David Bowie

**David Bowie** (David Robert Jones, b.1947) was a British singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, record producer and actor. He is widely considered to be the greatest and most influential solo artist of all time, with a career in music recording, performance and visual arts and acting spanning from 1964 up to his death in 2016.

## Links to Janice

Janice was obviously a big fan of Bowie since he became famous in the 70s and she continued to follow his career throughout the decades. She regularly played his music on her shows even before his 'comeback' in 2013. According to available playlists there was not one week in which she did not feature at least one Bowie track on her shows. Devotion to the artist obviously increased after his untimely death in 2016.

There is no evidence of Janice ever meeting or interviewing Bowie although she may have met him at Live Aid for Africa in 1985. However, in the 2019 book *David Bowie: I Was There* Janice's brother Jeff Chegwin tells how in June 1972 he and Janice shared a lift with 'Ziggy Stardust' in a Liverpool hotel.

### See also

* Tony Visconti - Spoken Word session 19 February 2014 [2]
* *Nile Rodgers on becoming hit-maker to the stars - and meeting Bowie*, interview with Rodgers 02 November 2017 - BBC Wales clip

## Sessions

* none

Bowie recorded several sessions for the BBC between 1967 and 1972 - see *Bowie At The Beeb (The Best Of The BBC Sessions 68-72)*

## Live

* 25 May 2004 (BBC 6 Music) - featured a 'live set from the BBC archive' by Bowie. Date of performance and tracks unknown.

## Shows played

### 1980s

* 22 March 1983 - Let's Dance (*unconfirmed - Top 40 second highest new entry*)
* 27 May 1985 (with Steve Wright) - Life On Mars?
* 12 June 1985 - Life On Mars? (*Ian Astbury's choice*)
* 31 December 1985 - Dancing in the Street (with Mick Jagger) (*Live Aid rpt.*)

### 2000s

* 17 December 2008 - Sound and Vision
* 04 March 2009 - Ashes to Ashes
* 25 March 2009 - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)
* 30 March 2009 - The Jean Genie
* 10 April 2009 - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix); Space Oddity
* 11 May 2009 - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)
* 17 June 2009 - Fashion
* 24 May 2009 - Blue Jean

### 2010-2012

* 13 January 2010 - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) (feat. Pet Shop Boys)
* 15 January 2010 - The LAughing Gnome
* 19 March 2010 - The Jean Genie
* 23 March 2010 - Blue Jean
* 24 March 2010 - Moonage Daydream (*When Janice met Midge Ure*)
* 10 April 2010 - The Man Who Sold the World
* 04 May 2010 - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)
* 12 May 2010 - Rebel Rebel
* 14 May 2010 - Space Oddity
* 18 May 2010 - Sound and Vision
* 21 June 2010 - Suffragette City
* 20 July 2010 - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)
* 11 January 2011 - Life On Mars?
* 17 March 2011 - The Jean Genie
* 21 March 2011 - Ziggy Stardust *(Dave Pearce)*
* 25 March 2011 - The Man Who Sold The World
* 31 March 2011 - Up the Hill Backwards
* 06 April 2011 - Win
* 14 April 2011 - Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)
* 19 April 2011 - Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix)
* 26 April 2011 - Space Oddity
* 05 May 2011 - Golden Years
* 11 May 2011 - Suffragette City
* 05 August 2011 - Space Oddity
* 09 January 2012 - Kooks
* 20 March 2012 - The Jean Genie (Top Of The Pops, 1973)
* 26 March 2012 - Sorrow
* 05 April 2012 - Changes
* 11 April 2012 - Golden Years
* 26 April 2012 - Sound and Vision
* 03 May 2012 - John, I'm Only Dancing
* 04 May 2012 - Let's Dance
* 23 May 2012 - The Laughing Gnome
* 08 June 2012 - Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
* 20 June 2012 - Kooks
* 12 December 2012 - Life On Mars?

