David Bowie Solo 1967-july 1968 + The Riot Squad

📍 Ilford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Plessey Social Club

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

📍 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.

📍 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).

📍 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’.

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

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

📍 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.

📍 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.

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

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

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

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

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

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

📍 Tottenham, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The Swan

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

📍 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.

📍 Stevenage 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Bowes Lyon Youth Centre

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

📍 Hertford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ St Nicholas Hall

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

📍 Hoddesdon 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Willows Youth Centre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

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

🎤 Artist: The Riot Squad

📍 Battersea, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Battersea Arts Centre (Town Hall)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 Woolwich, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shakespeare Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

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

🎧 Recording: New version of ‘The London Boys’.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tiles Club

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

📍 Stockport 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tabernacle Club

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

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Tiles Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

💿 Release: “The Laughing Gnome” / “The Gospel According To Tony Day”
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: A landmark day featuring both a [single release on Deram](https://www.bowiebible.com) and a live performance.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

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

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

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

📍 Woolwich, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shakespeare Hotel

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad

📍 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.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: ‘Silly Boy Blue’ and ‘Silver Treetops School For Boys’.
🗒️ Notes: These recordings were produced by Tony Hatch as potential material for other artists or future singles.

📍 Leighton Buzzard, England
🏛️ Bossard Hall

🎤 Artist: The Riot Squad

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie & The Riot Squad
🗒️ Notes: Part of the Friday night residency. Supporting Gary Farr and the T-Bones.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Friday night residency. Supporting [The Move](https://www.themarqueeclub.net).

📍 Birmingham 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rainbow Suite

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Located above the Birmingham Co-operative Society.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Jimi Hendrix Experience. A legendary pairing of two future icons in the London club scene.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A special Wednesday night appearance.

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

🎧 Recording: ‘Everything Is You’ and ‘Miss Biff The Clown’.

📍 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).

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Move.

📍 London, England
🏛️ Decca Studios

🎤 Artist: David Bowie

🎵 Set:
01 Love You Till Tuesday

📍 Greenwich, London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ The G-Club (The Yacht Tavern)

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A performance at the Yacht Tavern in Greenwich.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: Orchestral overdubs for ‘Love You Till Tuesday’.
🗒️ Notes: String arrangements by Ivor Raymonde are added to create the more commercial single version.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

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

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Supporting Pink Floyd. A historic encounter between Bowie and Syd Barrett’s Floyd.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Syn (featuring Chris Squire).

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Marquee Club

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Supporting The Workshop. Final night of David’s successful Friday night residency at the Marquee.

📍 Margate 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Dreamland Ballroom

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A rare live appearance during a month focused on the release of his new single. [Bowie Bible](https://www.bowiebible.com) confirmed.

📍 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.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’.
🗒️ Notes: Produced by Mike Vernon. This was an early attempt at a follow-up single.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: ‘Zion’ (a.k.a. ‘Calyx’ / ‘Children of the Silent Age’ prototype).
🗒️ Notes: An experimental session where Bowie explored more complex, avant-garde song structures. Portions of this track are often linked by fans to his later work in the 1970s.

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

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

📍 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’. Confirmed by [Bowie Bible](https://www.bowiebible.com).

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’ and ‘Karma Man’.
🗒️ Notes: Historically significant as the first collaboration with producer Tony Visconti.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for ‘Zion’s Daughter’, ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’ and ‘Karma Man’. This session is historically significant as it marks the [first collaboration between Bowie and producer Tony Visconti]

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: solo .

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

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

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Solo performance.

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

🎧 Recording: Early version of ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’.
🗒️ Notes: Confirmed by [Kevin Cann](https://www.bowie-books.com). Produced by Tony Visconti.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Olympic Studios, Barnes

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for the demo ‘Social Girl’.

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

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

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Wigmore Hall (Auditions)

🤝 Event: Bowie meets Hermione Farthingale.
🗒️ Notes: David meets his future muse and girlfriend, Hermione, during dance rehearsals. This relationship would deeply impact his music for years to come.

