 December 2004 - oooh nice digs -  Infinity pool and sea spray at your doorstep!  November 2004 Lots of Bowie: gimme lots of Bowie! Well the DVD, David Bowie: A Reality Tour finally came out a couple weeks ago, if you haven't ordered it yet, GOWON my son! and YES my balloon can be seen and also lil bits of me, but you gotta slo mo it and look real hard! more boa and balloon time than me though LOL You can order it from amazon.com or get it in stores, like Best Buy. The TV Guide Channel in the US even has a recent Bowie interview to promo the DVD's release, here's the transcript I painstakingly transcribed: - TV Guide Soundcheck: - Madison Michele: Welcome to TV Guide Soundcheck. He was born David Robert Heywood Jones and later transformed himself into an alien named Ziggy Stardust. Now the groundbreaking musical icon is simply known as David Bowie and these days he's grounded in Reality. Jeff Varner has the story - {cue Hallo Spaceboy} JV: David Bowie's new DVD David Bowie: A Reality Tour, marks the performer's first concert film in over 15 years and while it boasts a state of the art light and sound show, Bowie has deliberately toned down the theatrics he employed during his wilder Ziggy Stardust days of the 1970's. {cue Ziggy Stardust clip from Reality DVD} - " so where were the spiders...."...etc. DB: It's always been in my mind, ever since I was a kid, of doing some travelling venture that was ah, had a theatricality about it that tied in with Rock....AH...but I still haven't got it quite right yet. JV: Bowie admits to getting bored easily and finds that having a less structured show, allows him more freedom to improvise. DB: Also there's no theatrics to have to hold us down like 'oh, I've got to be standing on that side of the stage tonight in X minutes' -- there's no choreography like that. {cue HS} DB continues: - There's quite a few abstracts that I'm using, but they kind of support the tone that I'm using or the sensibility of the songs....some of them very beautiful and some of them quite disturbing. But you will be able to see them from 15 miles back! But a circus it's not! there are no elephants and trapezes and nobody hanging upside down.[laughing] {cue NGO} JV: Recorded in Dublin Ireland in 2003, the concert features 30 of Bowie's greatest hits and may provide fans with one of their last chances to see the 57 year old singer on stage. DB: - Which I find as I'm getting older, I'm probably doing more and more of just becoming a writer.....how boring! {cue Hang Onto Yourself}...come on, come on.... back to Madison Michele: - He could NEVER be boring! The DVD David Bowie: A Reality Tour is available in stores now. Photo shot from the TV: -  (hey no stache!)AND - for a fun look at use of some Bowie songs, in an upcoming movie, The Life Aquatic has 3!. Coming out in December - check out this link to some trailers: - The Life Aquatic -----we are not even gonna go there with the mustache pic----- 28th July 2004 IT IS ALIVE! - Bowie 7-27-04 at Wire Image - first public photos of the man since his surgery. July 2004 - as I'm sure most in the Bowie world has heard, Bowie has cancelled the rest of his Reality Tour and had to have an angioplasty:- Eonline News Story In other news, recent interviews and even Bowie performances from last month can be found in archive sections at 2 net radio stations: - Virgin Radio Marc Riley/BBC6 May 17th 2004 Another recent Bowie interview: - QC Times Yes I went to Tampa and Miami Bowie shows, May 5th and 6th. The Miami show was cancelled after a tragic accident of a lighting technician, which some of the audience witnessed. Tampa pic page to come! April 27th, 2004 Preview the new Shrek II soundtrack, including Changes by Butterfly Boucher featuring David Bowie: - And enter to win - April 24th, 2004 Musical Storyland Book and CD - can now be ordered for US residents. If you are into early David Bowie, you will enjoy this (not just for children I think!). Wonderful illustrations by artist Jamilla Naji that depict David Bowie songs: -
