"WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING" - MAY 2023

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Back to April	1 ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Moonage Daydream, HBO, USA, 6.50pm ET	2 Mary Finnigan birthdate Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details	3 Lindsay Kemp birthdate (born 1938-2018) Sterling Campbell birthdate (born 1964) OPENS: (runs until 14th May) LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 21.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details	4 Opening night of 'Growth Folk Club' set up by David Bowie, Mary Finnigan, Christina Ostrom and Barry Jackson at The Three Tuns pub, Beckenham, Kent in 1969, 54 years ago today LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 17.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details	5 Masayoshi Sukita birthdate (born 1938) LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 21.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details Bowie tribute band DAVID LIVE gig at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details	6 Zeit! 77-79 Box Set released 10 years ago today LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 19.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details Bowie tribute band DAVID LIVE gig at Eleven Music Venue, Sandyford, Stoke-on-Trent, England More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details
7 Carlos Alomar birthdate (born 1951) LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 18.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details	8 John 'Cambo' Cambridge birthdate (born 1949, Spring Bank, Hull) drummer with Junior's Eyes, Hype ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details	9 LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 21.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details	10 David Bowie was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for 'Space Oddity' as Best Original Song on this day in 1970 LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 17.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details	11 Online launch of Alexandria Zahra Jones LLC company selling her artwork LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 17.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details	12 TV Eye 1977 Live album by Iggy Pop, featuring David Bowie was released 45 years ago today LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 21.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details	13 Ricky Gardiner passed away on this day (born 1948-2022) LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 19.00 More details EARL SLICK gig at Arts Club Theatre, 90 Seel Street, Liverpool L1 4BH, England More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details
14 FINAL DAY: LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Teatro Mercadante (Mercadante Theatre), P.za Municipio, 80133 Napoli NA, Italy at 18.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details CONVENTION BOWIE FRANCE 2023 at L'International, 5 rue Moret, 75011 Paris, France More details	15 Brian Eno birthdate (Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno) (born 1948) ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details	16 Robert Fripp birthdate (born 1946) Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details	17 Ken Fordham birthdate (born 1947) Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Live online interview with GEOFF MACCORMACK with JOES SEGAL of the WENDE MUSEUM in Los Angeles, CA at 12:00pm - 1:00 pm (PDT) 8pm BST. The broadcast is free of charge, but you'll need to register/book your RSVP More details	18 The 'Folk Club' changes name to the Beckenham Arts Lab, set up by David Bowie, Mary Finnigan, Christina Ostrom and Barry Jackson at The Three Tuns pub in 1969 Rick Wakeman birthdate (born 1949) LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at LAC Theatre - Lugano Arte e Cultura, Piazza Bernardino Luini 6, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland at 20.30 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details	19 LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at LAC Theatre - Lugano Arte e Cultura, Piazza Bernardino Luini 6, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland at 20.30 More details EARL SLICK gig at Esquires, 60a Bromham Road, Bedford MK40 2QG, England More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details Bowie tribute band DAVID LIVE gig at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details	20 CHANGESONEBOWIE 40th Anniversary reissue in clear and black vinyl released 7 years ago today LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at LAC Theatre - Lugano Arte e Cultura, Piazza Bernardino Luini 6, 6900 Lugano, Switzerland at 20.30 More details EARL SLICK gig at O2 Academy, 16 Parkfield Street, Islington, London N1 0PS, England More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details Bowie tribute band DAVID LIVE gig at St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details
21 Trevor Bolder passed away on this day 10 years ago today (born 1950-2013) Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details	22 Tin Machine album released 34 years ago today ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Bandslam, MAX, USA, 6.15pm ET	23 Premiere of Moonage Daydream movie, directed by Brett Morgen, at Cannes Film Festival 2022, France, 1 year ago today OPENS: (runs until 28th May) LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Largo Greppi 1, 20121 Milano, Italy at 19.30 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details SIMON GODDARD author of BowieOdyssey73 in conversation with LEAH KARDOS at Walthamstow Trades Hall, 61-63 Tower Hamlets Rd, London E17 4RQ, England at 7pm-11pm BST More details/Tickets	24 LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Largo Greppi 1, 20121 Milano, Italy at 20.30 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Moonage Daydream, HBO2e, USA, 1.50pm ET	25 Lodger album released 44 years ago today BOWIE ODYSSEY 73 by SIMON GODDARD, paperback, 176-pages More details LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Largo Greppi 1, 20121 Milano, Italy at 19.30 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details	26 Mick Ronson birthdate (1946-1993) No Plan EP 12" white vinyl released 6 years ago today LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Largo Greppi 1, 20121 Milano, Italy at 20.30 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details TOTP features Bowie, (Boys Keep Swinging), BBC Four, UK, 20.30 BST	27 LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Largo Greppi 1, 20121 Milano, Italy at 19.30 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details Exhibition BOWIE AND BEYOND at Kingston Museum, Wheatfield Way, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2PS, London. FREE admission More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details TOTP features Bowie, (Boys Keep Swinging), BBC Four, UK, 1.20 BST Moonage Daydream, HBO, USA, 6.20pm ET Taratata 100% Live, featuring Gail Ann Dorsey performing Life On Mars?, TV5Monde, Germany, 21.05 CET
28 The Width Of A Circle, 2-CD and 4-track 10" vinyl single released 2 years ago today The Man Who Sold The World picture disc LP released 2 years ago today FINAL DAY: LAZARUS by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, Italian version directed by Valter Malosti at Piccolo Teatro Strehler, Largo Greppi 1, 20121 Milano, Italy at 16.00 More details Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details FINAL DAY: ALADDIN SANE: 50 YEARS EXHIBITION at Royal Festival Hall, Exhibition Space, Level 1, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX, England More details DAVID BOWIE IN THE SOVIET UNION exhibition of Geoff MacCormack photographs at the Wende Museum, Culver City, CA 90230, USA More details Iggy Pop, playing a Bowie demo on his radio show, BBC 6 Music, UK, 16.00 BST	29 The Legendary Bing Crosby, featuring Bowie, Sky Arts, UK, 23.00 BST	30 Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones 52nd birthday (David's son born 1971) Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details	31 Diamond Dogs album released 49 years ago today Bowie TAKEN by Duffy exhibition at COAM Madrid, Calle de Hortaleza, 63, 28004, Madrid, Spain More details	June

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