London
Restored concert film by David Bowie premieres
Bowie had given the historic last concert under his alias Ziggy Stardust with the band Spiders From Mars on July 3, 1973. photo
© Philip Dethlefs/dpa
Relive David Bowie’s last concert. Visitors were able to do that this week. Because this concert, exactly 50 years ago, was recorded. The film is now restored.
“This is the last concert we’ll ever play,” Bowie announced at the time, surprising not only the fans but also his band members. “They were shocked,” pianist Mike Garson told the German Press Agency. “In the days after the concert it was painful, they probably should have been told beforehand.” Garson was the only one who knew before the concert and then continued to work with Bowie for decades, who died in 2016.
The concert was released in parts as “Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” in front of around 5000 people in 1979. Now the film with classic songs like “Moonage Daydream”, “Changes” and “Space Oddity” is complete and in modern 4K for the first time. optics to see. New features include an appearance by guitar legend Jeff Beck on the encores “The Jean Genie”, “Love Me Do” and “Around And Around”.
In addition to Mike Garson, the premiere guests on Monday included former companions and prominent fans of Bowie, including music icon Don Letts, Madness frontman Suggs, actor Richard E. Grant and Bowie’s former sound engineer Ken Scott, who was responsible for the album “Space Oddity”, among other things. responsible. Parallel to the premiere, the film “Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” was shown in around 1000 cinemas worldwide. It is scheduled to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in August.
David Bowie’s website