David Bowie Live on Stage Earls Court London 1978 | 2023 Documentary | Part 1

On this day 45 years ago, the 30 June 1978, David Bowie played the 2nd of 3 shows at London’s Earls Court. That show and the one on the following night, were filmed for an intended concert movie. This is a short documentary about those shows, which also attempts to answer the question: “Whatever happened to the STAGE movie?” This film combines live footage from the Earls Court shows and others from the ‘78 tour, plus material from TV and radio shows, with music from the Welcome to the Blackout album and other sources. • The David Bowie Isolar II 1978 World Tour, also known as The Low / Heroes World Tour or The Stage Tour, hit London in summer 1978. Three nights were played at the Earls Court Arena, 29 & 30 June & the 1 July. The never-completed and never-shown David Bowie-produced, David Hemmings-directed STAGE movie, was shot at two of the Earls Court shows. The forty years old undigitised reels for which were, until recently gathering dust at the Bowie archive