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DAVID BOWIE is… Virtual launched today
“Welcome to reality...”
DAVID BOWIE is… VIRTUAL LAUNCHED TODAY
RECORD-BREAKING EXHIBITION COMES TO DIGITAL/INTERACTIVE LIFE
MOBILE APP AVAILABLE NOW
EXCLUSIVE BOWIE VIDEO AND IMAGES AVAILABLE FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
Ground-breaking Collaboration Between David Bowie Archive and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
The David Bowie is… Augmented Reality app has been made available today (January 8th) on what would have been David Bowie’s 72nd birthday.
Along with narration from the Oscar-winning actor Gary Oldman the app features over 400 items to explore including video and images from the very beginning of his career through to his final album ★.
Exclusive video elements in the app include film from the 1972 performance at the Rainbow Theatre, 1990 Sound & Vision Tour, a Herb Ritts photo shoot in 1989, live performances from the 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour, footage from the experimental Diamond Dogs movie, and rehearsal footage from the 1976 Station to Station Tour.
The app also features items not previously seen outside of the Brooklyn Museum run of the exhibition such as David’s script for Lazarus along with his sketchbook for the ★ video, original lyrics and David’s original drawings for the video concept.
The app is based on the record-breaking exhibition David Bowie is… that drew over 2 million visitors across 12 stops in 11 cities making it the most visited touring exhibition in the history of the V&A. David Bowie is… curated by Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh, was the first exhibition of its kind and has set the standard for others to follow. The visual richness of this show and visionary nature of Bowie and his music made this a must for virtual reality.
The David Bowie is Augmented Reality mobile app is available in iOS and Android — granting access to the show’s hundreds of costumes, videos, handwritten lyrics, original works of art and more to the tens of millions of Bowie fans unable to visit the exhibition before it shuttered permanently on July 15, 2018. This virtual reality adaption of David Bowie is will enable the visitor to spend as long as desired on individual items and jump to others.
The David Bowie is AR mobile app is the first release resulting from a collaboration between the David Bowie Archive and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., who hosted the exhibition in Tokyo in 2017. The New York-based studio Planeta is designing and developing the AR/VR interpretations of the original museum experience at the V&A. The AR adaptation, a first of its kind, mirrors the physical exhibition through a sequence of audio-visual spaces through which the works and artefacts of Bowie’s life can be explored. 3D renderings preserve and present his costumes and treasured objects such as musical scores, storyboards, handwritten lyrics, and even diary entries--all in 360-degree detail, enabling intimate “behind the glass” access rivalling that of the visitors to the original exhibit, and enhanced by an immersive audio experience featuring Bowie’s music and narration, best experienced with headphones.
Additionally, the David Bowie is mobile app will feature dozens of items not featured in the original exhibition including some entirely new and exclusive to this AR version. The app is available now price £7.99.
The AR mobile app is the first phase of this innovative initiative, with the VR format scheduled for later release.
For more information davidbowieisreal.com
#DBisVirtual
Parlophone set to release rare Bowie tracks
“...spying through a keyhole from the other room...”
On what would have been David Bowie’s 72nd birthday and with 2019 marking 50 years since David Bowie’s first hit, Space Oddity, we are excited to announce that Parlophone is set to release a 7" vinyl singles box set of nine previously unreleased recordings* from the era during which Space Oddity was first conceived.
Keep reading for the full details.
#BowieSTAK
DAVID BOWIE - SPYING THROUGH A KEYHOLE (DEMOS AND UNRELEASED SONGS)
PARLOPHONE SET TO RELEASE 7" VINYL SINGLES BOX SET OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED* DAVID BOWIE RECORDINGS, INCLUDING EARLIEST KNOWN VERSIONS OF SPACE ODDITY.
With 2019 marking 50 years since David Bowie’s first hit, Space Oddity, we are excited to announce that Parlophone is set to release a 7" vinyl singles box set of nine previously unreleased recordings* from the era during which Space Oddity was first conceived.
