1992-07-21 Vancouver
1993-9-4 Vancouver
1996-9-16 Seattle
1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
2000-11-6 Seattle
2001-10-22 Seattle
2002 -12-09 Seattle
2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2 2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
I was asked to make this year's Flight to Mars poster be Bowie themed. And even though I knew they were going to have a Bowie tribute band open the show, it was a bit of a quandary to be asked to make a Bowie themed poster for a UFO tribute band. It'd be like making a Neil Young themed poster for a Rolling Stones tribute band. Originally they were going to open the show with a Motorhead tribute but opted for Bowie instead. They also asked if I could sneak Prince's symbol in there somewhere too... so my initial quandary was resolved when I figured I could make the poster Bowie themed but also a larger overall theme about visionary musicians / people. David Bowie, Prince and Lemmy were all visionary people. They saw things that other people did not, not only in themselves but in music. And trusting in their own vision all three of them left a mark on the world and the art of music in their own unique and brilliant ways. I use the symbol of the eye a lot. Given I am a visual person / artist, the eye is of great symbolic significance to me. The eye symbolizes not just sight and vision, but knowing and wisdom. Bowie, Prince and Lemmy all had their own unique vision and ability to see and know what they wanted to create. Their individual vision helped create and introduce completely new avenues to the world of music, reshaping and changing it forever.
The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
Brad has one of the best websites for poster purchases. I bet he had to take it down for a few minutes to fix something. I'd rather wait for a few minutes than go into the black hole of error pages and accidentally adding 10 posters without being able to check out. Shudder.
Steve nailed it... over slept. We have this new shade put over the bedroom window which has made it much much darker, and normally I am up by about 7 at the latest, normally the dog wakes me up well before 10... not today, sorry folks.
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1993-9-4 Vancouver
1996-9-16 Seattle
1998-7-19 Vancouver, 7-21 Seattle, Memorial Stadium
2000-11-6 Seattle
2001-10-22 Seattle
2002 -12-09 Seattle
2009-8-17 Manchester, 9-25 Vancouver
2011-6-16 Seattle (EV), 9-3/4 PJ20, 9-25 Vancouver
2012-6-27 Amsterdam (#2!)
2013-11-29 Portland, 12-4 Vancouver, 12-6 Seattle
2014-AUS - 1-26 Sydney, 1-31 Adelaide, 2-11/12 EV Sydney State Theatre, 2-13 EV Opera House
2014 - USA - Memphis, Detroit, MOLINE, St. Paul, MILWAUKEE, Denver, 25/26 Bridge School
2016 - Lexington, Philly x 2, MSG x 2, Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto x 2, Pemberton, Fenway x 2, Wrigley x 2
2018 - Seattle x 2, Missoula, Fenway x 2
2016 Flight to Mars (white paper)
3 Colors ; 12" x 24.75"
I was asked to make this year's Flight to Mars poster be Bowie themed. And even though I knew they were going to have a Bowie tribute band open the show, it was a bit of a quandary to be asked to make a Bowie themed poster for a UFO tribute band. It'd be like making a Neil Young themed poster for a Rolling Stones tribute band. Originally they were going to open the show with a Motorhead tribute but opted for Bowie instead. They also asked if I could sneak Prince's symbol in there somewhere too... so my initial quandary was resolved when I figured I could make the poster Bowie themed but also a larger overall theme about visionary musicians / people. David Bowie, Prince and Lemmy were all visionary people. They saw things that other people did not, not only in themselves but in music. And trusting in their own vision all three of them left a mark on the world and the art of music in their own unique and brilliant ways. I use the symbol of the eye a lot. Given I am a visual person / artist, the eye is of great symbolic significance to me. The eye symbolizes not just sight and vision, but knowing and wisdom. Bowie, Prince and Lemmy all had their own unique vision and ability to see and know what they wanted to create. Their individual vision helped create and introduce completely new avenues to the world of music, reshaping and changing it forever.
- Christopher McCandless