AN INDEPENDENT cinema in Reading is among those which will be showing an historic performance by one of the UK’s most prolific rock stars.
Reading Biscuit Factory is joining cinemas across the globe in streaming the worldwide premiere of a digitally-restored version of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture.
Fifty years on from one of David Bowie’s most legendary performances, and his final concert as his most well-known persona, Ziggy Stardust, the film sees a full remastering of Ziggy’s final ever show by documentarian DA Pennebaker.
As well as a visual update, the film features never-before-seen-footage of the final gig of the tour, and will see an introductory Q&A with some of Bowie’s fans and long-time collaborators, including Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder.
The film largely follows the music as it was performed on stage at the Hammersmith Apollo (then the Odeon) in 1973, up to Bowie’s shocking announcement that it would be the band’s “last ever” gig.
As well as previously-omitted appearances from Jeff Beck, the setlist for the show included hits Ziggy Stardust, All the Young Dudes, Moonage Daydream, Oh! You Pretty Things, Space Oddity, Changes, Suffragette City, and Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide.
Bowie would never perform live in concert as Ziggy Stardust again, and only appeared as the alter ego once more for the recording of the 1980 Floor Show later that year.
Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars: The Motion Picture is showing at Reading Biscuit Factory on Monday, July 3, from 7pm.
Tickets are available online via: readingbiscuitfactory.co.uk
