Ziggy
Way back in the spring of 1971, in his first fevered rush of Ziggysongs, David intended the project to be fronted by someone else. And maybe, if he had found someone more competent than Freddie Buretti, the whole course of British pop would have looked very different. Years later he
Ziggy
Who kills Ziggy Stardust? In the spring of 1973 the smart money is on MainMan head honcho Tony Defries. The second leg of the US Tour has built to a rapturous climax at the Hollywood Palladium on 12 March, but with Aladdin Sane not to be released for another month,
Ziggy
17 September 1972 and Ziggy Stardust arrives in the new world. He’s spent a stately transatlantic week with Angie on the QE2, and when they emerge through customs he has plenty to declare. He’s left behind a land of Ford Cortinas, Bloody Sunday and Slade, and arrived in
Ziggy
13 February 1971, five miles above Monterey, and David Bowie’s heart and mind are racing. It’s not his fear of flying, which won’t really kick in for another couple of years yet, after a stormy flight back from Cyprus. And it’s not the imminent approach of
Ziggy
Saturday 8 January 1972, a bleak midwinter evening on the outskirts of south London. Derby County have beaten Southampton, on their way to an implausible first league title with Brian Clough. Dr Who has just encountered assassins from the 22nd century in the second episode of Day of the Daleks.