David Bowie - Lady Stardust - live 1972 (rare footage / 2017 edit)

Rare footage of David Bowie performing ’Lady Stardust’ at the Rainbow Theatre, London in August 1972, as well as clips from other performances in 1972 and some backstage footage from 1973 - all shot presumably by the great Mick Rock. (Look out for Angie Bowie in the crowd shot at ) Lady Stardust is believed to be a homage to Marc Bolan and although it is not visible in the video, it is said that Marc’s face was projected onto the screen behind Bowie whilst he performed this song at the Rainbow. I initially created this edit in June of last year, putting it together from clips derived from various sources. I held off uploading it back then because I was always hopeful that some better quality footage would turn up to replace some of the rougher quality clips I was using. The excellent documentary ’The Last Five Years’ included significant upgrades to some of the clips - so at last I feel I can upload my edit (after a very late night of reworking it). The footage is synched to a 1972 radio session version of the song. It feels appropriate to finally upload it on what would have been Bowie’s 70th birthday. A slightly different edit of the song (including some footage not seen here) can be found on my Vimeo channel here: I hope you enjoy it.