Bowie’s first show in New York (and his third in the USA) took place on September 28, 1972 at Carnegie Hall. The venue marquee read: “Fall In Love with David Bowie.” And they did!
“For the hip socialites of New York City, David Bowie‘s Big Apple debut in his Ziggy Stardust mode backed by The Spiders From Mars at Manhattan’s legendary concert venue, Carnegie Hall, was quite the hot ticket and place to be seen. Andy Warhol, who liked traveling with an entourage, could only get two tickets (even though Bowie would play his song about the famed artist that night). Atlantic Records Founder and President Ahmet Ertegun supposedly couldn’t get one. In the audience was writer Truman Capote, socialite Lee Radziwill (sister of Jackie Kennedy Onassis), actors Tony Perkins and Alan Bates, Todd Rundgren and members of the New York Dolls.”
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Photo: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA
Bowie’s NYC debut
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