"WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING" - MAY 2021

Monthly Look Ahead

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Back to April						1 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Bowie, Prince and Music Legends We Lost in 2016, Sky Arts, UK, 00.00 GMT Richard E. Grant's Hotel Secrets, features Bowie, Sky Atlantic, UK, 8.50 GMT The Making of Marc Bolan, features Bowie, Sky Arts, UK, 5.00pm GMT David Bowie: Finding Fame, BBC Two, UK, 22.00 GMT David Bowie: Finding Fame, BBC Two NI, UK, 22.30 GMT Bowie at the BBC, BBC Two, UK, 23.30 GMT Die Reise ins Labyrinth, Sky Cinema, Germany, 23.40 CET
2 Mary Finnigan's birthday ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Blitzed: The 80s Blitz Kids' Story, features Bowie, Sky Arts, UK, 00.00am GMT Guy Garvey: From the Vaults: 1975, Series 1, episode 5, features Bowie, Sky Arts, UK, 3.00 GMT	3 Lindsay Kemp's birthday (born 1938-2018) Sterling Campbell's birthday (born 1964) ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	4 Opening night of 'Growth Folk Club' set up by David and Mary Finnigan at The Three Tuns pub, Beckenham, Kent in 1969, 52 years ago today ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Extras with Ricky Gervias, starring David Bowie, ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus, Australia, 10.16pm AEST	5 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	6 Zeit! 77-79 Box Set released 8 years ago today ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Guy Garvey: From the Vaults: 1975, Series 1, episode 5, features Bowie, Sky Arts, UK, 2.00 GMT The Last Temptation of Christ, FLIXe, USA, 5.05am ET	7 Carlos Alomar's birthday (born 1951) ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	8 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details
9 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Flight of the Concords: Bowie (1.6), Sky Comedy, Germany, 4.05 CET	10 David Bowie was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for 'Space Oddity' as Best Original Song on this day in 1970	11 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Extras with Ricky Gervias, starring David Bowie, ABC Kids/ABC TV Plus, Australia, 12.44am AEST	12 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Video Killed the Radio Star: David Bowie, Sky Arts, UK, 16.30 GMT	13 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	14 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Die Reise ins Labyrinth, Sky Cinema Family, Germany, 23.30 CET Old Grey Whistle Test: 70s Gold, features Bowie, BBC Four, UK, 22.40 GMT	15 Brian Eno's birthday (born 1948) ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Richard E Grant's Hotel Secrets, features Romy Haag/Bowie, Sky Atlantic, UK, 4.00 GMT
16 Robert Fripp's birthday (born 1946) ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details Flight of the Conchords: Bowie, Sky Comedy, UK, 22.30 GMT	17	18 Lodger album released 42 years ago today Rick Wakeman's birthday (born 1949) REOPENING: (now runs until 23rd January 2022) ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	19 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	20 CHANGESONEBOWIE 40th Anniversary reissue in clear and black vinyl released 5 years ago today ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	21 Trevor Bolder passed away on this day 8 years ago today ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	22 Tin Machine album released 32 years ago today ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details
23 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	24	25 The 'Folk Club' changes name to The Beckenham Arts Lab, set up by David Bowie and Mary Finnigan at The Three Tuns pub in 1969 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	26 Michael Ronson born on this day in 1946 No Plan EP 12" white vinyl released 4 years ago today ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	27 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	28 DAVID BOWIE - THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE, 2-CD set featuring 21 unreleased tracks More details DAVID BOWIE - THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE, 4-track 10" vinyl single, exclusively available via the official davidbowiestore THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD picture disc LP More details ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	29 ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details
30 Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones 50th birthday (David's son born 1971) ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	31 Diamond Dogs album released 47 years ago today ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE/MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE More details	June

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