 April 2004 ~ Welcome to 2004 Reality Reality Tour 2003/2004 Updates: - David Bowie North American Reality Tour Dates: - 12-06-03 Atlantic City US The Borgata ~ POSTPONED - new date 5/29/04 12-07-03 Washington US Patriot Center ~ POSTPONED - new date 5/16/04 12-09-03 Boston US Fleet Center ~ POSTPONED - new date 3/30/04 12-10-03 Philadelphia US Wachovia Center ~ POSTPONED - new date 3/29/04 12-12-03 Toronto Canada Air Canada Centre ~ POSTPONED - new date 4/1/04 12-13-03 Montreal Canada Bell Centre ~ CONFIRMED by Bowie himself as the start of the North American Reality Tour! 12-15-03 New York US Madison Square Garden 12-16-03 Uncasville US Mohegan Sun 01-07-04 Cleveland US CSU 01-09-04 Detroit US The Palace at Auburn Hills 01-11-04 Minneapolis US Target Center (Theatre) 01-13-04 Chicago US Rosemont Theatre 01-14-04 Chicago, US - Rosemont Theatre 01-16-04 Chicago, US - Rosemont Theatre 01-19-04 Denver US The Fillmore 01-21-04 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome 01-24-04 Vancouver Canada GM Place Bowl 01-25-04 Seattle US Paramount 01-27-04 San Jose US HP Pavilion at San Jose 01-30-04 Las Vegas US The Joint 01-31-04 Los Angeles US Shrine Auditorium 02-02-04 Los Angeles, US - Shrine Auditorium 02-03-04 Los Angeles, US - Wiltern Theater 02-05-04 Phoenix US - The Dodge Theatre 02-06-04 Las Vegas US - The Joint 02-07-04 Los Angeles US - Wiltern Theater *03-29-04 Philadelphia US - Wachovia Center *03-30-04 Boston US - FleetCenter *04-01-04 Toronto Air Canada Centre 04-02-04 Ottawa Corel Center 04-04-04 Quebec City Pepsi Coliseum 04-07-04 Winnipeg Winnipeg Arena 04-09-04 Edmonton Rexall Centre 04-11-04 Kelowna Skyreach Place 04-13-04 Portland US - Rose Garden 04-14-04 Seattle US - KeyArena 04-15-04 Denver US (Loveland) Budweiser Events Center 04-16-04 Berkeley US - Community Theatre 04-17-04 Berkeley, US - Community Theatre 04-19-04 Santa Barbara, US - SB Bowl 04-22-04 Los Angeles, US - Greek Theatre 04-23-04 Anaheim, US - Theatre at the Pond 04-25-04 Denver (Loveland), US - Budweiser Events Center 04-27-04 Austin US - The Backyard 04-29-04 Houston US - Woodlands 04-30-04 New Orleans US - Saenger Theater 05-05-04 Tampa US - Performing Arts Center 05-06-04 Miami US - James L Knight Center 05-08-04 Atlanta US - Chastain Park 05-10-04 Kansas City US - Starlight Theatre 05-11-04 St. Louis US - Fox Theatre 05-13-04 Hershey US - Hershey Park Pavilion 05-14-04 London Canada - Labatt Centre *05-16-04 Washington US - Patriot Center 05-17-04 Pittsburgh US - Benedum Center 05-19-04 Milwaukee US - Milwaukee Theatre 05-20-04 Indianapolis US - Murat Theatre 05-22-04 Moline US - Mark of Quad Cities 05-24-04 Columbus US - Veterans Memorial Auditorium 05-25-04 Buffalo US - Shea’s Performing Arts Center 05-27-04 Scranton US - Ford Pavilion at Montage Mountain *05-29-04 Atlantic City US - Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa 05-30-04 Atlantic City US - Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa 06-01-04 Manchester US - Verizon Wireless Arena 06-02-04 Uncasville US - Mohegan Sun 06-04-04 Wantagh US - Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach 06-05-04 Holmdel US - PNC Bank Arts Center *rescheduled dates EuroFestivals Summer 2004 06-11-04 