When Bowie landed in Scotland

Did you see him live? Fans urged to get in touch

WHEN David Bowie cancelled his T in the Park headline slot in 2004 due to ill health, no one expected it to be the end of his touring days.

Renowned for his shows, the legend would never play a full concert again.

While Scottish fans missed out that day at T in the Park, there were plenty of other Bowie gigs north of the border over the decades.

Author Neil Cossar is writing a new book, David Bowie: I Was There, and is appealing to The Sunday Post readers for their memories of seeing David in concert. It might be from 1964 when he played third on the bill at the ABC cinema in Edinburgh as Davie Jones and The Manish Boys, alongside Gerry and The Pacemakers, The Kinks, Gene Pitney, Marianne Faithfull, Bobby Shafto and The Mike Cotton Sound. Or perhaps it was when David Bowie and The Buzz performed at the Top Ten Club in Dundee in 1966 or during his two-week Scottish tour three years later in places like Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline and Kilmarnock.

Or were you waiting outside the City Halls in Glasgow in 1972 when Bowie came out to tell fans the Ziggy show had been cancelled because the venue wouldn’t let the band use their full PA rig?

Below is a taster of stories Neil has already gathered from Scottish fans but he wants more. So if you have a Bowie concert story to tell, email him at neil@thisdayinmusic.com