The title: Spying Through A Keyhole, is a lyric taken from the previously unknown song: Love All Around, and though most of the other titles are known, these versions have never been officially released until late last year (see footnote). Most of the recordings are solo vocal and acoustic home demo performances, unless otherwise stated.
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Mother Grey (demo)
This mid-tempo tale of a fledgling son fleeing the nest features multi-tracked vocals, guitars and harmonica from David.
In The Heat Of The Morning (demo)
A well-known early Bowie song but presented here in demo form with final lyrics.
Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe (demo)
A charming demo from 1968.
Love All Around (demo)
A delightful love song from whence the title of this collection came: “I see a pop tune spying through a keyhole from the other room”.
London Bye, Ta-Ta (demo)
An early demo version of the song with completely different lyrics in a couple of the verses compared to those of the later full band versions.
Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (demo version 1)
The first and only previously known demo of this song.
Angel, Angel, Grubby Face (demo version 2)
A later version of the same song with alternative lyrics.
Space Oddity (demo excerpt)
The lyric and arrangement variations lend weight to the theory that this is possibly the first ever recorded demo of one of Bowie’s most famous songs.
Space Oddity (demo - alternative lyrics) (with Hutch)
Originally conceived as a song for a duo to perform, this is the first known version to feature John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson again with lyric and arrangement variations.
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Due to the nature of some of the solo home demos where Bowie accompanied himself on acoustic guitar, the recording quality isn’t always of a usual studio fidelity. This is partly due to David’s enthusiastic strumming hitting the red on a couple of the tracks, along with the limitations of the original recording equipment and tape degradation. However, the historical importance of these songs and the fact that the selections are from an archive of tracks cleared for release by Bowie, overrides this shortcoming.
Spying Through A Keyhole will be limited to a vinyl only release in the spring. However, the recordings may appear in the future on other formats. More details and actual release date to follow from Parlophone.
*FOOTNOTE: Although this will be the first physical release of these tracks, Parlophone did make them available on streaming services for a limited period only in December.
Loving The Alien break-outs due February
“And you'll believe you're loving the alien”
The five selected stand-alone albums from last year’s David Bowie: Loving the Alien (1983-1988) box set will be issued by Parlophone on 15th February.
The break-outs include the three studio albums, Let’s Dance, Tonight and Never Let Me Down on vinyl LP, CD and various digital formats, plus the two live albums: Serious Moonlight (Live ’83) and Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) on CD and digital formats. In addition, the compilation album, Dance (which features twelve remixes), will be available on standard digital.
Pre-order here, and continue reading for the full breakdown.
#LTABox
David Bowie: Loving the Alien (1983-1988) box set break-outs
Physical
Let's Dance (remaster) 1 LP / 1CD
Serious Moonlight (Live ’83) 2CD
Tonight (remaster) 1 LP / 1CD
Never Let Me Down (remaster) 1 LP / 1CD
Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) 2CD
Digital
Let's Dance (remaster) - Format: 192/24 / 96/24
Serious Moonlight (Live ’83) - Format: 192/24 / 96/24
Never Let Me Down - Format: standard digital Japanese version
Never Let Me Down (2018) - Format: 96/24
Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) - Format: 192/24 / 96/24
Dance - Format: standard digital
Please note: There are no hi-res releases for the remastered versions of ‘Tonight’ and ‘Never Let Me Down’. Also, ‘Dance’ is standard digital only
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LET’S DANCE
Modern Love
China Girl
Let’s Dance
Without You
Ricochet
Criminal World
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
Shake It
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SERIOUS MOONLIGHT (live ’83)
CD1:
Look Back In Anger
“Heroes”
What In The World
Golden Years
Fashion
Let’s Dance
Breaking Glass
Life On Mars?
