New York Metropolis dates introduced for second David Bowie fan conference
The dates for the second worldwide David Bowie fan conference have been revealed.
Held in New York Metropolis, the occasion will happen from June 17-June 18, 2023 on the venue Terminal 5. Tickets go on sale here tomorrow (July 29) at 3pm BST/10am ET.
It follows the inaugural David Bowie fan conference held in Liverpool final month. Greater than 1,500 followers from throughout the globe gathered to take heed to talks by the late musician’s collaborators in addition to to look at performances and dress up for the ‘Bowie Ball’.
The subsequent conference coincides with each the fortieth anniversary of the discharge of Bowie’s album ‘Let’s Dance’ and the fiftieth anniversary of the discharge of ‘Aladdin Sane’.
Restricted VIP Tickets will afford followers the chance to go to key New York Metropolis places linked to Bowie’s work and his life residing there together with Andy Warhol’s Manufacturing facility, CBGB and Max’s Kansas Metropolis venues – in addition to Bowie’s residence.
Dave Pichilingi, co-founder of the David Bowie World Fan Conference, stated: “Taking the David Bowie World Fan Conference to New York is to take the story to the guts of his story, with the recording of albums together with these later-life classics, ‘The Subsequent Day‘ and ‘Blackstar’, in addition to ‘Let’s Dance’ and ‘By no means Let Me Down’ all being rooted within the metropolis.
“This yr’s occasion proved the standing of musicians, photographers, movie makers and different high-profile Bowie collaborators that this occasion can entice and New York will definitely be no totally different.”
Friends on the Liverpool occasion included: ‘Younger Individuals’ vocalist Robin Clark; resident Bowie bassist Gail Ann Dorsey; ‘Blackstar‘ collaborator Donny McCaslin, and the final surviving member of Bowie’s Spiders From Mars backing band, Woody Woodmansey.
Friends and occasions for the 2023 are but to be introduced.
In different information, a brand new trailer has been launched for the Bowie documentary Moonage Daydream.
Directed by Brett Morgen (The Child Stays In The Image, Cobain: Montage Of Heck), the movie is described as an “experiential cinematic odyssey” that’s narrated by Bowie and explores his inventive, musical and religious journey.
It’s the primary movie to be formally sanctioned by Bowie’s property, with the director getting access to never-before-seen live performance footage.