David Bowie 1958–1969 – The Chronology

1958

📅 1958-00-00

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ St. Mary’s Church

🎤 Artist: St. Mary’s Church Choir (D. Jones)
🗒️ Notes: Church choir performance. Exact date unknown.

📅 1958-08-01

📍 Isle of Wight 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromley Scouts Annual Camp

🎤 Artist: David Jones & George Underwood
🗒️ Notes: First public performance. Played skiffle on ukulele and tea-chest bass.

1959

📅 1959-00-00

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Local youth / school events

🎤 Artist: David Jones
🗒️ Notes: No confirmed appearances documented for this year. Exact dates unknown.

1960

📅 1960-00-00

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ School / local youth activities

🎤 Artist: David Jones
🗒️ Notes: No confirmed performances documented for this year. Exact dates unknown.

1961

📅 1961-00-00

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Local rehearsals / informal gatherings

🎤 Artist: David Jones (pre-Konrads)
🗒️ Notes: No confirmed performances documented for this year. Exact dates unknown.

1962

📅 1962-06-16

📍 Keston 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromley Technical High School

🎤 Artist: The Kon-rads (Debut)
🗒️ Notes: School fete performance. David played saxophone.

📅 1962-09-22

📍 Orpington 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Civic Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Big Beat Session

📅 1962-11-10

📍 Biggin Hill 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Local venue (Biggin Hill)

🎤 The Konrads
🗒️ Source: BowieWonderworld

📅 1962-11-17

📍 Cudham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 15–30 Club, Cudham Village Hall

🎤 The Konrads
🗒️ Source: BowieWonderworld

📅 1962-11-23

📍 Mottingham (London) 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ King and Queen Public House

🎤 The Konrads
🗒️ Source: BowieWonderworld

📅 1962-11-00

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Church Hall, Bromley Common

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Rehearsals — exact date unknown

📅 1962-11-00

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Chislehurst Caves

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live performance — exact date unknown

📅 1962-12-15

📍 Biggin Hill 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Hillsiders Youth Club

🎤 The Konrads
🗒️ Exact venue/date uncertain — BowieWonderworld

📅 1962-12-18

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromley Court Hotel

🎤 Artist: The Kon-rads
🗒️ Notes: Important audition for a “mature” R&B audience.

📅 1962-12-24

📍 West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall

🎤 The Konrads
🗒️ Exact venue/date uncertain

📅 1962-12-31

📍 Piccadilly, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Criterion

🎤 Artist: The Kon-rads
🗒️ Notes: New Year’s Eve private function.

1963

📅 1963-01-03

📍 West Wickham, Bromley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Justin Hall
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-01-04

📍 London, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Air Ministry Refreshment Club, Whitehall Gardens
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-01-05

📍 Unknown location, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Unknown venue
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-01-18

📍 London, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Air Ministry Refreshment Club, Whitehall Gardens
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-01-19

📍 Cudham, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Cudham Village Hall (15-30 Club).
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-02-02

📍 West Wickham, Bromley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Justin Hall
🎤 The Konrads plus Diane and the Wanderers

📅 1963-02-08

📍 Unknown location, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Unknown venue
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-02-09

📍 Unknown location, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Unknown venue
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-02-12

📍 London, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ The Green Man, Blackheath Hill
🎤 The Konrads are supporting Johny Kid and The Pirates

📅 1963-02-12

📍 Orpington, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ 61 Oakdene Road
🎤 The Konrads / rehearsal/informal session

📅 1963-03-02

📍 Beckenham, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Eden Park Hotel (Young Liberals Dance)
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-03-23

📍 West Wickham, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Justin Hall
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-04-02

📍 Swanley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Community Centre
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-04-05

📍 Abbey Wood, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Arrow Club
🎤 The Konrads
🗒️ Cancelled

📅 1963-04-05

📍 Crockenhill, Swanley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Highcroft Hall Country Club
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-04-06

📍 Camberley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Agincourt Ballroom
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-04-13

📍 Swanley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Community Centre
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-04-30

📍 Swanley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Community Centre
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-05-04

📍 Unknown location, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Unknown venue
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-05-11

📍 Swanley, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Community Centre
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-05-18

📍 Biggin Hill, Westerham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Hillsiders Youth Club, W.I. Hall
🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-05-25

📍 West Wickham, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Justin Hall
🎤 The Konrads

📅 1963-05-25

📍 Keston, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromley Technical High School
🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Two shows

📅 1963-05-00

📍 Orpington 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Civic Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Exact date unknown

📅 1963-05-28

📍 West Wickham, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ West Wickham Art Club
🎤 Artist: The Konrads

📅 1963-05-00

📍 West Wickham, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Ravensbourne Art School — Justin Hall
🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Exact date unknown

📅 1963-06-11

📍 Swanley, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Community Centre

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live performance

📅 1963-06-15

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ St George’s Church Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Wedding reception for Konrads drummer Dave Hadfield.

📅 1963-06-25

📍 Swanley, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Community Centre

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live performance

📅 1963-08-30

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: First professional studio recording (‘I Never Dreamed’). Audition for Eric Easton.

📅 1963-09-14

📍 West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall
🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-09-21

📍 Orpington 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Civic Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads (without David Jones)
🗒️ Notes: David starts distancing himself from the band.

📅 1963-09-00

📍 Bromley Hill, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromel Club (Bromley Court Hotel)

🎤 Artist: The Hooker Brothers
🗒️ Notes: David absent

📅 1963-10-12

📍 West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall
🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-10-24

📍 West Wickham, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Wickham Halls
🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-11-02

📍 Shirley, Croydon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shirley Parish Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-11-16

📍 West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-11-21

📍 Coney Hall, West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Assembly Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-11-22

📍 Coney Hall, West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Assembly Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-11-24

📍 Catford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Lewisham Town Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-12-01

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Private Residence

🤝 Event: Meeting with George Underwood
🗒️ Notes: First discussions to form The King Bees.

📅 1963-12-13

📍 Shirley, Croydon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Coloma Grammar School, in the Superstioustomp

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

🧾 Lineup: Bowie was 16 years old at the time and played saxophone and sang along. The band performed that evening with their familiar lineup of Neville Wills, Alan Dodds, and Dave Hadfield.

📅 1963-12-14

📍 Biggin Hill, Westerham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Hillsiders Youth Club, W.I. Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Live show

📅 1963-12-24

📍 West Wickham, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: Christmas Eve performance.

📅 1963-12-31

📍 West Wickham, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads
🗒️ Notes: New Year’s Eve show. According to Kevin Cann, this was David’s final milestone with the band.

1964

📅 1964-01-01

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England

👋 Event: David Jones officially leaves The Kon-rads.

📅 1964-01-25

📍 Petts Wood, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Memorial Hall

🎤 Artist: The Konrads (without David Jones)

📅 1964-03-13

📍 Coleford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Coleford British Legion Hall & Club

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys (Pre-Bowie era)
🗒️ Notes: Cancelled performance.

📅 1964-04-14

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Jack Of Clubs

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: The band’s debut professional performance, playing at a private party to celebrate the 3rd wedding anniversary of washing machine tycoon John Bloom.

📅 1964-05-10

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Venue

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: The band performs their first official audition for manager Leslie Conn, which leads to their contract and debut single recording.

📅 1964-05-13

📍 London, 🇬🇧 England
🏛️ Cool Elephant Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1964-05-15

📍 Chiswick, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Riverside Tennis Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones and the King Bees
🗒️ Notes: This was a significant early professional booking for the band arranged by manager Leslie Conn.

📅 1964-05-16

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Jack Of Clubs

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance

📅 1964-05-17

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Café des Artistes

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance

📅 1964-05-18

📍 Biggin Hill 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Hillsiders Youth Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones and the King Bees
🗒️ Notes: One of the earliest public performances. This venue served as a regular rehearsal space and local base for the band during May 1964.

📅 1964-05-29

📍 Ilford, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Ilford Palais

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: The band performs as part of an audition for a talent contest sponsored by the music newspaper Melody Maker.

📅 1964-05-30

📍 West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance
📍 Location: This was a “home game” for the young Bowie, as he had grown up in this neighborhood and had previously played there with The Konrads.
📈 Momentum: It was the Saturday before the big week that would see the release of their debut single, “Liza Jane.”

📅 1964-06-01

📍 Deal 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Astor Theatre

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance

📅 1964-06-03

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Aeolian Hall, New Bond Street

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones and the King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Radio Session. The band records an audition/session for the BBC. This was part of the intensive promotion week leading up to the single release.

📅 1964-06-04

📍 Chatham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pembroke Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance

📅 1964-06-05

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Vocalion Pop Records

🚀 Single Release: ‘Liza Jane’ (Debut single)
🗒️ Note: Released under the name Davie Jones with the King Bees.

📅 1964-06-05

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Star Club (Kings)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance

📅 1964-06-06

📍 Portsmouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Davy Jones’ Locker (Royal Beach Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance / Second show same day / Evening show

📅 1964-06-06

📍 Fairseat 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Star Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance / Second show same day / Afternoon show

📅 1964-06-07

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club, Soho

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones and the King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Corrected venue. Supporting John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers. This was a significant booking at London’s premier R&B club immediately following their single release.

📅 1964-06-08

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Centre, White City

📺 Event: TV Appearance ‘Juke Box Jury’
🗒️ Notes: Bowie appears in the audience. Although not performing, he is interviewed about the new single ‘Liza Jane’.

📅 1964-06-10

📍 Buckinghamshire 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ High Wycombe Town Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance. This was an important performance in the first week after the release of their single.

📅 1964-06-12

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Star Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Live performance. This was a performance by The King Bees. Although the Manish Boys (the band Bowie would later join) were from Maidstone and based there, Bowie played there on June 12th with his own band from London to promote their new single “Liza Jane.”

📅 1964-06-13

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Epsom Psychiatric Social Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees

📅 1964-06-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bedsitter Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees

📅 1964-06-15

📍 High Wycombe 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones and the King Bees
🗒️ Notes: One of several appearances in the High Wycombe area during the promotion of ‘Liza Jane’.