Sorrow
Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
China Girl
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
Rebel Rebel
CD2:
White Light / White Heat
Station To Station
Cracked Actor
Ashes To Ashes
Space Oddity/Band Introduction
Young Americans
Fame
Modern Love
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TONIGHT
Loving The Alien
Don’t Look Down
God Only Knows
Tonight
Neighborhood Threat
Blue Jean
Tumble And Twirl
I Keep Forgettin’
Dancing With The Big Boys
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NEVER LET ME DOWN
Day-In Day-Out
Time Will Crawl
Beat Of Your Drum
Never Let Me Down
Zeroes
Glass Spider
Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
New York’s In Love
’87 And Cry
Bang Bang
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GLASS SPIDER (live Montreal ’87)
CD 1:
Up The Hill Backwards
Glass Spider
Day-In Day-Out
Bang Bang
Absolute Beginners
Loving The Alien
China Girl
Rebel Rebel
Fashion
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
All The Mad Men
Never Let Me Down
CD 2:
Big Brother
‘87 And Cry
“Heroes”
Sons Of The Silent Age
Time Will Crawl / Band Introduction
Young Americans
Beat Of Your Drum
The Jean Genie
Let’s Dance
Fame
Time
Blue Jean
Modern Love
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DANCE
1. Shake It (Re-mix aka Long Version)
2. Blue Jean (Extended Dance Mix)
3. Dancing With The Big Boys (Extended Dance Mix)
4. Tonight (Vocal Dance Mix)
5. Don't Look Down (Extended Dance Mix)
6. Loving The Alien (Extended Dub Mix)
7. Tumble And Twirl (Extended Dance Mix)
8. Underground (Extended Dance Mix)
9. Day-In Day-Out (Groucho Mix)
10.Time Will Crawl (Dance Crew Mix)
11.Shining Star (Makin’ My Love) (12” mix)
12.Never Let Me Down (Dub/Acapella)
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Gary Oldman narrates David Bowie is mobile app
“We had a friend, a talking man”
Gary Oldman, the legendary British Oscar, Golden Globe and three time Bafta-winning actor is to provide the narration for the new David Bowie is mobile app. (davidbowieisreal.com)
Oldman and Bowie first met in the late 80’s and having both been born and bred in South London found they had a great deal in common. Gary once remarked “I see him less as 'David Bowie’ and more as Dave from Brixton and I'm Gary from New Cross.”
Gary had this to say regarding the app: “This brings the amazing David Bowie is exhibition to a wider audience. It’s great that his fans get to experience it. It was a privilege to be involved.”.
The app will be available from January 8th priced £7.99.
Our montage shows Gary Oldman recording the narration for David Bowie is. Picture by Hideo Oida.
Keep reading for the full press release.
#DBisVirtual
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DAVID BOWIE is… VIRTUAL
GARY OLDMAN, OSCAR, GOLDEN GLOBE & BAFTA WINNING ACTOR TO PROVIDE NARRATION FOR GROUNDBREAKING MOBILE APP
RECORD-BREAKING EXHIBITION COMES TO DIGITAL/INTERACTIVE LIFE
MOBILE APP TO BE RELEASED JANUARY 8, 2019
Ground-breaking Collaboration Between David Bowie Archive and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
Gary Oldman, the legendary British Oscar, Golden Globe and three time Bafta-winning actor is to provide the narration for the new David Bowie is mobile app.
Gary Oldman: “This brings the amazing David Bowie is exhibition to a wider audience. It’s great that his fans get to experience it. It was a privilege to be involved”
The app is based on the record-breaking exhibition that drew over 2 million visitors across 12 cities - the most visited touring exhibition in the history of the V&A - has been granted digital immortality. David Bowie is, curated by Victoria Broackes and Geoffrey Marsh, was the first exhibition of its kind and has set the standard for others to follow. The visual richness of this show and visionary nature of Bowie and his music made this a must for virtual reality.
Oldman and Bowie first met in the late 80’s and having both been born and bred in South London found they had a great deal in common. Gary once remarked “I see him less as 'David Bowie’ and more as Dave from Brixton and I'm Gary from New Cross.”
Their friendship led to memorable collaborations with them appearing together in Julian Schnabel’s film ‘Basquiat’ as well as Gary’s spectacular performance as a priest in the controversial video for the Bowie song 'The Next Day'.
