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Title: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Heart Of Stone on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:29pm

Rolling Stone article on Bowie Retiring.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/110857

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Edith Grove on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:39pm

Glad I got to see him on his last time around.

Great (and long) show. [smiley=thumbup.gif]

Title: Re: Is David Bowie Retiring From The Road?
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:46pm

Bowie doesn't come flat out and say it - the RS headline is a question - but he does say "I'm not thinking of touring".

He's kept a low profile for quite a while.
Maybe recording some new material will change his mind.

Or maybe not...

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by mojoman on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:51pm

i thought he retired in 04? and to think i skipped his last possible US tour date 6 years ago this past saturday night ninety minutes from my house makes me cry like a baby(saw him on the previous leg)

:Youmakeagrownmancrylikejoey

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by monkey_man on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:00pm

I thought he retired from touring after his 2004 heart attack?

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:12pm

monkey_man wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:00pm:

I thought he retired from touring after his 2004 heart attack?

That's what I thought as well. Glad I got to see him on the last U.S. tour in a theatre in Berkeley.

Title: Re: Is David Bowie Retiring From The Road?
Post by Heart Of Stone on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:28pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:46pm:

Yeah, You're right about that, about it being a question, I saw him twice in the 70's, I heard his Reality tour was excellent, I've got to get the DVD of that yet, I think it's from his show in Dublin, but let's face it, he's got all kinds of money, his wife is making all kinds of money, & he's there to bring up his daughter, I hope he does another album & doesn't stop recording, again, it's a question of if he stops touring or not.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Holden on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 3:50pm

Never knew he had a heart attack. He looks so healthy! I did know he got a lollipop stick lodged in his eye. :aimama

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by mojoman on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 7:53pm

sweetcharmedlife wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:12pm:

monkey_man wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:00pm:

I thought he retired from touring after his 2004 heart attack?

That's what I thought as well. Glad I got to see him on the last U.S. tour in a theatre in Berkeley.

berkeley community theater? BASTARDO!!!

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Gimme Shelter on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 8:42pm

Let's see I got to see Bowie five times.

Sacramento: '90
Tacoma: '95 w/Nine Inch Nails
San Jose '04
Both Berkeley shows in '04

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by mojoman on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 9:33pm

Gimme Shelter wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 8:42pm:

Let's see I got to see Bowie five times.

Sacramento: '90
Tacoma: '95 w/Nine Inch Nails
San Jose '04
Both Berkeley shows in '04

Hartford: '83
Foxboro: '87
Hartford '90
New Britain '91 (Tin Machine)
Camden '02 Area Two
New York '03

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by monkey_man on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 9:51pm

July '83 Philly Spectrum
Sept '87 Sullivan Stadium
Sept '97 Warfield, both nights
April '04 Berkeley

I saw him with twice with Tin Machine in 91 but thought those shows blew. I was totally bummed that I was out of the country for his tour in 1990.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 10:09pm

Gimme Shelter wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 8:42pm:

Let's see I got to see Bowie five times.

Sacramento: '90
Tacoma: '95 w/Nine Inch Nails
San Jose '04
Both Berkeley shows in '04

Triple bastardo GS. Damn I know the show I saw at BCT was one I still remember still as one of my top 5 all time. But I honestly forgot that he played in San Jose and did 2 shows in Berkeley. I do remember that they didn't serve alcohol at the BCT. Which is probably why I remember that show so well. When he did Heroes. Literally put a chill up the old backbone.
......Yeah I hope DB does somehow make it back on the road. I love all different era's of his career. Diamond Dogs is still my fave.
Here's a good version of DD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW6BSuLPyeg
Some Bowie stage banter from Berkeley 2004 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpVh6lfz90g

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Zack on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 4:01am

monkey_man wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 9:51pm:

July '83 Philly Spectrum

I was there too! Serious Moonlight tour. Loved it.

Also caught Glass Spider a few years later. Quite a letdown. Best part was when Frampton riffed on Do You Feel Like We Do for a few seconds . . .

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by corgi37 on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 5:19am

I thought he retited after the "Glass Spider" tour.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Gazza on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 6:22am

I only got to see him twice - the Serious Moonlight tour in Milton Keynes in '83 and at Slane Castle on the Glass Spider tour in July '87. Both pretty good although seeing him in the 70s (especially on the Station to Station tour) would have been something else. Bowie's final great album was 'Scary Monsters' (also his best one IMO)

Had a ticket to see him in '95 on his only visit to Belfast but got 'flu and couldnt go. Wasn't that keen on the stuff he was doing then anyway (this was the 'Outside' tour, so I wasnt that crushed). Didnt imagine then it would have been the last time, though!

