Original Coverage & Source Attribution: bravewords.com
Celebrating David Bowie has announced 80th birthday concerts planned for London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town on January 9, and Los Angeles’ Wiltern Theatre on January 16.
It’s been ten years since Celebrating David Bowie embarked on their first international tour to honor David Bowie after he passed away in 2016. What was supposed to be a one night affair has since turned into the most successful, far reaching Bowie show in the world.
Countless variations of the original Celebrating David Bowie show have been performed to devoted Bowie fans in seventeen countries on five continents with guest appearances along the way by Sting, Gary Oldman, Todd Rundgren, Thomas Dolby, Joe Bonamassa, Seal, Perry Farrell, Kate Pierson, Lady Blackbird, Ewan McGregor, Simon Le Bon, Gavin Rossdale, La Roux, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, Corey Taylor, Ian Astbury, Darren Criss, The Tubes’ Fee Waybill, Living Colour, orchestras, choirs, and a long list of Bowie friends & former band members.
The Los Angeles show features Eagles Of Death Metal’s Jesse Hughes, Devo’s Jerry Casale, Everclear’s Art Alexakis, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, Phantom Planet’s Alex Greenwald, Baby Snufkin’s Scrote, Lady Blackbird, and more with former Bowie collaborators, former Iggy Pop band members, and other top touring and recording musicians benefitting Flea’s non-profit the Silverlake Conservatory of Music who provide music scholarships to children whose families would otherwise would be unable to afford a music education. In London, the beneficiary will be Create, the UK’s leading creative arts charity for disadvantaged children and young people. Both planned appearances will be filled with special guests and an all star ensemble of performers.
Celebrating David Bowie creator/producer Angelo “Scrote” Bundini is at the helm again to bring these massive shows together. Since 2017, he has gone on to create/produce other successful international tours such as BEAT featuring Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Steve Vai, and Tool’s Danny Carey performing 80s King Crimson repertoire and What The World Needs Now, performing the music of Burt Bacharach with longtime former Bacharach music director/arranger Rob Shirakbari and a myriad of star performers.
Scrote shares, “I’m thrilled to honor David again with this new explosive collection of truly unique and brilliant artists and musicians who span various genres and periods. With these shows we are going BIG with the biggest songs and arrangements of David’s songs that we have ever performed. The song list stretches across all five decades of David’s incredible catalogue.”
Jesse Hughes says, “I was lucky enough to perform on this tour and I couldn’t be more proud to have been a part of it.”
“Honored to have sang in celebration of the one and only David Bowie! Thank you to the beautiful souls who put these shows together to help honor a legend,” chimes Lady Blackbird.
Angelo Moore offers, “One of the things that stuck out while abroad was our group visit to the David Bowie Is… exhibit in Tokyo and how they cover so much of his life, music, fashion, and creative processes. I’m excited we will be doing more of his unique aesthetic in our upcoming shows.”
For tickets, visit CelebratingDavidBowie.com.
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