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Former REM singer Michael Stipe, The Flaming Lips, The Pixies, Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper, Laurie Anderson, Mountain Goats, Jakob Dylan and Ann Wilson of Heart take part in the first of two David Bowie Tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA.Full article:
Michael Dorf (organiser) : From a promoter’s standpoint, the show sold out in two hours – all 2,800 tickets – and that is an unprecedented thing for anything I’ve ever experienced. But it’s all kind of a very bittersweet success in the sense that it’s now a tribute to someone who’s passed versus a tribute to someone who was probably going to be in attendance.
With David, he had obviously been very, very reclusive for the last decade. But his musical collaborator and his band leader for the last dozen years, Tony Visconti, agreed to lead the house band for our show. Tony was in touch with David, and David was aware [of the “Music Of” concert]. We were getting no promises, there’s always fingers crossed, but we were getting indication that he thought it was looking really good and there was a pretty good likelihood that [Bowie] was going to attend, maybe not perform but certainly attend and be honoured.
(Source : interview on Pollstar.com)
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With David, he had obviously been very, very reclusive for the last decade. But his musical collaborator and his band leader for the last dozen years, Tony Visconti, agreed to lead the house band for our show. Tony was in touch with David, and David was aware [of the “Music Of” concert]. We were getting no promises, there’s always fingers crossed, but we were getting indication that he thought it was looking really good and there was a pretty good likelihood that [Bowie] was going to attend, maybe not perform but certainly attend and be honoured.
(Source : interview on Pollstar.com)