As lefty says, it doesn't actually say he's retired from touring, but as he's been pretty much inactive now for 6 years since his heart surgery, I've long given up on the prospect of seeing him tour again.

Hopefully the much-delayed 'Station to Station' reissue will see the light of day soon (scheduled to include a 5.1 remix and an official release for the legendary Nassau Coliseum show from March '76 previously bootlegged as 'The Thin White Duke'). With the Exile reissue and the upcoming Springsteen 'Darkness on the edge of town' box set, its shaping up to be a vintage year for deluxe reissues of classic albums.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by lotsajizz on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 7:02am

I am glad I caught him at Mohegan Sun and the Boston Garden in '04...both were superb shows....

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by mojoman on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 11:18am

monkey_man wrote on Jun 8^th, 2010 at 9:51pm:

87 at sullivan stadium forgot about the name change. TM was a smokin band that live disc OY VEY BABY i still listen too. wasnt the 90 tour billed as the last time he plays his back catalogue? with belew was cool though not nearly as smokin as the 78 tour i was watching the musikladen(05/30/78)performance while short is excellent

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by mojoman on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 11:27am

Gazza wrote on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 6:22am:

scary monsters is a monster disc the last great bowie album. been hearing about that STS rerelease for ahile now. the vinyl i have a tape of is this one

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/unauth/david_bowie/resurrection_on_84th_street/

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by ijwthstd on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 11:41am

10/19/95 Thomas & Mack Arena, Las Vegas, NV
10/28/95 Great Western Forum
10/29/95 Great Western Forum
10/31/95 Hollywood Palladium
9/10/97 Hollywood Athletic Club
9/12/97 Universal Amphitheatre
9/13/97 Universal Amphitheatre
8/13/02 Irvine Meadows
1/31/04 Shrine Auditorium
2/2/04 Shrine Auditorium (2nd row!)
2/3/04 Wiltern Theatre
2/7/04 Wiltern Theatre
4/22/04 Greek Theatre
4/23/04 Arrowhead Pond

Title: Re: David Bowie
Post by left shoe shuffle on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 1:40pm

Bowie was at Jeff Beck's Les Paul Tribute at Iridium in NYC last night.

Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images North America

Brian Setzer and Gary U.S. Bonds guested last night, and the Brooklyn Vegan blog hints at more surprises - "They do it again tonight, with even bigger special guests rumored (member of the Rolling Stones among them)."

Title: Re: David Bowie
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 2:16pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 1:40pm:

Well Bowie's looking pretty healthy in that pic. As for the rumored Rolling Stone. Guess it's too much to think Keith would show up. Ronnie maybe?

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by stonedinaustralia on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 6:11pm

saw him Adelaide late 78 early 79 - pretty much the show as documented on Stage

I was a little disappointed as his music had taken on the more austere euro tones of Low and Heroes while I was hoping for the hotter and and funkier feel of Station to Station and for sure the sound didn't do the old ziggy material justice at all - however, i would certainly appreciate it more if I saw that show again now

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by andrews27 on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 8:18pm

Buffalo, NY, February 1976

Pittsburgh, PA, May 2003

Both times incredible. I doubt that I would have liked the Glass Spider tour, though.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by ijwthstd on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 8:26pm

It's a shame, I was hoping after totally cleaning up with another mainstream tour he would veer off into left field again. (I preferred to the Outside & Earthling tours to the Heathen/Reality ones)

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by texile on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 9:45pm

Saw him in 04. I was amazed at how great and powerful his voice was live....
Bowie has always seemed like a class act to me and a true artist.
But he's also got a life, married to a beautiful, intelligent Iman who does good things in the world etc...
I'd retire too.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by lotsajizz on Jun 10^th, 2010 at 6:07am

His lungs are in terrible shape. He could not handle singing for a whole concert any longer. He's on steroids as the picture clearly indicated. He needs them.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Heart Of Stone on Jun 10^th, 2010 at 9:56am

lotsajizz wrote on Jun 10^th, 2010 at 6:07am:

His lungs are in terrible shape. He could not handle singing for a whole concert any longer. He's on steroids as the picture clearly indicated. He needs them.

Where did you read his lungs are in bad shape? & on Steroids?