📅 1964-06-19

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rediffusion TV Studios, Kingsway

📺 Event: TV Appearance ‘Ready Steady Go!’
🗒️ Notes: The band’s major national TV debut. Davie Jones is interviewed briefly by Cathy McGowan and the band performs ‘Liza Jane’.

📅 1964-06-20

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Studio 51 (Ken Colyer Club), Great Newport Street

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: A Saturday afternoon session at this renowned jazz and R&B venue.

📅 1964-06-27

📍 Barrow-in-Furness 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Public Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones and the King Bees
🗒️ Notes: A rare booking in the north of England. The band travelled a long distance to promote the debut single, but the show was poorly attended.

📅 1964-06-30

📍 Poole 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bricklayer’s Arms

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Notes: Although they still delivered an energetic live show, this was one of the King Bees’ final performances. Behind the scenes, Bowie was already dissatisfied with the single’s lack of success and began looking for another band.

📅 1964-07-03

📍 High Wycombe 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall (Kings)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees

📅 1964-07-10

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Record Retailer Charts

🎤 Event: Chart Update
🗒️ Notes: Despite heavy promotion and a ‘Ready Steady Go!’ appearance, ‘Liza Jane’ fails to enter the UK Top 50. This commercial disappointment leads to the first serious tensions within the band and David’s decision to look for a more established group.

📅 1964-07-17

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Star Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones and the King Bees
🗒️ Notes: One of the final live performances of the group. During these appearances in Maidstone, Bowie makes his first connections with members of his future band, The Manish Boys.

📅 1964-07-24

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Centre, White City

📺 Event: TV Recording ‘The Beat Room’
🗒️ Notes: The band records a performance of ‘Liza Jane’ for the BBC show ‘The Beat Room’. This is the final major promotional activity for the single.

📅 1964-07-25

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Venue

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys (Rehearsal)
🗒️ Notes: David Bowie attends his first formal rehearsal with The Manish Boys. This takes place just one day before his final obligation with the King Bees.

📅 1964-07-26

📍 Twickenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Eel Pie Island Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The King Bees
🗒️ Note: Final performance with The King Bees.

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📅 1964-07-27

📍 United Kingdom 🇬🇧
🏛️ BBC Two Television

📺 Event: TV Broadcast ‘The Beat Room’
🗒️ Notes: The performance recorded on July 24 is broadcast nationwide. This is the final public milestone for Davie Jones with the King Bees before the group officially disbands.

📅 1964-08-01

📍 Rhyl 🇬🇧, Wales
🏛️ Marine Lake Bar

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Official live debut with The Manish Boys. The band performed two separate shows (afternoon and evening sets) on this opening day of their summer residency.

📅 1964-08-15

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Chislehurst Caves

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1964-08-15

📍 St Austell 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Performance in Cornwall. The band is now touring intensively to tighten their live sound with their new lead singer.

📅 1964-08-17

📍 Deal 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Astor Theatre

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-08-18

📍 Torquay 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Another key date in the band’s summer tour of the West Country, verified by Nicholas Pegg.

📅 1964-08-19

📍 Twickenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Eel Pie Island Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-08-21

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marine Court

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: A performance at the Witch Doctor club.

📅 1964-08-22

📍 Wootton, Isle of Wight 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Little Canada Holiday Village

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: A notoriously difficult gig where the band’s modern R&B style clashed with the expectations of the holiday camp audience.

📅 1964-08-28

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Studio 51, Great Newport Street

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: A Friday evening session at the renowned Ken Colyer Club in Soho.

📅 1964-08-30

📍 Ipswich 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Savoy Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-02

📍 Twickenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Eel Pie Island Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-05

📍 Shefford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ RAF Chicksands

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: A performance at the US Air Force base. This is the gig often misdated as July in older biographies.

📅 1964-09-09

📍 Finchingfield 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ RAF Wethersfield

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-11

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Studio 51, Soho

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Another Friday session at the Ken Colyer Club, part of their ongoing London residency.

📅 1964-09-18

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Studio 51, Soho

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: The band continues their residency sessions at the Ken Colyer Club.

📅 1964-09-19

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Scene

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-19

📍 Hatfield 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Comet Hotel

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Live performance / Second show same day

📅 1964-09-21

📍 Chatham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Invicta Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-22

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Venue

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: First professional recording session. The band records demos to secure a new deal, following their move to the management of Leslie Conn.

📅 1964-09-23

📍 Chatham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Medway County Youth Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-25

📍 Romford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Willow Rooms
🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

🗒️ Notes: The Romford gig on 25 September laid the foundation for their future recordings. The band met Mike Smith of Decca Records there, leading to a studio session in October.

📅 1964-09-26

📍 Acton, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Acton Town Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-27

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Flamingo Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-09-29

📍 Isleworth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Jolly Gardeners Hotel

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-02

📍 Borehamwood 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Lynx Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-06

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Broadhurst Gardens)
🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

🗒️ Notes: First professional session for Decca Records. Under the supervision of producer Mike Smith, the band recorded “I Pity The Fool” and “Take My Tip”.

📅 1964-10-07

📍 Twickenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Eel Pie Island Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-09

📍 Finchley, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ probably in a youth club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-10

📍 Newmarket 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Memorial Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-13

📍 St Mary’s Hall, Londen 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Putney Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-16

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Studio 51, Soho

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-17

📍 Lee-on-the-Solent 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tower Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-18

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Le Discotheque,

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-21

📍 Chatham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Medway County Youth Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-23

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Studio 51, Soho

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-24

📍 Shepperton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shepperton Village Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-25

📍 Lee-on-the-Solent 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tower Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-30

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Studio 51, Soho

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-10-31

📍 West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-11-06

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: David meets Dana Gillespie for the first time; she would become a lifelong friend and collaborator.

📅 1964-11-07

📍 Bedford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Conservative Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-11-08

📍 Twickenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Eel Pie Island Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-11-12

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Studios (Tonight Programme)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Interview)
🗒️ Notes: National TV debut as the founder of ‘The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men’. A publicity stunt orchestrated by manager Leslie Conn.

📅 1964-11-13

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Witch Doctor (Marine Court)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-11-14

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Royal Star Hotel (Star Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-11-20

📍 West Wickham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Justin Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-11-23

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Aeolian Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Official BBC Radio audition. The band performed ‘I Pity The Fool’, ‘Take My Tip’, and ‘Hoochie Coochie Man’. They were famously rejected by the talent selection group, who described the singer as “devoid of personality” and “not particularly exciting”.

📅 1964-12-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club, Soho

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Yardbirds. The band played this gig after being replaced on the Gene Pitney tour by The Wild Ones.

📅 1964-12-01

📍 Wigan 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ ABC Cinema

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Two performances / Gene Pitney tour
🗒️ Tour: Supporting Gene Pitney and the Rockin’ Berries.
🗒️ Notes: Often incorrectly listed as Marquee Club London due to a cancelled booking.

📅 1964-12-02

📍 Hull 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ ABC Cinema

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Two performances / Gene Pitney tour

📅 1964-12-03

📍 Edinburgh 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ ABC Cinema (Lothian Road)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Two performances / Gene Pitney tour

📅 1964-12-04

📍 Stockton-on-Tees 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ ABC Cinema (Globe Theatre)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Two performances / Gene Pitney tour

📅 1964-12-05

📍 Newcastle 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ City Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Two performances / Gene Pitney tour

📅 1964-12-06

📍 Scarborough 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Futurist Theatre

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Two performances / Gene Pitney tour

📅 1964-12-10

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: In the opening act of The Moody Blues.

📅 1964-12-13

📍 Bedford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Conservative Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-12-17

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Brighton College

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-12-18

📍 Hertford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Corn Exchange

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Show was moved to the 19th.

📅 1964-12-19

📍 Hertford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Corn Exchange

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-12-24

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Scene

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-12-26

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Scene

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1964-12-31

📍 Finchley, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ probably the J.Y.C. (Jewish Youth Center)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: The band was asked to stop because they were too loud for the Jewish Youth Center audience.

1965

📅 1965-01-09

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ La Gioconda Coffee Bar

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: An informal performance at the band’s favorite hangout in Tin Pan Alley (Denmark Street).

📅 1965-01-15

📍 London, England
🏛️ IBC Studios (Portland Place)

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys with Davie Jones
🎧 Recording Session: Recordings of “I Pity the Fool” and “Take My Tip.”
🗒️ Notes: Produced by the legendary Shel Talmy. A guy named Jimmy Page (later Led Zeppelin) played the guitar solo on “I Pity the Fool.”

📅 1965-01-23

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Royal Star Hotel

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys with Davie Jones

📅 1965-01-30

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys with Davy Jones

📅 1965-02-01

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Royal Star Hotel (Star Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-02-04

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromel Club (Bromley Court Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davy Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Performance at the popular Bromley venue located within the Bromley Court Hotel.

📅 1965-02-06

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Technical School (Old Boys’ Association Dance)

🎤 Artist: Davy Jones & Manish Boys

📅 1965-02-08

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Moody Blues.

📅 1965-02-13

📍 Dunstable 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ California Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-02-20

📍 Boston 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Gliderdrome

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Performance at the famous Starlight Room within the Gliderdrome.

📅 1965-02-21

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromley Court Hotel

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-02-23

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Centre

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
📺 Event: TV Recording for ‘Gadzooks! It’s All Happening’
🗒️ Notes: Performance of ‘I Pity The Fool’. The show aired on March 8, 1965.

📅 1965-02-27

📍 Farnham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ School of Art

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-04

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-05

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: “I Pity The Fool” / “Take My Tip”
🎤 Artist: The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: First released song written by Bowie (“Take My Tip”). Featuring Jimmy Page on lead guitar.

📅 1965-03-06

📍 Bradford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bradford University

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-08

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC TV / May Fair Hotel

📺 TV: Broadcast of ‘Gadzooks! It’s All Happening’ (recorded Feb 23).
🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys (Live)
🗒️ Notes: Evening performance at a private party in the May Fair Hotel.

📅 1965-03-08

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The May Fair Hotel

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-10

📍 Bromley Hill 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromel Club (Bromley Court Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davy Jones & Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-12

📍 Ferndown 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Dormy Hotel

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-14

📍 Cromer 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Olympia Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davy Jones & Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-16

📍 Southsea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ South Parade Pier

🎤 Artist: Davy Jones & Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-20

📍 Cromer 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Olympia Ballrooms

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-03-27

📍 Grantham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Drill Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys

📅 1965-04-01

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ La Gioconda / Soho Rehearsal Rooms

🤝 Event: Audition and First Meeting
🗒️ Notes: David Jones meets and auditions with The Lower Third. He decides to join them immediately, seeking a tougher Mod-oriented sound.