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Amsterdam ArenA 06-13-04 Medina, England - Isle of Wight Festival 06-17-04 Bergen, Norway - Koengen Festival 06-18-04 Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Wood Festival 06-20-04 Provinssirock Festival, Finland - 18-20 June (TBC) 06-25-04 Hurricane Festival , Scheeßel - Germany 06-26-04 Southside Festival, Neuhausen - Germany 06-29-04 Vienna, Austria - Schloss Shonbrunn 06-30-04 Salzburg, Austria - Residenzplatz 07-02-04 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival 07-04-04 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival 07-07-04 Carcassonne, France 07-10-04 Balada / Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park Festival 07-11-04 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival, Punchestown Racecourse 07-18-04 Wittness Festival, Ireland - 17-18 July (rumour) 07-25-04 Les Vieilles Charrues Festival, France - 23-25 July - rumour, TBC 08-22-04 V Festival, England - 21-22 August (rumour) 08-29-04 Reading Festival, England - 27-29 August (rumour) David Bowie Australasia Reality Tour Dates: - 02-14-04 Wellington, New Zealand - Westpac Stadium 02-17-04 Brisbane, Australia - Brisbane Entertainment Centre 02-20-04 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Entertainment Centre 02-21-04 Sydney, Australia - Sydney Entertainment Centre 02-23-04 Adelaide, Australia - Adelaide Entertainment Centre 02-26-04 Melbourne, Australia - Rod Laver Arena 02-27-04 Melbourne Australia - Rod Laver Arena 03-01-04 Perth Australia - Supreme Court Gardens 03-04-04 Singapore Singapore - Indoor Arena 03-08-04 Tokyo, Japan - Budokan 03-09-04 Tokyo, Japan - Budokan 03-11-04 Osaka, Japan - Castle Hall 03-14-04 Hong Kong China - Convention Centre February 2004 - 46th Annual Grammy Awards - 8th February 2004 on CBS at 8 pm EST:- David Bowie nominated in this category (15): - Best Male Rock Vocal Performance (For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.) New Killer Star David Bowie Track from: Reality Down In The Flood Bob Dylan Track from: Masked And Anonymous - Music From The Motion Picture (Various Artists) If I Could Fall In Love Lenny Kravitz [Virgin Records America] Gravedigger Dave Matthews Track from: Some Devil Return Of Jackie & Judy Tom Waits Track from: We're A Happy Family: A Tribute To Ramones Bowie Live kicks ass! Join and get the latest newsletter for latest Bowie pics, info, tour info. Earl Slick has a new album out called Zig Zag - the guitar and the Bowie is fresh! November 2003 Great read of GAD's Tour Diary published in the Daily Mirror - DIARY OF A ROCK 'N' ROLL STAR September 2003 Bowie appearances on US television: - September 18 (NBC) 7:00 AM ET: Today Show September 22 (CBS) 11:30 PM ET: Late Show September 25 (NBC) 1:35 AM ET: Carson Daly September 28 (CBS) 7:00 PM ET: 60 Minutes ~ never aired! (Johnny Cash passed away and this segment pre-empted) Radio Interviews - September 24 - between 11:30 pm - 1 am EST Radio interview and call-in 1-800-344-ROCK - Rockline Radio affiliates September 25 - between 6-10 AM PST (9 am - 1 pm EST) Bowie will be on the air (live phone-in, I imagine) at KFOG Radio Station San Francisco, CA - http://www.kfog.com/ August 2003 On 19th August, I made a strange and wonderful journey to Poughkeepsie, NY for Bowie's Rehearsal Show. My Poughkeepsie Bowie pics are now up, with setlist. And don't forget to check Saxonny's link on that page for more! July 27th 2003 New Killer Star single is due out in September and the thrusty cover is ~  Source: BowieNet Also, check BowieNet for 'Reality' snippets and more! July 12th 2003 New 'Reality' Bowie album ~ cover and tracklist