David Bowie The Glass Spider Tour French Concert Poster
- 1987
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47 x 63 inches ~ (119 x 160 cm)$350
- Unbacked
This poster is currently unbacked. At check out, you will be given the opportunity to add backing which would cost $350 and take approximately 6-8 weeks.
Linen backing is the industry standard of conservation. Canvas is stretchered and a sheet of acid free barrier paper is laid down. The poster is then pasted to the acid free paper using an acid free paste. This process is fully reversible and gives support to the poster. A border of linen is left around the poster and can be used by a framer to mount the poster so that nothing touches the poster itself. Backing is what we recommend for framing, and for any poster needing restoration.
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“The Glass Spider Tour was a 1987 worldwide concert tour by David Bowie, launched to support his album Never Let Me Down. It began in May 1987 and was preceded by a two-week press tour that saw Bowie visit nine countries throughout Europe and North America to drum up public interest in the tour.
“Bowie conceived the tour as a theatrical show, and included spoken-word introductions to some songs, vignettes, and employed visuals including projected videos, theatrical lighting and stage props. On stage, Bowie was joined by guitarist Peter Frampton and a troupe of five dancers (choreographed by long-time Bowie collaborator Toni Basil). With the theme ‘Rock stars vs Reality’, the show was divided into two acts and an encore. The set list was modified over the course of the tour as Bowie dropped some of his newer material in favour of older songs from his repertoire.
“The tour’s set, described at the time as ‘the largest touring set ever,’ was designed to look like a giant spider. It was 60 feet (18.3m) high, 64 feet (19.5m) wide and included giant vacuum tube legs that were lit from the inside with 20,000 feet of color-changing lights. The set took 43 trucks to move and was estimated to weigh 360 tons. The system required to run the show included two separate sound systems, 260 speaker cabinets, 1,000 lights, with over 600,000 watts, and three computers. Mark Ravitz, the set designer, had previously designed Bowie’s 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour set.
“This was Bowie’s first tour where wireless microphone technology was available, allowing Bowie considerable freedom to move around the stage during a concert. This allowed him to interact with the dancers and musicians much more freely, and as such the set included 3-story high mobile scaffolding, onto which Bowie and his dancers would occasionally climb during the show.”
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