### 2013-2015

* 07 January 2013 - Space Oddity
* 09 January 2013 - Where Are We Now? (*just released*)
* 10 January 2013 - Where Are We Now?
* 28 January 2013 - Where Are We Now?
* 18 March 2013 - Love is Lost
* 20 March 2013 - 'Heroes', The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
* 22 March 2013 - Young Americans
* 27 March 2013 - Always Crashing in the Same Car
* 10 April 2013 - Ashes to Ashes
* 26 April 2013 - Life On Mars?
* 10 May 2013 - Young Americans
* 31 May 2013 - Under Pressure (with Queen)
* 14 August 2013 - Valentine's Day
* 07 January 2014 - I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)
* 09 January 2014 - I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)
* 13 January 2014 - Life On Mars?
* 15 January 2014 - Where Are We Now?
* 04 March 2014 - Life On Mars?
* 18 March 2014 - Where Are We Now?
* 21 March 2014 - Oh! You Pretty Things
* 31 March 2014 - Fame
* 07 April 2014 - Where Are We Now?
* 05 May 2014 - Life On Mars?
* 12 May 2014 - Where Are We Now?
* 13 June 2014 - Rebel, Rebel
* 26 September 2014 - Time
* 15 January 2015 - John, I'm Only Dancing
* 04 March 2015 - Starman
* 18 March 2015 - Oh! You Pretty Things
* 30 March 2015 - Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
* 04 May 2015 - Changes
* 12 May 2015 - Rebel Rebel

### 2016-2019

* 11 January 2016 - Lazarus
* **12 January 2016** (*first show after Bowie's death*) - Sound And Vision, Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix), Absolute Beginners, Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), Kooks, Diamond Dogs, Space Oddity (Milton Keynes Bowl, 1990), China Girl, 'Helden', The Prettiest Star, The Bewlay Brothers, Where Are We Now?, Lazarus.
* 13 January 2016 - Drive-In Saturday, Lazarus, Velvet Goldmine
* 14 January 2016 - Everyone Says 'Hi', Across The Universe, TVC 15,
* 22 March 2016 - I Can't Give Everything Away
* 23 March 2016 - The Man Who Sold The World
* 24 March 2016 - I Can't Give Everything Away
* 28 March 2016 - I Can't Give Everything Away
* 30 March 2016 - I Can't Give Everything Away
* 04 April 2016 - I Can't Give Everything Away
* 07 April 2016 - I Can't Give Everything Away
* 11 April 2016 - I Can't Give Everything Away
* 14 April 2016 - Modern Love
* 08 June 2016 - The Laughing Gnome
* 09 August 2017 - Space Oddity (*A Long Walk With.. Holly Johnson*)
* 30 August 2017 - The Jean Genie (*A Long Walk With.. Gary Numan*)
* 08 January 2018 - John, I'm Only Dancing
* 10 January 2018 - "Heroes"
* 01 March 2018 - Young Americans
* 05 April 2018 - Sound and Vision
* 12 July 2018 - The Jean Genie (*A Long Walk With.. Jim Kerr*)
* 07 March 2018 ‎- Up the Hill Backwards
* 15 January 2019 - The Laughing Gnome
* 04 March 2019 - Let's Dance
* 07 March 2019 ‎- Changes
* 26 March 2019 - Diamond Dogs
* 06 January 2020 - Ashes to Ashes
* 11 January 2021 - It Ain't Easy

### 2020s

* 05 May 2020 - Let's Dance
* 24 February 2021 - Ashes to Ashes
* 14 April 2021 - Modern Love
* 11 May 2021 - Ashes to Ashes

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### Top of the Pops

* 21 April 1983 (TOTP) - Let's Dance (video)
* 26 September 1985 (TOTP) - Dancing in the Street (with Mick Jagger) (video)
* 16 April 1987 (TOTP) - Day In Day Out (video)

### Other TV

* Live Aid for Africa - TVC 15 / Rebel Rebel / Modern Love / "Heroes"

## Covered

* Blondie - Heroes 04 September 2009
* Bay City Rollers - Rebel Rebel 03 January 2011
* B.E.F. - The Secret Life of Arabia 01 September 2021
* Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World 17 June 2009
* Barbra Streisand - Life On Mars 15 January 2009

## Notes

1. ↑ Cossar, Neil: *David Bowie: I Was There*, This Day in Music Books, 2017. [1]
2. ↑ Bowie played Liverpool Stadium for the Ziggy Stardust Tour on 03 June 1972

## External links

* Official site
* Discogs
* Official Chart archive
* Spotify