📅 1965-04-10

📍 Sheerness 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Sheerness & District MCC Cons Club

🎤 Artist: The Lower Third

📅 1965-04-11

📍 Minster 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Working Men’s Club (Isle of Sheppey)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Debut performance of The Lower Third. They replaced the originally booked Manish Boys.

📅 1965-04-12

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Management Office

🤝 Event: Departure from Leslie Conn
🗒️ Notes: David officially terminates his association with manager Leslie Conn. This move paves the way for Ralph Horton to take over his affairs.

📅 1965-04-12

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Location

📸 Event: First official photo session
🎤 Artist: The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: The band takes their first professional publicity photos to promote the new line-up and their Mod image.

📅 1965-04-17

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Gateway Club (Seymour Street)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: One of the first performances of the new line-up in the capital. The band was rapidly building their reputation in the London Mod scene.

📅 1965-04-18

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromel Club (Bromley Court Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Another performance where the new band replaced the originally booked Manish Boys. This gig in Bromley solidified the new line-up’s reputation.

📅 1965-04-19

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ La Gioconda Coffee Bar

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Intensive rehearsal session following their successful show at the Bromel Club. The band continues to refine their R&B and Mod repertoire.

📅 1965-04-24

📍 Bletchley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Venue

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Manish Boys
🗒️ Notes: Final contractual performance. According to Kevin Cann, this marks the last official live appearance of the band before the formal split in May.

📅 1965-05-05

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shel Talmy’s Office

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones
🗒️ Notes: The formal end of The Manish Boys. Davie meets the band members to officially announce his departure. From this point on, he commits fully to his new group, The Lower Third.

📅 1965-05-08

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: One of the first Saturday night performances after the formal split from The Manish Boys.

📅 1965-05-14

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Scene

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: A technical rehearsal session to test the band’s new equipment in a club environment.

📅 1965-05-15

📍 Keston, Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromley Technical High School

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: David returns to his former school for the ‘Old Boys’ Association Dance’.

📅 1965-05-17

📍 Littlestone-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Grand Hotel

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: First performance with new drummer Phil Lancaster. The band used the hotel (owned by Phil’s father) for intensive rehearsals.

📅 1965-05-21

📍 Dunstable 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ California Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Often mislisted as The Manish Boys.

📅 1965-05-22

📍 Bishop’s Stortford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rhodes Centre

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-05-24

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ IBC Studios (Portland Place)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🎧 Recording Session: Demos for Shel Talmy
🗒️ Notes: The band records early versions of ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’. These sessions were crucial in securing their future deal with Pye Records.

📅 1965-05-28

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-05-30

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-06-01

📍 Birmingham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tower Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-06-04

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-06-05

📍 Maidstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Star Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-06-11

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Starlight Rooms (Montpelier Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-06-12

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-06-19

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Who. A major milestone in gaining recognition within the London Mod scene.

📅 1965-06-20

📍 Torquay 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Second night supporting The Who.

📅 1965-06-21

📍 Torquay 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Third consecutive night supporting The Who. Due to the success of the previous evening, the band was retained for an additional performance.

📅 1965-06-25

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Records Studios (ATV House)

🤝 Event: Audition for Pye Records
🗒️ Notes: Following the buzz from the Marquee shows, the band auditions for the Pye label. Their performance impresses the staff, securing the follow-up meeting with Tony Hatch in July.

📅 1965-06-26

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Starlight Rooms (Montpelier Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-07-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Records Studios (ATV House)

🤝 Event: Meeting with producer Tony Hatch.
🗒️ Notes: A pivotal meeting at Pye’s Marble Arch headquarters. Hatch was impressed by David’s potential, eventually leading to the recording of ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’.

📅 1965-07-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ London Studio (Unknown)

🎤 Artist: The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: David Bowie signs management deal with Ralph Horton

📅 1965-07-02

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-07-03

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-07-05

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Studio

📸 Event: Professional Publicity Photoshoot
🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: A crucial session to capture the band’s sharpened Mod image following their deal with Tony Hatch and Pye Records.

📅 1965-07-09

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios.

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🎧 Recording Session: ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’ & ‘Baby Loves That Way’.
🗒️ Notes: Produced by Shel Talmy.

📅 1965-07-10

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Performance at the legendary Marquee Club.

📅 1965-07-16

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Starlight Rooms (Montpelier Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-07-17

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-07-23

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-07-24

📍 Ventnor, Isle of Wight 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Winter Gardens

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-07-25

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Flamingo Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: An “All-Nighter” performance at one of Soho’s most famous jazz and R&B venues.

📅 1965-07-31

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-08-01

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Boz.

📅 1965-08-06

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Starlight Rooms (Montpelier Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-08-07

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-08-11

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromel Club (Bromley Court Hotel)

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-08-14

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-08-15

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Boz (featuring Boz Burrell).

📅 1965-08-19

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Venue

🤝 Event: Press Preview for ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’
🗒️ Notes: A promotional meeting with music journalists a day before the single’s official release.

📅 1965-08-20

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🚀 Single Release: ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’
🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Who. This was the final release under the name ‘Davie Jones’. To avoid confusion with Davy Jones of The Monkees, David and manager Ralph Horton decided to adopt the surname ‘Bowie’ shortly after this release.

📅 1965-08-21

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marine Court,

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-08-22

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: First Marquee performance following the release of ‘You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving’. Supporting The Boz.

📅 1965-08-27

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-08-28

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-09-03

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-09-04

📍 Gosport 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Thorngate Hall

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-09-05

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes:

📅 1965-09-11

📍 Clacton-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Odeon Theatre

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third

📅 1965-09-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 100 Club

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: The final London performance under the name ‘Davie Jones’.

📅 1965-09-16

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Historic Milestone: First performance under the name David Bowie. Start of the band’s Thursday night residency. Support for The T-Bones.

📅 1965-09-17

📍 Bournemouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pavilion Ballroom

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: The first gig played after the official name change announcement on the 16th, though still billed under the old name.

📅 1965-09-18

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: Davie Jones & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Last ever show billed as ‘Davie Jones’ (posters were printed before the name change announcement).

📅 1965-09-21

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 100 Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: First official performance under the name ‘David Bowie’.

📅 1965-09-23

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Steampacket (featuring Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart, and Julie Driscoll).

📅 1965-09-25

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-09-30

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Boz.

📅 1965-10-02

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-10-07

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Thursday night residency session. Supporting The T-Bones.

📅 1965-10-09

📍 Margate 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Dreamland Amusement Park – Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: A “homecoming” gig for the band members, who were originally from the Margate area.

📅 1965-10-12

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ La Gioconda Coffee Bar

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Intensive pre-production rehearsal for the upcoming Pye recording sessions. The band finalizes the arrangements for ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’.

📅 1965-10-14

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Thursday night residency session. Supporting The Steampacket.

📅 1965-10-16

📍 Burton-on-Trent 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Gladstone Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Live performance during their regional autumn tour.

📅 1965-10-21

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Thursday night residency session. Supporting The Boz.

📅 1965-10-23

📍 Bishop’s Stortford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rhodes Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-10-28

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Final Thursday residency session of the month. Supporting The T-Bones.

📅 1965-10-30

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-11-02

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Aeolian Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: BBC Radio Audition: The band is rejected by the BBC Talent Selection Group. The famous report described Bowie as “devoid of personality” and “not particularly exciting.”

📅 1965-11-04

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-11-11

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-11-12

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios (Marble Arch)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🎧 Recording Session: ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ & ‘And I Say To Myself’
🗒️ Notes: Produced by Tony Hatch. This session produces the first official David Bowie single.

📅 1965-11-13

📍 Basingstoke 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Live performance.

📅 1965-11-18

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Steampacket (featuring Rod Stewart and Long John Baldry). Part of their regular Thursday night residency sessions.

📅 1965-11-20

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-11-25

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-11-27

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-12-02

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The T-Bones.

📅 1965-12-04

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-12-09

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Steampacket (featuring Rod Stewart).

📅 1965-12-10

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🎧 Recording: Final mixing and vocal overdubs for ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’.

📅 1965-12-16

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Boz.

📅 1965-12-18

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1965-12-23

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The T-Bones.

📅 1965-12-24

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Scene

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: A legendary Christmas Eve Mod performance at David’s favorite Soho club.

📅 1965-12-30

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Final Marquee performance of the year, supporting The Steampacket.

📅 1965-12-31

📍 St Leonards-on-Sea 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Witch Doctor

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: New Year’s Eve performance. The band ends the year at their regular seaside residency.

1966

📅 1966-01-01

📍 Paris 🇫🇷, France
🏛️ Le Bus Palladium

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1966-01-02

📍 Paris 🇫🇷, France
🏛️ Le Golf Drouot

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1966-01-06

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Gaiety Bar, Victoria Tavern

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Record Launch

📅 1966-01-06

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Boz.

📅 1966-01-12

📍 Newmarket 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Memorial Hall (Community Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1966-01-13

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Playhouse Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
📻 Event: Radio Session for ‘Saturday Club’
🗒️ Notes: First national radio session. They recorded ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’. The show aired on January 15.

📅 1966-01-13

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The T-Bones. This performance is notable as the first time he is billed as ‘David Bowie’ at the Marquee.

📅 1966-01-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: “Can’t Help Thinking About Me” / “And I Say To Myself”
🎤 Artist: David Bowie with The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: First single released under the name David Bowie. Released on Pye Records (7N 17020).

📅 1966-01-15

📍 Stevenage 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bowes Lyon House

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1966-01-17

📍 Carlisle 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Holly Bush

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1966-01-19

📍 Birmingham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Cedar Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1966-01-20

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Steampacket.

📅 1966-01-21

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rediffusion TV Studios

📺 TV Appearance: Ready, Steady, Go!
🗒️ Notes: David Bowie & The Lower Third perform ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’. This was David’s first major TV appearance as ‘Bowie’.

📅 1966-01-27

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Boz.

