After performing rapturously received and critically lauded shows worldwide pre-pandemic, the original Celebrating David Bowie shows return in 2022 answering the question, “What makes Bowie different?”. Rock‘n’Roll Hall Of Famer Todd Rundgren, Adrian Belew (Bowie, NIN, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Talking Heads), and CdB creator, producer, and featured artist Scrote bring Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore, and solo artist Jeffrey Gaines with saxophone great Ron Dziubla (Jon Batiste, Joe Bonamassa), Narada Michael Walden bassist Angeline Saris, and popular session & touring drummer Michael Urbano (Lindsey Buckingham, Sheryl Crow) to interpret Bowie’s greatest hits.
“With such a large catalog to choose from, different songs affect us and the audience in varying measure”, adds Adrian Belew. “It’s always amazing to feel the excitement of a Bowie audience beaming directly at you. Pure adrenaline! So much love for David”.
“This is Major Todd to ground control. I’m stepping through the door… In 1973, I met David Bowie and one of us ended up crying”, explains Todd Rundgren. “I met David several times after that. Some of our phases, like glam, coincided. David had more of that Andy Warhol kind of sensibility, a pop sensibility”.
Scrote (aka Angelo Bundini) partners with maverick music executive Miles Copeland to produce the tour this year. “Fronting the show with revered innovators Todd & Adrian is an incredible honor. We’re looking forward to unleashing a three-guitar attack for an epic ride fueled with songs for every Bowie fan”.
Royston Langdon offers: “David Bowie was a master. It’s impossible to put into words quite how much he taught me. I appreciate it. I discovered The Rise And Fall of Ziggy Stardust on vinyl when I was just Fourteen. And it gives me a huge thrill to get to honor Mr. B. & to be a small part of this immense celebration of his life & work with these world-class musicians and everyone, who like me feels his energy alive and vital around me now just as it was then & forever shall be”.
So, what makes Bowie different? “It’s the boldness and the art of it. He’s a wild character from a different time”, Fishbone’s Angelo Moore chimes in. “It’s the theater. It’s got soul. I like music that has honesty, passion, and soul. David Bowie has all of these things”.
The rotating ensemble of world class multi-instrumentalists will perform a show highlighting elements that influenced Bowie and celebrate the spirit of Bowie in the live performance.
Celebrating David Bowie has performed to devoted Bowie fans in 17 countries on 5 continents with superstar guest appearances by Sting, Gary Oldman, Todd Rundgren, Seal, Perry Farrell, The B-52’s’ Kate Pierson, Ewan McGregor, Simon Le Bon, Gavin Rossdale, La Roux, Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott, Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley, Corey Taylor, Ian Astbury, Darren Criss, The Tubes’ Fee Waybill, Living Colour, The London Community Gospel Choir, The Harlem Gospel Choir, and a long list of Bowie friends & former band members.
US Tour Dates 2022:
October 6 – San Diego, CA @ Balboa Theatre
October 7 – Beverly Hills, CA @ Saban Theatre
October 8 – San Jose, CA @ San Jose Civic
October 9 – Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove
October 13 – Prior Lake, MN @ Mystic Lake Showroom
October 17 – Quebec City, QC @ Le Capitole
October 18 – Montreal, QC @ Olympia
October 31 – Annapolis, MD @ Rams Head On Stage
November 3 – Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
November 5 – Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
November 7 – Nashville, TN @ Schermerhorn Symphony Ctr
November 10 – Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
November 11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Kiva Auditorium
November 12 – Tucson, AZ @ TCC Music Hall
November 13 – Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre
Note: Jeffrey Gaines appears instead of Angelo Moore in Atlanta, GA, Cincinnati, OH, and Buffalo, NY.
Weblinks:
celebratingdavidbowie.com
www.facebook.com/CelebratingDavidBowieOfficial
