“Came to London Town...”
On 25th September 2000, the BBC showed an hour of David Bowie’s exclusive appearance at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, which was recorded three months earlier on 27th June 2000.
The full 22-song set was originally performed in front of an intimate gathering of celebrities and BowieNetters and featured the band that played Glastonbury just two days earlier and who also started recording the TOY album shortly afterwards.
However, just the following 11 songs from the show were broadcast by the BBC:
01 - Wild Is The Wind
02 - Ashes to Ashes
03 - This Is Not America
04 - Absolute Beginners
05 - Little Wonder
06 - The Man Who Sold The World
07 - Fame
08 - Stay
09 - Hallo Spaceboy
10 - Cracked Actor
11 - I’m Afraid Of Americans
The BBC rebroadcast the show last week and it’s still available for another three weeks or so to those of you who can access the BBC iPlayer.
Two songs not shown at the time, The London Boys and I Dig Everything, are available on the official David Bowie YouTube channel.
The audio of twenty tracks from the show is available as the expanded version of BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27, 2000 included in the Brilliant Adventure box.
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