About The Site

The Bowiedownunder website was authored by Adam Dean, a Melbourne Bowie fan for some 16 years. I can be contacted at mrdavidbowie@yahoo.com

The website opened in early 2002 in response to YANHOT ('Yet Another Northern Hemisphere Only Tour'). The idea was to start a petition for David Bowie to tour Australia and New Zealand - places for which he had not toured in well over a decade.

The petition received an early boost by appearing on the Teenage Wildlife News Page, Bassman's Bowie page and The Ziggy Stardust Companion. Over the course of two years, it gained more than 500 signatures and even though we have no idea whether it made a difference - in late 2003, David Bowie announced his first tour downunder in 16 years!

Soon after the establishment of the petition, I decided to 'beef up' the website by including data relevant to Bowie's previous visits of Australia and other local related events. Particularly useful was Sean Mayes account of the 1978 World Tour "We Can Be Heroes". A Yahoo! Community was established and then with the help of members who submitted material, I created pages on Bowie's 2004 Reality Tour (a work in progress).

Special thanks to all at Bowiedownunder who signed the 2004 Tour Petition and helped spread the word of this website.

Here is a list of contributors:



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References:

Evan Torrie's: Teenage Wildlife

Stefan Westman's: Bassman's Bowie Page

Nicholas Pegg's: The Complete David Bowie

Dave Thompson's: Moonage Daydream

Sean Mayes': We Can Be Heroes