Title: Re: David Bowie
Post by sweetcharmedlife on Jun 12^th, 2010 at 3:33pm

left shoe shuffle wrote on Jun 9^th, 2010 at 1:40pm:

No Stones showed up evidently. But here is the review of the show:
Jeff Beck honored his late friend and mentor, Les Paul, with an intimate performance Wednesday night at his favorite haunt, the Iridium Jazz Club.

The legendary Paul played there every Monday night until his death last August, so it was an appropriate place for a celebration on the night he would have turned 95.

The small basement club was packed with an invitation-only crowd that included a who’s who of rock music. Meat Loaf, Little Steven Van Zandt, Zakk Wylde, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett and many others visibly enjoyed the nearly two-hour set.

The Imelda May Band, a rockabilly quartet from Dublin, backed Beck onstage. May, and her guitarist husband, Darrel Higham, shared most of the night’s vocal duties. She periodically left the stage, especially during the many instrumental numbers. Brian Setzer also came out to sing during two songs, including the finale.

Midway through the show, May and Beck covered a block of songs made famous by Paul and Mary Ford, including “How High the Moon,” ‘‘Vaya con Dios” and “The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise.” Before embarking on the homage, May explained that she prerecorded her voice for backing vocals, just as Ford did when she recorded them many years ago.

Outside of the tribute, Beck covered scorching versions of “Walking in the Sand,” ‘‘Sleepwalk” and “The Peter Gunn Theme.” The last featured 24-year-old New Orleans phenom Trombone Shorty in the horn section. Beck also played the Yardbirds classic, “Train Kept A-Rollin,” a song he covered in the 1960s. The set ended with Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock” and “Shake, Rattle, and Roll.”

After the show, Meat Loaf said he was blown away by Beck’s guitar playing.

“How does he do it,” he pondered. “His playing comes from a place in the heart that exists in so few people. It’s like the performance by that guy in the Godfather II (John Cazale) and how he overshadowed Al Pacino.”

Van Zandt, the E Street Band guitarist, was equally enthralled.

“The best show I ever seen in my life. I’m not kidding. Absolutely phenomenal,” he said.

Metallica’s Hammett, who considers Beck one of his idols, said: “He does everything with a smile while you’re asking yourself, ‘How the hell does he do that?”

Former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley and Black Label Society’s Wylde both summed the show up as “awesome.”

The performance was filmed for PBS special later this year as well as a DVD

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by FotiniD on Jun 14^th, 2010 at 6:58am

Sucks, because I've never seen him live and he's in my top-5 of worshipped musicians :-/

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Post by open-g on Jun 14^th, 2010 at 9:28am

I saw Bowie only once, back in 1976, April 15th. at Frankfurt Festhalle.
the black & white setting of the stage was quite remarkable but otherwise memory faded fast, as the Stones played the same place on the 28th of April.

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Post by Gazza on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 2:34pm

From Davidbowie.net

S2S SPECIAL AND DELUXE EDITION BOXES DUE IN SEPTEMBER

Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven...

It's always nice to start a new month with some good news and I think you'll agree this is rather good news.

We first mentioned this one almost a year ago (08.11.2009 NEWS: STATION TO STATION FOUR DISC SET DUE NEXT YEAR) and it is with much pleasure that we are now able to exclusively announce the release of EMI's 3-CD Special Edition and 5-CD, DVD and heavyweight vinyl Deluxe Edition of David Bowie's massively influential 1976 album, Station To Station ...along with the much bootlegged fan favourite: Live Nassau Coliseum '76.

Both the Special and Deluxe Editions are due on September 20th.

Here's the breakdown of what you can expect to find in each of these brilliant packages...

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Station To Station Special Edition and Digital Download
CD ICPN 50999-647583-2-9 / UK Catalogue no. BOWSTSX 2010
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ICPN 50999-647597-5-3

The Special Edition of Station To Station (above) is a CD sized box with lift off lid which contains the following.