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

🎧 Recording: ‘Let Me Sleep Beside You’ and ‘Karma Man’ (overdubs).
🗒️ Notes: Continued collaboration with Tony Visconti.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England

🎭 Event: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’ rehearsals start.
🗒️ Notes: David begins intensive training and rehearsals with mime artist Lindsay Kemp for the upcoming stage production.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
📻 Event: First BBC Radio Session (Top Gear).
🗒️ Notes: David records five songs for John Peel’s show, marking his debut on the newly formed Radio 1. Confirmed by [Bowie Bible](https://www.bowiebible.com).

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

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

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

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

📍 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. Confirmed by [Bowie Bible](https://www.bowiebible.com).

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for ‘Karma Man’.

📍 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: Broadcast of the session recorded on November 12, 1967. David’s national radio debut.

📍 Oxford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Oxford Playhouse

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’ (World Premiere)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: David plays the role of ‘Cloud’. He also wrote and performed the songs for the play. Confirmed by [Kevin Cann](https://www.bowie-books.com).

📍 Whitehaven 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre

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

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 Whitehaven, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Rosehill Theatre
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

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

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

📍 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).

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

🎧 Recording: ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’.
🗒️ Notes: Produced by Tony Visconti. These tracks were aimed at being David’s next single for Deram.

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

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

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Lindsay Kemp Company

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie (Solo Mime)
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performed his mime piece ‘The Mask’ at an international mime festival.

📍 Eltville am Rhein 🇩🇪, Germany
🏛️ ZDF Studios

🎤 Event: TV Recording (4-3-2-1 Hot & Sweet)
🗒️ Notes: Bowie’s first German TV appearance, performing ‘Love You Till Tuesday’.

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Studios / Mercury Theatre

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Recording session for ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ at Decca (Studio 2) followed by an evening performance of ‘Pierrot In Turquoise’.

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

📍 London, England 🇬🇧
🏛️ Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate
🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise

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

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

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

🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise
🗒️ Notes: The production transfers from the Mercury Theatre to the Intimate Theatre for its final week of performances (March 26–30).

📍 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.

📍 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).

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

🎤 Artist: Pierrot In Turquoise
🗒️ Notes: Final performance of the ‘Pierrot In Turquoise’ run at the Intimate Theatre.

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

🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: First recording session for ‘In The Heat Of The Morning’ and ‘London Bye Ta-Ta’. This is the first time Bowie works with producer Tony Visconti on his own material.

📍 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’.

📍 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.

📍 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’.

📍 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’.

📍 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.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Two Television

🎤 Event: TV Broadcast
🗒️ Notes: Broadcast of the BBC play ‘The Pistol Shot’ (Theatre 625), featuring Bowie as a dancer. This production is historically significant as it led to Bowie meeting Hermione Farthingale.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ BBC Radio 1

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

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Decca Records

🎤 Event: Contract Termination
🗒️ Notes: Deram Records (a subsidiary of Decca) officially decides not to renew David Bowie’s contract. Manager Kenneth Pitt is informed that the label will cease their professional relationship with Bowie.

📍 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.

📍 Shepperton 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Shepperton Studios

🎤 Event: Film Recording
🗒️ Notes: Corrected entry. Around this time, Bowie begins work as an extra (playing a soldier) in the film ‘The Virgin Soldiers’. This continues periodically through July.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 22 Manchester Street, Marylebone

🎤 Event: Personal Milestone
🗒️ Notes: Hermione Farthingale moves into the apartment Bowie shares with his manager Kenneth Pitt. This marks the beginning of their intense creative partnership and the eventual formation of the trio ‘Feathers’.

📍 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.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ 22 Manchester Street, Marylebone

🎤 Event: Personal Milestone
🗒️ Notes: Corrected entry. David Bowie and Hermione Farthingale are living together in a room at manager Kenneth Pitt’s apartment. They remain here until their move to Clareville Grove in early 1969.

📍 London 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ —

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

📍 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.

📍 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.

📍 Oxford 🇬🇧, England
🏛️ Oxford Playhouse

🎭 Stage: ‘Pierrot in Turquoise’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie & Lindsay Kemp Company
🗒️ Notes: Second performance in Oxford. David performs ‘Threepenny Pierrot’, ‘Columbine’, and ‘The Mirror’.