As David Bowie is currently undergoing yet another metamorphosis, I thought I’d share some of my photographs from an earlier and favourite incarnation – Ziggy Stardust.
Not forgetting the man behind the sound, the late, great and sorely missed Mick Ronson.
Taken at Newcastle City Hall a long, long time ago.
mind monkey musings 
fantastic pics – saw Bowie ‘doing’ Ziggy at Glasgow’s Greens’ Playhouse – I was 12
remember this look so well
Great, thanks for sharing 🙂
These are from either 7/1/73 or 8/6/73 i was at both gigs aged 15
These are from 8th June 1973 as he is wearing the gold circle on his forehead. Thanks for the great photos Mel. Beautiful!
Hi Rednik,
Thank you for clarifying the exact date and kind comments.
Mel
Thank you for these pictures. I was there! In centre of row H, 8/6/73 – the date is etched into my soul.
Are these from the first or second show that night?
Hi John, Thanks for the kind comment. To be honest I can’t remember if it was the 6pm or the 7.30pm show. I would guess at the latter as it was a Friday and not a school night (I was 17 at the time) I do remember going with 2 friends and getting the bus to Newcastle from Ashington, sitting on the aisle in the stalls about half way back. It took a while for me to pluck up courage to make a little foray to the front to take the first photograph, I then kept returning to my seat and making dashes to snap some more by which time the front of the stage was about 10 deep in adoring fans. A great concert.
The City Hall was the scene of many great gigs I saw: The Who, Wishbone Ash, ELP, several Lindisfarne Christmas shows and several Glam Rockers that I’d prefer not to mention, including Gary Glitter (what was I thinking!)
Best
Mel
Great photo’s, thanks for sharing Mel. Anyone interested in getting Mick into the Rock and Roll hall of fame, then if you’ve got a minute could you please sign here….. http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ronno thanks again.
Hi Mel. I’m an author currently working on a UK youth fashion scenes history book called The Bag I’m. I’ve been admiring your extremely fab Bowie pics and would absolutely love to include one or two of them in my book if anyway possible. Let me know what you think when you get a mo
Kind regards
Sam Knee
Hi Sam,
Thank you for getting in touch. Yes, I’d be glad to help, can you let me have a few more details about your book: a synopsis would be useful, who is the publisher, what sort of timescale are you working with and which shots you might want to use?
I look forward to hearing from you
Best Regards
Mel
Hi Mel
Thanks for getting back to me and i’m thrilled you’re considering contributing a couple of your awesome Bowie pics. You’d be fully credited of course.
The Bag I’m In will be published by north London independent Cicada Books in September and goes to print in May. Cicada also published my last book A Scene In Between which focussed on the sartorial aspects of the UK 80’s indie rock scenes. TBII is covering a far broader timespan from 1961-91 looking at UK youth fashions that were derived from music scenes. It’ll include hundreds of previously unpublished photos from peoples personal archives of artists and individuals from all the eras.
Ideally i’d love to include the top shot you have here with bowie leaning forward, the close up shot below that one and perhaps the second from last pointing pose.
Let me know what you think. I have a couple of spare copies of Scene and could send you one this week to give you an idea of the kind of book i produce.
All the best
Sam
sceneinbetween@gmail.com
Hi Mel
Any thoughts on contributing a pic or two for my book? Drop me a line if poss
Best
Sam