PRESS RELEASE
WORLD PREMIERE OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MICK ROCK LIVE FOOTAGE FROM THE ZIGGY STARDUST TOUR - WATCH IT HERE NOW
ROCK ’N’ ROLL STAR! RELEASED TODAY 5CD/BLU-RAY, DIGITAL BOX SET & HALF SPEED MASTERED LP INCLUDES 28 EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED TRACKS - AVAILABLE TO BUY HERE
KEF & PARLOPHONE RECORDS PRESENT
‘THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE CREATION OF ZIGGY STARDUST’
15TH-30TH JUNE 2024
AT KEF MUSIC GALLERY
42-48 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON W1W 7NB
HEAR ‘THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ IN DOLBY ATMOS FOR THE FIRST TIME EXCLUSIVELY FROM 15TH JUNE – 30TH JUNE AT THE KEF MUSIC GALLERY GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON. DOLBY ATMOS MIX TO BE RELEASED ON BLU-RAY AUDIO DISC & STREAMING 6th SEPTEMBER 2024. AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER HERE
June 14th 2024, London – Today sees the release of ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, a 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio set chronicling David Bowie’s journey through the creation of the Ziggy Stardust character and the recording of the iconic …ZIGGY STARDUST… album. ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR! contains 29 unreleased tracks, covers early songwriting demos, recordings from David’s band, The Arnold Corns, rehearsals at Bowie’s then-home, Haddon Hall, BBC sessions, singles, live performances, plus outtakes and alternative versions from the original album recording sessions, which have been newly mixed by original album co-producer, Ken Scott.
Last night, the KEF Music Gallery London, 32-48 Great Portland St, London, hosted the world premiere of tracks from ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!, the Dolby Atmos mix of ‘ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS’ along with a Q&A with Ziggy co-producer Ken Scott.
Also unveiled was previously unreleased footage from the Ziggy Stardust tour shot in the UK during 1972 and 1973 by late Bowie collaborator, photographer Mick Rock, featuring the album version of “Ziggy Stardust” as its soundtrack.
From June 15th to June 30th, high-end audiophile speaker purveyors KEF will partner with Parlophone to celebrate the …ZIGGY STARDUST … Atmos mix and the June 14th release of the 5CD and 1 Blu-Ray Audio box set ROCK ‘N’ ROLL STAR!.
For the first time ever, fans will be able to experience the Dolby Atmos mix exclusively at the KEF Music Gallery, nearly three months ahead of its release. The Gallery will also be hosting special events and activations inspired by the time that Bowie was writing and recording this legendary album.
The Dolby Atmos spatial audio mix of DAVID BOWIE’s THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS will be released on Blu-Ray Audio and Streaming on September 6th.
THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST AND THE SPIDERS FROM MARS is the breakthrough album that catapulted David Bowie into the international spotlight. Over the past 50 years it has remained a touchstone record, growing in stature with each passing year. It is now ingrained in popular culture, its undeniable influence spanning musicians from Arcade Fire to Lady Gaga, to Harry Styles’s androgynous fashion sense to Noel Fielding’s shirts on The Great British Bake-Off to Ziggy make-up challenges on Tik-Tok. David Bowie laid to rest the Ziggy Stardust persona in July 1973 at his infamous last show with the Spiders From Mars at London’s Hammersmith Odeon, but Ziggy’s impact reverberates to this day.
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