Beginning on January 8, 2019 (which would have been Bowie’s 72nd birthday), the David Bowie is Augmented Reality mobile app will be available in iOS and Android — granting access to the show’s hundreds of costumes, videos, handwritten lyrics, original works of art and more to the tens of millions of Bowie fans unable to visit the exhibition before it shuttered permanently on July 15, 2018. This virtual reality adaption of David Bowie is will enable the visitor to spend as long as desired on individual items and jump to others.
The David Bowie is AR mobile app is the first release resulting from a collaboration between the David Bowie Archive and Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., who hosted the exhibition in Tokyo in 2017. The New York-based studio Planeta is designing and developing the AR/VR interpretations of the original museum experience at the V&A. The AR adaptation, a first of its kind, mirrors the physical exhibition through a sequence of audio-visual spaces through which the works and artefacts of Bowie’s life can be explored. 3D renderings preserve and present his costumes and treasured objects such as musical scores, storyboards, handwritten lyrics, and even diary entries--all in 360-degree detail, enabling intimate “behind the glass” access rivalling that of the visitors to the original exhibit, and enhanced by an immersive audio experience featuring Bowie’s music and narration, best experienced with headphones.
Additionally, the David Bowie is mobile app will feature dozens of items not featured in the original exhibition, including some entirely new and exclusive to this AR version. The app will be available from January 8th priced £7.99.
The AR mobile app is the first phase of this innovative initiative, with the VR format scheduled for later release.
For more information davidbowieisreal.com
A Happy New Year with a smile from DB
“When you see a famous smile”
Welcome to 2019, the year that marks fifty years since Bowie’s first hit, Space Oddity...but more of that later.
Following on from last year’s theme, here’s another previously unpublished picture of David Bowie by Total Blam Blam.
This shot was taken in the dressing room before his appearance on TFI in June 2000 and it seems Blam had a way of getting a smile out of DB, not that that was a hard thing to do. (See last year’s pic for more evidence.)
A Happy New Year to all you BOWIE KOOKS. Stay tuned for an exciting first week of 2019 leading up to January 8th and what would have been David’s 72nd birthday.
#BowieNewYear2019
Bowie’s 45-year-old NYE record breaker
“A trumpet you can blow, And a lunch at Rules…”
We close our 45th anniversary celebrations of 1973 today with a look back at New Year’s Eve, 1973. Today’s pictures (by Michael Putland), were taken at an RCA Records luncheon at the prestigious Rules restaurant in London’s Covent Garden, to mark Bowie’s extraordinary performance on the UK album charts.
With the publication of the ‘The Bowie five-star constellation’ advert (bottom right) in September, it was clear that RCA were more than happy with the way things were going. Here’s the wording from that advert:
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The Bowie five-star constellation
Unbelievable but a fact - David Bowie takes five places in the Top Fifty album charts for ten whole weeks - a musical achievement unique in our time.
And now, the man who made Space Oddity, The Man Who Sold The World, Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars and Aladdin Sane is putting a new album into orbit. It’s called PIN-UPS and will be released in mid-October.
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Things got even crazier with the release of Pin Ups on October 19th. The album entered the chart at #1 on November 3rd. Here are the positions taken from that week’s chart:
#01 Pin Ups
#14 Aladdin Sane
#16 Hunky Dory
#22 Ziggy Stardust
#46 The Man Who Sold The World
#50 Space Oddity
That week, the man who released his debut RCA album just two years previously, had six albums in the Top Fifty. As far as we are aware, that’s a feat that hasn't been equalled by a living artist since.
At one point, Bowie also had five albums in the Top Fifty for nineteen consecutive weeks.
The plaque in the framed album presentation was inscribed thus:
“Awarded to David Bowie for outstanding musical achievements. From your friends at RCA.“
At the New Year's Eve presentation, David apparently rose from the head of a long table in an upstairs room to thank everyone:
“I don’t know what to say, I feel like a rock ‘n’ roll star. At least it keeps the kids on the streets. Thanks to everyone who bought or were given the albums.”
They don’t make 'em like that anymore. Here’s to the brilliance of David Bowie and an exciting 2019.
FOOTNOTE: Rules was also the venue for the festive photoshoot that put David on the cover of the December 1969 edition of Fabulous 208.
