Bauhaus singer, Peter Murphy has been announced as the next David Bowie tribute artist and will lead the David Bowie tribute tour including former King Crimson band member, Adrian Belew. Both of them will front the 2023 Celebrating David Bowie tour in North America. Joining members of this tour will include Spacehog’s Royston Langdon, A Perfect Circle bassist, Matt Mcjunkins, guitarist Scrote, Devo/A Perfect Circle drummer, Jeff Friedl, saxophonist Ron Dziubla and guitarist Eric Schermerhorn.
The David Bowie tribute tour will commence on April 4 in Houston, Texas and will conclude on May 8 in Tacoma, Washington, US. Tickets will be available for purchase here. Speaking of honour and gratitude, Murphy said in a statement, “Such a surprise to be invited to celebrate Bowie in this outing, and alongside a great lineup. So enticing to play the part.”
Scrote acts as the main leader behind Celebrating David Bowie which has been an ongoing project since 2017 and Todd Rundgren was placed on the spot as the frontman last year. Scrote said in a statement, “I’m thrilled to honour David again with this new explosive collection of truly unique and brilliant artists and musicians. This new show represents two sides of Bowie. With Peter Murphy, we have the dark baritone shrouded in mystery and wonder. With Adrian Belew, the tuneful tenor gleefully singing Bowie’s favourites while delivering the otherworldly guitar playing he is revered for.”
A statement released by the press via Rolling Stone announced that the 2023 edition will “interpret Bowie’s greatest hits” a specialist greatly emphasising Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust proto-punk era, including his Berlin trilogy records, “Low”, “Heroes”, and “Lodger” and his later infused years, inspired by Trent Reznor.
Belew was the guitarist for Bowie’s 1979 album, Lodger and was a session musician on the late singer’s 1978 Isolar II tour and 1990 Sound+Vision tour. Eric Schermerhorn accompanied Bowie’s 1991 tour (along with Tin Machine) as vocalist and guitarist.
Last year, Murphy has been touring with the reunited Bauhaus but unfortunately, the pandemic hit which resulted in an ultimate unravelling when the frontman entered rehab late August. The other band members agreed since then to reform as Love and Rockets and will play at the Cruel World festival this coming May.
