The Thin White Duke are a 5 piece David Bowie Tribute Band playing in the South of England. Formed 5 years ago we have become a favourite on the tribute scene.
The bands typical 2 x 45 minute set lovingly recreates Bowies classics from "Heroes to Lets Dance" and everything inbetween.
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The Tribute band made by Bowie fans, for Bowie fans
01.03.10
Thanks to Neil Mach who writes for Stains Weblog. Neil has reviewed our gig at the Royal Oak in February. Neil clearly writes with intensity, passion and the naked truth. Click here to read his review.
22.02.10
Everybody at TWD would like to thank Clive Turrell for the fine photography he shot at QMC Central Studio at the beginning of the month. You can see Clive's handy work in "Our favourite photos" section.
We also had a professional video camera team of 5 film this event. We shall let you know more when it's out the editing suite.
07.01.10
Thanks so much for a brilliant night at Queen Mary's College in Basingstoke. We played to a sellout crowd of pure Bowie fans. Yes we know who you are! It was also mentioned that there were some people in from Tadley!!? (Our Dave's family fan club). I think you have to be init to appreciate the joke! We look forward to further dates from QMC. The Return of the Thin White Duke.
03.01.10
We are looking forward to playing in Basingstoke this coming Saturday at Central Studio. The 180 capacity veune is almost sold out, so grab the remaining tickets now. See you there..? If you have already booked tickets we thank you dearly. Please add you comments after the show over in the forum area.
29.01.10
We have had a change round of venues for tonights gig, its still in the town of Redhill but we are now playing at The Junction. This will be our first gig of 2010. Going to be a great night.
Hope to see you there. This is not any gig, This is a TWD gig. Mmmm Yummy. 9pm kick off.
20.01.10 - Giggy Sawd Us
We are working hard to get as many gigs lined up for 2010 however big or small. We just wanna play. Check out the gigs area!
If you know of a venue we could play please get in contact and you will receive our free Demo CD for your efforts! info@thinwhiteduke.biz
22.12.09 - Your Christmas bonus!
We have added a further 5 demo tracks on a secondary audio page.
Check out - Life on Mars? - Queen Bitch - Rebel Rebel - Oh! you Pretty Things & Let's Dance - over in the Sound and Vision area.
04.11.09 - The Start of our remastered demo tracks
4 out of our 12 remastered tracks are now ready for you to hear over in the Sound and Vision area. When you're done why not head over to the VIP lounge and tell us your thoughts? Our newly completed 12 tracks will rotated over time to keep things fresh. "Watch that (Space) Man"
02.11.09 - Exciting News
Firstly the band would like to welcome our guitarists newly born son, Oliver to the world. Mum and Dad think he rocks!
Continuing on the rocking theme, The Thin White Dukes have been locked away in their studio and have almost completed mixing 12 new classic tracks for your approval. We shall keep you informed when the final layer of polish has been applied. Our aim was to see how close we could get to the originals using our live setup without any tricks or sampling. (We believe that to be cheating) We all hope that you will like them enough to come and hear them played live. Bowie Rocks - Simples!
Next Gig,
Thanks for all your support over our recent gigs. We are continually amazed and amused with your encounters of the man himself. The latest was from the daughter of a car dealership owner in Bromley who sold Bowie a banger back in the late 60's! I replied that he was always crashing the same car! Which was met with a blank look!
The TWD are having a small break till Novemember whilst our guitarist goes off to have his first baby.
We shall see you next at The Railway in Bromley - North on the 28th Nov.
Friday, 28 August 2009, 21:00
Kill Your Idols: BOWIE GOES BOWLING
The coolest man ever to rock glittered-face paint is celebrated at this special Bowie party. Everything from the music to the décor, and of course the dress code, will be inspired by the man.
The Kings head - Acton - 15th August
We want as many Ziggy painted faces as possible. Those that do will be photographed with the band for the web site!! Plenty of strutting please!!
If you turn up in a complete glam outfit you get in free!! Bargain!!
Normal £5 entry
18.07.09
Gig report - South Street - Reading
Wow! What a mind blowing evening - Such special thanks to all that came along to see us perform at South Street in Reading. It was an absolute pleasure. Thanks also goes to all the staff that did a superb job looking after us, the sound was amazing! We hope to see you all again at this prestigious venue very soon. Check, Sound & Vision for pictures and video of Lets Dance!
Next Gig
The Reading Arts - South Street - Tickets are selling fast. 18th July 8pm
11.07.09
Gig report - The Portland Rockbar, Hove
Again the Portland turned into a sellout night. The crowd were standing on their seats by the end of the night. Jon from Absolute Bowie came down to support us with a lovely young lady on his arm. We'd like to thank them and all of you that came down. We have 2 more dates in our diary at the Portland for later this year and into 2010. Check out Modern Love live from the Portland
22.06.09
Gig report - The Beacon Court Tavern -
The boys played a crazy packed night at the Beacon Court Tavern in Gillingham. It was Georges -(Bass) debut with The TWD. It seemed to us that hes always been there. A big well done from all of us and welcome to the band. Check out Georges large talent over in the Photos area, with Sound and Vision !
25.05.09
Photos of the Grey Horse gig have now been uploaded.
If you were at the gig why not head over to our backstage area and leave us some commets. Theres a free promo disc in it for your efforts. Send us your address and were get one in the post
17.05.09
Please head over to the video area to watch our latest clip from The Grey Horse in Kingston. It was a full house of devoted Bowie fans, thanks to all for for coming down. We hope to see you all again soon. Look out for more gigs from the Grey Horse in 2009.
14.04.09
We are please to welcome out new bassist "George" to the band!! George is also a song writer for some major artists and has his own home studio. But all we know is that he has the attitude and talent we where looking for. We had some great bassists come down to auditions and would like to wish them all the best in the future. See you on the road!
Georges sound will re-deliver the way we serve our Bowie. Piping hot and leave you wanting seconds!
19.03.09
We are looking for a replacement permanent Bass Player.
Ideal candidate would have
Pro gear,own Transport and be a solid player. We are currently playing venues and private functions in South and South East Area.
You would have a positive energy on stage, a love for Bowie’s music and be a proactive member of the band.
The Band loving recreates Bowie classics from A to Ziggy. 2-3 gigs a month average. Please contact us via email.
16.03.09
Our next gig we return to The Duke of Wellington, New Malden. We look forward to playing to the local fans again.
08.03.09
A big thank you goes to all the folk that turned out at The Horn in St Albans. The event was packed with true Bowie fans that spent the whole night singing along with us. You can hear their voices on "Lets Dance" over on the video area.
Photos have also been posted of the night. We look forward to returning to the Horn Soon. We all though it a great venue who continual book top tributes.
Don't forget to check our continually updating gigs page!
16.02.09
Downloadable £1 off Flyer for The Horn gig, St Albans
We have organised with the management at The Horn to allow our fans a £1 admission discount with this downloadable flyer. Please bring this along to claim your saving. Treat yourself to a tasty bag of chips on your way home on us.
10.02.09 Gig Review.
It seems that the people of Hove have cottoned on to the great bands that are frequenting the Portland these days. By the time our guitarist struck his first chord the venue was full to capacity. Approximately 200 people kept the bar staff and dance floor busy all night. Our new singer Dave was nothing short of genius and did the Band and Bowie himself proud. We'd like to thank all that came down to support us and hope we shall see you again when we come back on the 11th July.
Photos of the Portlands gig can be found under our new recent gigs page
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