the superb Space Oddity (2019 Mix) release which included Conversation Piece, not included on the original.
The cover images here were taken by Vernon Dewhurst.
#SpaceOddity55
DAVID BOWIE CENTRE AT V&A EAST STOREHOUSE OPENS SEPTEMBER 2025
“Waiting for the gift of sound and vision…”
This has been a long time coming since we first announced back in February of last year.
It gives us much pleasure to share the press release following this morning’s London press event where details about V&A East Storehouse including an Order an Object service, new acquisitions, a reveal of opening displays and more about the David Bowie Centre were presented.
With introductions from the V&A’s Deputy Director Tim Reeve and V&A East's Director Gus Casely-Hayford there was also a panel discussion led by Naz Hamdi, along with a sneak peek inside V&A East Storehouse’s Collections Hall.
Keep reading for more information...
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Opening on 13 September 2025, V&A East Storehouse’s free to access David Bowie Centre will be the new home of David Bowie’s archive, recently acquired by the V&A through the generosity of the David Bowie Estate, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group. For the first time, the archive of 90,000+ items, which traces Bowie’s creative processes as a musical innovator, cultural icon, and advocate for self-expression and reinvention, will be accessible to everyone. Highlights include stage costumes such as Bowie’s breakthrough Ziggy Stardust ensembles designed by Freddie Burretti (1972), lyrics for songs including Fame (1975), Heroes (1977) and Ashes to Ashes (1980), as well as examples of the ‘cut up’ method of writing introduced to Bowie by the writer William Burroughs.
Split into three separate zones, the David Bowie Centre will have a mix of small, curated displays and audio-visual installations. There will also be quieter study areas, where visitors can delve into all aspects of Bowie’s archive on their own. From Bowie’s iconic costume to musical instruments, make-up charts, stage models, Oblique Strategies card decks, personal notes, writings, lyrics and music, sketches, designs and more, at V&A East Storehouse, visitors can get closer to David Bowie than ever before.
To develop the inaugural David Bowie Centre displays, the curatorial team consulted with 18–25-year-olds from the four Olympic Boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest through London Legacy Development Corporation and Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s Elevate Youth Voice. The small displays spotlight the wide range of objects within the archive and Bowie’s multi-dimensional creative approach, including his unrealised projects, collaborations, and influences. They also reveal the stories behind the creation of some of Bowie’s iconic albums and personas from Aladdin Sane to The Thin White Duke, and his significant influence on creatives from Lana del Rey to Lil Nas X and Issey Miyake. A series of rotating guest curators – including Bowie’s collaborators, experts, contemporary creatives, and young people from V&A East’s Youth Collective – will also be invited to share their insights and perspectives on the archive.
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More details regarding schedules, events and access to follow.
📸 Bowie live onstage in 1973 image by Mick Rock and a guitar from the David Bowie Archive being prepared ahead of the David Bowie Centre opening at V&A East Storehouse © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
See the David Bowie Facebook version of this post for more images.
#BowieArchiveVAM #VnAEastStorehouse #DavidBowieCentre
'hours...' 25th ANNIVERSARY ON YOUTUBE
“Everything’s falling into place...”
A quick reminder that as part of our 25th anniversary celebration of 'hours...' we have been posting videos from Bowie’s various 1999 promotional TV appearances, live performances, and guest interviews on the official Bowie YouTube channel.
Check them all out here.
#Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieHours
TONIGHT ALBUM IS FORTY TODAY
“And you’ll believe you’re loving the alien...”
David Bowie’s Tonight album was released on 24th September 1984, 40 years ago today.
Though there were only three tracks on the album that David Bowie had no hand in the writing of at all, there were just two solo Bowie compositions and two new co-writes out of the nine tracks.
Some would argue the two solo Bowie compositions are the two best tracks on the album. Would you agree?
