\n V&A Dundee<\/a> has secured the launch run of the new exhibition between November and February before it heads to museums across the UK in 2027 and 2028.\n<\/p>\n \n \n The exhibition, which will be drawn from the V&A\u2019s vast Bowie archive, will run in Dundee<\/a> \u2013 where Bowie performed in 1966 and 1973, at the Palais and the Caird Hall respectively. He went on to play a number of venues in Glasgow throughout his career, including the Barrowland Ballroom, the SECC and the Apolllo, as well as Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n \n The show opening at V&A Dundee will span Bowie\u2019s<\/a> entire career, exploring everything from groundbreaking albums, stadium shows and music videos to his film appearances.\n<\/p>\n \n \n The exhibition will feature sections devoted to the Ziggy Stardust<\/a> persona London-born Bowie created in the early 1970s, the acclaimed albums he made while living in Berlin, Bowie\u2019s plans for his Serious Moonlight tour in the 1980s and the creation of his final album, Blackstar, which was released just over 10 years ago, just days before he died at the age of 69.\n<\/p>\n \n Personal possessions going on display include Bowie\u2019s first ever musical instrument, a saxophone his father bought him in 1961, a Ziggy Stardust-era acoustic guitar, an advance copy of The Velvet Underground 1967 single I\u2019m Waiting For The Man and his copy of the script for his 1986 feature film Labyrinth.\n<\/p>\n \n \n Other highlights are expected to include a costume created by Japanese designer Kansai Yamamoto for the Ziggy Stardust tour in 1972 and 1973, a song chart Bowie used during rehearsals for his 1997 Earthling tour, a stopwatch he used when he was writing songs, notebooks mapping out albums and tours, handwritten \u201cto do lists\u201d, and a harmonica microphone used during his final run of live shows in 2003 and 2004.\n<\/p>\n \n The new touring exhibition has been announced less than a year after the public access to the Bowie archive was opened up at the new V&A East Storehouse venue in London.\n<\/p>\n \n \n Now the permanent home of its Bowie collection, the complex will host rotating displays drawn from the archive, which includes more than 90,000 objects in total.\n<\/p>\n \n V&A Dundee has secured the David Bowie exhibition after Kelvingrove<\/a> Art<\/a> Gallery and Museum in Glasgow previously attracted huge audiences to separate shows celebrating Kylie Minogue and AC\/DC<\/a>.\n<\/p>\nA song chart used by David Bowie for rehearsals and his Earthling tour in 1997 will be part of the forthcoming exhibition at V&A Dundee. (Image: David Parry\/PA Media Assignments)\n<\/p>\n
A costume created by Russian designer Natasha Korniloff for David Bowie’s 1980 Ashes to Ashes music video is prepared at V&A East Storehouse in London ahead of going on display at V&A Dundee later this year. (Image: David Parry\/PA Media Assignments)\n<\/p>\n
A costume created by designer Freddie Burretti for David Bowie’s 1973 tour is prepared at V&A East Storehouse in London ahead of going on display at V&A Dundee later this year. (Image: David Parry\/PA Media Assignments)\n<\/p>\n
A polaroid photograph of David Bowie’s costume fittings for the character of Jareth in his 1986 film Labyrinth will be part of V&A Dundee’s forthcoming exhibition devoted to the singer. (Image: David Parry\/PA Media Assignments)\n<\/p>\n