David Bowie Fan Pushes To Rename Town In His Honor

David Bowie super fan David Stopps is pushing to rename the English town of Aylesbury as “Aylesbowie.” Stopps also ran a successful crowdfunding appeal to have a Bowie statue placed in the town, which will be unveiled on March 25.More »

By on March 19, 2018

David Bowie super fan David Stopps is pushing to rename the English town of Aylesbury as “Aylesbowie.” “Following the untimely death of David Bowie on 10 January 2016, a groundswell of opinion surfaced in Buckinghamshire, England, to celebrate his art in a permanent way, in recognition of the strong connection he had with music club Friars Aylesbury,” Stopps said on his Change.org petition page. “Bowie performed the world debuts of two of the most iconic albums of the 20th Century, Hunky Dory and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, at Friars Aylesbury in 1971/72. He formed the Spiders from Mars in the tiny Friars dressing room and referenced Aylesbury Market Square in the first line of ‘Five Years.’ . The Bowie statue will give an enormous boost to tourism in the area so please join us in calling for the town to be renamed Aylesbowie.” Stopps also ran a successful crowdfunding appeal to have a Bowie statue placed in the town, which will be unveiled on March 25. Copyright(c) 2018 RTTNews.com. All Rights ReservedLess «