revealed. Source: BowieNet  TRACKLIST: - 01 New Killer Star 02 Pablo Picasso 03 Never Get Old 04 The Loneliest Guy 05 Looking for Water 06 She'll Drive the Big Car 07 Days 08 Fall Dog Bombs The Moon 09 Try Some, Buy Some 10 Reality 11 Bring Me The Disco King Now I give an opinion, given the recent controversy about the album cover ~ maybe I'll be heard here :) - I like the new album cover because the nose and mouth remind me of the Warfield poster, which is my fave Rex Ray, and it's alien-like AND because the paint splotches are the only "real" reality on the piece, giving it a cryptic quality ~ Bowie is not real but the paint (his art) IS.   June 17th 2003 'Reality' Becomes Reality  Bowie Reality Tour sales start for Arena Shows: - 10-07-03 Copenhagen Denmark FORUM 10-08-03 Stockholm Sweden THE GLOBE 10-10-03 Helsinki Finland HARTWALL ARENA 10-12-03 Oslo Norway THE SPECTRUM 10-15-03 Rotterdam Holland AHOY ARENA 10-16-03 Hamburg Germany COLORLINE ARENA 10-18-03 Frankfurt Germany FESTHALLE-MESSE 10-20-03 Paris France PALAIS OMNISPORTS 10-21-03 Paris France BERCY 10-23-03 Milan Italy FILAFORUM 10-24-03 Zurich Switzerland HALLENSTADION 10-26-03 Stuttgart Germany SCHLEYERHALLE 10-27-03 Munich Germany OLYMPIAHALLE 10-29-03 Vienna Austria WIENER STADTHALLE 10-31-03 Koln Germany ARENA 11-01-03 Hannover Germany PREAUSSAG ARENA 11-03-03 Berlin Germany MAX SCHMELLING 11-05-03 Antwerp Belgium SPORTSPALEIS ANTWERPEN 11-07-03 Lille France ZENITH ARENA 11-08-03 Amneville France GALAXIE 11-10-03 Nice France NIKAIA (ZENITH) 11-12-03 Toulouse France LE ZENITH DE TOULOUSE 11-14-03 Marseille France LE DOME DE MARSEILLE 11-15-03 Lyon France HALLE TONY GARNIER 11-17-03 Manchester UK MEN ARENA 11-19-03 Birmingham UK NEC ARENA 11-20-03 Birmingham UK NEC ARENA 11-22-03 Dublin Ireland THE POINT 11-23-03 Dublin Ireland THE POINT 11-25-03 London UK WEMBLEY ARENA 11-26-03 London UK WEMBLEY ARENA 11-28-03 Glasgow Scotland SECC June 13th 2003 Check it out! Bowie announces upcoming world tour: - Billboard article June 5th 2003 Don't wait for June 24th to get the Aladdin Sane 2 cd remastered set ~ order it at www.cdwow.com - yeah it's from the UK but postage is free and you get it now! ~ Link to AS cd set March 1st 2003 Bowie performs the following at Tibet House Show at Carnegie Hall last night: - Loving The Alien Heathen (the Rays) duet with Ray Davies - Waterloo Sunset End song performed by all - Get Up, Stand Up By all accounts, Ray Davies rocked the house down with You Really Got Me! and Bowie was hot as ever and in splendid vocal form! Photos at: - Wire Image January 14th 2003 Mark your calendars for February 23rd 2003 - The 2003 Grammy Awards, where Bowie is nominated for Best Male Rock Vocal for Slow Burn, together with the following: - • Elvis Costello ~ 45 Track from: When I Was Cruel • Peter Gabriel ~ The Barry Williams Show Track from: Up • Robert Plant ~ Darkness, Darkness Track from: Dreamland • Bruce Springsteen ~ The Rising Track from: The Rising (Ed Note: - I reckon Bruce will win since we are on a patriotic kick, but crossing my fingers for Bowie!) Moby is also nominated in the Best Pop Instrumental Performance category for 18, off the album 18. November 21st 2002 BowieNet confirms David Bowie to play Tibet House Concert again in 2003: - Date: February 28th 2003 Venue: Carnegie Hall Details: As usual, Philip Glass will be the Artistic Director, and to date, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson, Ray Davies, Angelique Kidjo, Ziggy Marley, Rufus Wainwright and the Drepung Gomang monks have accepted invitations to play. Join BowieNet for all the latest - 30 days free trial!   |
