David Bowie | Alabama Song | Rehearsal Excerpt | Hordern Pavilion, Sydney | 8 November 1978

A minute or so of Bowie and the ’78 touring band in rehearsal, a few days prior to the start of the Australian tour. • Bowie and the band worked from late afternoon until early morning on a stage at the Hordern Pavilion, fully constructed to ensure all technical aspects ran smoothly. Over the next two days Bowie also gave interviews. In a break in rehearsals Bowie was interviewed by ABC Countdown presenter Ian Meldrum, on the tennis court of the Hordern Pavilion. Ian Meldrum (1978): Would you believe that I interviewed David Bowie on a tennis court in the middle of Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion, which had just been used for a major indoor tennis tournament. At I arrived at the Hordern Pavilion to confront the man of the moment, David Bowie. And what a gentleman he is. If all interviews were as easy as the one with him then my life would be without drama. But seriously, folks, for an artist everyone thought would prove to be difficult, he let us not only interview him but als