📅 1966-01-28

📍 Stevenage 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third

📅 1966-01-29

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club, Soho (Afternoon show)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Final performance of the original Lower Third. The band split later that day.

📅 1966-01-29

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromel Club (Bromley Court Hotel)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Lower Third
🗒️ Notes: Cancelled. The band refused to play after a dispute with manager Ralph Horton.

📅 1966-02-03

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Event: Band Auditions
🗒️ Notes: Following the split with The Lower Third, David and manager Ralph Horton hold auditions. Drummer John Eager is the first to be recruited for the new band.

📅 1966-02-06

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Event: Band Auditions
🗒️ Notes: Second round of auditions. Guitarist John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson joins the lineup. The band is later named The Buzz.

📅 1966-02-07

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rehearsals start

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-02-10

📍 Leicester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mecca Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: The live debut of the new band.

📅 1966-02-11

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The T-Bones. The former members of The Lower Third reportedly attend the show to watch the new lineup.

📅 1966-02-12

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Afternoon performance (Radio London ‘Inecto’ show).

📅 1966-02-12

📍 Stevenage 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bowes Lyon House

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz *

📅 1966-02-13

📍 Hassocks 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Downs

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: An early performance for the newly formed band.

📅 1966-02-19

📍 Crawley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Boys’ Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-02-25

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Start of the Friday ‘Little Richard Show’ residencies. Supporting The Alan Price Set.

📅 1966-02-26

📍 Chelmsford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Corn Exchange

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-02-28

📍 Eastbourne 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Club Continental (The Belfry)

🎤 Artist: Dave Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Billed as “Dave Bowie and his Orchestra” or “Dave Bowie and The Buzz” on local posters.

📅 1966-03-03

📍 Wembley, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Wembley TV Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Rehearsals and recording of a new backing track for ‘Ready Steady Go!’.

📅 1966-03-04

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rediffusion TV Studios

📺 TV Appearance: Ready Steady Go!
🗒️ Notes: Broadcast of the performance of ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’. David and the band had recorded the backing track the previous day.

📅 1966-03-04

📍 Chislehurst 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Chislehurst Caves

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: An unusual performance in the famous man-made caves.

📅 1966-03-04

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Part of the ‘Little Richard Show’ Friday residency. Supporting The Alan Price Set.

📅 1966-03-07

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🎧 Recording: Session for the single ‘Do Anything You Say’ and its B-side ‘Good Morning Girl’.

📅 1966-03-10

📍 Peterborough 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Palais

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-03-11

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency, supporting The Alan Price Set.

📅 1966-03-12

📍 Newmarket 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Victoria Drill Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Afternoon performance before traveling to Brighton.

📅 1966-03-12

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Club One-O-One

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-03-18

📍 High Wycombe 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Target Club (Co-Op Memorial Hall)

🎤 Artist: Promotional Visit

📅 1966-03-18

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Evening performance supporting The Boz. (This follows the afternoon visit to High Wycombe).

📅 1966-03-21

📍 Basingstoke 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Galaxy Club (St. Joseph’s Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-03-25

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency, supporting The Alan Price Set.

📅 1966-03-25

📍 Wealdstone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Railway Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-03-26

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-03-28

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🎧 Recording: Final mixing session for the upcoming single and additional demo recordings.

📅 1966-04-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: ‘Do Anything You Say’ / ‘Good Morning Girl’ (Pye 7N 17079).

📅 1966-04-01

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-04-02

📍 Carlisle 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Holly Bush

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-04-03

📍 Dundee 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Palais (Top Ten Club)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-04-04

📍 Hawick 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Hawick Town Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-04-08

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency.

📅 1966-04-08

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromel Club (Bromley Court Hotel)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Late night performance following the Marquee show.

📅 1966-04-09

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-04-10

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Event: Bowie Showboat (1st session)
🗒️ Notes: Debut of the Sunday afternoon residency (3pm-6pm).

📅 1966-04-10

📍 Birmingham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Cedar Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Evening performance after the Marquee afternoon session.

📅 1966-04-14

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Event: Beat-Stik Charity
🗒️ Notes: Promotional event for the ‘Freedom From Hunger’ campaign.

📅 1966-04-15

📍 Greenford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Starlite Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-04-17

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Event: Bowie Showboat (2nd session)
🗒️ Notes: Sunday afternoon performance.

📅 1966-04-23

📍 Dunstable 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ California Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-04-24

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Event: Bowie Showboat (3rd session)
🗒️ Notes: Sunday afternoon performance.

📅 1966-04-25

📍 Chester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Wallaby Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-04-30

📍 Newmarket 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Victoria Drill Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-01

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-06

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday ‘Little Richard Show’ residency performance.

📅 1966-05-07

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-07

📍 Leeds 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ University of Leeds

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-08

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-13

📍 Perth 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Palais

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-14

📍 Dundee 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Palais

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-15

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-15

📍 Glasgow 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Greens Playhouse

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Evening performance following the afternoon session at the Marquee.

📅 1966-05-19

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Jack Of Clubs

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-20

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency, supporting The Alan Price Set.

📅 1966-05-21

📍 High Wycombe 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-22

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-23

📍 Dunstable 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ California Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-24

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🎧 Recording: Recording sessions for the single ‘I Dig Everything’.

📅 1966-05-25

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🎧 Recording: Continuation of recording sessions for the next single.

📅 1966-05-26

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🎧 Recording: Third day of the ‘I Dig Everything’ recording sessions.

📅 1966-05-27

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency, supporting The Alan Price Set.

📅 1966-05-29

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club (Matinee)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-05-29

📍 Blackpool 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ South Pier

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Two shows

📅 1966-06-03

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-06-04

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-05

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-10

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency, supporting The Alan Price Set.

📅 1966-06-11

📍 Dunstable 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ California Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-12

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-13

📍 Ramsgate 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pleasurama – Coronation Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-14

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Corn Exchange

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-17

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: First show of a double gig Friday.

📅 1966-06-17

📍 Catford, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-18

📍 Thetford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Guildhall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Two sets

📅 1966-06-19

📍 Fawkham, Longfield 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Brands Hatch Racing Track

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-22

📍 Shepherd’s Bush, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Lime Grove Studios

🎤 Event: BBC Television Audition
🗒️ Notes: David Bowie & The Buzz auditioned for BBC light entertainment.

📅 1966-06-23

📍 Lowestoft 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ South Pier Pavilion

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-24

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: First show of a double gig Friday.

📅 1966-06-24

📍 Dunstable 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ California Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-25

📍 Twickenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Eel Pie Island Jazz Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: An afternoon performance at this legendary venue.

📅 1966-06-26

📍 Camberley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Agincourt Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-06-27

📍 Great Yarmouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Britannia Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-07-01

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-07-02

📍 Warrington 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Lion Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz*

📅 1966-07-03

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-07-05

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🎧 Recording: Final recording session for ‘I Dig Everything’ and ‘I’m Not Losing Sleep’ with producer Tony Hatch.

📅 1966-07-08

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-07-10

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-07-15

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: First show of a double gig Friday, followed by the performance in Loughton.

📅 1966-07-15

📍 Loughton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Loughton Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-07-16

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-07-22

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-07-23

📍 High Wycombe 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-07-24

📍 Forest Gate, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Upper Cut

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-07-29

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-07-30

📍 Bishop’s Stortford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rhodes Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-08-05

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-08-06

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-08-07

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Sunday afternoon residency.

📅 1966-08-12

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: First show of a double gig Friday, followed by a performance in Leicester.

📅 1966-08-12

📍 Leicester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Latin Quarter

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-08-13

📍 Boston 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Gliderdrome

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-08-14

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Sunday afternoon residency.

📅 1966-08-18

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Jack Of Clubs

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-08-19

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: ‘I Dig Everything’ / ‘I\’m Not Losing Sleep’ (Pye 7N 17157).
🗒️ Note: Produced by Tony Hatch.

📅 1966-08-19

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance on the day of the single release.

📅 1966-08-21

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz*

📅 1966-08-26

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: First show of a double gig Friday, followed by a performance in Ramsgate.

📅 1966-08-26

📍 Ramsgate 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Coronation Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-08-27

📍 Greenford, Wembley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Starlite Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-08-28

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-02

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-09-03

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-04

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-08

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🎧 Recording: Session for ‘The London Boys’. This was David’s final recording session for Pye Records.

📅 1966-09-09

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Friday residency performance.

📅 1966-09-10

📍 Streatham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Cat’s Whisker

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: David narrowly escapes electrocution from a faulty microphone during this performance.

📅 1966-09-11

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-12

📍 Welwyn Garden City 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Woodhall Community Centre (The Hop)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-16

📍 Stoke-on-Trent 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Place

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-17

📍 Folkestone 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tofts

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-18

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-23

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-24

📍 Ashford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 2 ‘B’s Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-25

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-09-30

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: The final Friday night residency performance at the Marquee.

📅 1966-10-02

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: The final ‘Bowie Showboat’ Sunday afternoon residency performance.

📅 1966-10-08

📍 Golders Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Refectory

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-10-18

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: First session for Deram Records. Recording ‘Rubber Band’ and ‘The London Boys’.

📅 1966-10-24

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Continued sessions for the ‘Rubber Band’ single and album demos.

📅 1966-10-27

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca House

🎤 Event: Deram Contract
🗒️ Notes: David Bowie officially signs a recording contract with Deram Records, a subsidiary of Decca.

📅 1966-10-29

📍 Bognor Regis 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shoreline Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-11-04

📍 Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bromley Court Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-11-06

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-11-11

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Start of the intensive album sessions for ‘David Bowie’. Recording ‘Uncle Arthur’ and ‘She’s Got Medals’.

📅 1966-11-12

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Album sessions continue. Recording ‘There Is A Happy Land’.

📅 1966-11-13

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-11-14

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording ‘Sell Me A Coat’ and ‘Little Bombardier’.

📅 1966-11-15

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording ‘Silly Boy Blue’ and ‘Maid of Bond Street’.

📅 1966-11-16

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording ‘Come And Buy My Toys’ and ‘Join The Gang’.

📅 1966-11-18

📍 Stoke-on-Trent 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Place

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-11-19

📍 Cromer 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Olympia Ballrooms

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz*

📅 1966-11-24

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ and ‘When I Live My Dream’.

