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Live: Hammersmith Odeon, London – Bowie breaks up the band

Joe — Tue, 03 Jul 1973 19:00:52 +0000

David Bowie’s long-running Ziggy Stardust Tour drew to a close on 3 July 1973, with a final concert at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. Yet this wasn’t just the end of the tour – it was the retirement of Ziggy himself, sensationally announced from the stage by Bowie. The decision had been shared with just a handful of people prior to the show, among them Bowie’s manager Tony Defries, singer Geoff MacCormack, pianist Mike Garson, guitarist Mick Ronson, and Ronson’s partner Suzy Fussey. Although even the roadies were in on the secret, the rest of Bowie’s band were oblivious. Rhythm guitarist John ‘Hutch’

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Live: Hammersmith Odeon, London

Joe — Mon, 02 Jul 1973 19:00:58 +0000

David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust Tour culminated with two consecutive nights at London’s Hammersmith Odeon. This was the first of the shows. It was the 153rd date of the tour. Attending the show was film maker DA Pennebaker, who had been contracted by RCA to deliver 30 minutes of live footage. However, once the concert began it became clear that a feature film was a far better prospect. We hurried to the Hammersmith Odeon, where the next-to-the-last concert was about to take place. I had never seen an audience like that… made up of one gigantic group of back-up singers… they

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Live: City Hall, Newcastle

Joe — Sat, 30 Jun 1973 16:00:52 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed two shows at Newcastle’s City Hall on 30 June 1973. It was the 152nd date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January 1972. Bowie had performed at City Hall with the Manish Boys on 5 December 1964. The Ziggy tour also called there on 2 June 1972, and 7 January and 8 June 1973. He performed there again with Iggy Pop on 2 March 1977, and on the Isolar II Tour on 14, 15, and 16 June 1978. Matinee setlist ‘Hang On To Yourself’ ‘Ziggy Stardust’ ‘Watch That

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Live: Rolarena, Leeds

Joe — Fri, 29 Jun 1973 16:00:38 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed two shows at the Rolarena in Leeds on 29 June 1973. It was the 151st date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January. The setlist was the same for both shows. The Leeds Rolarena had been slotted into our itinerary to make good the cancellation at Leeds University on June 2nd. A matinee show was added for good measure, and both shows were successful and unremarkable from the band’s point of view. We were all ready for a break, and we were about to get one, though none

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Live: Bridlington Spa, Bridlington

Joe — Thu, 28 Jun 1973 19:00:35 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Bridlington Spa ballroom in Bridlington on 28 June 1973. It was the 150th date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January. I had come full circle; I had played Bridlington Spa so many times with The Tennesseans in the sixties when we had supported the likes of Gene Vincent, The Alex Harvey Soul Band and The Kinks at the huge seafront venue. We had also played several ‘all-nighters’ at ‘Brid Spa’. These were essentially dusk till dawn drinking marathons for the youth of the surrounding Wolds

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Live: Top Rank Suite, Doncaster

Joe — Wed, 27 Jun 1973 19:00:18 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at Doncaster’s Top Rank Suite on 27 June 1973. It was the 149th date of the Ziggy Stardust tour, which had begun on 29 January 1972. The tour had previously called at the venue on 1 September 1972. The Top Rank opened in November 1964 and remained a live venue until 1974.

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Live: New Theatre, Oxford

Joe — Tue, 26 Jun 1973 19:00:08 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at Oxford’s New Theatre on 26 June 1973. It was the 148th date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January 1972. This was the second of two consecutive nights at the venue. Bowie had previously appeared at the New Theatre in Pierre In Turquoise on 28 December 1967, and during the Ziggy Stardust Tour on 30 May 1973.

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Live: New Theatre, Oxford

Joe — Mon, 25 Jun 1973 16:00:05 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed two shows at Oxford’s New Theatre on 25 June 1973. It was the 147th date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January 1972. This was the first of two consecutive nights at the venue. Bowie had previously appeared at the New Theatre in Pierre In Turquoise on 28 December 1967, and during the Ziggy Stardust Tour on 30 May 1973. The setlist ‘Hang On To Yourself’ ‘Ziggy Stardust’ ‘Watch That Man’ ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ ‘Moonage Daydream’ ‘Time’ ‘The Width Of A Circle’ ‘The Jean Genie’ ‘I’m Waiting

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Live: Fairfield Halls, Croydon

Joe — Sun, 24 Jun 1973 16:00:08 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed two shows at Croydon’s Fairfield Halls on 24 June 1973. It was the 146th date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January. Bowie had previously performed at the Fairfield Halls on 16 February 1969.

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Live: Gliderdrome, Boston, England

Joe — Sat, 23 Jun 1973 19:00:17 +0000

David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Gliderdrome in Boston, Lincolnshire, on 23 June 1973. It was the 145th date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January. Davie Jones and the Manish Boys had performed at the Gliderdrome on 20 February 1965.

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