Hi guys

any Welsh gigs planned?????

If you do i have an army of family and mates who will make youre night, oh yes!!!!!

Theres a nice venue in Cardiff called The Globe
http://www.theglobecardiff.com/

wouldnt mind a copy of youre promo cd either, sounds great guys

wam bam thank you......................
Matt Day

Thank you for a superb night (again) at The Railway, Bromley. You lot are the best tribute band in the country, there is no doubt. See you in January, Gill - Bromley x

A big thank you from Windlesham for the great gig on Saturday night (24 Sept). It can't have been easy playing to such a small crowd and I'm sure other bands might have just switched off and gone through the motions. You were great though, in fact even better than the last time we saw you in Windlesham, and the 8 or so people who we brought along had a really good night.

Big thanks too for the free (demo) CD which is also just brilliant. I've been a Bowie fan boy and man and your sound is just amazingly like Mr Jones himself (maybe better!)

Keep on rockin'!

Paul

Just wanted to say thank you so much for coming up all the way to Leeds to
play at our wedding party – you were absolutely amazing ... great performers,
great musicians and also lovely guys to have around.

All the hard-core Bowie fans loved you (obviously) and we’ve had so many
(formerly) non-Bowie fans saying how much they loved your set and how they
were amazed at how many of the songs they actually knew ... My lads were
brought up on Bowie so I knew they’d love it – but now their friends are
wanting to borrow our Bowie CDs! ...our work is done ;-) !!

Anyway, you’ve been an absolute pleasure to deal with from start to finish
- and you really did make our day. Thank you for everything . Cath & Steve x

Saw you guys play the Con club at Lewes Friday night. The gig was fantastic from start to finish. I enjoyed having a good old boggie to all my fav Bowie songs. Looking forward to you returning soon. Also i think you would be great on the bill for next years Rock in the Bog. I will put a word in.

had a great night untill the nutter threw glitter in my face and I had to spend the next 3 h's in casualty was also worried about stretch hanging out with his daughter. the dikes at the front at the gig came on to my girl friend and was not happy!!!! apart from this had a great time, Much love Ziggy,

We absolutely loved all of you,what a fantastic night!We had a reunion,friends from Wimbledon,Spain and kent(Bromley) A really magic time thankyou guys xxxxxx Karen xx

Loved your last two shows at the Fox and Duck, Petersham. Loved your selection of songs mixing album tracks and singles. Loved the way that you perform. Loved having a chat with you in the break. See you there next time. Follow the link for more detailed reviews.

Halina,

My father mentioned you last weekend asking if I'd heard from you ever... Nice that you looked us up after all this time. I hope your well. I guess you took up the guitar as it's a much lighter instrument than that keyboard you used to drag along. As you can see the line up has changed some what. Scott got married and stepped down as bowie to focas on own his new love. I have a 18 month old son and hes showing interest in the acoustic guitar. Time will tell. Take care and would love to see you at a gig some day. ALL THE BEST.

Ben- TWD

Hi, I used to be keyboard player in Thin White Duke (it seems like a very long time ago now!). Just thought I'd check in and say Hi to Ben - thought I'd look you guys up online to see if you were still going and looks like you're doing incredibly well - sounds amazing and awesome website! I learned to play the guitar since seeing you last and had a band called Shot by Both Sides - (myspace.com/shotbyboth) although we only played live once - lots of rehearsals in studios almost as nice as Scream in Croydon :) Hope all else is well with you and all the best for Thin White Duke. Halina

Excellent show at Talking Heads last night. Haven't danced like that for ages. Especially enjoyed Width of a Circle at end. Looking forward to next visit!

Hi David,
Thanks very much for your kind comments and of course for organising such a superb event. We had a fabulous time too and would like to thank everybody who came along. It was great to see so many people up and dancing and getting into a real Bowie groove! Glad you enjoyed "Lady Stardust" and "Width Of A Circle" - both are album tracks that might not be known everyone in the audience but we really enjoy playing them and know that for some, they will be a real highlight of the show. It was also nice to play a part in rasing money for the hospice, so well done to their volunteers on the night. We're already looking forward to coming back to Farnham in October to play the Maltings followed by a few post -show beers back at Borellis! Another show at the Castle next year would be great! Thanks again from Dave and the rest of the band.

Thankyou chaps for an absolutely outstanding and enjoyable evening at Farnham Castle Saturday night. All 200 people loved your show and the venue. Haven't got the figure we raised for Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice yet, but I am sure its well in excess of £1000. The stage looked great although a bit small! and Daves seating plan really worked with the majority of guests dancing in the second half! Lady Stardust was brilliant, but you completely nailed Width of a Circle at the end - stunning, I hope Bens fingers have recovered! Would love to do another show at the castle next year! Look forward to seeing you at The Maltings in October, more than happy to do a late bar after the show if you like.

Ron,

Thanks so much for your warm well wishes. Have a great Holiday and see you in the New Year.