📅 1966-11-25

📍 Ramsgate 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Coronation Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-11-26

📍 Gosport 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ New Spot Club (Thorngate Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-11-27

📍 King’s Lynn 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Maid’s Head

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-12-02

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: ‘Rubber Band’ / ‘London Boys’ (Deram DM 107).
🗒️ Note: David’s first release on the Deram label.

📅 1966-12-02

📍 Shrewsbury 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Severn Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-12-08

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Final album sessions start. Recording ‘When I Live My Dream’ (album version).

📅 1966-12-09

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording ‘She’s Got Medals’ (overdubs) and ‘Please Mr. Gravedigger’ (first attempt).

📅 1966-12-10

📍 Basingstoke 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Galaxy Club (St. Joseph’s Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-12-12

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Overdubs and mixing for several album tracks.

📅 1966-12-13

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Final session for the debut album. Recording the definitive a cappella version of ‘Please Mr. Gravedigger’.

📅 1966-12-17

📍 Cheltenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Blue Moon

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: Confirmed date for the previously unknown Cheltenham performance.

📅 1966-12-24

📍 Greenford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Starlite Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz

📅 1966-12-31

📍 Fleet 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Grenville Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Buzz
🗒️ Notes: The final live performance of David Bowie with The Buzz. The band split after this show.

1967

📅 1967-01-01

📍 Ilford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Plessey Social Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (with session musicians)
🗒️ Notes: A final contractual obligation performed after the split with The Buzz.

📅 1967-01-18

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Speakeasy Club

🎤 Event: First contact with Velvet Underground
🗒️ Notes: Manager Kenneth Pitt plays an acetate of the unreleased first Velvet Underground album for David.

📅 1967-01-25

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording the demo for ‘Over The Wall We Go’, a song David wrote for the singer Oscar (Becky Lawrence).

📅 1967-01-26

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Recording the backing track for ‘The Laughing Gnome’ and ‘The Gospel According To Tony Day’.

📅 1967-01-30

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Vocal overdubs and speed-enhanced vocal effects for ‘The Laughing Gnome’.

📅 1967-02-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Saville Theatre / Private Meeting

🤝 Event: First meeting with Lindsay Kemp.
🗒️ Notes: David attends a performance by mime artist Lindsay Kemp. This meeting is a turning point, as Kemp becomes David’s mentor in movement and theatrical performance.(Notes: The meeting took place around this time).

📅 1967-02-03

📍 West Hampstead, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Final mixing and additional sound effects for ‘The Laughing Gnome’.

📅 1967-02-21

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Curzon Street

🎤 Event: Radio London Promotion
🗒️ Notes: David visits the offshore radio station’s land-based HQ to promote his upcoming work.

📅 1967-02-25

📍 Marble Arch, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Pye Studios

🎤 Artist: Paul Nicholas (Oscar)
🎧 Event: Recording session for ‘Over The Wall We Go’.
🗒️ Notes: David is present for the recording of his composition and contributes saxophone.

📅 1967-03-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Filming ‘The Image’.
🗒️ Notes: David’s first film role in a short horror film directed by Michael Armstrong. This experience heavily influenced his use of theatrical makeup later in the month.

📅 1967-03-05

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🎬 Event: Studio Session
🗒️ Notes: Opnames van ‘Toy Soldier’, ‘Silly Boy Blue’, ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’ en ‘Silver Treetop School for Boys’.

📅 1967-03-12

📍 Wardour Street, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🎬 Event: Audition
🗒️ Notes: Een middag-auditie voor de Marquee, wat resulteerde in hun boekingen voor later die maand.

📅 1967-03-12

📍 Canvey Island 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Haystack

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-03-13

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: First day of a four-day intensive rehearsal period.

📅 1967-03-14

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Rehearsals.

📅 1967-03-15

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Rehearsals.

📅 1967-03-16

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Final day of rehearsals before their debut gig in Basildon.

📅 1967-03-17

📍 Basildon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Woodlands Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: First live performance with The Riot Squad. Following their rehearsals, the band performed with white face paint. The set included a cover of “I’m Waiting For The Man”, making Bowie one of the first artists to cover The Velvet Underground.

📅 1967-03-18

📍 Stevenage 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bowes Lyon Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: The band continued their theatrical presentation using white face paint.

📅 1967-03-23

📍 Hertford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ St Nicholas Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Their fourth live show. The venue was a former church hall dating from 1892, located in St Andrew Street.

📅 1967-03-24

📍 Hoddesdon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Willows Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-03-25

📍 Farnborough 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ School of Electronics

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-03-26

📍 Bognor Regis 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shoreline Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-03-27

📍 Loughton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Loughton Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-03-28

📍 Wealdstone, Harrow, England
🏛️ Kodak’s Social Club, Eastman Hall

🎤 Artist: The Riot Squad

📅 1967-03-31

📍 Woolwich, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shakespeare Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-04-03

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios, West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘The London Boys’
🗒️ Notes: David records a new version of ‘The London Boys’ intended for his debut album, though it remained unreleased at the time.

📅 1967-04-06

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tiles Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: A popular underground Mod club in Oxford Street.

📅 1967-04-09

📍 Stockport 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tabernacle Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: A Sunday night performance at this famous Northern soul and beat venue.

📅 1967-04-13

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tiles Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-04-14

💿 Release: “The Laughing Gnome” / “The Gospel According To Tony Day”

🗒️ Notes: Release of David’s first single on the Deram label (Deram DM 123). The record fails to chart initially but becomes a massive hit upon reissue in 1973.

📅 1967-04-15

📍 Brave 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Brave Knight

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-04-21

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Part of the Friday night residency. Supporting The Move.

📅 1967-04-22

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Performance with [The Riot Squad].

📅 1967-04-28

📍 Woolwich, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shakespeare Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📅 1967-04-29

📍 Tilbury 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Post-1900 Club (Speedway Control Bus)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: A very unusual venue; the club was located in a converted bus.

📅 1967-05-02

📍 Leighton Buzzard 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bossard Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: David’s final live performance with The Riot Squad. After this gig, he officially left the band to focus on his solo career. On the same day, he attended a session at Decca Studios for ‘Silly Boy Blue’.

📅 1967-05-13

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Press Interview
🗒️ Notes: David is interviewed by the music press regarding his upcoming debut album and the ‘Laughing Gnome’ single.

📅 1967-05-20

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie

📅 1967-05-24

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Silver Treetop School For Boys’
🗒️ Notes: David records a demo of this song for the band The Slender Plenty. The session was produced by Tony Hatch.

📅 1967-05-29

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Everything Is You’
🗒️ Notes: A demo session for a song David wrote for the band The Beatstalkers.

📅 1967-06-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: David Bowie (Debut Album)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Released on [Deram Records](https://www.bowiebible.com) (Mono: AM 1007 / Stereo: SML 1007).

📅 1967-06-03

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ and ‘Little Bombardier’
🗒️ Notes: Overdub sessions for the single version of ‘Love You Till Tuesday’. Later that evening, David performs at The Yacht Tavern in Greenwich.

📅 1967-06-09

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Orchestral overdubs for ‘Love You Till Tuesday’
🗒️ Notes: Strings arranged by Ivor Raymonde are added to the track. This version was intended for the single release, aiming for a more commercial sound than the album version.

📅 1967-06-13

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Silver Treetop School For Boys’
🗒️ Notes: A session for the Scottish band The Beatstalkers. David participates in the recording of this song, which he wrote.

📅 1967-06-24

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Recording backing vocals
🗒️ Notes: David records backing vocals for The Flower Pot Men’s hit ‘Let’s Go To San Francisco’ at Southern Music Studios.

📅 1967-07-01

📍 Margate 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Dreamland Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A rare live appearance during a month focused on the release of his new single.

📅 1967-07-02

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🎬 Event: Television Appearance
🗒️ Notes: David performs a mime piece on ‘The Fanola Brothers’ (The George and Bernie Show). This marks one of his earliest explorations into the world of mime on television.

📅 1967-07-05

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Little Bombardier’ and ‘Silly Boy Blue’
🗒️ Notes: Further orchestral overdub sessions for potential single releases.

📅 1967-07-12

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Silver Treetop School For Boys’
🗒️ Notes: David attends and assists during a recording session for The Beatstalkers. He wrote the song specifically for the band.

📅 1967-07-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: “Love You Till Tuesday” / “Did You Ever Have A Dream”
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Released on [Deram Records](https://www.bowiebible.com) (DM 135). A new version of the song from his debut album.

📅 1967-08-05

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A solo performance.

📅 1967-08-07

📍 Eskdalemuir 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Scotland
🏛️ Samye Ling Tibetan Centre

🧘 Event: Bowie’s Tibetan Retreat.
🗒️ Notes: David spends a week at the Buddhist monastery. This spiritual journey deeply influences his songwriting, particularly ‘Karma Man’.

📅 1967-08-10

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Flower Pot Men Rehearsals
🗒️ Notes: David rehearses as a backing singer for the touring version of The Flower Pot Men. He eventually declines the job, famously stating he disliked the ‘flower power’ uniforms.

📅 1967-08-14

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’ and ‘Karma Man’
🗒️ Notes: A landmark session marking the first collaboration with producer Tony Visconti. This partnership would define much of Bowie’s future career.

📅 1967-08-20

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Solo performance.

📅 1967-09-01

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’.

📅 1967-09-03

📍 Maldon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Down Beat Club (The Swan Hotel Ballroom)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Solo performance.

📅 1967-09-13

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Advision Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘Social Girl’ (Demo)
🗒️ Notes: David records a demo of this song, which was later considered for other artists but remained unreleased for years. Produced by Tony Visconti.

📅 1967-09-15

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Completion of the recording for ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’.

📅 1967-09-18

📍 Floral Street, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Dance Centre

🎬 Event: Mime Training with Lindsay Kemp
🗒️ Notes: David begins intensive classes with mime artist Lindsay Kemp. This meeting is a turning point in his career, introducing him to theatrical performance and avant-garde dance.

📅 1967-10-02

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’ and ‘Karma Man’
🗒️ Notes: Final vocal and instrumental overdubs produced by Tony Visconti.

