NASHVILLE |DAVID BOWIE TO STAR ON A&E'S LIVE BY REQUEST
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15th
TWO-HOUR WORLD PREMIERE AIRS LIVE FROM SONY MUSIC STUDIOS IN NEW YORK FROM 9 TO 11 PM ET/6 TO 8 PM PT (ENCORES ON SUNDAY, JUNE 23RD FROM NOON TO 2:00 PM ET/PT & ON THURSDAY, JUNE 27TH FROM 9:00 TO 11:00 PM ET/PT)
On the evening of Saturday, June 15, DAVID BOWIE, one of the most versatile, dynamic and influential performers in the history of popular music will take center stage for an evening of live music in A&E's LIVE BY REQUEST STARRING DAVID BOWIE, which will air live from New York's Sony Music Studios from 9:00 P.M. to 11:00 PM. ET, and 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, PT (encore presentations will air on Sunday, June 23, noon to 2:00 PM ET/PT and on Thursday, June 27, from 9 to 11 PM ET/PT) During the program the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee will take song requests via a special 800-telephone number. Fans logging on to http://www.livebyrequest.com will be able to email song requests, post messages and have access to on-demand text including discographies, biographical information and lyrics to songs.
Information about the show and DAVID BOWIE will also be available at http://www.AandE.com, which will also hotlink to the live webcast. Mark McEwen, the popular TV personality from CBS' The Early Show, will host the special. In addition to its television broadcast on A&E Network, which reaches 85 million viewers in North America, and A&E Mundo, which reaches 10 million viewers in Latin America, A&E'S LIVE BY REQUEST STARRING DAVID BOWIE will also be simulcast over the Jones Radio network where listeners will hear the show in its entirety in stereo.
DAVID BOWIE's first studio album in three years, HEATHEN (ISO Records/Columbia Records), will be released on June 11th, marking the artist's first studio collaboration in more than two decades with producer Tony Visconti, who has worked with BOWIE on numerous albums throughout his career, including Young Americans, Low, Heroes and Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). As a musician, performer and songwriter, DAVID BOWIE is an artist who continually defies convention to re-invent himself and his art. From his folkie beginnings to the glitter and glam of Ziggy Stardust, to the elegance of the Thin White Duke, BOWIE has given the world a series of iconic characters that have helped to re-define the parameters of popular culture. BOWIE's first releases included classics such as Man of Words, Man of Music; The Man Who Sold The World; Hunky Dory; and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars.
His subsequent efforts continued to up the ante in terms of innovation and artistic merit, and included Aladdin Sane; Pin-Ups (a tribute to the artists BOWIE admired in the London years of '64-'67); Diamond Dogs (A William Burroughs' inspired proto-"Bladerunner" project); The live, double album David Live; Young Americans (which included "Fame," a collaboration with John Lennon which went on to become BOWIE's first ever No. 1 single in the US); Station to Station; ChangesOneBOWIE, a compilation of greatest hits; Low; Heroes; Stage, a live album; Lodger; Scary Monsters; ChangesTwoBOWIE, another greatest hits compilation; Let's Dance; Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Album, which captured Ziggy and the Spiders during their last show; Tonight; Tin Machine; Sound and Vision; Black Tie White Noise; Outside; Earthling; and hours…
Over the years BOWIE's contributions as a producer have also been highly influential, including his work on such releases as Lou Reed's Transformer and Mott the Hoople's All The Young Dudes, for which he wrote the hit title track. He also produced and collaborated with Iggy Pop on Raw Power, The Idiot and Lust for Life. In addition, his many children's projects include a narration for "Peter and the Wolf" with the Philadelphia Orchestra. His work has been heard in dozens of major movies and covered by as many artists. In the dance world, his track "Let's Dance" has been one of the most sampled of all time.
Never one to limit his efforts as an artist to any one medium, DAVID BOWIE has also made a considerable impact as an actor, earning critical acclaim with such films as "The Man Who Fell To Earth"; "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence"; "The Hunger"; "Labyrinth"; "Into the Night"; "The Last Temptation of Christ"; and "Basquiat." BOWIE has also appeared on Broadway, playing John Merrick in "The Elephant Man."
With its first groundbreaking telecast in 1996, featuring the legendary performer Tony Bennett, A&E's LIVE BY REQUEST won an Emmy for "Outstanding Performance for a Variety or Music Program" and a Cable ACE Award for Music Performance, making it one of the most critically-acclaimed and fastest growing music performance series on television. Past artists featured on A&E's LIVE BY REQUEST include Neil Diamond, the Bee Gees, Willie Nelson, Don Henley, Eurythmics, k.d. lang, Vince Gill, Gloria Estefan, Phil Collins, James Taylor, Johnny Mathis, Loretta Lynn, Elton John and Reba McEntire, among others. The unique interactive concept that initiated the A&E LIVE BY REQUEST specials was created by Tony Bennett and developed by his son and manager, Danny Bennett, with Columbia Records Vice President of Broadcasting and Event Marketing Paul Rappaport and audio producer Mitch Maketansky. Danny Bennett, Paul Rappaport and Andy Kadison are the Executive Producers of the ongoing series.
A&E's LIVE BY REQUEST STARRING DAVID BOWIE is produced by Automatic Productions for A&E Network. Danny Bennett, Paul Rappaport and Andy Kadison are the Executive Producers of the program. Jodi Hurwitz is Co-Executive Producer for Automatic, Larry Jordan is Director. The Executive Producer for A&E is Delia Fine, and the Producer for A&E is Emilio Nunez.
Winner of the 2000 Governors Award from The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for The Biography Project for Schools, A&E offers viewers a unique blend of original programming, original movies, drama series, and engaging documentaries. A&E is available in more than 83 million Nielsen homes in the United States. The A&E web site is located at www.AandE.com, the BIOGRAPHY web site is located at www.Biography.com, and the mysteries web site is at www.mysteries.com. Headquartered in New York City, Automatic Productions is a provider of music and variety-based programming for today's rapidly expanding television landscape. Specializing in entertainment series and specials for network, cable and broadcast syndication, Automatic is a award-winning production company committed to innovative and quality programming.
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