#BowieCoolYule #BowieOCC
Bowie’s 45-year-old cool yule message
“In a corner of the morning in the past…”
As we move to the close of our 45th anniversary celebrations of one of Bowie’s most successful years, 1973, here’s how Christmas in Bowie World was marked back then.
The UK album chart was dominated by Bowie during the last quarter of 1973, as were the end of year music press polls.
The image on the left was a record store flyer marking the success of RCA’s Bowie campaign since the release of Hunky Dory two years previously. It featured Terry O’Neill’s iconic shot of Bowie taken at The Marquee for the 1980 Floor Show in October.
The Bowie billboard picture was actually a real thing proudly looking out across London, with the message: “It looks like Christmas love on ya! Bowie”. A version of it was used in a Record Mirror advert at the time too.
A 1973 Christmas card sent to fan club members is reproduced on the right, with the message inside shown below.
So whether you celebrate it or not during the holiday season, have a cool yule either way.
#BowieCoolYule
To Zowie, from Dad
“’Cause if you stay with us you’re gonna be pretty kookie too…”
Duncan Jones (previously Zowie Bowie), has tweeted a wonderfully poignant message, quickly followed by a typically humorous one.
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Duncan Jones @ManMadeMoon - 6:28 AM - 24 Dec 2018
Got a bit emotional while wrapping tonight. Didn’t occur to me till tonight that when i named my daughter Zowie i would eventually be writing “To Zowie, from Dad,” exactly like my dad did for me when i was little. Ghosts of Christmas past.
Duncan Jones @ManMadeMoon - 6:35 AM - 24 Dec 2018
On the other hand, writing Stenton was EASY! All i was thinking with him was, “bet the little bastard smacks me around the back of the head with this at some point!” 😁❤
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The 'this' to be used as a weapon during some future attack remains unidentified.
Duncan is pictured here as new-born Zowie, with Dad David in 1971.
#DuncanAndRodeneJones #BabyJones #BabyJones2 #GranddadJones
2018 wrapped on Spotify
“Wham Bam Thank You Fans!”
Thank you for a great year on Spotify folks.
It’s apparent that the streaming app is becoming more and more popular each year for Bowie fans with an increase of 57% of followers in 2018.
If all 37,493,480 Bowie fans on Spotify crammed together for a listening party, they’d need a room big enough to accommodate the population of Poland. Not a lot of people know that.
If you’re not already using Spotify, check it out here.
#2018ArtistWrapped #BowieSpotify
Bowie’s Hong Kong Lennon tribute on this day
“Imagine all the people”
David Bowie’s Serious Moonlight World Tour climaxed with a performance of John Lennon’s Imagine, 35 years ago tonight in Hong Kong on December 8th, 1983.
It was David’s tribute to his friend who had been shot and killed on the same day in New York in 1980.
You can watch a visibly emotional Bowie singing the song to the sell-out audience at Hong Kong Coliseum here.
As you know, photographer Denis O’Regan was along for the ride for every date of the tour, as recorded in the superb Ricochet : David Bowie 1983. (@Bowie1983Book)
Both of the pictures here were taken by Denis in Hong Kong on that very day.
FOOTNOTE: The winners of the Ricochet contest have been contacted and have accepted their prizes.
#BowieLennon #DavidBowieRicochet
The man who kept the Glastonbury tape rolling
“We could steal time, Just for one day, We can be heroes, for ever and ever”
Worth a mention in case it passed you by is Bowie TV: Episode 10.
In it, Mark Cooper, the BBC’s head of Music TV, talks about how he had to cut the live broadcast of David Bowie's headline slot at Glastonbury short after just three songs...much to the dismay of the viewing public watching at home.
Thankfully he had the good sense to carry on recording regardless of what the BBC were allowed to broadcast, a decision he should be applauded for as we wouldn’t all be able to watch the full set now if he hadn’t.
Bowie TV is on the Official David Bowie YouTube channel.
