US EditionBowie: a True One-Off
David Bowie’s decades-long ties to Vancouver include iconic concerts, local artwork, and the Bowie Ball Pit fundraiser supporting the B.C. Cancer Foundation, reflecting his lasting cultural impact.
- On Jan. 12, an all-ages Bowie Ball Pit at LanaLou's Restaurant, 362 Powell St., runs 5-8 p.m. with musical acts, celebrating David Bowie's deep Vancouver ties.
- Historic concerts show David Bowie drew 53,878 fans to the Serious Moonlight tour at B.C. Place Stadium, while local artists Kerry Waghorn and Billie Collins had their works acquired by him.
- Tour details reveal attendance dipped to 35,000 on Aug. 15, 1987 during the Glass Spider Tour, the Sound and Vision Tour used a curtained concert bowl on May 20, 1990, and he played Rogers Arena on Jan. 24, 2004 before a heart attack ended his touring.
- Fundraisers combine family-friendly events like the Bowie Ball, raising funds for the B.C. Cancer Foundation while local bands perform Bowie songs for parents and children.
- Blackstar's timing underscores Bowie's final album released two days before his death, while BBC and Channel 4 continue retrospectives that keep his legacy alive.
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Bowie: a true one-off
Add David Bowie: the Final Act to your watchlistOne of my friends is a music journalist who has interviewed all the biggest names. I have long delighted in peppering him with questions. Who’s the worst mannered? Who’s really short? Who’s the most charismatic? To that last one, he said straight away: “David Bowie. Always smiling.”His words returned to me in the wintry dawn light of 11 January 2016, when the news arrived that Bowie had died the pr…
On This Day, Jan. 8, 2016: David Bowie released his final album, 'Blackstar'
On This Day, Jan. 8, 2016 … David Bowie released his 25th album, Blackstar, to coincide with his 69th birthday. The record, produced by longtime producer Tony Visconti, wound up being Bowie’s final release, as it came out just two days before his death from liver cancer. The album had been recorded in secret while he was battling the disease; Visconti described it as Bowie’s “parting gift” to fans. Blackstar debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Al…
“At the end, there is a clear voice that underlines ‘This is all I ever meant/ That’s the message that I’s sent’. This will probably be a message coming from the future’, writes Luis Warra in Express on 9 January 2016, in criticism of “Blackstar” with the title “One Day After”, which we are now publishing. One day, the shock: David Bowie shares. He left us an album-testing, one of his best ones, one of the best we've heard in the last ten years.
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