Just as I was wallowing in the sadness of not seeing Bowie on his current tour—probably his last full world tour—I heard he’d cancelled the final month of dates due to an injury. A trapped nerve. I hope it’s nothing worse than that; I’m still hoping to see him one of these days. (Though I do have a habit of missing these chances…)
Fact: Bowie, 57, has done around 110 shows in the last nine months, all running to two hours or so (25-28 songs, approx). I feel tired just thinking about it.
I did recently get to see the DVD of his performance of the Reality album at Hammersmith, from last September. Wonderful stuff. There’s a DVD of a complete Reality concert (Dublin) coming in a few months, I hear. Not the same as seeing it live, but a definite must. Then there’s the new studio album, which’ll be at least well underway by the end of the year…
In the unlikely even that DB’s reading this (yeah, right): GET WELL SOON! 🙂