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fewer than the 500,000 hippies who
that weekend in August 1969 were
attending the Woodstock festival.
Bowie lived nearby with landlady-
turned-lover Mary Finnigan. A
month later, Space Oddity became
a hit, launching the career of one of
the greats of rock music.
Bowie, whose songs include Let’s
Dance, Ashes To Ashes and Star-
man, is said to have penned the
lyrics to Life On Mars on the steps
of the bandstand. Inspired by his
concert, he wrote Memory Of A
Free Festival, a track on his nextalbum. But the structure eventu-
ally fell into disrepair and in 2013,
fans began a campaign to save and
restore the ‘Bowie Bandstand’.
Bowie gave his support, sending
signed albums from his New York
home to be raffled. An annual festi-
val, Bowie’s Beckenham Oddity,
was started in 2016 following the
star’s death. This year’s event
takes place in the park tomorrow.
As a result of the campaign, which
has raised around a third of the
£245,000 restoration cost, the band-stand, owned by Bromley Council,
has been given Grade II listed sta-
tus by the Culture Department, on
the advice of Historic England.
Historic England chief executive
Duncan Wilson said: ‘You probably
wouldn’t expect it was once the
stage for a young man who would
become one of the most iconic musi-
cians of the 20th century. Its signifi-
cance as a site that inspired Bowie
shows us how powerful our historic
places can be and how important it
is that we protect them.’AFTER a six-year campaign, a
run-down musical landmark has
really made the grade.
The bandstand from which David
Bowie gave a free festival – having just
released his first hit Space Oddity – has
been granted Grade II listed status.
The event in Beckenham, south-east Lon-
don, was held 50 years ago today to raise
money for an arts project run by the future
rock star. It attracted 3,000 fans to the Croy-
don Road Recreation Ground – somewhatBy Colin FernandezLET’S DANCE... ON
BOWIE’S BANDSTAND
Tiny stage in London park where Ziggy
played guitar in 1969 gets Grade II listing
Daily Mail, Friday, August 16, 2019
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