1. Loving The Alien (Bowie)
2. Don't Look Down (Pop/Williamson) (Originally recorded by Iggy Pop for New Values, 1979)
3. God Only Knows (Wilson/Asher) (Originally recorded by The Beach Boys for Pet Sounds, 1966)
4. Tonight (featuring Tina Turner) (Bowie/Pop) (Originally recorded by Iggy Pop for Lust for Life, 1977)
5. Neighborhood Threat (Bowie/Pop/Gardiner) (Originally recorded by Iggy Pop for Lust for Life, 1977)
6. Blue Jean (Bowie)
7. Tumble And Twirl (Bowie/Pop)
8. I Keep Forgettin' (Leiber/Stoller/Garfield) (Originally recorded by Chuck Jackson for Any Day Now, 1962)
9. Dancing With The Big Boys (featuring Iggy Pop) (Bowie/Pop/Alomar)
As ever, those Dig! chaps have dug a bit deeper, and you can read this in-depth piece by Alan York now...
Tonight: A New Dawn For David Bowie’s Overlooked 80s Album:
We’ll leave you with the intro to Alan’s piece...
“At least in the commercial sense, the success of David Bowie’s 16th studio album, Tonight, was pretty much a fait accompli. Arriving in the autumn of 1984, just nine months after the completion of his enormous Serious Moonlight world tour, the record shot to No.1 and basked in Bowie’s reputation as a global superstar – and yet history often finds it sitting in the shadow of its illustrious predecessor, 1983’s Let’s Dance.”
#BowieTonight40 #BowieDIG
'hours...' DIGITAL RELEASED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
“Remember that everybody has to wait online...” *
Traditionally, we’ve marked 4th October as the release date for the 'hours...' album, which was the UK release date for the physical version, though there was no official vinyl back then.
However, strictly speaking today is the 25th anniversary of the release as explained by this item in Rolling Stone magazine published on 30th August 1999...
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David Bowie has pulled another cyber-coup by becoming the first major-label artist to sell a complete album online in download form. Starting Tuesday, Sept. 21, fans will be able to purchase the digital files for hours… at VirginRecords.com, BowieNet (www.davidbowie.com) and at participating record-store Web sites (unspecified at press time). More than fifty stores have signed on to offer the record for the two-week period preceding the album’s North American CD release on Oct. 5. Pricing will be left up to retailers.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to have the opportunity of moving the music industry closer to the process of making digital downloads available as the norm and not the exception,” said Bowie in a statement Monday. Bowie has long been a fan of the Internet and digital distribution. He was one of the first name-brand artists to release a single online in 1997 (the drum ‘n’ bass track “Telling Lies”), he pioneered the use of Webcasts and chats, and launched the world’s first artist-created Internet service provider in 1998 with the formation of BowieNet.
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Supported by a heavy TV and radio campaign of Bowie appearances, the David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels produced 'hours...' was another top five hit in the UK for Bowie...and downloads became quite popular too.
* As you may have noticed, today’s lyric quotation is tweaked from Blue Jean, which entered the UK Top 20 forty years ago this week. It’s a reference to the incredibly slow download speeds back in 1999, when dial-up meant that purchasing the album this way you would have been lucky to have been listening to it on the same day. Anybody out there still have their original download? Probably a collector’s item these days.
'hours...' is considerably easier to listen to these days:
#Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieHours
CELEBRATING THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF "hours…"
“The last of the dreamers…”
As promised yesterday when we posted about the LIVE FROM THE MANHATTAN CENTER ’99 DIGITAL EP (have you heard it yet?), here are details of more celebrations of the 25th anniversary of 'hours...' in the form of the press release.
#Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieManhattan #HoursRemixEP
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DAVID BOWIE
CELEBRATING THE 25th ANNIVERSARY OF ‘hours…’
THE FIRST EVER DIGITALLY RELEASED ALBUM BY A MAJOR ARTIST
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED LIVE TRACKS, REMIXES & RARELY SEEN CLASSIC TV PERFORMANCES
AVAILABLE TO PRE-SAVE NOW
20th September 2024 London - Parlophone Records is proud to announce a series of digital & video releases to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the David Bowie gold certified album 'hours…'.
Initially released on 21st September 1999, 'hours…' was Bowie’s 22nd studio album. He once more proved himself to be a trailblazer as it was the first by a major artist to be made available as a download.
The decision was incredibly controversial at the time, with some established retailers calling for a boycott and a withdrawal of all his albums from their shelves, which, of course, never happened. Speaking at the time, Bowie said, "I am hopeful that this small step will lead to greater steps by myself and others, ultimately giving consumers greater choices and easier access to the music they enjoy." As with so much of his work and expression, this quote envisioned the future with uncanny accuracy.
