Bowie Tours
The David Bowie tour promises to be the year’s highlight. By all accounts, Bowie's recent performances have been superb and his new band is described as his best yet (the legendary Spiders included). Bowie will perform for two hours, at Christchurch on November 29 (Wednesday) and Auckland on December 2 (Saturday). A definite plus is that the show will be at night, rather than a throwaway, stint on a Sunday afternoon. Bowie apparently, insists on a nighttime staging, because of the lighting effects and the theatrical nature of the show. Three 12 metre-long rigs are being employed to transport the gear. A Rolls Royce Is being used to transport Bowie. But it won't be taking him to one hotel in downtown Auckland. Being a star of stage, screen and vinyl didn’t cut any ice with this mob. The hotel (it shall remain nameless) put moral principles ahead .of : pecuniary interest and refused Bowie and his entourage on the grounds that they didn't want "anybody here who dresses like a woman." With chaps like that we would never have lost the Empire.
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Rip It Up, Issue 16, 1 October 1978, Page 3
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183Bowie Tours Rip It Up, Issue 16, 1 October 1978, Page 3
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