David Bowie News

SpongeBob the Musical will be bringing Bikini Bottom to the Overture Center for the Arts in Madison, WI from October 8 to 13th, 2019.

As the nights draw out and the autumn weather sets in, the Belgrade Theatre invites you to come in out of the cold for five fantastic nights of live music this October.

Solo powerhouse Sinatra: RAW is a show that is gripping theatre as much as stunning music - Richard Shelton will convince you that Frank Sinatra is actually in the room!

There are other Velvet Chase works coming up that you really should attend.

Students from across the State are making final rehearsal preparations ahead of the 2019 Victorian State Schools Spectacular (VSSS) performances on Saturday 14th September at Melbourne Arena.

The Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center, located on the campus of California State University, Long Beach, presents the Southern California premiere of Complexions Contemporary Ballet's a?oeWOKEa?? on Oct. 5. The evening also includes Complexions' 2016 tribute to David Bowie, a?oeSTARDUST.a?? Tickets are on sale now.

A Bad Think, a musical project led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Marquart, announces the availability of its latest album, The Savior, in a new 5.1 surround-sound mix by multi-platinum award-winning producer/engineer Bob Clearmountain. The album is available as a 5.1 Blu-ray from CDBaby.com, as well as in lossless 5.1 digital files from online immersive audio stores.

The Next Stage Theatre Festival, run by the Toronto Fringe, is pleased to announce the line-up for the 2020 festival. Programmed by a jury of industry leaders and Fringe staff, the festival features 11 visionary shows, ranging from staged readings to fully realized productions. The 2020 Next Stage Theatre Festival runs January 8 a?" 19, 2020 at Factory Theatre and, new this year, some shows will be presented a?oein development.a?? This means different things to different companies: some will seek feedback from the audience via talkbacks and post-show conversations, while some will experiment with form. More details about the developmental status of each show will be available in the Next Stage 2020 brochure, out this fall.

Live At Zédel, Soho's unique live entertainment concept at Crazy Coqs and Brasserie Zédel, announces their new 2019 autumn/winter season produced in partnership with Fane Productions.

At age 20 singer-songwriter Lori Lieberman wrote the poem that became the iconic hit song “Killing Me Softly.” She recorded it in 1971 and was enthusiastically embraced by the singer-songwriter world which led to touring with notable artists including Randy Newman, Leonard Cohen and John Sebastian.  

Avant-rock singer-songwriter/producer KRISTEENYOUNG has always done things her own way, including self-designing all of her stage costumes, and now she invites listeners to come along on her most experimental and emotional journey yet with the release of her ninth album The SubSet outTODAY (September 4, 2019). Her two touchstones for the making The SubSet are opera and beatnik, but as Kristeen explains, 'kinda sideways and distorted.' 'The album features her energetic blends of hard-hitting instrumentals, operatic vocals, and raw, incendiary lyrics which gives her music a theatrical flair and helps elevate its urgency.

As anticipation builds for the star-studded second annual 'ABOVE GROUND' benefit concert, Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction) and Billy Morrison (Billy Idol) are excited to announce that Jack Black and Ministry's Al Jourgensen have joined the bill for the Monday, September 16 benefit at The Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. Additional new guests also include Brad Wilk (Prophets of Rage), Carmine Rojas (David Bowie), Chris Chaney (Jane's Addiction), Franky Perez (Deadland Ritual), Twiggy, Dave Kushner (Velvet Revolver), Mixi Demner (Stitched Up Heart), Jason Christopher, Erik Eldenius &Paul Trudeau (Billy Idol), Donovan Leitch and Julie Mintz. The immersive evening of art and music will celebrate the vinyl album as an art form, and at the same time raise awareness and funds for the treatment of mental health, with the profits being donated to MusiCares®, a charity of the Recording Academy that was established to safeguard the health and well-being of all music people.

Queer|Art, New York City's home for the creative and professional development of LGBTQ+ artists, is pleased to announce a special Fall season of Queer|Art|Film at IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue at West 3rd St.), September 16-December 2. Organized by guest curators Vivian Crockett, Camilo Godoy, and Carlos Mottaa?"the season, titled Chicas y Fantasmas, explores the shells we inhabit to move through the world. Presented by four contemporary Latinx artists, the season assembles a fierce ensemble of showgirls, cyborgs, glam rockers, and two Chicana teens who defy gendered expectations, ableist norms, and society's limitations to actualize their own self-constructed identities and shape a vision of the world in which they want to live. A full itinerary follows. All screenings begin at 8pm.

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During last night's episode of America's Got Talent, singer MacKenzie took the stage to perform a cover of 'Life On Mars' By David Bowie.

October events have been announced at the Emelin Theatre in Mamaroneck, See the full lineup below.

Ford Theatres presents the premiere of Hassan Hajjaj: My Rockstars Experimental Live, a musical art installation, for one performance only, Friday, October 11 at 8:00 pm at the Ford Theatres. The show is presented with UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance.

​​​​​​​Following the band's recent singles,'We're All Alone,' 'Falling' and 'Get Close,' CRX has released their highly awaited sophomore album 'Peek,' today.

Director Ivo van Hove is set to work on a stage adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining, according to Forbes. Simon Stephens has been working on the script and it is believed that the play will premiere in London's West End before heading to Broadway.

London's Great Theatres by Simon Callow and Derry Moore is a new book of exquisite photography and engaging insights exploring the remarkable playhouses of the city from the West End to the South Bank, Westminster to Hackney.