~ CD 1: 2010 transfer of Station To Station from the original stereo analogue master in mini replica sleeve

1. Station To Station (10.11)
2. Golden Years (4.02)
3. Word On A Wing (6.01)
4. TVC15 (5.31)
5. Stay (6.12)
6. Wild Is The Wind (6.02)

~ CDs 2 & 3: Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (Recorded live at the Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY, USA. March 23rd, 1976) in gatefold CD wallet

1. Station To Station (11.53)
2. Suffragette City (3.31)
3. Fame (4.02)
4. Word On A Wing (6.06)
5. Stay (7.25)
6. Waiting For The Man (6.20)
7. Queen Bitch (3.12)

Nassau Coliseum concert continued...
1. Life On Mars? (2.13)
2. Five Years (5.03)
3. Panic In Detroit (6.03)
4. Changes (4.11)
5. TVC15 (4.58)
6. Diamond Dogs (6.38)
7. Rebel Rebel (4.07)
8. The Jean Genie (7.28)

~ 16-page booklet with sleevenotes by Cameron Crowe and chronology by Kevin Cann

~ Three period photocards of Bowie in various settings

The digital download will feature the same audio content as above but with the added bonus of an unedited alternative mix of Panic In Detroit that clocks in at 13:09.

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Station To Station Deluxe Edition
ICPN 50999-647601-2-4 / UK Catalogue no. BOWSTSD 2010

The Deluxe Edition of Station To Station (above) is an album sized box with lift off lid housed in a foam-packed box, 325 x 325 x 50mm and contains the following...

~ CD 1: 2010 transfer of Station To Station from the original stereo analogue master

~ CD 2: Station To Station 1985 CD master

~ CD 3: Station To Station single edits five track EP containing Golden Years, TVC15, Stay, Word On A Wing and Station To Station

~ CDs 4 & 5: Live Nassau Coliseum '76

~ DVD containing the following...

Station To Station (original analogue master, 96kHz/24bit LPCM stereo)
Station To Station (new Harry Maslin 5.1 surround sound mix in DTS 96/24 and Dolby Digital)
Station To Station (original analogue master, LPCM stereo)
Station To Station (new Harry Maslin stereo mix, 48kHz/24bit LPCM stereo)

~ 12" heavyweight vinyl of Station To Station from the original stereo analogue master in replica sleeve

~ 2 x 12" heavyweight vinyl of Live Nassau Coliseum '76 in gatefold sleeve

Aside from all of this marvellous audio content, here's what else you get in the Deluxe Edition box...

24-page booklet with sleevenotes by Cameron Crowe and chronology by Kevin Cann and also including...

~ Previously unpublished Steve Shapiro photo
~ Geoff MacCormack photos
~ Andrew Kent live Nassau photos

Both the 16 and 24-page booklets will be illustrated with record sleeves and extensive memorabilia from the BowieNet archives.

Finally, the deluxe box also contains facsimile copies of two very collectable folders with most of the original content reproduced...

Replica David Bowie On Stage 1976 press kit folder containing the following...

~ Replica Nassau ticket from night of the show
~ Replica backstage pass
~ Replica A4 biog
~ Replica band line-up
~ 3 x 10x8" press shots

~ Replica 1976 Fan Club Folder containing the following...

~ Replica fan club membership card
~ Fan club certificate
~ 2 small collector cards
~ 2 A4 photo cards
~ Replica 4-page biography
~ 2 badges
~ 6 panel folded Steve Shapiro photo poster of Bowie kneeling

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by mojoman on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 3:26pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 2:34pm:

I WANT TO NUZZLE YOU!!!

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Boomy on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 4:34pm

STS is so fucking awesome.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Gazza on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 5:03pm

mojoman wrote on Jul 4^th, 2010 at 3:26pm:

I WANT TO NUZZLE YOU!!!

The European Cannon is here ! :perverted

BTW, the 'unedited alternative mix' of 'Panic in Detroit' presumably just means that they havent edited down the lengthy drum solo which takes up about half the song on the original version. Its been mostly edited out in the upcoming official CD.

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Gazza on Jul 5^th, 2010 at 10:36am

In case you ever wondered just what the hell he's on about in the song 'Station to Station' (especially the 'Here are we, one magical movement from Kether to Malkuth' bit) :

http://www.teenagewildlife.com/Interact/cp/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=interp&Number=495301&page=1&view=collapsed&sb=5&part=1

Title: Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Post by Heart Of Stone on Jul 5^th, 2010 at 5:34pm

it's great to see the bootleg of the show finally released (Nassau Coliseum Uniondale N.Y.) & especially the extra songs that were not there before (life on mars/Queen Bitch/Waiting For The Man) on the bootleg.
One of my favorite Bowie periods was that STS/White Light White heat tour as it was called, that was totally original for Rock, the look (Frank Sinatra type- fedora hats/Black dress pants, white shirt, black leather vest) & the stage lighting (pre-Nazi Cabaret) that was more theatrical then anything.