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Bowie to spearhead new NYC festival
Posted: 10 May '06, 16:47
Fresh from claiming that he was tired of the music industry (click here for the story), David Bowie has announced plans to rule the roost over a brand new festival next year.
The High Line Festival will, according to the man himself, seek out emerging artists and give "them a place in a festival that will also feature some very well-known names". Well-known names like David Bowie, we assume.
The festival will run for ten days, featuring not only music but also films, visual art, nightlife and other performances.
Strangely, New York is reciprocating Bowie's investment by creating a new park in his honour, something that Bowie's website is calling the "biggest and most prestigious public works project in over 50 years". It'll be located on the city's West Side, around elevated rail tracks that currently lie abandoned.
We reckon Mayor Ken should do something similar: a nice patch o' grass down Old Street way would give those Test-Icicles boys a place to crash after they've played in their eighth band of the week, non?
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when will
Bowie give it up?
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never. he's immortal.
i want to see david bowie before i die.
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i want to hear him
before i die.
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I saw him once...
...snore.
And I like Bowie. The only thing of note is that he played a cover of Pixies' 'Cactus', which was alright.
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pixies
the pixies are one of the most overated
bands....seriously!
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BOWIE 4-EVER
give it up? what a stupid thing to say.
no one has such an amazing catalog of music as bowie. bowie belching is better than 90% of music that's come out in the last 20 years.
BOWIE FOREVER!!-
unfortunately
bowie belching is better than 90% of bowie's music too.
kidding, i like bowie, even if i've not paid much attention to any of his output from, say, the mid-80s onwards.
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Boway
Bowie will never give up. For an interesting twist on his music though, check out the Seu Jorge Portuguese acoustic covers.
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yeah man
life aquatic rules the school :)
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