A Bowie Celebration is set to return to North America to play a set of tour dates this spring. The tour, which will beginning on March 3rd in San Diego, and concluding on April 11th in Fort Lauderdale. The band, which consists of Bowie’s former band members Mike Garson, Gerry Leonard, Carmine Rojas, Kevin Armstrong and Alan Childs, will be highlighting Bowie’s fifth album, Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and his eighth studio album, Diamond Dogs, both considered to be 2 of the greatest albums of all time.
Keyboardist/band leader Mike Garson has played alongside Bowie at over 1,000 concerts, making him the longest standing member of the band, while Gerry Leonard was a Bowie musical director and guitar player. Joining them are bassist Carmine Rojas ofLet’s Dance/Serious Moonlight/Glass Spider, and Alan Childs, who was Bowie’s drummer on his 1987 Glass Spider world tour. Kevin Armstrong, who recorded and played with Bowie at Live Aid, will also be joining the David Bowie alumni tour on the first Tin Machine album and tour, amongst other Bowie projects. The band members all have over 40 years combined experience of recording, writing, and playing with Bowie.
Tickets to the tour can be found here. Check out the trailer for the tour, as well as the tour dates and locations, below:
A Bowie Celebration spring tour dates:
A Bowie Celebration spring tour dates:
03/03 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up
03/04 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Arts Center
03/06 – Pasadena, CA – The Rose
03/07 – San Diego, CA – Belly Up
03/08 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 Club
03/11 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
03/12 – Seattle, WA – Neptune
03/13 -Vancouver, BC – Commodore Ballroom
03/15 – Calgary, AB – Palace Theatre
03/17 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings
03/19 – St. Charles, IL – Arcada Theatre
03/20 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
03/21 – Toronto, ON – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
03/22 – Munhall, PA – Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
03/24 – Falls Church, VA – The State Theatre
03/25 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre
03/27 – Medford, MA – Chevalier Theatre
03/28 – Lebanon, NH – Lebanon Opera House
03/29 – New London, CT – Garde Arts Center – Mainstage
03/31 – New York, NY – Sony Hall
04/01 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie
04/02 – Princeton, NJ – McCarter Theatre Center
04/03 – Englewood, NJ – Bergen PAC
04/04 – Glenside, PA – Keswick Theatre
04/05 – Brookville, NY – Tilles Center
04/07 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
04/08 – Melbourne, FL – King Center
04/09 – Clearwater, FL – Capitol Theatre
04/10 – Lakeland, FL – RP Funding Center
04/11 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Amaturo
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