David Bowie's Soho - A Virtual Musical Walking Tour
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PLEASE NOTE: You will need to have a Facebook profile to join our virtual David Bowie tours. All our virtual tours are run through a private Facebook group for paying guests.
Welcome to David Bowie's Soho - A Virtual Musical Walking Tour!
The worlds first virtual music tour centred around the life and music of the legendary David Bowie.
Are you looking for a unique, virtual tour experience you can watch in the comfort of your own home from anywhere in the world?
Bowie Tour London offer a 2-hour guided virtual tour of London’s unique and dynamic west end district. An area rich with rock and roll history and previous stomping ground of the legendary David Bowie, this tour will feature classic Bowie songs performed on route and stories and anecdotes from his life, all while you explore the sites and sounds of London’s most exciting district.
Join us for an exhilarating musical walk around London’s exciting and fascinating west end. Visit the many spots where David Bowie made Rock and Roll history and learn of his incredible rise to fame!
Be amongst the hustle and bustle of London’s Soho district and learn how a diverse range of famous artists, fashion designers, musicians, actors and writers curved out huge names for themselves throughout the 1960’s and 70’s.
Below are JUST FIVE of the many land marks included on the tour:
• Discover the studio and plaque where David Bowie recorded some of his most famous songs including the album that made him a huge star; The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars.
• Explore London’s original Tin Pan Ally where a young David Jones and his close friend and rival Marc Bolan would plot their rise to the top!
• See David Bowie’s favourite London pub! Learn of how he nearly quit the music business in favour of a totally different life whilst drinking there…
• Virtually visit the site of the famous Marquee Club where Bowie performed with 6 different bands throughout his career and filmed his iconic Ziggy Stardust extravaganza film ‘The 1980 Floor Show’!
• Zoom in on the spot where David posed for the cover of his 1972 breakthrough album, ‘Ziggy Stardust’, view the ‘Ziggy’ plaque and learn the strange and fascinating story behind the albums famous sleeve, it’s classic songs and unique concept.
Sing along with Nick Stephenson to David Bowie’s classic songs, performed during the virtual experience, including: Changes, Fashion, Life on Mars?, The Jean Genie, Five Years, Ziggy Stardust, and many others.
PLEASE NOTE:
Once you have purchased your ticket(s) to this tour you will be contacted via email and given a unique access code to the David Bowie's Soho - A Virtual Musical Walking Tour private Facebook group. You can only access this group with a unique code and by answering the group questions.
Are you interested in joining any of our other David Bowie Musical Walking Tours?
Virtual Tours
For our Virtual Beckenham Tour please visit David Bowie’s Beckenham - A Virtual Musical Walking Tour for more details
For our Virtual Brixton Tour please visit David Bowie’s Brixton - A Virtual Musical Walking Tour for more details.
In-person Tours
For our Brixton Tour please visit London’s Original David Bowie Musical Walking Tour for more details.
For our Soho Tour please visit Soho's Original David Bowie Musical Walking Tour for more details.