David Bowie: "Bowie Tour - Dates and Tickets" Advert (1978)

David Bowie’s "Bowie Tour - Dates and Tickets," a one-page advert in Sounds, February 25, 1978.

DAVID BOWIE plays thirteen British concerts in June, following an extensive American tour that starts at the end of March and runs through until June.

Altogether, Bowie should be playing to more than a million people in 65 cities. In Britain he'll be playing three nights at Newcastle, four nights in Glasgow, three nights in Stafford and three nights at London Earls Court.

It's Bowie's first visit to Britain since his 1976. 'Station To Station' tour, which played at Wembley, and his first concerts outside London since his 1973 'Aladdin Sane' tour.

The complete list of British dates and details of how to obtain tickets is as follows read carefully and follow the instructions precisely otherwise you'll lose whatever chances you have of getting a seat June 14, 15 and 16

Newcastle City Hall. Tickets are available by post ONLY (don't forget stamped addressed envelope) from the City Hall Box Office, Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne 1. They are priced at £6.00, £5.00 and £4.00. There is a limit of four tickets per application and cheques and postal orders should be made payable to 'Newcastle City Hall Box Office'. June 19, 20, 21, and 22

Glasgow Apollo. Tickets are available by post ONLY (with a stamped addressed envelope) now from the Apollo Centre, 126 Renfield Street, Glasgow. Limited to four per application, the tickets are £6.00, £5.00 and £4.00 each.

Cheques and postal orders should be made payable to 'Glasgow Apollo Box Office'.

June 24, 25 and 26 Stafford Bingley Hall. Tickets are all priced at £4.50 and are available by post now from MAM Promotions Box Office Ltd, 24-25 New Bond Street,

DAVID: 13 British shows - at up to £6 a ticket.

London W1. (with a stamped addressed envelope). Your envelope should be marked 'Bingley' in the top left hand corner and applications are limited to six per person and cheques and postal orders should be made payable to 'MAM Promotions Ltd.

Bingley tickets are also available by personal application from Mike Lloyd Record shops in Hanley, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Tunstall, and Lotus Records in Stafford.

June 29, 30 and July 1 London Earls Court. Tickets are £5.00, £4.00 and £3.00 and are available by post ONLY from MAM Promotions Box Office, 24-25 New Bond Street, London W1. Mark the top left hand corner of your envelope 'Earls Court', enclose a stamped addressed envelope and make your cheques or postal orders payable to

'MAM Promotions Ltd'. Tickets are limited to six per application and MAM stress that positively NO personal applications for tickets will be dealt with.

Bowie's band will include guitarist Stacey Heydon (who appeared with Iggy Pop on his last British tour), drummer Dennis Davis and bassist George Murray, who all appeared on his last British concerts and played on the 'Low' and 'Heroes' albums.

They will be joined by Simon House, formerly with Hawkwind, on violin, Sean Mayes from Fumble on keyboards and Roger Powell from Utopia on synthesisers.

Bowie is currently in Berlin finishing off his part in the film 'Just A Gigolo'..

His album plans are a little unclear at the moment. At one point he was going to release another studio album during the tour, but there is talk of him releasing a live album from the American segment of the forthcoming dates.