📅 1967-10-14

📍 Bognor Regis 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shoreline Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A solo performance at this coastal venue, returning to the club he previously played with The Riot Squad.

📅 1967-10-27

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Piccadilly Studios

🎬 Event: BBC Radio 1 ‘Top Gear’ Session
🎧 Songs: ‘Love You Till Tuesday’, ‘When I Live My Dream’, ‘Little Bombardier’, ‘Silly Boy Blue’, ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’.
🗒️ Notes: David’s first radio session for the BBC. Produced by Bernie Andrews and featuring The Arthur Greenslade Orchestra.

📅 1967-11-10

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘C’est La Vie’ (Demo)
🗒️ Notes: David records a demo of this song (also known as ‘Everything Is You’). Produced by Tony Visconti.

📅 1967-11-19

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Dorchester Hotel (Park Lane)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Performance at the ‘Loftus Ball’ charity event. Accompanied by the Arthur Greenslade Orchestra.

📅 1967-11-28

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Rehearsals for ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🗒️ Notes: David begins intensive rehearsals with Lindsay Kemp and Jack Birkett (The Great Orlando) for the upcoming production at the New Arts Theatre, Oxford.

📅 1967-12-02

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for a new version of ‘When I Live My Dream’.

📅 1967-12-05

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios, West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: The Beatstalkers (produced by David Bowie)
🎧 Recording: ‘Wait Until Morning’ and ‘Silver Treetops School for Boys’.
🗒️ Notes: David provides the songs and assists in the production for the Scottish band.

📅 1967-12-13

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’
🗒️ Notes: Final production and mixing session for the intended next single. Produced by Tony Visconti.

📅 1967-12-18

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
📻 Event: Radio Broadcast: BBC ‘Top Gear’

🎵 Set:
01 Love You Till Tuesday
02 When I Live My Dream
03 Little Bombardier
04 Silly Boy Blue
05 In The Heat Of The Morning
🗒️ Notes: First broadcast of the session recorded on October 27, 1967. This marks David’s national radio debut on the newly launched BBC Radio 1.

📅 1967-12-28

📍 Oxford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ New Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’ (World Premiere)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: David plays the role of ‘Cloud’ in this mime-based play. He also composed and performed the songs for the production.

1968

📅 1968-01-01

📍 Whitehaven 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-01-03

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-01-04

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-01-05

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-01-12

📍 Palmers Green, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Intimate Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Opening night of the London run.

📅 1968-01-26

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🤝 Event: Management Transition
🗒️ Notes: David focuses on the transition from Ralph Horton to Kenneth Pitt. No studio recordings took place on this day (the Decca session occurred in Sept ’67).

📅 1968-01-30

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Rehearsals for ‘The Pistol Shot’
🗒️ Notes: David begins rehearsals for the BBC television play ‘The Pistol Shot’. It is during these rehearsals that he first meets dancer Hermione Farthingale, who would become his muse and partner.

📅 1968-02-05

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Start of a six-night residency performing ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’.

📅 1968-02-06

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Second night of ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’.

📅 1968-02-07

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-02-08

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-02-09

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-02-10

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Closing night of the Mercury Theatre residency.

📅 1968-02-22

📍 Manchester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ University of Manchester (Debating Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Performance of ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’.

📅 1968-02-23

📍 Manchester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ University of Manchester (Debating Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-02-26

📍 Streatham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Cat’s Whiskers

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎬 Event: International Mime Festival
🗒️ Notes: David performs his celebrated mime piece ‘The Mask’. This performance is a highlight of his work with the Lindsay Kemp Company.

📅 1968-02-27

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Centre

🎬 Event: Filming ‘The Pistol Shot’
🗒️ Notes: First day of recording for the BBC ‘Thirty-Minute Theatre’ play. David plays the role of Piotr, performing alongside Hermione Farthingale.

📅 1968-03-05

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-06

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-07

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-08

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-09

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-10

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-11

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-12

📍 London & Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios / Arts Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David records ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ at Decca Studios (Studio 2) in West Hampstead during the day, before traveling to Cambridge for an evening performance of ‘Pierrot In Turquoise’.

📅 1968-03-13

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-14

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-15

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company

📅 1968-03-16

📍 Cambridge 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Final performance of the Cambridge run for ‘Pierrot In Turquoise’.

📅 1968-03-18

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: Mixing Session
🗒️ Notes: David attends the mixing session for The Beatstalkers tracks ‘Everything Is You’ and ‘When I’m Five’.

📅 1968-03-26

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company 🗒️ Notes: The production transfers from the Mercury Theatre to the Intimate Theatre for its final week of performances (March 26–30).

📅 1968-03-27

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ CBS Studios, New Bond Street

🎤 Artist: The Beatstalkers (feat. David Bowie)
🗒️ Notes: Corrected location. Bowie provides backing vocals and production assistance for ‘Everything Is You’ and ‘When I’m Five’. He reportedly received a session fee of £9.

📅 1968-03-29

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for vocal overdubs on ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’. Verified by [Nicholas Pegg](https://www.nicholaspegg.com).

📅 1968-03-30

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Intimate Theatre, Palmers Green

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company 🗒️ Notes: Final performance of the ‘Pierrot In Turquoise’ run at the Intimate Theatre.

📅 1968-04-03

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Vocal overdubs
🗒️ Notes: David records additional vocals for ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’. Produced by Tony Visconti.

📅 1968-04-10

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Second recording session for ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’.

📅 1968-04-11

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
📻 Event: Television Broadcast: ‘The Pistol Shot’

🗒️ Notes: Broadcast of the BBC ‘Thirty-Minute Theatre’ play (recorded in February). David’s professional acting debut on television, playing the role of Piotr.

📅 1968-04-18

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 3), West Hampstead

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Corrected entry. Mixing session for the tracks recorded on April 3 and 10. These versions remained unreleased for several years after Deram rejected the single.

📅 1968-04-22

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Advision Studios, Marylebone

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie visits Advision Studios during a session for the band ‘The Juniors’. He meets guitarist Mick Wayne, who would later play on ‘Space Oddity’.

📅 1968-05-13

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Piccadilly Studios (Studio 1)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for John Peel’s ‘Top Gear’ (BBC Radio 1). Bowie is backed by the 14-piece Tony Visconti Orchestra. Songs recorded: ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’, ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’, ‘Karma Man’, ‘When I’m Five’, and ‘Silly Boy Blue’.

📅 1968-05-19

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs a mime piece titled ‘Jetsun and the Eagle’ (about the Chinese invasion of Tibet). This event was compered by John Peel and also featured Tyrannosaurus Rex.

📅 1968-05-20

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Two Television

🎬 Event: Television Broadcast (Repeat)
🗒️ Notes: A repeat broadcast of the BBC play ‘The Pistol Shot’ (Theatre 625). David’s appearance as Piotr led to his pivotal meeting with dancer Hermione Farthingale during rehearsals in January.

📅 1968-05-22

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Advision Studios

🎧 Recording: Remix Session
🗒️ Notes: David and Tony Visconti remix the ‘Top Gear’ version of ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ for a potential single release.

📅 1968-05-26

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Radio 1

🎤 Event: Radio Broadcast
🗒️ Notes: First broadcast of Bowie’s ‘Top Gear’ session, recorded earlier on May 13.

📅 1968-05-31

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca / Deram Records

🗒️ Notes: Deram Records officially rejects the release of the single ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’ / ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’. This marks the end of David’s creative output for the label.

📅 1968-06-03

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Royal Festival Hall, South Bank

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Solo Mime)
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs his mime piece ‘The Mask’ at the ‘Midsummer High’ concert. He shares the bill with Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stefan Grossman, and The Family.

📅 1968-06-15

📍 South Kensington, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎬 Event: Personal Milestone
🗒️ Notes: David moves out of Kenneth Pitt’s apartment and moves in with Hermione Farthingale at her room in Clareville Grove. This location becomes the creative hub for their partnership.

📅 1968-06-22

📍 Piccadilly Circus, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ London Pavilion

🎬 Event: Film Premiere: ‘Yellow Submarine’
🗒️ Notes: David attends the world premiere of The Beatles’ animated film, reflecting his growing interest in the intersection of pop music and visual art.

📅 1968-06-28

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Middle Earth Club, Covent Garden

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Supplemental entry. Bowie performs a solo set at the Middle Earth Club on a bill featuring The Pretty Things and July.

📅 1968-07-01

📍 South Kensington, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎬 Event: Personal Milestone
🗒️ Notes: David and Hermione are now fully settled in their room at Clareville Grove. This location serves as the rehearsal space for their developing musical and mime act.

📅 1968-07-08

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ —

🎤 Event: Film Post-production
🗒️ Notes: Bowie records voice-overs for the short film ‘The Image’.

📅 1968-07-09

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Place of Work unknown

🎤 Event: Film Screen Test
🗒️ Notes: Bowie undergoes a screen test for a film project titled ‘Luv’. Although the project does not materialize for him, it shows his continued focus on acting during this period.

📅 1968-07-17

📍 Piccadilly Circus, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ London Pavilion

🎬 Event: World Premiere: ‘Yellow Submarine’
🗒️ Notes: David attends the official world premiere of The Beatles’ animated feature. His interest in the film’s visual style influences his own theatrical ideas.

📅 1968-07-24

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Location

🎤 Event: Film Screen Test
🗒️ Notes: Bowie undergoes a screen test for the role of Laertes in a film production of ‘Hamlet’ to be directed by Tony Richardson. The role eventually went to Nathaniel West.

📅 1968-08-01

📍 South Kensington, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Hermione Farthingale
🗒️ Notes: David and Hermione begin intensive rehearsals for their new mixed-media act. They develop the foundation of what will soon become the trio Feathers.

📅 1968-08-28

📍 South Kensington, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎤 Artist: Feathers (Inception)
🗒️ Notes: John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson joins David and Hermione, completing the trio. They begin rehearsing a repertoire blending folk music, poetry, and mime.

📅 1968-08-31

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Location

🎤 Event: Professional Photography
🗒️ Notes: Around this time, various publicity shots are taken of the new trio. Bowie is keen to market the group as a serious artistic collective following his departure from Deram.

📅 1968-09-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm

🎤 Artist: Turquoise
🗒️ Notes: Debut performance of the trio featuring David Bowie, Hermione Farthingale, and Tony Hill. They performed as part of a benefit concert for ‘The Living Theatre’.