The album itself saw Bowie harken back to his early career with the 12-stringe acoustic guitar being at the forefront of key songs on the album, including 'Survive' and 'Seven', two of three singles released in the U.K. While David didn't undertake a tour for the album, he played a handful of intimate shows and several live TV performances.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of 'hours…', Parlophone will release two digital EPs featuring four previously unreleased tracks.
'LIVE FROM MANHATTAN CENTER ‘99' is out on 20th September and features three previously unreleased live tracks recorded for the U.K. TV show Top Of The Pops but not broadcast at the time. The recording was made at the same venue as David’s VH1 Storytellers performance but two days earlier and in a different studio.
The six-track 'hours…' REMIX EP’ follows on 11th October and features two Beck remixes and an unheard 'hip hop' mix of the album's lead single 'Thursday's Child'.
On the 23rd and 30th of September, four tracks from the 4th December 1999 performance on the BBC's 'Later…With Jools Holland' including the classics' Ashes To Ashes' and 'Cracked Actor' will be released on the David Bowie YouTube account along with the footage of the three tracks from the 'LIVE FROM MANHATTAN CENTER ‘99' EP. Also beginning on the 14th October four videos from David’s performance in Paris on the 14th October 1999 will be available on his YouTube channel.
DAVID BOWIE
‘hours…’ 25th ANNIVERSARY
20th SEPTEMBER
LIVE FROM THE MANHATTAN CENTER ’99 DIGITAL EP
Thursday’s Child (Previously Unreleased)
Survive (Previously Unreleased)
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Previously Unreleased)
23rd SEPTEMBER
LATER…WITH JOOLS HOLLAND 04/12/1999 VIDEOS
Ashes To Ashes
Cracked Actor
Something In The Air
Survive
30th SEPTEMBER
TOP OF THE POPS 03/11/1999 VIDEOS
Survive
Thursday's Child
The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell
11th OCTOBER
'hours...' REMIX EP
Seven (Beck mix #1)
Seven (Beck mix #2)
Seven (Marius de Vries mix - Original Speed)
The Pretty Things are Going to Hell (150 bpm Stigmata Film Mix)
Thursday's Child (Hip Hop Mix) (Previously Unreleased)
Thursday's Child (Rock Mix)
14th OCTOBER
Thursday’s Child (Video Live In Paris 14th October 1999)
15th OCTOBER
Something In The Air (Video Live In Paris 14th October 1999)
16th OCTOBER
Survive (Video Live In Paris 14th October 1999)
17th OCTOBER
Seven (Video Live In Paris 14th October 1999)
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LIVE MANHATTAN DIGITAL EP
“Throw me tomorrow, Everything’s falling into place…”
Tomorrow (20th September) sees the 25th anniversary of the release of Thursday’s Child, the first single from 'hours...'.
In celebration of that fact, Parlophone will issue the LIVE FROM THE MANHATTAN CENTER ’99 DIGITAL EP which features three previously unreleased live tracks recorded for the U.K. TV show Top Of The Pops but not broadcast at the time.
The songs were taped on 21st August, two days before VH1 Storytellers was recorded in the same building (The Manhattan Center) but not in the same studio.
If it’s the 20th where you are, you may already be enjoying the EP via your favourite digital platform.
20th SEPTEMBER
LIVE FROM THE MANHATTAN CENTER ’99 DIGITAL EP
Thursday’s Child (Previously Unreleased)
Survive (Previously Unreleased)
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell (Previously Unreleased)
Stay tuned for details of more celebrations of the 25th anniversary of 'hours...'.
#Bowie1999 #Hours25 #BowieManhattan #BowieThursdaysChild
GOODBYE HERBIE FLOWERS
Though we’ve not managed to have it officially confirmed, if the news is correct, we are very sad to learn of the passing of Herbie Flowers in the last couple of days.
His work with Bowie and associates over the years is too long to list here.
Aside from his incredible musicianship over many decades, he was a beautiful soul and a very funny man. He will be sorely missed.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Herbie is pictured here with David and Marc Bolan in 1977 during filming of the MARC show.
#BowieFlowers
RIP DEREK BOSHIER
It is with much sadness that we learn of the passing of artist and friend of David Bowie, Derek Boshier.
