![]() A Bowie Celebration will donate $2 (around £1.47) per ticket purchase to the Save the Children organisation, a charity that was deeply important to Bowie.ĭuran Duran will headline American Express presents BST Hyde Park on Sunday 11th July 2021 in what will be their first London show in six years. Tickets for the event cost £18.34 and are available now. When we got the Ziggy Stardust LP and put the needle in the groove, our first taste of its perfection was the song Five Years. Presented and devised by longstanding David Bowie keyboardist Mike Garson, the star-studded online event is being held to celebrate David Bowie’s 74th birthday and honour the 5th anniversary of his untimely passing and performers include Bowie alumni alongside an array of A-list stars.Īrtists performing include Boy George, Corey Taylor, Taylor Hawkins, Joe Elliott, Billy Corgan, Ian Astbury, Lzzy Hale, Ian Hunter, Taylor Momsen, Perry Farrell, Gavin Rossdale, Brody Dalle and child internet drumming sensation Nandi Bushell.Īlumni taking the stage to honour Bowie include Grammy Award-winning saxophone phenom David Sanborn, Bowie’s longtime record producer and musician Tony Visconti, Yes keyboardist Rick Wakeman, and a career-spanning list of artists including Bowie’s final touring band of Mike Garson, Gail Ann Dorsey, Earl Slick, Sterling Campbell, Gerry Leonard and Catherine Russell. This coming Saturday at 2am (9th January), Duran Duran will perform live for the A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day! livestream concert. My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie, Simon Le Bon said in a statement. Simon was a first-time nominee this year more than 25 years after becoming eligible. On what would have been David Bowie‘s 74th birthday, Duran Duran have recorded a cover of ‘Five Years’, which is of course the first track from David’s 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. Huge David Bowie aficionados, Duran Duran have previously covered ‘Fame’, ‘Space Oddity’ and ‘Starman.’ Parton, Richie, Simon and Duran Duran were selected on their first go-round. “When we got the Ziggy Stardust LP and put the needle in the groove, our first taste of its perfection was the song ‘Five Years.’ I can’t begin to explain how honoured I feel for Duran Duran to be given the opportunity to perform this icon, and to place our name alongside Bowie’s for this commemoration of his music.” ![]() Part of me still can’t believe in his death five years ago, but maybe that’s because there’s a part of me where he’s still alive and always will be. ![]() “He is the reason why I started writing songs. Commenting on the cover, Simon Le Bon said: “My life as a teenager was all about David Bowie. ![]()
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