#BowieTV #BowieGlasto2000
Denis O’Regan on The One Show
“They pulled in just behind the fridge”*
Denis O’Regan was on BBC One’s The One Show in the UK this evening. He discussed Ricochet and his time spent with David Bowie on the 1983 Serious Moonlight World Tour.
The Denis O’Regan picture illustrating this piece was taken 35 years ago today while Bowie was in Thailand (during the penultimate stop of the tour), for a show at the Thai Army Sports Stadium
The pale white Singer was a popular make of fridge in Thailand at the time, probably. One thing’s for sure, the lightly tanned singer was very popular in Thailand at the time, as evidenced in the superb Ricochet tour documentary filmed in Southeast Asia.
*For those concerned about the accuracy of today’s lyric quotation, go here.
#DavidBowieRicochet
NME’s review of the ‘perfect Glastonbury Festival evening’
“I gazed a gazely stare at all the thousands here”
Andrew Trendell at NME has written a piece titled: ‘Glastonbury 2000: The night Bowie reclaimed his legend’, with a subdeck of: ‘Imagine the perfect Glastonbury Festival evening. Or just watch this film so you don’t have to.’
Here’s the conclusion to the piece:
“In sitting his newer material alongside the unretired classics with a performance so consummate and a band so accomplished, Bowie reset the dialogue to focus on his vitality, paving the way for his latter work on ‘Heathen’, ‘Reality, ‘The Next Day’ and his perfect curtain call, ‘Blackstar’. He reclaimed his legend, and gave Glastonbury a night for all time.”
Read the full review and watch a great little video of a few Bowie fans being interviewed at the Glastonbury 2000 screening in London last week.
#BowieGlasto2000
ilikeyouroldstuff.com on what made Bowie the best
“Five magical moments”
Dr Ian Chapman over on ilikeyouroldstuff.com has written a piece titled: 5 STELLAR MOMENTS FROM THE GREATEST GLASTONBURY HEADLINER OF ALL TIME.
Here’s the intro to the piece:
“Without doubt David Bowie’s now-iconic Glastonbury 2000 appearance contains stellar moments galore, amounting to a virtual feast-o-rama for fans who have long awaited this very special release. In this essay, I will attempt the difficult feat of zeroing in on just five of these moments. The first of these goes beyond the music, occurring as early as the opening seconds of the performance before David Bowie has so much as uttered a word or sung a note…”
Read the full thing here.
#BowieGlasto2000
Lazarus with Gijs Naber in Amsterdam October 2019
“In the port of Amsterdam, Gijs Naber will sing”
Following our initial announcement of this last year and various franchise versions of Lazarus (including the current Hamburg run and the recently announced Oslo version), Ivo van Hove’s production of David Bowie and Enda Walsh’s Lazarus musical will première on October 13th at DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam.
Gijs Naber will play the lead part of Thomas Jerome Newton and the 50,000 available tickets go on sale today at 12.00 P.M. (CET) via Eventim.
Keep reading for the full press release.
#LazarusNL #LazarusMusical
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Gijs Naber to star in David Bowie's Lazarus
3rd December 2018
Lazarus will première on October 13th at DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam
Gijs Naber will play the leading part in Lazarus, the David Bowie musical. Naber plays the role of Thomas Newton. Ivo van Hove, who created the show together with Bowie and Enda Walsh in New York, will also direct the Dutch production.
Albert Verlinde, CEO and producer of Stage Entertainment Netherlands: "We are very much looking forward to Lazarus. I have been talking to Ivo van Hove for a couple of years now. Following sold out runs in both New York and London, I’m thrilled that we can now bring the show to Amsterdam. Lazarus is a very special show, one of Bowie's last projects and a musical work of art. It is fantastic news that Ivo van Hove, who created the original show together with Bowie, will also direct the Dutch production. The musical is an unforgettable theatre trip paying tribute to Bowie's genius mind. As the lead part is very demanding, I am extremely proud that Gijs Naber wlll join us in this adventure. He is our dreamed Thomas Newton."
