{"id":480873,"date":"2019-01-14T12:26:20","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T19:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=778785"},"modified":"2019-01-14T12:26:20","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T19:26:20","slug":"a-bowie-celebration-the-david-bowie-alumni-tour-announces-2019-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/a-bowie-celebration-the-david-bowie-alumni-tour-announces-2019-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Bowie Celebration \u2013 The David Bowie Alumni Tour\u2019 Announces 2019 Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MikeGarson.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"\/><\/div>\n<p>For the third year in a row, veteran members of various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/david-bowie\/\" id=\"auto-tag_david-bowie\" data-tag=\"david-bowie\">David Bowie<\/a>\u2019s backing bands are hitting the road to play music from his vast catalog. This year\u2019s incarnation of the <em>A Bowie Celebration<\/em> tour is lead by Spiders From Mars keyboardist Mile Garson (who played with Bowie from 1972 all the way to his final live appearance in 2006), guitarist Earl Sick, bassist Carmine Rojas, multi-instrumentalist Mark Plati and guitarist Charlie Sexton along with vocalists Bernard Fowler and Corey Glover.<\/p>\n<p>The setlist switches a bit from show to show, but it tends to mix enormous Bowie hits like \u201cRebel Rebel,\u201d \u201cFame\u201d and \u201cZiggy Stardust\u201d with deeper cuts like \u201cBring Me The Disco King,\u201d \u201cWin\u201d and \u201cSweet Thing.\u201d Between songs, Garson often tells stories about his long friendship with Bowie. They have been joined by a number of guest vocalists on recent tours, including Perry Farrell, Joe Sumner and Evan Rachel Wood.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vpNcIEbi1RM?version=3&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;autohide=2&amp;showsearch=0&amp;showinfo=1&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne way or another, David is continuously there with us,\u201d Garson said in a statement. \u201cHe\u2019s on stage each night, in the audience and always in the very essence of each song. We do these shows for the fans who\u2019ve loved David and his music, and for those who are new to his music-they\u2019re about to get hooked. Through this process of the celebration of his music, we do these shows for David who is a constant presence in our minds, hearts and soul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike Garson and Earl Slick used to tour with guitarist Angelo \u201cScrote\u201d Bundini under the banner <a href=\"http:\/\/celebratingdavidbowie.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><em>Celebrating David Bowie<\/em><\/a>, but last year they splintered off into two competing camps. Scrote\u2019s <em>Celebrating David Bowie<\/em> tour continues to gig around the globe, most recently with Todd Rundgren and a full orchestra. They have yet to announce their 2019 plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>A Bowie Celebration<\/em> \u2013 The David Bowie Alumni Tour<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>February 6th \u2013\u00a0 Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Arts Center<br \/><span>February7th \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>February 8th \u2013 Temecula, CA @ Pechanga Resort and Casino<br \/><\/span><span>February 9th \u2013 Cerritos, CA @ Cerritos Center<br \/><\/span><span>February 10th \u2013 Modesto, CA @ Gallo Center<br \/><\/span><span>February 12th \u2013 Livermore, CA @ Livermore PAC<br \/><\/span><span>February 13th San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield<br \/><\/span><span>February 15th \u2013 Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall<br \/><\/span><span>February 16th \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom<br \/><\/span><span>February 17th \u2013 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall<br \/><\/span><span>February 19th \u2013 Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>February 21st \u2013 Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>February 22nd \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>February 23rd \u2013 Detroit, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall<br \/><\/span><span>February 24th Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre &amp; Ballroom<br \/><\/span><span>February 26th \u2013 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom<br \/><\/span><span>February 27th \u2013 Kitchener, ON @ Centre In The Square<br \/><\/span><span>March 1st \u2013\u00a0 Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall<br \/><\/span><span>March 2nd \u2013 Montreal, QC @ MTelus<br \/><\/span><span>March 3rd \u2013 Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>March 5th \u2013 New York, NY @ Irving Plaza<br \/><\/span><span>March 6th \u2013 Albany, NY @ Palace Theater<br \/><\/span><span>March 7th Syracuse, NY @ Palace Theater<br \/><\/span><span>March 9th \u2013 New Brunswick, NJ @ State Theater<br \/><\/span><span>March 10th \u2013\u00a0 Philadelphia, PA @ Keswick Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>March 12th \u2013 Louisville, KY @ The Brown Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>March 13th \u2013\u00a0 Nashville, TN @ Polk Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>March 15th \u2013 Ponte Vedra, FL @ Ponte Vedra Concert Hall<br \/><\/span><span>March 16th \u2013 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Parker Playhouse<br \/><\/span><span>March 17th \u2013 Clearwater, FL @ Capitol Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>March 20th \u2013 Houston, TX @ Heights Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>March 21st \u2013 Austin, TX @ Paramount Theatre<br \/><\/span><span>March 22nd \u2013 Dallas, TX @ Majestic Theatre<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/a-bowie-celebration-david-bowie-alumni-tour-2019-778785\/\" target=\"_blank\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the third year in a row, veteran members of various David Bowie\u2019s backing bands are hitting the road to play music from his vast catalog. This year\u2019s incarnation of the A Bowie Celebration tour is lead by Spiders From Mars keyboardist Mile Garson (who played with Bowie from 1972 all the way to his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-480873","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 15:25:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480873\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}