David Bowie, Happy Birthday...Feliz cumpleaños

Yesterday, as David Bowie turned 65, hundreds of supporters urged the elusive star to end his years of sporadic public appearances and reclaim the world stage...but the “chameleon of pop” doesn´t want to end his exile. Born in Brixton,south London, in 1947 and loved for his flamboyant, androgynous alter ego Ziggy Stardust, Bowie first caught the world’s attention in the late 1960s.His song Space Oddity reached the top five in the UK singles chart in 1969 and by 1972 his hit single Starman, along with the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ensured him poll position in the glam rock era. Despite his vast international success, Bowie has not released an album since Reality in 2003.In 2004 during a performance at the Hurricane Festival in Germany, he suffered severe chest pains due to a blocked artery which required surgery. The remainder of the tour was cancelled as a result and he has now not played live since 2006. I still remember the tour´s set, a giant spider and when the show started Bowie was lowered from the roof to the stage floor while seated in a chair and for the first encore – the song Time- he appeared on the top of the spider´s head.

El seis de julio de 1987 Bowie dió un concierto en el Vicente Calderón dentro de su gira The Glass Spider Tour: recuerdo la maravillosa puesta en escena, la calidad de sus músicos - Peter Frampton y Carlos Alomar con las guitarras-, los bailarines...aún conservo la entrada, una ilusión para una universitaria como yo que acudía a su primer concierto de figuras internacionales. Feliz cumpleaños, David.