CELEBRATE 75 YEARS OF DAVID BOWIE WITH TWO LIMITED-TIME POP-UP EXPERIENCES BEGINNING OCTOBER 25, 2021
LONDON - 14 HEDDON STREET
Open Monday to Saturday 11am – 8pm, Sunday 12pm to 6pm
NEW YORK CITY - 150 WOOSTER STREET
Open seven days 11am – 7pm
www.bowie75.com
#Bowie75
"Now you’ve met The London Boys, things seem good again” & “New York’s A Go-Go” as the David Bowie Estate launches Bowie 75, a year-long celebration marking David Bowie’s 75th birthday, with the opening of two curated experiential pop-up shops—one at the site of the earliest confirmed Ziggy Stardust sighting, and one in the adopted hometown where Bowie’s final album ★ (pronounced “Blackstar”) was created.
For a very limited window previewing October 25, 2021, 75 days before the anniversary, through late January 2022, the Bowie 75 locations will be up and running at 14 Heddon Street -- the London location where the cover of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was shot and 150 Wooster Street — steps away from Bowie’s long-time downtown New York City neighbourhood.
The pop-ups will offer visitors a unique and immersive career-spanning deep dive into the sound and vision of David Bowie, with features including:
• Immersive audio and HD video screening rooms in partnership with 360 Reality Audio, an immersive music experience using Sony’s spatial sound technologies. With music in 360 Reality Audio, fans will be able to hear and see Bowie content available for the first time in immersive audio, exclusively in the Bowie 75 locations.
• Hours of video content including previously unseen behind-the-scenes material, rare footage from the Heathen and Reality eras, and more.
• Opportunities to purchase limited edition releases of exclusive Bowie apparel and collectibles, as well as limited run LPs and CDs from both the Warner/Parlophone Records and Sony catalogues.
• Exclusive fine art photography including gallery installations documenting Bowie’s many iconic eras, personae, and Ch-changes.
• Intimate special guest events to be announced.
• Fans can place themselves in iconic costumes and set pieces to create fun and shareable social media moments.
• And more— For store hours, events calendars and other announcements and information, sign up and stay tuned to www.bowie75.com
Laura Thursfield, Customer Partnership Manager at The Crown Estate, said:
“We want our spaces to be engaging and exciting, bringing new concepts and brands which complement the destination and give people new reasons to come to London’s West End. This pop up is not only an opportunity to build on Heddon Street’s history, as the location of the album cover shoot for 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars', but a really interactive, creative approach to retail.”
ABOUT DAVID BOWIE
David Bowie redefined musical genres and the potential of live performance for generations of music lovers. Creating and discarding a variety of personae and restlessly challenging musical boundaries, Bowie released timeless albums including The Man Who Sold The World, Space Oddity, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust…, Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, Station to Station, Low, "Heroes,” Lodger, Scary Monsters, Let's Dance, Heathen, The Next Day and many more. ★ (pronounced “Blackstar”), Bowie’s 28th and final studio album, was released on his 69th birthday—January 8, 2016—and charted at #1 in more than 20 countries (including his first #1 in the U.S.), later winning five Grammy Awards. David Bowie died on January 10, 2016, two days after the release of ★. His body of work, his influence on the worlds of music, art, fashion, film, theatre and beyond, and his legacy of fearless innovation and endless reinvention will live on forever.
ABOUT SONY 360 Reality Audio
360 Reality Audio is a new immersive music experience that uses Sony's object-based 360 Spatial Sound technologies. Individual sounds such as vocals, chorus, piano, guitar, bass and even sounds of the live audience can be placed in a 360 spherical sound field, giving artists and creators a new way to express their creativity. Listeners can be immersed in a field of sound exactly as intended by artists and creators. Music content created in this new format for 360 Reality Audio can be enjoyed through compatible music streaming services Amazon Music HD, Deezer, nugs.net and TIDAL.
For additional details:
360 Reality Audio official website
Creating music in 360 Reality Audio
ABOUT Perryscope Productions, LLC
Perryscope Productions, LLC is a New York-based global licensing and merchandising company proudly representing "iconic and eclectic" clients including Aretha Franklin, Charlie Parker, Pink Floyd, Genesis, Janis Joplin, The Band, Etta James, Humble Pie, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Sonny & Cher, The Police (in association with Easy Partners, LLC), Syd Barrett and David Gilmour, and Whitney Houston. Perryscope also represents AC/DC, Bon Scott, Bad Company, David Bowie, and Woodstock in association with partner Epic Rights. In addition to maximizing its clients’ licensing and Ecommerce opportunities, Perryscope also manages live events merchandise for its clients’ concert tours, as well as a number of shows and special events in other Entertainment areas such as Broadway and West End, and touring Exhibitions. For more information, visit www.perryscope.us.
ABOUT Epic Rights
Epic Rights is an industry-leading branding, merchandising, and artist’s services company representing a diverse roster of iconic music artists and brands such as KISS, Aerosmith, John Lennon, Def Leppard, Britney Spears, *NSYNC, Eric Clapton and more. We also represent AC/DC, David Bowie and Woodstock in conjunction with Perryscope Productions. Epic Rights offers a broad range of services, including retail licensing, tour merchandising, D2C e-commerce, VIP/fan experiences, merch bundles, and fan engagement opportunities. Epic Rights is headquartered in Santa Monica, California. For more information, visit: www.epicrights.com.
ABOUT Iconic Images
Iconic Images is one of the world’s leading photography owners and agents, specializing in fine-art, licensing and merchandising, editorial and publishing. Representing more than 35 of the world’s most renowned photographers, including Terry O’Neill, Gavin Evans and Norman Parkinson, Iconic Images proudly holds one of the most extensive career spanning archives of David Bowie.
ABOUT The Crown Estate:
The Crown Estate is a unique business with a diverse portfolio that stretches across the country. We actively manage our assets in line with our purpose: to create lasting and shared prosperity for the nation. Our portfolio includes some of central London’s best places to work, shop and experience, as well as regional retail and leisure destinations across the country, a substantial rural portfolio, and the Windsor Estate, including the world-renowned Windsor Great Park. We also manage the seabed and half the foreshore around England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and therefore play a fundamental role in the sustainable development of this important national asset, including in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector as well as marine aggregates, cables and pipelines and CCUS. Established by an Act of Parliament, we are tasked with generating profit for the Treasury for the benefit of the nation’s finances, this has totalled £3bn over the last ten years.
ABOUT Regent St:
Experience Regent Street, London’s distinctive home of fashion, dining, wellness and lifestyle. Regent Street’s Grade II listed facades represent some of the most distinguished architecture in London. When built, Regent Street was the original shopping street for the capital and has grown into a world-renowned destination that curates year-round memorable experiences that go beyond world-class shopping. 2019 marked a monumental year for Regent Street as it celebrated 200 years since it was named in 1819. The street has continually evolved during these 200 years, taking inspiration from the past whilst always innovating and looking to the future. Surrounded by diverse and dynamic smaller streets including Conduit Street, Mortimer Street, Princes Street, Great Marlborough Street and Brewer Street, Regent Street and the surrounding area offers a hand-picked blend of pioneering global names and independent brands that is unmatched.
To plan your visit head to www.regentstreetonline.com or follow @regentstreetw1 on social media.
