Avenue named after David Bowie formally opens in Paris
A road in Paris named after David Bowie has formally opened on what would have been the late icon’s 77th birthday.
Information that the French capital can be naming a road after him was first shared again in 2020, when Mayor Jérôme Coumet – a professed fan of Bowie – revealed that he was planning the transfer.
Final week it was confirmed that it could formally open on his birthday (January 8) and yesterday Paris honoured Bowie by unveiling the brand new road – The Rue David Bowie – which additionally featured his yr of delivery and demise. You may view the disclosing under.
It’s located between two fashionable workplace buildings, together with the headquarters of stories publications Le Monde and L’Obs and opens onto Avenue Pierre-Mendes-France and can connect with the long run bridge linking the avenue to Boulevard de l’Hopital, close to Austerlitz practice station and Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital.
Rue David Bowie unveiled within the thirteenth in Paris. It’s close to Gare d’Austerlitz. It’ll be a should see vacation spot for the thousands and thousands that go to Paris yearly. It’ll be a cause to go to for thousands and thousands of others. #RueDavidBowie #Paris 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/ANIe2aAzVq
— Nick O’Donnell (@gnickodonnell) January 8, 2024
Paris a désormais sa rue David Bowie.
Découvrez les secrets and techniques de l’odonymie dans la capitale.https://t.co/dTOsRCeWGc pic.twitter.com/c5YyQ0EXvB— Rédaction de France Tradition (@FC_actu) January 8, 2024
The tribute celebrates Bowie’s first Paris efficiency in 1965 – his first exterior the UK – and his lasting influence on music, style decisions, theatrical aura, and well-liked tradition.
An inauguration occasion was additionally held at Salle des Fetes that very same day to rejoice the launch, and quite a lot of images and work associated to the singer will likely be showcased on the Galerie Athéna till January 14.
Whereas the UK doesn’t but have a road named after the late music legend, his birthplace of Brixton does have a well-known mural of the singer, painted by Australian artist James Cochran.
Bowie died in 2016, following a battle with most cancers.
In the meantime, Wilco additionally shared a canopy of Bowie’s ‘House Oddity’ on the late icon’s birthday.
One other launch introduced to mark Bowie’s birthday is a brand new ‘Ziggy Stardust’- period album set to be launched on File Retailer Day this yr.
‘Ready In The Sky (Earlier than The Starman Got here To Earth)’ is a set of recordings from Trident Studios in 1971, and options the vast majority of songs that may go on to kind the legendary ‘The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars’ album.
Included on the brand new album however not on ‘Ziggy Stardust’ are 4 songs together with a canopy of Chuck Berry‘s ‘Spherical And Spherical’.