IN PICTURES and VIDEO: When David Bowie played Wolverhampton and Stafford
Nearly 25 years have passed since David Bowie played the Civic Hall and following the death of the rock legend we are revisiting the singer's performances in the West Midlands.
Bowie, who died at the age of 69 this week, was no stranger to the Midlands - he played Stafford, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham and Wolverhampton in the 1970s at the height of his popularity as famous alter ego Ziggy Stardust.
He also acknowledged the rock music that spawned from the region in his 1970 track 'Black Country Rock' taken from the album The Man Who Sold The World.
During his highly acclaimed Berlin trilogy phase – when he released three albums with producer Brian Eno between 1977-1979 mostly recorded in Berlin – Bowie embarked on a worldwide tour commonly known as the Low / Heroes World Tour.
One of the privileged venues on that tour was Stafford's very own New Bingley Hall, where Bowie played three nights in June 1978.
Watch footage of the performance in Stafford on June 24, 1978 here.
On November 2, 1991, Bowie played at Wolverhampton's Civic Hall as part of Tin Machine, a hard rock band he formed in 1988. Their Wolverhampton date was one of only six UK dates in their world wide It's My Life tour.
You can see a video below of their cover of The Pixies' Debaser as part of the encore that night.
Bowie's last appearance in the region would come in 2003 at the Birmingham NEC as part of his Reality world tour.
