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Heart Of Stone Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules Posts: 4,001 Charlottetown Prince Edward Is Gender:	Bowie Retiring from the road. Jun 8^th, 2010 at 1:29pm Rolling Stone article on Bowie Retiring. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/110857
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left shoe shuffle Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 4,141	Re: Is David Bowie Retiring From The Road? Reply #2 - 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...
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mojoman Rocks Off Regular Offline HMERLS Posts: 6,593 joyzee Gender:	Re: Bowie Retiring from the road. Reply #3 - 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)
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monkey_man Rocks Off Regular Offline Fac ut vivas. Posts: 509	Re: Bowie Retiring from the road. Reply #4 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:00pm I thought he retired from touring after his 2004 heart attack?
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Re: Is David Bowie Retiring From The Road?
Reply #6 - Jun 8^th, 2010 at 2:28pm

left shoe shuffle wrote 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...

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.

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mojoman Rocks Off Regular Offline HMERLS Posts: 6,593 joyzee Gender:	Re: Bowie Retiring from the road. Reply #10 - 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
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monkey_man Rocks Off Regular Offline Fac ut vivas. Posts: 509	Re: Bowie Retiring from the road. Reply #11 - 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.
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Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Reply #12 - 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

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Reply #15 - 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.

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Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Reply #17 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 11:18am

monkey_man wrote 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.

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

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Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Reply #18 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 11:27am

Gazza wrote 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.

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/

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Reply #19 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 11:41am

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Re: David Bowie
Reply #20 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 1:40pm

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

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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)."

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Re: David Bowie
Reply #21 - Jun 9^th, 2010 at 2:16pm

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

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

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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)."

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?

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Re: Bowie Retiring from the road.
Reply #22 - 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

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ijwthstd Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,068	Re: Bowie Retiring from the road. Reply #24 - 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)
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