I had been thinking a lot about Bowie in the week before his death,
so I was shocked, but maybe not surprised, when I read about it. In 1978 I was
in London and tried to get tickets to the concert for what came to be known as
the Low/Heroes tour. The London show was sold out, so I hitchhiked up to
Stafford where he was playing in a vast agricultural exposition hall. Had
tickets to the second night, but got there in time for the first; a group of
kids had a spare ticket which they gave me, and this young woman who was being
treated for her birthday grabbed my hand and squeezed toward the front saying,
“Excuse me, I’m 4’10”! Excuse me, I’m 4’10”!” We made it to the very front of
the stage, stage right. Incredible concert.
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Bowie and Adrian Belew |
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