“I have the chance to see how far you can go in this life”

In late 1996, shortly before David Bowie’s 50th birthday, David Cavanagh was invited to Bowie’s studio and tour in New York for an MOT of The Dame. This is how it went down…

Planet Earth is blue and on 8 January David Bowie will have been living on it for 50 years. Tributes and accolades arrived early. In the first two months of 1996, Bowie was inducted by David Byrne into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in New York. Then, he received the Outstanding Contribution To British Music award at the Brits in London. By November, he had completed work on his 21st studio album, Earthling. This year, David Bowie will become the first rock star to sell himself off on the stock market in a Bowie Bond issue scheme to be worth £30-50 million. The day after his birthday, Bowie will give a charity concert at Madison Square Garden, where his four-piece band will be augmented by special guests including Lou…

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Q (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2020

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