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15 Jul, 1972

First gig as Ziggy Stardust

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Bowie unveils his new character at the Friars Club, Market Square, Aylesbury, England, performing with his band The Spiders from Mars: Mick Ronson (guitar), Trevor Bolder (bass) and Woody Woodmansey (drums). In the crowd are America’s best rock press, as well as Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor of Queen. Photographer Mick Rock films the performance on 16mm.

Bowie - Ziggy Stardust - Aylesbury 1972 ** Updated **

18 Apr, 1972

Piper Club performance

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The band appears on Italian TV, performing Happy The Man at the Piper Club in Rome. Rutherford:

We like audiences that sit down and listen to the music rather than get drunk and pic up girls … We like audiences that sit down and listen to us.

Genesis Piper Club Rome 18 April 1972