📅 1968-09-16

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Advision Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘Back To Where You’ve Never Been’ and ‘Ching-a-Lings’
🗒️ Notes: First professional studio session for the trio. Produced by Tony Visconti.

📅 1968-09-21

📍 Shepperton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shepperton Studios

🎬 Event: Filming ‘The Virgin Soldiers’
🗒️ Notes: David begins work as an extra, playing a soldier in this feature film. He continues this work periodically through October.

📅 1968-09-24

📍 Denmark Street, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Central Sound Studios

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🎧 Recording: ‘Ching-a-Lings’ (Demo)
🗒️ Notes: The trio records a demo version of ‘Ching-a-Lings’. This is one of the first official recordings of the definitive Feathers line-up (Bowie, Farthingale, Hutchinson).

📅 1968-10-11

📍 Coventry 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Lanchester College of Technology

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: One of the earliest confirmed live performances by the trio, showcasing their mix of folk, mime, and poetry.

📅 1968-10-15

📍 St Anne’s Court, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Trident Studios

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🎧 Recording: ‘Ching-a-Lings’
🗒️ Notes: First recording session at Trident Studios. The trio records a more polished version of ‘Ching-a-Lings’ produced by Tony Visconti.

📅 1968-10-25

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Lyceum Ballroom, Strand

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: Supplemental entry. Feathers perform at the ‘Love-In’ event, sharing the bill with bands like The Deviants and Jethro Tull.

📅 1968-10-26

📍 Canterbury 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Canterbury College of Art

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: The trio performs their multimedia show for a student audience. This gig is well-documented in the memoirs of John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson.

📅 1968-11-08

📍 Covent Garden, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Middle Earth Club

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: A prestigious performance at one of London’s leading underground clubs. The trio shares the bill with Terry Reid and Caravan.

📅 1968-11-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Unknown Location

🎤 Event: Film Audition
🗒️ Notes: Supplemental entry. Bowie auditions for a role in the film ‘The Virgin Soldiers’ beyond his extra work. Although he does not get a larger part, he remains in the production as an extra.

📅 1968-11-16

📍 Birmingham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Lab

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: Cancelled. The performance was called off after the band’s car broke down on the way to the venue.

📅 1968-11-17

📍 Haverstock Hill, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Country Club

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: Feathers perform their multimedia show at this North London venue, which was a popular spot for up-and-coming folk and progressive acts.

📅 1968-11-23

📍 Falmer, Sussex 🇬🇧
🏛️ Sussex University

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Solo Mime)
🗒️ Notes: David performs a solo mime set during a concert that also featured the band The Deviants.

📅 1968-12-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Banister House, Hackney

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: Supplemental entry. Feathers perform a concert at this community venue in East London.

📅 1968-12-15

📍 Willesden, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Morgan Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘Space Oddity’ (First Demo)
🗒️ Notes: David and John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson record the very first acoustic demo of ‘Space Oddity’. This version features the duo’s harmony vocals and David on Stylophone.

📅 1968-12-24

📍 Falmouth 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Personal Milestone
🗒️ Notes: David and Hermione travel to Falmouth to spend Christmas with Hermione’s family. This visit leads to the Feathers performance at the Princess Pavilion two days later.

📅 1968-12-26

📍 Falmouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Princess Pavilion

🎤 Artist: Feathers
🗒️ Notes: A Boxing Day performance in Hermione’s hometown. The set includes folk songs, mime pieces, and the use of a Stylophone, which David had recently acquired.

1969

📅 1969-01-10

📍 Birmingham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Arts Lab

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Solo Mime/Live)
🗒️ Notes: David performs at the Birmingham Arts Lab, a key venue for the underground scene.

📅 1969-01-12

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🎬 Event: Filming ‘Luv’ Ice Cream Commercial
🗒️ Notes: David appears in a TV commercial for Luv ice cream, directed by Ridley Scott. Filming took place over two days (Jan 12-13).

📅 1969-01-22

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Trident Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ Soundtrack
🗒️ Notes: Start of sessions to record the film soundtrack, including the German versions ‘Lieb’ Dich Bis Dienstag’ and ‘Mit Mir In Deiner Welt’.

📅 1969-01-25

📍 South Kensington, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎧 Recording: The Clareville Grove Demos
🗒️ Notes: David and John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson record a legendary tape including ‘Space Oddity’, ‘Letter To Hermione’, and ‘An Occasional Dream’.

📅 1969-01-26

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Chelsea Manor Studios

🎬 Event: Filming ‘Space Oddity’
🗒️ Notes: David films the ‘Space Oddity’ segment for the ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ promotional film. This is the first visual representation of Major Tom.

📅 1969-01-29

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Chelsea Manor Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘When I’m Five’
🗒️ Notes: David records the vocal track for ‘When I’m Five’ for the ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ film soundtrack.

📅 1969-01-30

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🎤 Artist: Feathers
🎬 Event: Filming ‘Ching-a-Ling’
🗒️ Notes: The trio (Bowie, Hermione, Hutch) performs for the ‘Love You Till Tuesday’ cameras.

📅 1969-02-02

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎤 Artist: Feathers (Bowie & Hutch)
🗒️ Notes: 100% confirmed. Recording of the ‘Clareville Grove Demos’. While Hermione is part of the group, the recordings focus on the harmony vocals of David and Hutch.

📅 1969-02-07

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Chelsea Manor Studios

🎬 Event: Final filming for ‘Love You Till Tuesday’
🗒️ Notes: The final day of filming, featuring the song ‘Sell Me A Coat’. Immediately after the session, Hermione Farthingale leaves David for good to film ‘Song of Norway’ in Scandinavia, effectively ending their relationship and the trio Feathers.

📅 1969-02-14

📍 Portsmouth 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Guildhall

🎭 Event: Mime Performance (‘The Mask’)
🗒️ Notes: David performs solo mime as the support act for Tyrannosaurus Rex on their UK tour.

📅 1969-02-15

📍 Birmingham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Town Hall

🎭 Event: Mime Performance (‘The Mask’)
🗒️ Notes: Tour support for Tyrannosaurus Rex.

📅 1969-02-16

📍 Croydon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Fairfield Halls

🎭 Event: Mime Performance (‘The Mask’)
🗒️ Notes: Tour support for Tyrannosaurus Rex.

📅 1969-02-18

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Dome

🎭 Event: Mime Performance (‘The Mask’)
🗒️ Notes: Tour support for Tyrannosaurus Rex.

📅 1969-03-10

📍 Broadhurst Gardens, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Decca Studios (Studio 2), West Hampstead

🎧 Recording: ‘Space Oddity’ (Demo)
🗒️ Notes: David and John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson record another acoustic demo of ‘Space Oddity’. This tape is instrumental in securing a new record deal with Mercury Records.

📅 1969-03-15

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🤝 Event: Mercury Records Deal
🗒️ Notes: Following the strength of the recent demos, Simon Hayes secures a one-album deal (with an option for more) with Mercury Records for David.

📅 1969-04-20

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 22 Clareville Grove

🎤 Event: Band Dissolution
🗒️ Notes: Official end of Feathers. John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson leaves the group to return to Yorkshire. Bowie continues as a solo artist under the direction of Mercury/Philips.

📅 1969-04-30

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Aeolian Hall, Bond Street

🎤 Event: BBC Radio Audition
🗒️ Notes: David performs solo for a BBC talent panel. The internal report famously states: “Amateur sounding” and “No personality”. He is rejected for future radio sessions, just months before ‘Space Oddity’ becomes a hit.

📅 1969-05-04

📍 Beckenham, Kent 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Three Tuns (Pub)

🎤 Event: First Arts Lab Meeting
🗒️ Notes: David and Mary Finnigan organize the first meeting of the Beckenham Arts Lab. This community project becomes David’s creative focus for the summer of ’69.

📅 1969-05-10

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Speakeasy Club

🤝 Event: Meeting Angela Barnett (Angie)
🗒️ Notes: David meets Angela Barnett for the first time. This meeting is a major turning point in his personal and professional life. Bevestigd door [The Bowie Bible](https://www.bowiebible.com).

📅 1969-05-15

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club, Soho

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Solo)
🗒️ Notes: Supplemental entry. Bowie performs a solo acoustic set, supported by musicians from the Arts Lab.

📅 1969-05-18

📍 Beckenham, Kent 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Three Tuns

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David performs a solo acoustic set at the Beckenham Arts Lab. These Sunday night sessions become a laboratory for his new folk-rock material.

📅 1969-05-22

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Centre (Studio 4), White City

📺 Event: TV Recording ‘Colour Me Pop’
🗒️ Notes: Corrected date. Bowie records a live-to-tape performance of ‘Space Oddity’ for the BBC2 show ‘Colour Me Pop’. It is his first major solo TV appearance of the year.

📅 1969-05-23

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Wigmore Hall

🎭 Event: Guest Mime Performance
🗒️ Notes: David performs a guest mime spot during Tim Hollier’s concert.

📅 1969-05-25

📍 Beckenham, Kent 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Three Tuns

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Another Sunday session at the Arts Lab. David is increasingly focused on building a local community of artists, as documented in Kevin Cann’s ‘Any Day Now’.

📅 1969-06-14

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Two Television

📺 Event: TV Broadcast ‘Colour Me Pop’
🗒️ Notes: Nationwide broadcast of the performance recorded on May 22. This appearance is vital for building momentum ahead of the Apollo 11 moon landing.

📅 1969-06-20

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Trident Studios, Soho

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording of the definitive single version of ‘Space Oddity’ and its B-side ‘Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud’. Produced by Gus Dudgeon, featuring Rick Wakeman on Mellotron and Paul Buckmaster’s orchestral arrangement.

📅 1969-06-29

📍 Beckenham, Kent 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Three Tuns

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A benefit concert for the Beckenham Arts Lab. David performs a long set to raise funds for the upcoming Free Festival.

📅 1969-07-11

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Release Day

🚀 Single Release: ‘Space Oddity’ / ‘Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud’

📅 1969-07-16

📍 St Anne’s Court, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Trident Studios

🎧 Recording: Start of Album Sessions
🗒️ Notes: David begins recording his second album with producer Tony Visconti and the band Junior’s Eyes. Tracks recorded this week include ‘Janine’ and ‘An Occasional Dream’.

