{"id":917249,"date":"2026-10-05T18:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917249\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T18:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T18:08:11","slug":"bowie80-to-feature-exhibits-concerts-for-david-bowies-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/917249\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bowie80’ to Feature Exhibits, Concerts For David Bowie’s Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\u2018Bowie80,\u2019 a celebration of the Starman\u2019s legacy through music, fashion, and beyond will feature exhibits, fan experiences, special merchandise, and concerts to commemorate David Bowie<\/a>\u2018s 80th birthday. Most notably, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will present several experiences dedicated to Bowie beginning in mid-November; Philip Glass is leading a symphonic concert premiering in Copenhagen next spring; and the Morrison Hotel Gallery will exhibit photography of Bowie in February. Fans can learn about each new experience via a new Bowie80 <\/a>site.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will host a series of experiences including pop-up shops, exhibits, and fan activations. The special pop-up shop will run from mid-November to January 2027 at the Rock Hall\u2019s stores at the museum and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport; then, during Bowie\u2019s birthday week in early January, fans can interact with \u201ceducational presentations, trivia, music, and photo ops\u201d at the Rock Hall. A photography exhibit reportedly featuring never-before-seen images of Bowie by famed rock & roll photographers will also be displayed at the Rock Hall at a to be announced date.<\/p>\n

\n\tLike the Rock Hall, the Morrison Hotel Gallery will similarly run a photo exhibit of Bowie in collaboration with the singer-songwriter\u2019s estate. Strange Fascination will open in February 2027 in Los Angeles and New York City, and feature iconic photography across six of Bowie\u2019s most iconic identities.<\/p>\n

\n\tCelebrated composer Philip Glass will lead the symphonic concert Bowie (Breaking)\u00a0Glass in partnership with Schirmer Theatrical and \u00d8stre Gasv\u00e6rk Teater. The show will pay tribute to Bowie\u2019s biggest songs and premiere at an unannounced date in spring 2027 in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

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\n\tAdditionally, Nordstrom is partnering with select luxury brands to launch special clothing capsules paying homage to Bowie\u2019s iconic aesthetics. The clothing will be available at a to be in-person at Nordstrom\u2019s flagship locations in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and online via their official website. More is set to be announced in the coming months.<\/p>\n

\n\tBlackstar, the final album released in Bowie\u2019s lifetime, was released two days before his death at 69 after an 18-month battle against liver cancer. The posthumous record Toy was released in 2021, and a series of 1965 Shel Talmy recordings<\/a> was released this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018Bowie80,\u2019 a celebration of the Starman\u2019s legacy through music, fashion, and beyond will feature exhibits, fan experiences, special…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[64,63,24740,134,136],"class_list":["post-917249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-david-bowie","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}