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For the 1983 film, see Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (film). The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust[ 1 ]) is the fifth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 16 June 1972 in the United Kingdom through RCA Records.
Ziggy Stardust is a fictional character created by English musician David Bowie, and was Bowie's stage persona during 1972 and 1973. The eponymous character of the song "Ziggy Stardust" and its parent album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Ziggy Stardust was retained for Bowie's subsequent concert tour through the United Kingdom, Japan and North America ...
The Motion Picture. 'Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture’ is digitally restored (now in 4K and with 5.1 sound) and complete for the first time. Released to mark the 50th anniversary of David Bowie’s last show as his famous alter-ego, the film was unveiled at a Global Premiere on 3 July 2023, 50 years to the day ...
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- The Ziggy Stardust Concept
David Bowie: vocals, guitar, saxophone, recorder Mick Ronson: guitar, piano, Mellotron, ARP synthesizer, vocals Trevor Bolder: bass guitar Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey: drums, percussion Rick Wakeman: harpsichord Dana Gillespie: backing vocals Unknown: orchestral musicians
David Bowie’s fifth album was his first to be promoted as a concept album. He had previously toyed with loose thematic links, such as the meditations on madness in The Man Who Sold The World, or the pen portraits on the second half of Hunky Dory, but The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Marswas perhaps his most focused offering ...
The official video for Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie, featuring footage from the Ziggy Stardust tour shot in the UK during 1972 and 1973. Filmed by late Bowi...
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The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a concept album, documenting one of the most elaborate self-mythologizing schemes in rock music, as David Bowie creates the ...
Jun 16, 2016 · Learn how David Bowie invented Ziggy Stardust, a plastic rock & roll singer who delivered a message of hope to humanity in his final days. Discover the influences, the songs and the legacy of this visionary concept album.
