The alter ego has landed... in space
Bowie planned Ziggy satellite calls
rest of us.
And Alesha Dixon is champing at the bit to get back to work on Britain’s Got Talent, I can reveal.
The live shows have been delayed until October because of Covid-19 worries, but a source says Alesha is very eager to be sitting down in the judge’s chair.
“Alesha is desperate to get back to BGT and get on with it,” says the source.
about. It should have been done and dusted by the end of May. She is excited and desperate to get back to do some work.”
The Starman, who died in 2016, was always out of this world. And I can reveal he once talked about buying up old satellites orbiting the Earth as part of a barmy scheme during the Noughties.
The Space Oddity was discussed between The Thin White Duke and computer games designer Phil Campbell, who he first worked with on a video game.
Phil says: “We talked about buying up a bunch of old satellites that were circling the Earth and he was going to relaunch Ziggy from space.
“The idea was that Ziggy would beam us transmissions – ‘Are you receiving me...?’”
Bowie also hatched a plan to go through Changes – by appearing in a fantasy computer game called Omikron: The Nomad Soul.
The singer had been hired to provide the music for it in 1998 then asked if he could feature in the game itself. And while he wanted to go in as David Bowie, he wanted to return to the name he was born with at the end of it.
Phil adds: “One day David said, could he leave his Bowie persona in Omikron, and come out as David Jones? It was a delicious thought – did he crave the anonymity of that? And it fitted the spirit of the game: Omikron was a giant trap, you could lose your soul in
there for ever.”
The Spice Girls are being lined up to play at Brighton Pride next year. Organisers are in talks with the girl band to play the coveted spot in 2021.
Mariah Carey was due to headline this year’s festival to celebrate its 30th anniversary but it was cancelled amid the coronavirus pandemic. “Brighton Pride are desperately trying to book the SG for next year’s PRIDE,” says a source. “They did have Mariah booked for this year but she might not be able to commit to the new date in 2021.”
Mel C was there last year and hinted that the Spice Girls could be reuniting, saying the band have been “constantly talking” about a huge world tour next year. Exciting!