Show: The Bowie Experience
Format: Music Show
Genre: Music
Date: March 1 2018
Location: Empire Theatre, Liverpool
This is our review of The Bowie Experience at Liverpool‘s Empire Theatre. So, let’s take a look at The Bowie Experience!
The Bowie Experience
Description Of The Bowie Experience
It’s always difficult with tribute bands and artists, how faithfully they reflect the original act or whether they ‘make it their own’ as Louis Walsh would say. When it’s an icon like David Bowie, I think the audience want to see the classic, real Mccoy – or as near as you can get it. And this show doesn’t disappoint. Opening with Space Oddity which wasn’t saved for the encore, we were taken on a tour of Bowie’s changing styles and personas with at least five costume changes. The one constant, however, was the quality of the music.
Now, the supporting seven musicians were supremely talented with an outstanding performance by Tim Wedlake on lead guitar. It’s hard to single anyone out, though, because they were all so good and kept things moving through the variety of wardrobe transformations.The variety of songs chosen appealed to the more vintage fan as well as younger members of the audience and each one was appreciated, even the lesser-known numbers. There was enthusiastic applause from the very start and by the second half, a good number of the audience were on their feet dancing, especially to faster tunes like John I’m Only Dancing, Let’s Dance and Suffragette City.
Analysis Of The Bowie Experience
It really was the most authentic tribute to David Bowie, and Laurence Knight is amazing, bringing David’s spirit to life with recognisable costumes and dance moves that brought back memories of where you were in your life at each stage of the show; he was entirely worthy of the standing ovation at the end of the show.
My only criticism might be the backdrop. This was sometimes quite distracting and very often totally incongruous to the song. From black and white old-style movies to psychedelic patterns and arty collapsing buildings, I wondered why there couldn’t be any footage of the man himself? Or at least something more in tune with the performance?
Summary Of The Bowie Experience
On the whole though, The Bowie Experience was a really enjoyable concert. Indeed, it was an unforgettable journey through the Sound and Vision of Bowie’s Golden Years.
