The mayor of the 13th arrondissement of Paris dressed as Ziggy Stardust? It is not said, but this Monday, Jérôme Coumet will inaugurate a David Bowie street. The British singer first performed in the capital in 1965. “Only 18 years old and then a member of the group The Lower Third, David Bowie made his first appearance outside the United Kingdom in Paris during a concert at Golf-Drouot, a concert hall nicknamed the “Temple of Rock” », Recalls the city of Paris in a press release. There ceremony for this new rue David-Bowie is held at 61, rue Pierre-Mendès-France, from 4:15 p.m.
Why did you choose January 8 when David Bowie died on January 10, 2016? Because the singer with multiple characters, songwriter-performer and actor was born on January 8, 1947.