Lazarus will premiere on October 13th 2019 and will play exclusively in DeLaMar Theatre in Amsterdam for a period of three months. The 50,000 available tickets go on sale today at 12.00 P.M. (CET) via Eventim. Other roles will be announced later. More information: www.bowielazarus.nl
Lazarus
Legendary pop star David Bowie died on January 10th 2016. The musical Lazarus was one of his very last projects. Lazarus is a sequel to the book The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis. Bowie himself played the role of Thomas Newton in the film adaptation from 1976, directed by Nicolas Roeg. Thomas Newton also plays a central role in the musical Lazarus, which is a journey featuring legendary Bowie hits such as 'Heroes', 'Absolute Beginners', 'Changes', 'All the Young Dudes', 'This is not America' and of course the title song 'Lazarus', especially written for the musical and later released on Bowie's last album Blackstar.
The Dutch production of Lazarus is produced by Stage Entertainment The Netherlands by arrangement with Robert Fox and Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment and The New York Theatre Workshop.
Gijs Naber
Actor Gijs Naber graduated in 2003 from the Toneelacademie in Maastricht. He played various parts in films such as The Heineken Abduction, Loft, Het Verlangen and Redbad. In 2014, he received a Golden Calf Award for Best Actor for his role in the film Aanmodderfakker. In theatre, he played roles in Woef Side Story and Lang en Gelukkig. For this last part, he received in 2014 a Musical Award for Best Supporting Actor in the category small musical. For his role in the play Death of a Salesman, he won an Arlecchino award. Gijs also played leading roles in television series such as Penoza and Zwarte Tulp.
Gail Ann Dorsey on her Glastonbury task
“Pressure pushing down on me”
Just in case you’ve not been keeping a close eye on Bowie TV, Episode 13 is now live, wherein Gail Ann Dorsey talks about how she felt a little…erm…under pressure to learn her vocal and bass parts for one song in particular at Glastonbury.
But, with DB’s encouragement, Gail learned both parts and performed them brilliantly at the same time. Bet she’s great at the old ’rub your tummy and pat your head’ coordination skill.
Bowie TV is on the Official David Bowie YouTube channel.
#BowieTV #BowieGlasto2000
David Bowie Glastonbury 2000 is out now
“So I’ve been writing just for you”
For the first time David Bowie's legendary 21-song, greatest hits Glastonbury headline set has been released in its entirety.
Available as 2CD/DVD and 3LP vinyl sets here.
Physical formats feature David’s fascinating diary (originally written for Time Out), with insights into Glastonbury rehearsals and preparations.
#BowieGlasto2000
Alan Edwards recalls Bowie’s Glastonbury triumph
“Rise together, Through these clouds, As on wings”
Spotted the latest instalment of Bowie TV on the Official David Bowie YouTube channel yet?
In Bowie TV: Episode 12, the impossibly handsome PR poet that is Alan Edwards, recalls the vision of “King David” arriving in the mist to conquer Glastonbury with the weapon of well-crafted songs and a performance to be remembered for evermore.
#BowieTV
Ricochet contest ends today
“In the world of today, for tomorrow's man”
Though it’s still the 26th on the other side of the planet, New Zealanders are already firmly in the future where it is almost November 27th.
However, 35 years ago today, the 26th of November 1983, was the day that more than 80,000 of them gathered in Auckland for the last stop of the Australasian leg of The Serious Moonlight Tour. At the time, it was claimed that this was: “the single biggest concert ever in the Southern Hemisphere”.
Read more about this particular show and Bowie’s other ventures down below on the superb @bowiedownunder FB page.
What’s all this got to do with the Denis O’Regan Ricochet contest, you ask? Well, aside from the fact that Denis took that aerial shot of the Auckland crowd, not to mention the other shot of DB in our montage, today is the last day of the contest, which we launched three weeks ago.
Find the contest here on FB.
But please read carefully, as many hopeful ‘entrants’ so far have either neglected to use the required #DavidBowieRicochet hashtag or to follow @Bowie1983Book – If you’re one of those, you are welcome to re-enter including all that is required, for a chance to win your own limited edition Ricochet boxed set (RRP £3,000/$4,000).
#DavidBowieRicochet