Bowie fans will know him best for his artwork contributions to both Lodger and Let’s Dance.
The sad news was posted on his Instagram page earlier today. Here’s an edited excerpt...
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Derek Boshier (1937-2024), the esteemed English artist whose work spanned decades of pioneering creativity. Born in Portsmouth in 1937, and moved to the USA in the 90s, Boshier leaves behind a lasting legacy that shaped and challenged the art world with his astute and often wry observations of popular culture.
“We are deeply saddened by Derek Boshier’s passing. An inspiration to so many, his relentless curiosity was a true force of nature. We will miss his witty sense of humour, his stories that would light up any room he was in. Above all we will miss his extraordinary drive to create and reinvent the art he was destined to share with the world. Shine bright Derek! We will do our very best to continue sharing your stories and celebrate your legacy for the generations to come.” - Mila Askarova, Founder & CEO of Gazelli Art House
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Read Derek’s recollections of meeting with Bowie and the subsequent collaborations in a piece on Vice.com from 2017 by Katie Bain titled: David Bowie and The Clash Were Fans of Derek Boshier’s Art, and You Should Be Too
If you’re not already familiar with it, check out some of Derek’s Bowie related work here:
The two DBs are pictured here with Derek’s daughters.
#BowieBoshier
MICK ROCK’S PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED STARMAN LIVE FOOTAGE
PRESS RELEASE
DAVID BOWIE - ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’
THE LEGENDARY ALBUM IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME
PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED FOOTAGE OF THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR REVEALED HERE
TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC 6th SEPTEMBER 2024 AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE
Parlophone Records is proud to announce the first ever Dolby Atmos spatial audio version of DAVID BOWIE’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS making its debut in Dolby Atmos spatial audio. The new mix of the album will be available on Blu-Ray Audio on 6th September.
The Blu-Ray audio disc of THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS features four iterations of this timeless album: 2024 Dolby Atmos mix, 2024 Stereo Mix (96 khz / 24-bit pcm), original 1972 Stereo Mix – 2012 remaster (192 khz / 24-bit pcm), original 1972 Stereo Mix – 2012 remaster (48 khz / 24-bit pcm). The Atmos version of the album was mixed by Emre Ramazanoglu and Ken Scott at RAK Studios, London.
Ahead of the release, spectacular previously unseen footage from the Ziggy Stardust tour shot in the UK during 1972 and 1973 by late Bowie collaborator & photographer Mick Rock has been revealed, featuring the album version of “Starman” as its soundtrack.
Of this new Dolby Atmos mix the album’s co-producer, Ken Scott says “You’re in there with the act, with David. He was so theatrical I think being able to put him into an immersive place makes this a really good choice for an Atmos mix. My whole philosophy with this has been to make it more like a live experience. And I’ve even got him moving about the stage a little towards the end, the way he would have in real life. Hopefully it just feels as if you’re in the theatre with this amazing show going on.”
THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is the breakthrough album that catapulted David Bowie into the international spotlight. Over the past 50 years it has remained a touchstone record, growing in stature with each passing year. It is now ingrained in popular culture, its undeniable influence spanning musicians from Arcade Fire to Lady Gaga, to Harry Styles’s androgynous fashion sense to Noel Fielding’s shirts on The Great British Bake-Off to Ziggy make-up challenges on Tik-Tok. David Bowie laid to rest the Ziggy Stardust persona in July 1973 at his infamous last show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, but Ziggy’s impact reverberates to this day.
DAVID BOWIE
THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS
BLU-RAY AUDIO
Five Years – 4:42
Soul Love – 3:34
Moonage Daydream – 4:40
Starman – 4:10
It Ain’t Easy – 2:58
Lady Stardust – 3:22
Star – 2:47
Hang On To Yourself – 2:40
Ziggy Stardust – 3:13
Suffragette City – 3:25
Rock ’n’ Roll Suicide - 2.58
2024 DOLBY ATMOS MIX
2024 STEREO MIX (96 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)
ORIGINAL 1972 STEREO MIX – 2012 REMASTER (192 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)
ORIGINAL 1972 STEREO MIX – 2012 REMASTER (48 KHZ / 24-BIT PCM)
#BowieRockNRollStar #Bowie1972 #BowieZiggyStardust #ZiggyStardustDolbyAtmos #ZiggyStardustBluRay #BowieMickRock
HAPPY BIRTHDAY IMAN
With just a few hours to go, we’re hoping you’ve had a splendid day, Iman.
