{"id":2172998,"date":"2026-09-30T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2172998"},"modified":"2026-09-30T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T08:49:32","slug":"david-bowies-ban-lifted-at-brighton-dome-for-new-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2172998","title":{"rendered":"David Bowie’s ban lifted at Brighton Dome for new exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bowie was banned from performing at Brighton Dome after fans vandalised the venue’s seating in 1973<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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An immersive exhibition exploring the life and work of a music icon is set to be held at Brighton Dome. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone uses film, photography and audio to showcase rarely seen material from the David Bowie Archive in New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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David Bowie was banned from Brighton Dome for life after fans tore up seats during a 1973 concert on his Ziggy Stardust tour.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lucy Davies, director and chief executive of Brighton Dome, told the BBC the venue had “forgiven” Bowie and “welcomed him back”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The exhibition is an incredibly emotional, euphoric, beautiful work of art and I’m really proud and excited to bring it to Brighton,” she says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Davies said it was “an honour” to lift the ban on musician.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bowie’s best known songs included Life on Mars, Let’s Dance and Heroes<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The immersive light and sound experience blends some of Bowie’s most legendary live performances with interviews, photographs, artwork and lyrics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Its producers were given unprecedented access to the Bowie Archive in New York working through thousands of hours of recordings to help create the exhibition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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‘Labour of love’<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Alan Edwards, who was Bowie’s publicist for nearly four decades, was the show’s consultant producer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He told BBC Bowie had kept a lot of his personal archive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“There’s a warehouse in New York with books and everything you could think of, all his stage shows and more,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“Mark Grimmer, the main organiser of the exhibition, went to the warehouse and began opening boxes and cans of film, tape and things that had never been seen before. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“He pieced together all the words, so we have a show in David’s own voice, which was quite incredible.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Edwards said it was “not easy” to put together the show, describing it as a “labour of love”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bowie’s first hit in the UK, 1969’s Space Oddity, was used by the BBC in its coverage of the Apollo 11 landing<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The exhibition is currently at the Lightroom in London’s King’s Cross.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I think what David would have loved was so many of his musical friends – David Gilmour, Noel Gallagher, Goldie, Neil Tennant – went to see [the exhibition] and they were moved by it in different ways,” Edwards said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I felt David smiling down on us on those days and he would have approved it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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David Bowie: You’re Not Alone is due to be displayed at Brighton Dome from 16 July to 30 August 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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