📅 1969-07-20

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🚀 Event: Apollo 11 Moon Landing
🗒️ Notes: As Neil Armstrong walks on the moon, the BBC uses ‘Space Oddity’ as background music for their coverage. This historical coincidence helps propel the single into the charts.

📅 1969-07-22

📍 St Anne’s Court, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Trident Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘Cygnet Committee’
🗒️ Notes: Work continues on David’s most ambitious track to date, reflecting his disillusionment with the hippy movement and the Beckenham Arts Lab.

📅 1969-07-26

📍 Floriana 🇲🇹, Malta
🏛️ Independence Arena

🎤 Performance: ‘Another Little Star’
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Malta International Song Festival. He receives the award for ‘Best Produced Record’ on behalf of the production team.

📅 1969-08-05

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎬 Event: Death of Haywood ‘John’ Jones
🗒️ Notes: David’s father passes away from pneumonia. Despite his grief, David continues working on his album and the upcoming festival, reflecting his intense professional focus.

📅 1969-08-16

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Croydon Road Recreation Ground

🎤 Event: Beckenham Free Festival (Growth Summer Festival)
🗒️ Note: Inspiration for ‘Memory of a Free Festival’.

📅 1969-08-20

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Trident Studios, Soho

🎤 Recording: ‘Space Oddity’ Album Sessions
🗒️ Notes: Final recordings and overdubs for the album tracks ‘Cygnet Committee’ and ‘Memory of a Free Festival’.

📅 1969-08-25

📍 Hilversum 🇳🇱, Netherlands
🏛️ AVRO TV Studios

📺 Event: TV Recording: ‘Doebidoe’
🗒️ Notes: David travels to the Netherlands to record a performance of ‘Space Oddity’ for the AVRO show ‘Doebidoe’. This is his first appearance on Dutch television.

📅 1969-08-26

📍 Notting Hill, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Vernon Yard

📸 Event: Album Cover Photoshoot
🗒️ Notes: Photographer Vernon Dewhurst takes the iconic portrait of David with his perm. The image, combined with Victor Vasarely’s op-art, becomes the cover for the ‘David Bowie’ (Space Oddity) album.

📅 1969-09-13

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Big Apple

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A solo performance at this famous Brighton venue. At this point, ‘Space Oddity’ is steadily climbing the UK charts.

📅 1969-09-20

📍 Leicester 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Free Lane

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A live performance confirmed by Kevin Cann. At this time, Bowie was frequently performing solo to promote the success of the ‘Space Oddity’ single.

📅 1969-09-24

📍 St Anne’s Court, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Trident Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘Conversation Piece’
🗒️ Notes: David records ‘Conversation Piece’ with producer Tony Visconti. Although left off the upcoming album, it later becomes the B-side to ‘The Prettiest Star’ in 1970 [5].

📅 1969-09-28

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Three Tuns Public House

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Beckenham Arts Lab. This session is notable for being recorded on a domestic tape recorder, portions of which have appeared on various releases.

📅 1969-09-29

📍 Hilversum 🇳🇱, Netherlands
📺 Event: TV Broadcast: ‘Doebidoe’
🗒️ Notes: Dutch TV broadcast of David’s performance recorded at the AVRO studios in August.

📅 1969-10-01

📍 London Borough of Bromley 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bal Tabarin

🎤 Artist: David Bowie

📅 1969-10-02

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Television Centre, White City

📺 Event: TV Recording ‘Top Of The Pops’
🗒️ Notes: Bowie makes his debut on Top Of The Pops, performing ‘Space Oddity’. The performance is broadcast later that evening.

📅 1969-10-10

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Purley Orchard

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Junior’s Eyes
🗒️ Notes: Performance at this Surrey venue, backed by the musicians from Junior’s Eyes who also played on the ‘Space Oddity’ album.

📅 1969-10-19

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Three Tuns Public House

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A performance at the Beckenham Arts Lab. Despite his national success with ‘Space Oddity’, Bowie continues to support the local Arts Lab movement.

📅 1969-10-20

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Aeolian Hall (Studio 2)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Junior’s Eyes
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for BBC Radio 1’s ‘The Dave Lee Travis Show’. Accompanied by Junior’s Eyes, Bowie performs ‘Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed’, ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’, and ‘Janine’.

📅 1969-10-21

📍 Beckenham, Kent 🇬🇧
🏛️ Haddon Hall

🎬 Event: Moving to Haddon Hall
🗒️ Notes: David and Angie move into a large ground-floor flat in this Victorian mansion. Haddon Hall will serve as his home and rehearsal space during the creation of his most iconic early 70s albums.

📅 1969-10-25

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Ealing College of Technology

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Junior’s Eyes
🗒️ Notes: Another university circuit performance. Bowie is increasingly established as a significant solo act following his Top 10 success.

📅 1969-10-29

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Lyceum Ballroom, Strand

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Junior’s Eyes
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs a major London set at the ‘Love-In’ festival, backed by the band Junior’s Eyes.

📅 1969-10-31

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
💿 Release: ‘David Bowie’ (Space Oddity) Album

🗒️ Notes: Release of David’s second studio album on the Philips label (SBL 7912). Despite the success of the title track, the album initially fails to chart.

📅 1969-11-03

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🚀 Event: ‘Space Oddity’ peaks at No. 5
🗒️ Notes: The single reaches its peak position in the UK Charts (No. 5) following extensive TV and radio promotion.

📅 1969-11-07

📍 Perth 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Blue Web Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-11-08

📍 Auchinleck & Kilmarnock 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Community Centre / Grand Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-11-09

📍 Dunfermline 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Kinema Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-11-10

📍 Zürich 🇨🇭, Switzerland
🏛️ TV-Studios (Hits à Gogo)

🎬 Event: TV Performance: ‘Hits à Gogo’
🗒️ Notes: David travels to Switzerland to mime ‘Space Oddity’ for the SRF/ZDF co-production. Bevestigd door [Kevin Cann](https://www.goodreads.com).

📅 1969-11-14

📍 Kirkcaldy 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Adam Smith Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-11-14

📍 Edinburgh 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Frisco’s Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)
🗒️ Notes: Second performance of the day in Scotland. Earlier in the evening, Bowie performed at the Adam Smith Hall in Kirkcaldy.

📅 1969-11-15

📍 Dundee 🇬🇧, Scotland
🏛️ Caird Hall

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Performance cancelled due to poor ticket sales. Historical records from Kevin Cann indicate that only 20 tickets were sold for the event.

📅 1969-11-17

📍 Bristol 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ TWW Studios

📺 Event: TV Recording ‘Discs-a-Gogo’
🗒️ Notes: Bowie records a performance of ‘Space Oddity’ for the regional music show.

📅 1969-11-19

📍 Brighton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Brighton Dome

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-11-20

📍 South Bank, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Purcell Room

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-11-22

📍 Mainz 🇩🇪, Germany
🏛️ ZDF Studios

📺 Event: TV Appearance ‘Musik Für Junge Leute’
🗒️ Notes: Bowie appears on German television to perform ‘Space Oddity’, further promoting the single across Europe.

📅 1969-11-30

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ London Palladium

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-12-07

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Three Tuns (Beckenham Arts Lab)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-12-13

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club, Soho

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie makes a guest appearance at the Marquee Club. Although not a full concert, his presence at the venue is documented by Kevin Cann.

📅 1969-12-14

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Three Tuns (Beckenham Arts Lab)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-12-18

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Studios

📺 Event: TV Recording ‘Cilla’ (The Cilla Black Show)
🗒️ Notes: Bowie records ‘Space Oddity’ for Cilla Black’s popular variety show, broadcast later in the month.

📅 1969-12-20

📍 Willesden, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Morgan Studios

🎤 Recording: ‘Ragazzo Solo, Ragazza Sola’ (Italian ‘Space Oddity’)

📅 1969-12-21

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Three Tuns (Beckenham Arts Lab)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)

📅 1969-12-28

📍 Beckenham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Three Tuns (Beckenham Arts Lab)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Live)
🗒️ Notes: David’s final performance of the decade at the Arts Lab. He concludes a transformative year that saw him rise from an underground artist to a Top 5 chart success.

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1970

📅 1970-01-04

📍 Beckenham, England
🏛️ The Three Tuns Public House
🎤 David Bowie
🗒️ The Arts Lab

📅 1970-01-08

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Trident Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘The Prettiest Star’
🗒️ Notes: On his 23rd birthday, David records a new single featuring Marc Bolan on lead guitar. The session, produced by Tony Visconti, was reportedly tense due to the rivalry between the two stars.

📅 1970-01-11

📍 Beckenham, England
🏛️ The Three Tuns Public House
🎤 David Bowie
🗒️ The Arts Lab

📅 1970-01-14

📍 Lewisham, London, England
🏛️ Old Tiger Heads
🎤 David Bowie

📅 1970-01-15

📍 Soho, London 🇬🇧
🏛️ Trident Studios

🎧 Recording: ‘The Prettiest Star’ (Final Mix)
🗒️ Notes: Completion of the single. David also prepares for a short promotional trip to Scotland.

📅 1970-01-18

📍 Beckenham, England
🏛️ The Tree Tuns Public House
🎤 David Bowie
🗒️ The Arts Lab

📅 1970-01-25

📍 Beckenham, Kent 🇬🇧
🏛️ The Three Tuns

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David’s final regular Sunday night appearance at the Beckenham Arts Lab. After this, he officially shifts his focus to his new electric band and rehearsals at Haddon Hall.

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Diedrich

May 8, 2021 at 5:57 pm

ow … this is really new to me, are you sure about this?
Thanks Johnny
Johnny Soto

May 8, 2021 at 3:54 pm

I just learned from a good source that Davy Jones and the Lower Third opened for THE WHO on Aug 20, 1965 at The Pavilion Ballroom Bournemouth. I am in the process of trying to locate the newspaper clipping that would have promoted the show. The reason I know is because I am doing an archive project of ALL shows by The Who and found this one out from a source in Bournemouth. Do you have anything on this show? It was not listed in your 1965 show dates.

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