The birthday girl is pictured here 34 years ago with her new beau(ie) attending the Twice Gifted Auction benefit for the American Cancer Society in November 1990. The event took place at the Edward Nachamkin Gallery in NYC.
📸 Ron Galella
#ImanBirthday #imanhbd #BowieRonGalella
JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: IN CONCERT PRESS RELEASE
JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH: IN CONCERT
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR LAUNCHES TO 30 CITIES THIS FALL
Experience the 80s Cult Classic on Screen
With the Iconic Soundtrack Performed by a Live Band on Stage
Accompanied by David Bowie's Legendary Vocals
Tickets Go on Sale Friday, June 21
GOBLIN CITY – June 18, 2024 – For the first time ever, Jim Henson’s original masterpiece and musical fantasy film Labyrinth, starring the iconic David Bowie, will transport fans to Goblin City in an exciting fusion of film and live music on stage with “Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert.” The 30-city North American tour launches September 24 - Jim Henson’s birthday - with stops in Atlanta, Orlando, and New Orleans. For tour dates, tickets, VIP packages and more information, visit www.labyrinthinconcert.com.
Labyrinth’s loyal and steadfast cult following has grown for nearly 40 years since the film’s theatrical release on June 27, 1986. Audiences are invited to experience an epic evening as the movie is presented on a large HD cinema screen. On stage, a live band will perform in sync with Bowie’s original vocals, playing the songs and the score from the soundtrack composed by Bowie and Trevor Jones.
“Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” producer Black Ink Presents, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, is known for its extensive history of breathing new life into iconic films with symphonies, orchestras, or bands live on stage, including Batman, Ghostbusters, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Rocketman, La La Land, and more. “I have always been a huge fan of the groundbreaking collaboration of Jim Henson, George Lucas, David Bowie, and Trevor Jones on this film, and bringing it to fans in a live concert screening experience is a dream come true,” says John Kinsner, CEO of Black Ink Presents. “Getting to hear Bowie’s vocals with a live band while watching the film is sure to give every Labyrinth fan goosebumps.”
“It’s always incredible when the amazing fans of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth come together to watch (and rewatch!) this beloved fantasy adventure,” says Nicole Goldman, Executive Vice President of Branding for The Jim Henson Company. “With ‘Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert,’ we are welcoming loyal and new fans to the world of the Goblin King, and celebrating the incredible music of David Bowie and Trevor Jones in a whole new way. It is certain to be a ‘Magic Dance!’” Starring Bowie and Jennifer Connelly, as well as scores of goblins and creatures from the renowned Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, the film features a soundtrack of unique and memorable melodies, with Bowie's original songs like “Magic Dance,” “Underground” and “As the World Falls Down,” along with Jones' orchestral score. The collaboration between Bowie and Jones provides an enchanting and distinctive musical experience, perfectly capturing the whimsical and fantastical elements of the film and contributing to its lasting acclaim and popularity.
“Jim Henson’s Labyrinth: In Concert” tour schedule includes (subject to change):
September 24 Morgantown, WV Metropolitan Theatre
September 25 Reading, PA Santander PAC
September 26 Glenside, PA Keswick Theatre
September 27 York, PA Pullo Center
September 28 Concord, NH Capitol Center for the Arts
September 29 Mississauga, ON, Canada Living Arts Centre
October 1 Rutland, VT Paramount Theatre
October 2 Medford, MA Chevalier Theatre
October 3 Patchogue, NY Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts
October 5 Munhall, PA Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead
October 7 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
October 8 Louisville, KY Louisville Palace
October 9 Columbus, OH KEMBA Live
October 10 Lexington, KY Lexington Opera House
October 11 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre
October 12 Detroit, MI Masonic Cathedral Theatre
October 13 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
October 14 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theatre
October 16 Saint Paul, MN Fitzgerald Theater
October 17 Waukegan, IL Genesee Theatre
October 18 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
October 19 Omaha, NE Holland Center
October 21 Dallas, TX Majestic Theater
October 22 New Orleans, LA Orpheum Theater
October 23 Atlanta, GA The Eastern
October 24 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theatre
October 25 Orlando, FL Plaza Live
October 26 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
October 27 Fort Lauderdale, FL The Parker
For more information, including tickets and tour dates, visit www.labyrinthinconcert.com.
