⚡Bowie@75: Ziggy Stardust REVISITED- Live Shows and LIVESTREAM

 

Thu 01.06, Fri 01.07, Sat, 01.08

All shows 8PM

Live in person at BOP STOP, 2920 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113:

* 8PM on Thursday, January 6, 2022 (TICKETS)

* 8PM on Friday, January 7, 2022 (TICKETS)

Live in person at Jilly’s Music Room, 111 North Main Street, Akron, OH 44308:

* 8PM on Saturday, January 8, 2022 (TICKETS) 

 

LIVESTREAM on your computer, phone or TV on Friday, January 7, 2022 (TICKETS)

 

Cultural archeologist and avant-garde impresario Thomas Mulready teams up with glam punk superstars Vanity Crash to celebrate what would have been David Bowie’s 75th birthday by revisiting the artist’s pivotal Ziggy Stardust tour, character, music and backstory in a unique, multi-media extravaganza. A photo exhibit by photographer Anastasia Pantsios of Bowie’s first US appearance in 1972 will hang on the walls, with prints available.

The show features live original music and Bowie classics alternating with exclusive interviews conducted with members of the Spiders From Mars, Bowie’s hard rocking outfit during his Ziggy Stardust period. Drummer Woody Woodmansey and pianist Mike Garson were captured discussing their work with Bowie throughout the most explosive period in his long career. Each recalls performing with Bowie at his US debut in Cleveland on September 22, 1972. Author Clinton Heylin has written over 25 books on rock history and was reached at his home in England to comment on the Bowie phenomenon from the British perspective

 

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Woodmansey lived with Bowie and his American wife Angie in Haddon Hall in Beckenham starting in April, 1970, rehearsing what would become the album The Man Who Sold The World. The Hunky Dory album followed, but fame did not find David Bowie until the middle of The Ziggy Stardust Tour, which began in front of a few dozen fans in January, 1972 in a pub in Aylesbury, England. On September 22, Bowie and The Spiders performed in the US for the first time for 3000 fans at a sold-out show at Music Hall in Cleveland, Ohio, marking pianist Mike Garson’s debut with the band, who performed with Bowie on recordings and in performance, right up to Bowie’s final public event in 2006. Photographer Anastasia Pantsios attended that groundbreaking show, and her photos will be on exhibit, with prints available for sale.

Less than two months after his US debut, Bowie returned to sell out two shows of 10,000 each at Cleveland’s Public Hall. The tour continued to the UK, back the US, to Japan, and back to England, when Bowie, by now an international superstar, officially announced his retirement from live performance at the Hammersmith Odeon on July 3, 1973, less than 18 months since the start of the tour. It was Woodmansey’s final performance with Bowie.

The Ziggy Stardust character, however, lived on through the albums The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars, Aladdin Sane, Pin Ups, and Diamond Dogs, including The 1980 Floor Show, a US-only TV special aired only once on The Midnight Special, filmed at The Marquee Club in London for an invited audience of 200 fans.

 

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Live in person at BOP STOP, 2920 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113:

* 8PM on Thursday, January 6, 2022 (TICKETS)

* 8PM on Friday, January 7, 2022 (TICKETS)

BOP STOP remains the premier jazz venue in Northeast Ohio, noted for its acoustic perfection, and recently gaining distinction as “Top Jazz Club in the U.S.” from AllAboutJazz.com. Also, because they are part of non-profit The Music Settlement, every ticket, drink or snack you order goes towards music education. With not a bad seat in the house, the open floor plan BOP STOP sports professional sound and lights, and a full service bar and charming fireplace. Strict COVID policy will be enforced, requiring a vax card, or negative test within 72 hours. Masks are required except when actively eating or drinking. Seating will be limited during these shows.

 

 

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Live in person
at Jilly’s Music Room, 111 North Main Street, Akron, OH 44308:

* 8PM on Saturday, January 8, 2022 (TICKETS)

Jilly’s Music Room offers unparalleled hospitality, a 100% Gluten-free, Locally-sourced and “Made Fresh to Order” menu from a full-service kitchen. Experience table service, craft cocktails, comfortable seating, excellent sight lines, state-of-the-art electronics and exceptional service. Strict COVID policy will be enforced, requiring a vax card, or negative test within 72 hours. Masks are required except when actively eating or drinking. Seating will be limited during these shows.

 

 

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Woody Woodmansey

Spiders From Mars drummer Woody Woodmansey remembers their first U.S. gig ever at Cleveland’s Music Hall in 1972. Come hear his exclusive interview: “It was a very memorable gig. Cleveland was hipper than anywhere else.” His last performance with Bowie was the London “farewell concert” which closed the Ziggy tour and an era.

 

 

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Mike Garson

Pianist Mike Garson played his first gig with The Spiders From Mars at that same U.S. premiere in Cleveland. Watch his exclusive interview: “I have memories of being here in ’72… we were swamped by hundreds of people.” Garson went on to become Bowie’s most trusted sideman, playing with him on-and-off to the very end.

 

 

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Anastasia Pantsios

Photographer Anastasia Pantsios attended David Bowie’s U.S. premiere in Cleveland, and was lucky enough to score seats in the front row of the Music Hall’s balcony. Even better, she brought along her camera and grabbed some iconic and rare shots of the Spiders From Mars in action at the very start of their triumphant U.S. tour (including the photos above).

 

 

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Clinton Heylin

Clinton Heylin has written over 25 books of music history, interpreting the work of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, the punk scene and much more. His masterwork, From The Velvets To The Voidoids, is the definitive word on the Cleveland’s pre-punk scene. Heylin witnessed the Ziggy Stardust tour and phenomenon in Britain, and he shares his analysis in an exclusive interview.

 

 

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Thomas Mulready

Thomas Mulready of This Analog World is known for founding avant-garde art events and organizations  such as the Cleveland Performance Art Festival, Ingenuity Fest, and dozens of live presentations on the history of music, including The Birth of Punk in Cleveland, Akron & Kent, When Andy Met Lou (Andy Warhol & Lou Reed), and annual celebrations of the birth and death anniversaries of David Bowie each January.

 

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Vanity Crash

Vanity Crash were born on stage under hot lights in the crucible of sound and fury as the live band during an extended Cleveland run of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. The players were on fire, so they formed a band, becoming known for their outrageous live glam punk presentations featuring mesmerizing light shows, video projections and glamorous style spewing dark, edgy riffs and synched grooves. In 2013 and again in 2017, Mike Garson guested on Vanity Crash albums.

 

The show will alternate between video interview clips and live original music and Bowie classics. Attendees will be asked to show proof of vaccination or a negative test within 72 hours. Audience discretion is advised for those under 18 years of age.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Cleveland Verses, a non-profit project by Cleveland musicians to raise money for essential causes.

PHOTOS: David Bowie 09.22.72 Cleveland Music Hall, US debut. Vanity Crash (l to r): Matthew Angel, Dennis Van Crash, Virginia Plain Crash, Thomas Anonymous. All photos courtesy Anastasia Pantsios.

 

For tickets and more information:

Live in person at BOP STOP, 2920 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44113:

* 8PM on Thursday, January 6, 2022 (TICKETS)

* 8PM on Friday, January 7, 2022 (TICKETS)

Live in person at Jilly’s Music Room, 111 North Main Street, Akron, OH 44308:

* 8PM on Saturday, January 8, 2022 (TICKETS)

 

LIVESTREAM on your computer, phone or TV on Friday, January 7, 2022 (TICKETS)

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