David Bowie

'Unseen' David Bowie exhibition to visit Exeter

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 10/12/2016 - 12:12pm

A UK exhibition tour of many ‘never before seen’ photographs of David Bowie has been extended to include a visit to Exeter next spring.

After a sell out 2016 tour, Off Beat Lounge, in conjunction with David Bowie’s official photographer, Denis O’Regan have added an extra eight locations to their 2017 UK tour of Mini dealerships, exhibiting forty photographs, many of which have never been seen by the public before, documenting Denis’ time touring the world with David Bowie. The tour will now visit the Westerley MINI showroom on Matford Park Road in Exeter for one night only on the...

David Bowie to hit the big screen

Vue is set to give the UK an all singing, all dancing glimpse into the life of one of the most creative showmen of our time, David Bowie.

David Bowie Is was the fastest selling exhibition in the Victoria & Albert Museum’s history.

Now a cinematic,you can get a look behind the scenes on the big screen. The creative piece charts the fabled history of one of the world’s biggest and most iconic pop stars.

Featuring original flamboyant costumes, never-before-seen handwritten lyrics, film and music videos, Bowie’s own instruments, album artwork and diary entries, the...

David Bowie: The Night that Fell to Earth

Event Date: 
05/02/2016 - 8:00pm
Venue: 
Exeter Phoenix

A magical, and fabulous event to remember and celebrate the diversity of the man himself.

Bands, performance, DJ’s, films, videos

This is a free event. Donate what you can – all proceeds will go to Cancer Research.

Acts include:

DJ Louie Louie DJ Sketch DJ Perfect Catherine and the Owl Jackie Juno performs Osmosis – poetry performance based on her dream diaries Electro/Rock/Alternative duo Kiss Like Ether Multi-instrumentalist Steve Strong

http://www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/

8pm - 12am, free

Atomic BLONDIE & The BOWIE Experience

Event Date: 
09/05/2015 - 8:00pm to 10:15pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange

Two of the UK'S leading Tributes together on one night to bring you a great night of live music.

All the hits of music legends Blondie & David Bowie including Heart of Glass, Sunday Girl, Call Me plus Jean Genie, Starman, Rebel Rebel and more! Not to be missed!

Tickets £15 in advance, £17 on the door, £10 under 16s (accompanied by an adult).

www.exeter.gov.uk/cornexchange

Blondie & Bowie

Event Date: 
11/04/2014 - 8:00pm to 10:30pm
Venue: 
Exeter Corn Exchange, Market Street. EXETER EX1 1BW

Two of the UK 's Leading Tribute Bands on the same bill. A show featuring all the hits by Blondie and David Bowie performed by Atomic Blondie and The Bowie Experience.

Debbie Harry’s Blondie took the rock and pop world by storm in the 70s and 80s with hits such as Heart of Glass, The Tide is High, Hanging on the Telephone, Picture This, Sunday Girl, Atomic and Call Me.

David Bowie is quite simply one of rock’s all-time greats with 109 singles, 26 studio albums, 9 live albums, 46 compilation albums, 13 video albums and 48 music videos.

A night of the very best...

James Blake wins 2013 Mercury Prize

James Blake has walked away with the 2013 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for his album Overgrown . The 25-year-old musician triumphed at an awards ceremony held on Wednesday night (30 October) at the Roundhouse in London, chosen ahead of 11 other artists who included David Bowie (for his comeback album The Next Day ), Arctic Monkeys, Laura Marling and the favourite Laura Mvula.

The winner, who takes away a cheque for £20,000, was selected by a jury of industry people from a shortlist of twelve albums. The list included five debut albums, while Overgrown is Blake's second album. His...

Bowie comeback named among Mercury Prize shortlist

The 12 shortlisted titles for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year were announced on Wednesday (11 September).

Among the long players from the last 12 months nominated for the "music Booker", were debut albums, titles by previous nominees and established artists and one by a legend, David Bowie.

Bowie's excitedly received comeback album - his first in a decade - The Next Day , finds itself nestling among the hip young things of the more critic-friendly end of the musical spectrum.

The Mercury Prize seems to have finally expelled the rather tokenistic...

First-ever music video filmed in space

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield, who is set lo leave the International Space Station (ISS) on 14 May, released a video of himself singing the 1969 classic Space Oddity by David Bowie.

Chris has been entertaining social media fans for months with tweets from space, and released the video on Twitter saying: "With deference to the genius of David Bowie, here's Space Oddity , recorded on Station. A last glimpse of the World." (NewsPoint)

Credit: Chris Hadfield

Where Are We Now? The Return of David Bowie

Exeter-based music aficionado Matthew Vizard reports on the re-emergence of the legend that is David Bowie, with his first album release in 10 years.

Yesterday, among the BBC 6 Music presenters anticipating the records that would rule their worlds in 2013, was DJ, writer and avowed Bowie fan, Mark Radcliffe. 'He's been so mysterious and so uncharacteristically quiet, I would love just to hear a little murmur from David Bowie'. He didn't have to wait long, because at 5am this very morning, January 8th 2013 - David Bowie's 66th birthday - pop's most celebrated chameleon released his...