Legendary Bowie bandmates, producer/bass player Tony Visconti and drummer Woody Woodmansey, are performing together for the first time since 1971 and we’re offering you a chance win a pair of tickets to see them perform The Man Who Sold The World, at the O2 ABC on September 20th.
All you have to do to win, is drop an email with the tag line ‘The Man Who Sold The World Tour’ with your name and contact number to iain.dawson@ravechild.co.uk
On 22 February 1970 David Bowie took to the stage with The Hype to perform what is widely accepted to be the first Glam Rock performance.
The Hype represents a turning point in David Bowie’s career; a hugely significant step away from being a one-hit wonder, with 1969’s Space Oddity, to finding the formula for enduring success.
The Hype, comprising John Cambridge on drums, Tony Visconti on bass and Mick Ronson on guitar was the progenitor of The Spiders from Mars; the band that made David Bowie and helped to define popular culture in the 1970s.
David Bowie’s seminal album The Man Who Sold the World, masterfully produced by Tony Visconti, was recorded in 1970 after The Hype’s performance at the Roundhouse, with the powerful drumming of Woody Woodmansey replacing John Cambridge.
The Man Who Sold the World is unusually sonically heavy and dystopian for a Bowie album; with lyrical themes including annihilation and a totalitarian machine.
The sound combines riff-laden heavy rock with futurist synth sounds and Visconti’s innovative production techniques.
The distinctive and robust guitar playing which contributed so much to the artistic success of this remarkable record was Mick Ronson, who sadly died in 1993. Mick’s daughter Lisa, his sister Maggi and niece Hannah will perform the album with Tony and Woody.
Tony Visconti on bass, and Woody Woodmansey on drums, will be joined by Woody’s stellar supergroup Holy Holy, at this gig, including: Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), vocals
Steve Norman (Spandau Ballet), sax, guitar, percussion and vocals, Erdal Kizilcay (David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Freddie Mercury), keyboards and vocals, James Stevenson (The Cult, Generation X, Scott Walker, Gene Loves Jezebel), guitar, Paul Cuddeford (Ian Hunter, Bob Geldof), guitar, Rod Melvin (Ian Dury, Brian Eno), piano, Malcolm Doherty, 12 string guitar and vocals
Hannah Berridge Ronson, backing vocals and keyboard, Lisa Ronson, backing vocals and Maggi Ronson, backing vocals.