About Black Ink Presents
A leader in turn-key solutions for music performances and experiential entertainment, Black Ink provides creative direction, design, and production management for concerts, tours, and other unique and immersive events nationwide. The company also produces “live-to-film” shows in which a full orchestra or band performs a film score live, synced with a screening of the film or other media. Notable projects include: The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert in cities around the world, featuring special guests such as Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers, and Catherine O’Hara; Joe Hisaishi Symphonic Concert: Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki conducted by iconic Japanese film composer Joe Hisaishi; Rocketman in Concert featuring Elton John; La La Land in Concert conducted by composer Justin Hurwitz in arenas and concert halls around the world; Coco in Concert, Encanto in Concert, and The Lion King 30th Anniversary Celebration, all at the Hollywood Bowl and all filmed for release on Disney+.
About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 65 years and is recognized as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics, and digital animation. The Company’s most recent credits include the Oscar®-winning Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio for Netflix, the Emmy®-winning Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock for Apple TV+, and the feature film The Portable Door for MGM+. The Company is currently in post-production on a new reimagining of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day starring Eva Longoria and Cheech Marin for Disney+. Other television credits include Slumberkins, Harriet the Spy and Fraggle Rock: Rock On, all for Apple TV+, Word Party for Netflix, Earth to Ned for Disney+, and the Emmy-winning Netflix Original series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Other TV productions include Dinosaur Train (PBS), Splash and Bubbles (PBS), Sid the Science Kid (PBS), and Julie’s Greenroom (Netflix), as well as Fraggle Rock, The Storyteller, and the sci-fi series Farscape. Feature film credits include The Star (Sony Pictures Animation), Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Disney), and the ground-breaking fantasy classics The Dark Crystal, and Labyrinth.
With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot, complete with soundstage and post-production facilities. The Company is home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television, theme park and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry’s top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state-of-the-art and vintage equipment. The Company’s Henson Alternative credits include the feature film The Happytime Murders, and the popular live puppet improvisational show Puppet-Up! – Uncensored.
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MICK ROCK’S PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ZIGGY LIVE FOOTAGE
PRESS RELEASE
WORLD PREMIERE OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MICK ROCK LIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR - WATCH IT HERE NOW
ROCK ’N’ ROLL STAR! RELEASED TODAY 5CD/BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BOX SET & HALF SPEED MASTERED LP INCLUDES 28 EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED TRACKS - AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE
KEF & PARLOPHONE RECORDS PRESENT
‘THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE CREATION OF ZIGGY STARDUST’
15TH-30TH JUNE 2024
AT KEF MUSIC GALLERY
42-48 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON W1W 7NB
HEAR ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCLUSIVELY FROM 15TH JUNE – 30TH JUNE AT THE KEF MUSIC GALLERY GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON. DOLBY ATMOS MIX TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING 6th SEPTEMBER 2024. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE
June 14th 2024, London – Today sees the release of ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set chronicling David Bowie’s journey through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character and the recording of the iconic …ZIGGY STARDUST… album. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! contains 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from David’s band, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie’s then-home, Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album co-producer, Ken Scott.
Last night, the KEF Music Gallery London, 32-48 Great Portland St, London, hosted the world premiere of tracks from ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, the Dolby Atmos mix of ‘ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ along with a Q&A with Ziggy co-producer Ken Scott.
Also unveiled was previously unreleased footage from the Ziggy Stardust tour shot in the UK during 1972 and 1973 by late Bowie collaborator, photographer Mick Rock, featuring the album version of “Ziggy Stardust” as its soundtrack.
From June 15th to June 30th, high-end audiophile speaker purveyors KEF will partner with Parlophone to celebrate the …ZIGGY STARDUST … Atmos mix and the June 14th release of the 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio box set ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!.
