365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 108: David Brighton

4-18-26: David Brighton’s Ultimate Bowie Experience is at The Mint in LA. Brighton is an amazing Bowie impersonator with a resume including a Vittel commercial with Bowie & the Legends in Concert tour

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 108: Matt Chamberlain

Born on 4-17-67 Matt was the drummer for Bowie’s 2002 album Heathen. Matt was also a member of Eddie Brickell & New Bohemians, played with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and was a member of the SNL band.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 106: Live in Kobe

On 4-16-73 Bowie and the Spiders from Mars were playing in Kobe. I had long known about Bowie’s love of Japan but didn’t know how John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson was impressed by the country.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 105: Michael Kamen

Born on 4-15-48 Michael was a composer, arranger, and in 1974, a touring keyboardist for Bowie. He was also heavily involved in the film Mr. Holland’s Opus and started the Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 104: The Marquee Club

On 4-14-66 & 67 Bowie played the Marquee Club. In 66’ he and the Buzz were a replacement for the Mark Leeman Five. In 67’ he had a solo appearance after performing with the Riot Squad earlier that day.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 103: Aladdin Sane

On 4-13-73 the Aladdin Sane album was released with a cover shot by Brian Duffy. Pierre La Roche did the makeup and Philip Castle airbrushed on the teardrop on Bowie’s collarbone.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 102: Live in Nagoya

On 4-12-73 Bowie & the Spiders had their show at Nagoya-shi Kōkaidō. The show only sold about half of the 2,000 seats. Hutch wrote about the extremely accurate travel times during their tour in Japan.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 101: Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide
This song was unusually released on April 11th 1974 as a single. And if any song is needed right now in 2026 this is the one. Oh no, love, you're not alone.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 100: Live: Shinjuku Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan

On April 10th Bowie and the Spiders performed their second show in Tokyo

I needn’t have sung half the time. The Japanese are theatrical and far more aware than either England or America. - Bowie

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 99: Mott The Hoople

On April 9 1972 Bowie was on stage during the encore of their show at Civic Hall, Guildford. A month later Mott the Hoople would record the, Bowie penned, hit song All the Young Dudes.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 98: Smith’s Olde Bar

On April 8 1997 Bowie played a six-song set in Atlanta, GA. Bowie was joined by Reeves Gabrels & the show was aired on local radio station 99X. This popular venue for music is still open today.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 97: Rehearsal in Tokyo

On April 7 1973 Bowie and the Spiders from Mars held an evening rehearsal to make changes. Hutch spoke about being worked hard by Mick Ronson to get the rhythm guitar part of Starman just perfect.
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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 96: Imperial Hotel Press Conference

The April 6 1973 press conference came at the start of Bowie's first tour in Japan and RCA Japan was heavily involved and had Bowie sign a lot of items to give away to fans.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 95: Dreamcar Dream EP

On April 5 2024 the band Dreamcar, made of members of No Doubt and AFI, released their EP Dream containing a cover of Bowie’s Moondage Daydream.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 94: Mixing: Memory of a Free Festival

April 4 1970 was the first day of three mixing this song. Tony Visconti was producing and the song was split in two to fit on both sides of a 7” single. It would not be a hit.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 93: Absolute Beginners
On April 3rd 1986 the film Absolute Beginners was released. The film is a drama based around the Notting Hill race riots of 1958. It was sadly a box office disaster.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 92: Christiane F.
On April 2nd 1981 the film Christiane F. was released. New footage of Bowie in concert was shot for the film and the soundtrack was made up mostly of his songs from his Berlin era.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 91: In Concert with Iggy

On April 1st 1977 Bowie was in Milwaukee on tour with Iggy Pop as his keyboardist. Ricky Gardiner was on guitar, Tony Sales was on bass, and Hunt Sales was drums. Blonde was the opener.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 90: The Music of David Bowie

On March 31 2016 the Music of David Bowie at Carnegie Hall event took place. Performers included Cyndi Lauper, Debbie Harry, Michael Stipe, Perry Farrell, Ann Wilson, the Pixies, Jakob Dylan, and many others.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 89 : Dana Gillespie Birthday

Bowie & Mick Ronson produced her 1973 album, she was a backup singer on Ziggy, & at her upcoming 77th birthday celebration she will be performing a tribute song to Bowie, “Eternal Showman”

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 88: Bowie leaves the UK

On 3-29-74 Bowie traveled from London to Paris, it would be the last time he would permanently reside in the UK. The move was for tax purposes & Bowie didn’t even have a final destination in mind.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 87: SS Oronsay
On March 28 1973 Bowie arrived in Hawaii on the SS Oronsay on the way to Yokohama. Bowie preferred to go by ship but that would soon come to an end, in fact just two years later the Oronsay would be scrapped.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 86: Heddon Street Plaque
On March 27 2012 a plaque was installed at 23 Heddon Street in London commemorating the location photographed for the Ziggy Stardust album cover.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 85: Peter Noone’s Oh You Pretty Things
On March 26 1971 Bowie was in the studio playing piano and doing background vocals on Peter Noone’s version of Bowie’s Oh You Pretty Things.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 84: Bowie Pleads
On March 25th 1970 Bowie pleaded not guilty to marijuana charges stemming from his arrest in Rochester NY.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 83: Live in Spain!

On 3-24-87 Bowie did one of the 9 promo press shows prior to the Glass Spider Tour. This 5th show was done in Madrid, Bowie performed two songs then took questions from the press.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 82: Live Nassau Coliseum 76
On March 23 1976 Bowie’s Isolar Tour rolled into Uniondale, this performance would be recorded and released in 2017.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 81: Mr. Jones’ Long Hair Exhibition

On March 22 2025 this exhibit opened in Paris. Conceived by David Lawrence the collection focused on the fashion, cinema, literature, music, theatre, & paintings that inspired Bowie.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 80:

March 21 1976: Bowie & Iggy Pop were arrested in Rochester NY for marijuana possession after his concert. Bowie would never perform in the city again. “Bowie Goes to Jail” is a documentary being made about this.

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365 Days of Bowie Round 2, Day 79: Everybody Loves Sunshine

On March 20 1999, this British independent film dropped. Bowie’s presence in the movie has been described as: “he often seems to be wandering in from a movie on another channel."

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