BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.7.4//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:3145@coolcleveland.com DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260711 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20260717 DTSTAMP:20260701T020324Z URL:https://coolcleveland.com/events/why-did-david-bowie-start-here-2/ SUMMARY:Why Did David Bowie Start Here? DESCRIPTION:[caption id="attachment_1343638" align="aligncenter" width="800 "] Time Cat\, Mourning [A] BLK star\, Cowboy Princess Brigade (l. to r.)[/ caption]\nSat 7/11 @ 8PM\nThu 7/16 @ 7:30PM\nDavid Bowie in NEO illuminate s why and how David Bowie chose Northeast Ohio to kick off his first-ever US tour\, creating an international superstar\, presented by Thomas Mulrea dy and Vanity Crash\, along with special guests.\n\nBowieologist Thomas Mu lready in collaboration with glam punk heroes Vanity Crash\, and musical a nd special guests\, traces the rise of David Bowie in Northeast Ohio\, fro m the local Space Oddity-era fan club\, to WMMS radio jocks Billy Bass and Denny Sanders championing the relatively unknown artist\, to his Septembe r 22\, 1972 U.S. debut at Cleveland Music Hall and beyond.\n\nThis multi-m edia event includes Vanity Crash (7/11 &\; 7/16) alongside special musi cal guests Cowboy Princess Brigade (7/11)\, Mourning [A] BLKstar (7/16)\, and Time Cat (7/11 &\; 7/16) from Akron &\; Cleveland performing sem inal music from one of the most creative and influential artists of the pa st century\, along with their own original music\, plus former DJ Billy Ba ss (7/16) and photographer/writer Anastasia Pantsios (7/11)\, one of the f ew who captured the artist at his debut.\n\nIn addition to live music\, th e show features exclusive video interviews with WMMS Radio DJs Billy Bass &\; Denny Sanders\, Bowie’s drummer Woody Woodmansey\, and pianist Mi ke Garson\, whose first gig with Bowie was that 1972 Cleveland debut show\ , and Mick Ronson biographers Rupert Creed &\; Garry Burnett speaking f rom Hull\, England\, the home of The Spiders From Mars.\n\nPerformances wi ll take place on the following dates:\n\n*Saturday\, July 11\, 2026 at 8PM at Akron Civic Theatre Knight Stage\, 182 S. Main St\, Akron\, OH 44308 ( https://www.akroncivic.com/neo-rewind-series-vanity-crash-presents-david-b owie-in-neo-2026-07-11)\n\n*Thursday\, July 16\, 2026 at 7:30PM at The Mus ic Box Supper Club\, 1148 Main Avenue\, Cleveland\, OH 44113 (https://musi cboxcle.com/event/neo-rewind-july16/)\n\nAdditional information\, photos a nd interviews available upon request.\nMore information: https://VanityCra sh.com\n\n[caption id="attachment_1343779" align="aligncenter" width="800" ] Vanity Crash[/caption]\n\nThe live shows will feature bands and guest ar tists from Akron &\; Cleveland performing Bowie deep cuts and favorites \, along with a selection of their own original songs\, to illustrate how this iconic artist continues to influence generations of artists:\n\n*Vani ty Crash: Glam punk heroes from Cleveland with five releases of original m aterial\, Vanity Crash was born on stage under hot lights as the house ban d for Hedwig and the Angry Inch\, preparing to record their sixth original release\, having shared the stage with the New York Dolls\, Poison\, the Darkness and Gogol Bordello\, including two collabs with David Bowie’s p ianist Mike Garson. VanityCrash.com (7/11 &\; 7/16).\n\n*Time Cat: Raw and explosive\, soulful and gritty\, Akron’s Time Cat has three original album releases and has opened for Chrissie Hynde &\; The Pretenders\, Muse\, and Juliette Lewis\, among others. Their performances leave crowds sweaty and perhaps questioning what’s really going on in the universe. T imeCatMusic.Bandcamp.com (7/11 &\; 7/16)\n\n*Nate Bocchicchio &\; Ru by Rose Weston of Cowboy Princess Brigade: Multi- instrumentalists and “ Glamericana” soul band Cowboy Princess Brigade of Cleveland have release d a triptych of EP releases featuring original hillbilly/bluegrass/rockste ady/funk grooves both familiar and refreshingly distinctive. CowboyPrinces sBrigade.com (7/11 only).\n\n*James Longs &\; RA Washington of Mourning [A]BLKstar: Multi-generational\, gender\, genre non-conforming amalgam of Black culture\, Mourning [A] BLKstar\, is dedicated to sharing stories an d songs of America’s unfolding apocalypse. Founded in Cleveland\, they\n have toured globally at festivals from Crossing Border in Berlin to Big Ea rs and Le Guess Who? in Utrecht. In 2026\, they will release their 10th al bum in 10 years. MourningABLKstar.com (7/16 only).\n\n[caption id="attachm ent_1343800" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Anastasia Pantsios &\; Bi lly Bass[/caption]\n\nIn addition\, special guests will appear live on sta ge\, including WMMS DJ and Program Director Billy Bass (7/16 only) discuss ing how he helped break the artist in the U.S.\, and how his career and li fe became permanently intertwined with David Bowie. Also live on stage\, s pecial guest photographer and writer Anastasia Pantsios (7/11 only) will d iscuss the multiple David Bowie concert appearances she photographed and t he artist’s cultural importance.\n\n* Billy Bass: Legendary disc jockey Billy Bass\, one of Cleveland’s most popular broadcasters at WIXY and WN CR\, was an influential figure\, bringing progressive radio to WMMS-FM as it’s Program Director\, breaking artists like David Bowie and anointing Cleveland “The Rock &\; Roll Capital of the World\,” before becomin g Senior VP at Chrysalis Records and managing superstar Luther Vandross\, in turn being acknowledged in autobiographies of Chrissie Hynde\, Debbie H arry and others.\n\n* Anastasia Pantsios: A renowned photographer and writ er known for her work in music photography\, particularly focusing on wome n in rock\, Anastasia Pantsios began her career in 1969 and has had her ph otographs featured in major publications such as Rolling Stone\,\nSpin\, T he Village Voice\, Esquire\, Creem\, Hit Parader\, and The New York Times\ , while publishing a book\, Girls to the Front: Girls: 40 Years of Women i n Rock\, in conjunction with an exhibit of her work at the Rock and Roll H all of Fame.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://coolcleveland.com/wp-content/uploads/202 6/06/MAB-CPB-TC-800.jpeg CATEGORIES:Entrepreneurialism,Preview,Music: Popular,Thomas Mulready,Theatre,Dance,Performance,Eats,Civic Affairs,History,Drinks,Party,Education,Culture,Photography,Music: Rock and Roll,Kids,Teen,Archive,college END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR