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After an endless wait, the tourbus pulls up, more barriers go up and 1 security guy tells us to move back to the end of the building and that Bowie is definitely not on the bus, "I promise you"! I tell Tia, who I had met by now, not to leave and that this means he is on that bus! After a long while, Gail gets off the bus and walks straight to the courtyard of the Chili Pepper, not even turning her head in our direction.






I did not notice Mike Garson getting off the bus, but I believe he followed. Then all of sudden a blonde girl, Reeves Gabrels and Bowie get off the bus! Gabrels keeps walking and Bowie comes over to us smiling and looking so fine! I could not get a clear shot at first with my camera so I took shots high above everyone's head, not knowing what I was getting. Then it seemed like time stood still - all of a sudden I was pushed right up to where Bowie was, right in front of him (only the railed waist-high barrier between us). I told him, "You are the greatest artist of our time and the greatest visionary", he smiled even bigger and sort of laughed and went "Oh!" - he was humbled by what I had said!

















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