For the first time ever, fans will be able to experience the Dolby Atmos mix exclusively at the KEF Music Gallery, nearly three months ahead of its release. The Gallery will also be hosting special events and activations inspired by the time that Bowie was writing and recording this legendary album.
The Dolby Atmos spatial audio mix of DAVID BOWIE’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS will be released on Blu-Ray Audio and Streaming on September 6th.
THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is the breakthrough album that catapulted David Bowie into the international spotlight. Over the past 50 years it has remained a touchstone record, growing in stature with each passing year. It is now ingrained in popular culture, its undeniable influence spanning musicians from Arcade Fire to Lady Gaga, to Harry Styles’s androgynous fashion sense to Noel Fielding’s shirts on The Great British Bake-Off to Ziggy make-up challenges on Tik-Tok. David Bowie laid to rest the Ziggy Stardust persona in July 1973 at his infamous last show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, but Ziggy’s impact reverberates to this day.
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ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! BOX OUT NOW
RIP MARK CARR PRITCHETT
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Mark Carr Pritchett, who, sad to report, passed away yesterday morning.
Fans will know well his association with Bowie, from DB’s creation of The Arnold Corns through to Mark’s appearance as second guitarist for The 1980 Floor Show. Not to mention being the owner of the guitar Bowie posed with for the Ziggy Stardust cover shoot.
Here’s a heavily edited excerpt from Tris Penna’s notes from the RNRS! box set released tomorrow...
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Mark Carr Pritchett was a Beckenham neighbour of David’s and as a self-described ‘jobbing’ guitarist in the late 60s/early 70s’ was a band member of ‘The Arnold Corns’.
“Sometime around May 1969, I was trolling through Beckenham with guitar in hand to go and rehearse with my high school band ‘Rungk’ and I saw a poster on the wall ‘Artists, musicians, poets, potters, please come to a meeting at the Three Tuns’. That event was the genesis of the ‘Beckenham Arts Lab’ which is where I first met the then twenty-two year old David Bowie – who had just moved into the
ground floor flat in Haddon Hall which was close to my parents’ house, so we were neighbours.
And over the next year we just got matey really and he learnt more about my life and we’re playing guitars, sharing equipment and stuff.
Fast forward to January 1972.
I’m sitting there in me flat. Knock on the door. It’s David.
“Hello, mate. I need a favour”.
‘What do you want? Come in. Do you want a cup of tea?’
“No, I'm really pushed for time. Your red Les Paul, can I borrow it?”
‘Yeah, of course.’
“Now”
‘Yeah all right? Why?’
“Got a photo shoot. I really need that guitar now. Do you mind?”
I said ‘no, not at all, put it in its case and there you go.’
“I’ll get it back to you in the morning.”
‘Don’t harm it, it’s not insured.’
“No! I won’t.”
And off, he’s gone.
The next day it comes back and there were still raindrops on the bloody thing.
I said ‘Ah nice one Dave, you’ve looked after my guitar for me.’
“Ah alright, ok, sorry. I took some photos with it.”
And then when months later I saw the cover of the Ziggy Stardust album, there was my Les Paul.
It was Ziggy’s guitar – not stolen as per the song, but one that was borrowed from me!”
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RIP FRANÇOISE HARDY
Sad to learn of the passing of Françoise Hardy the French singer-songwriter and actress.
David and Françoise seemed to enjoy a mutual appreciation.
David said this of her in 1997: “I was for a very long time, passionately in love with her, as I’m sure she’s guessed, every male
And here’s Françoise talking about her favourite Bowie album and recalling telling him about it when they met in 2003.
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“I’ve always been fascinated by David Bowie, but I’m not what you call a fan because fans have all the records and know everything. I’m not like that. His album Outside impressed me most.”
“I was on a show with him, and I told him that Outside was my favourite album by him, and he was stunned. He couldn’t believe it. I think he was quite happy to hear that.”
“There are other good tunes on this album, but I prefer ‘I’m Deranged’. When you don’t speak English well like me, it doesn’t matter so much not to understand the lyrics. Of course, it can bring something more, but it’s more about the whole musical atmosphere, the production by Brian Eno, and also the melody, which are all tremendous.”
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That show was Trafic.musique, France 2. A Bowie Special recorded on 4th September 2003. Broadcast 18th September 2003. Image by Total Blam Blam taken at the taping of it.