It’s the first North American broadcast of newly restored HD remaster
In 1983, David Bowie embarked on The Serious Moonlight Tour, a worldwide concert tour to support the release of his new album, Let’s Dance. The tour opened in Brussels, Belgium, in May and ended in Hong Kong in December, selling over 2.6 million tickets for 96 performances in 15 countries. At the time it was Bowie’s longest, largest and most successful concert tour to date. David Bowie: Serious Moonlight documents that unforgettable tour as part of special programming premiering on PBS stations beginning Saturday, June 4th. Check local listings.
The show was recorded live in Vancouver on September 12, 1983, capturing one of Bowie’s most dramatic, charismatic and memorable performances — now in a restored, HD remaster as part of the ongoing celebration of the 75th anniversary of David Bowie’s birth, Bowie 75. The concert features many of Bowie’s greatest hits, including “Let’s Dance,” “Heroes,” “Golden Years,” “Life On Mars?,” “China Girl” and “Space Oddity.”
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The concert follows last month’s news that BMG and Live Nation Productions will release Moonage Daydream, a definitive new portrait of Bowie by Brett Morgen and the first film to be officially sanctioned by Bowie’s estate. No release date has been announced as of press time, but the companies have secured North American distribution rights with HBO and HBO Max.
