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When David Bowie played Boston

David Bowie in Boston in 1974

BostonMassUSA wonders who remembers this show.

Bowie also played Foxboro in 1983 and 1990.

And he delivered the commencement address at Berklee College in 1999:

Oh, I should remind you that anybody left over from the proceedings today can join my wife and I at Little Stevie's for a slice. Dunkin Donuts, then, alright? ...

My sometimes-collaborator Brian Eno described himself as a non-musician. In fact he tried to get it put into his passport as his work definition. [faking British customs officer voice] "Non-musician? Made any records?" [impersonating Brian Eno] "Of course not. I'm a bloody non-musician." Anyway I'd describe myself, I think, as a bit of a non-musician. I took classes, initially, after seeing the Little Richard band in a film with, at that time Britain's foremost baritone jazz player Ronnie Ross. I was about 14 and I gave him a phone. I found his number in the phone book and he very kindly took me on.

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...the famous "Ziggy Stardust" tour. Hardly anyone was there but needless to say it was a legendary night. The Music Hall is now the Citi Performing Arts Center.

After his 1974 Boston Garden show he went to the Other Side, a legendary gay bar across the street from Jacques wearing bright red lipstick with a huge bodygard in tow and danced the night away. People talk about that night to this day and it's mentioned in some Bowie biographies. The Other Side was later torn down and condos went up.

The stars look very different today.

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n/t

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Glass Spider Tour - Probably his most commercial tour. Big silly stage show. Pretending to bring someone from the audience up on stage and it was a pre-staged back up singer. Full kitsch. Peter Frampton on guitar. Huge lit up spider that surrounded the stage. Pseudo Mocking U2's 360 Tour 22 years before it happened. A beautiful money grab.

You can salute him with a paraphrase of a Paul Weller lyric - He Never Got Bald and Fat.

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Yes, I was there. I still have the pamphlet I bought at the concert! I wish more of the younger generation took the time to see how influential he was, especially with his early stuff with Iggy Pop.

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Do you remember the Boston band The Neighborhoods opening? Do you have any pics/footage if so???

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Probably because I had no idea this was coming, I'm devastated by his death, but a friend of mine posted this on Facebook:

"If you're ever sad, just remember the world is 4.543 billion years old and you somehow managed to exist at the same time as David Bowie."

It's not much, but it's some sort of comfort.

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My friend didn't attribute it correctly, and I didn't know where it was from, so thank you for sourcing the quote.

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I was a little kid, and still living in cow towns near where those militants are holed up on the wildlife refuge. There was only one AM radio station in range, and it only did daytime broadcasts (let's play Rhinestone Cowboy again by request ...). This was ... different.

My brother and I, intrigued, went looking for more in our uncle's record collection. What we found ... (headexplosion)

RIP Major Tom, the Thin White Duke, Ziggy Stardust, and David Bowie, too.

Amazing how, to the very end, he was completely in control of his public performance.

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https://www.instagram.com/the_real_iman/ -- last picture is Live in Boston, 1973 (?)

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The criminally overlooked Tin Machine played at the Orpheum on 20 November 1991. I think that was the only time (according to that "setlist" website anyways) - but I think I only saw them once. Was seated right behind local television people - I think it was Joyce Kulhawik.

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Excellent show.

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Looks just like him in that pic.

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Hello, just wondering how I might come across this album from the Music Hall in 74???? I was there, I believe it was the last of the three shows. Any insight would be much appreciated. RIP David

Regards,
Tom
978-361-7224

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