MULTIPLE award winner Paul Antony fronts Pop-Up Bowie, a show celebrating one of the most influential artists in the history of popular music.
Paul displays a stunning likeness to David Bowie, both physically and vocally. The concert features some 30 songs spanning a five decade career characterised by chameleon-like change.
In the two hour show, Paul and the band perform Starman, Jean Genie, Moonage Daydream, Ashes to Ashes, Ziggy Stardust, Golden Years, Space Oddity, Life on Mars, Modern Love, Young Americans, Under Pressure, Let’s Dance and many more.
Pop-Up Bowie have appeared at venues all over the UK, including The Plaza, Stockport, The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, The Bandstand, Eastbourne, The Broadway, Barking, Chapel Arts Centre, Bath, The Mowlem Theatre, Swanage, The Winter Gardens, Margate, Epsom Playhouse, The Riverside Theatre, Newport, The Brew House, Taunton, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead, The Northcourt, Abingdon, The Platform, Morecambe, The Mercury Theatre, Colchester, and The Queen’s Theatre, Hornchurch.
They have headlined the Swanage Carnival on three occasions and have also played Rock the Castle, which is held inside the imposing grounds of the medieval Pembroke Castle in Wales.
DATES
Saturday September 27: Corfe Castle
Saturday October 11: Portsmouth
P-UB TALK
Back from two great shows in Paul’s home town of Swanage.
We returned to the Mowlem Theatre, situated on the sea front in the Dorset holiday favourite.
I often tweak the setlist for each gig, but over the last couple of years the basic shape of the show has stayed broadly the same.
It always worked, but given that it was our third visit to the Mowlem, I thought it would be a good opportunity to shake up the running order.
Suffragette City had been a great song to close the second set before the encore, but at the Mowlem we kicked off the whole show. Wham, bam, thank you ma’am!
As well as keeping the band on our collective toes, playing songs in different places gave them a whole new energy. The most notable was Under Pressure, which had been the first encore. It was now near the end of the first set. The opening bass riff was met with great excitement by the audience and that carried us through to the break. All very unexpected.
Four days after the Mowlem, we were back in Swanage to play the Carnival for the third time. I love this gig, not least because of a fantastic sound and lighting rig run by Rick, Graham, Adam and their crew.
The marquee was completely full and at there was an amazing energy. It’s seven years since our last appearance at the Carnival. Let’s hope it’s not that long before we are invited back.
MF
THE BAND
Paul Antony: Vocals, acoustic guitar
Richard Bastock: Guitar, vocals
Mark Fishlock: Bass, vocals
Joe Nicklin: Drums