David Bowie, the most famous headliner will be
paid homage by Glastonbury Festival this year.
Michael Eavis, the founder of
the Festival has made the announcement that multi-day mid-year event will
showcase various performances of Bowie’s career from 2000.
Michael Eavis mentioned Radio X that they will
be doing a movie which is based on his set starting from the year 2000. The entire
set will be shown on one of the screens once the stages are shut down.
David Bowie died on January 10 and the news
came as a big shock to Eavis and he was deeply heartbroken. He has described
Bowie as one of the biggest star of all-time and compared him to the likes of
Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra.
Emily, who is the co-organizer of the show and
daughter of Eavis described that Bowie’s 200 set is really amazing. It is one
of the biggest gigs she has seen ever.
On the final night of Glastonbury Festival, the
first confirmed headliner will be Coldplay and it will be played from June 22 –
26.
Four Piece a British act was the first act that
made headline on four occasions at Glastonbury, after the headline appearances
from Pyramid Stage in 2011, 2005, and 2002.
ELO of Jeff Lynn and PJ Harvey have also been
confirmed for the line-up.
Glastonbury is considered to be the granddaddy
of live music events that are played outdoors in the UK. The event was awarded
at NME Award that was held this week in London.
David Bowie was given the posthumous award at
the NME Awards, for best reissue.
David Bowie To be Paid Tribute By Bette Midler, Pixies, Debbie Harry And Mumford & Songs
2016 Grammy Awards recently wind up and the tribute paid by Lady Gaga to celebrate the career of David Bowie got a mixed response.
The love for legendary singer, David Bowie, has not died down. A number
of performances have been booked for the memorial concert to be held in New
York for the late musician.
The long list includes the like of folk group
Mumford & Sons, REM’s Michael Stripe and the Pixies, and Debbie Harry to
name a few.
The event is scheduled to be held on 31st
March at Carnegie Hall and the one on 1st April will be held at
Radio City Music Hall.
At the first concert, a solo performance will
be given by Debbie Harry, before she joins her band mates for the second day event
at Radio City Music Hall.
For those who have plans to attend both the
events will get to see The Pixies, Bette Midler, Mumford & Sons, along with
The Donny McCaslin Group, who had worked for Blackstar, the final album from
David Bowie.
The list of performers is not final yet as more
entrants are expected to come. Some of the newcomers who have joined the list
include the Roots, the Polyphonic Spree, Perry Farrell, the Roots, Laurie
Anderson, and Cat Power.
Other than performing at New York, Glastonbury
has also performed recently at the festival to pay tribute to David Bowie,
although, it has not been revealed yet as to how it will manifest.
Tribute To David Bowie With 5 Of His Best Songs
After fighting for nearly 18 months with lung cancer, the legendary singer David Bowie finally rest in peace on Monday.
Family members of the 69 year old singer surrounded him and in a
statement made to the public by the publicist of the singer it was asked that
people exhibit some respect the privacy of the family during their time of
grief.
The legendary pop icon had
recently come out with his 25th album which was released as
Blackstar. The album also contained a music video for the song ‘Lazarus’ showing
Bowie all wrapped in bandages as he lay in hospital bed.
The career of this legendary
singer spanned several generations and spoke to several decades.
In honour of the contribution
made by David Bowie to art, music and film industry and to his wonderful
talent, a collection of 5 most famous songs of the singer have been put
together.
1. “Time
take a cigarette, puts it in your mouth”
‘Rock’ n ‘Roll Suicide’ from The
Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars (1972)
2. “For
Years and Years I roamed, I gazed a gazeless stare”
The Man Who Sold The World (1970)
from The Man Who Sold The World
3. “Spend
Some Time Together / So Hologramic, oh my T V C one five / My Baby’s in there
someplace / Love’s rating in the sky”
‘TVC 15’ from Station to Station
(1976)
4. “And
these children that you spit on / As they try to change their worlds / Are
immune to your consultations / They are quite aware of what they are going
through”
‘Changes’ from Hunky Dory (1971)
5. “The
sun machine is coming down / And we are going to have a party”
‘Memory of a Free Festival’ from
David Bowie (1969)
In case you want to hear the best collection of the Legendary singer David Bowie, here is a good option:
Source: Independent
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