NB: We are currently back in the rehearsal studio fine tuning and working on 3 new tracks for 2011

Breaking Glass
Lady Stardust
Width of a Circle

All the best from TWD

Ben

Hi Dave, Ben and co.
Just a quick line to wish you Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year. Will catch up sometime in 2011
Rwgards, Ron B

Mike,
Thanks for your constructive comments. Half the band was riddled with cold and we were rusty after a short break. We do aspire to be a great band and believe there is truth in a lot of what you have said to which we will look at. Your comments have only inspired us to achieve this.
We hope that the next time you see us we nail all of them.

Went to the gig at The Fox and Duck, Petersham (near Richmond) on Saturday 20/11/10. Pretty enjoyable. Some songs absolutely nailed - "Ashes to Ashes" particularly good. Songs that needed more production to re-produce live such as "Sound and Vision" didn't work so well. The band definitely needs quality backing vocals and harmonies. Songs like "Fame", "Five Years" and "Sound and Vision" would really improve as a result.

I was very inpressed with the drummer and guitarist and the Bowie frontman was pretty good too. The bass player was generally pretty solid. The keyboard player had timing problems with the more complex keyboard parts such as on "Changes" and "Life on Mars?" Both songs are essential to this act - so he should get practising!

Really pleased to hear "Boys Keep Swinging" and "Drive-in Saturday".

I enjoyed this band because the overall feel of the songs was usually there rather than trying to slavishly copy every little nuance and detail. I saw the Jean Genie tribute some years back and the Bowie frontman tried way too hard in my opinion.

I'm a semi-pro singer/songwriter and hope that what I've said is useful to you.
The crowd certainly enjoyed it. You're a pretty good band - but you could be a great band!

Cheers

Mike

An excellent night on Saturday at Riff’s nr Swindon. Played the usual Bowie classics plus a few of the forgotten gems such as “Boys keep swinging” The only criticism I would make is that the album version of “Heroes” be played instead of the short and sweet single version! excellent effort Dave, well done matey!!

Great show at Riff's on Saturday. Reminded me what a terrific repertoire Bowie has and you did it proud. There aren't many live gigs I attend where we restrained Brits actually dare to dance but you pulled it off!

Great Gig in Windlesham lads - agree with one of your previous comments that Time was brave, unusual and really well done. Apologies on behalf of the apathetic villagers who didn't come - you deserved a much bigger audience but I was pleased (for you) that at least it was a noisy and responsive crowd. And BTW the steward of the club is Bob Pope, not Hope, which made me laugh! Or is that a deliberate typo in view of the erm.. circuitous way that he booked you for the gig ;->. Not that I, nor anyone else is complaining! See you again soon I hope

We are totally staggered by the fantastic feedback we have received from the Windlesham gig.

On behalf of the entire band we really enjoyed playing the venue and the fantastic audience in attendance.

Manager Bob Hope from the Windlesham theatre has assured us that we are the Bowie tribute of choice from the comments he received by you on the night. So many thanks to you all. Plans to return are already in motion for 2011. With your help we have achieved our objectives to come the No. 1 Bowie tribute to play the Windlesham theatre.

The band has opened talks for the future songs inclusion for 2011. It only seems fair to add some of the songs you have mentioned to our growing set. So you will just have to come along next year to see if your favourites have really made the grade……
Ben – Guitarist for the TWD

i was with David Quick at Windlesham last night and completely concur with everything he says. i play in a tribute band myself,albeit a completely different genre, Johnny Cash to be precise, so i know how much work goes in to get the sound and the performance absolutely accurate. you have to be passionate about it, spending hours listening to the originals and more hours practising to reproduce the authentic sound. i think you're all amazing musicians. it was a fantastic performance. i would recommend any Bowie fans to check you out. in fact even if they're not into Bowie they'd enjoy the show.
well done guys and lots of success in the future. i'd definitely come and see you again

Came to your Windlesham gig last night, again after seeing you guys at Farnham Maltings, you were all fantastic! Shut your eyes listening to Daves voice and Bens lead guitar you could believe Bowie and Ronson were in the room. For me your Ziggy Stardust performance was the highlight closely followed by your brave performance of Time. Your band deserves far bigger audiences!! It is unlikely we will ever see 'the man' perform live again, which leaves I think massive opportunities ahead for you guys. Please come back to Farnham soon - more than happy to promote you at Borelli's and confident your next show here would be a sell out!!

Hiya Tim & Wendy,
I'm a particularly huge fan of the 90's-and-beyond Bowie material - Outside is actually my favourite album, and "Strangers When We Meet" my favourite Bowie song :) I would love to have heard some of the later material, though I appreciate that Outside probably isn't going to be everyones cup of tea...but maybe one of the slightly lighter tracks off the album, like "I Have Not Been to Oxford Town" (or "Strangers"..? Pretty please..?) would work well? I would also have LOVED maybe "Dead Man Walking" or "I'm Afraid of Americans" from Earthling...to be honest though I could be here all day going on about other songs I would love to have heard. Band would have to be on-stage for a week! ;)

PS Forgot to say this website is also amazing - very professional. Do you maintain yourselves?

Tim

Was also at Windlesham gig last night and we both thought you were fantastic and far better than we expected - you should be playing far bigger audiences :)

Thought whole band was very tight and soundwise sounded very close to the man himself.

Unlike Jo below thought Under Pressure worked really well, surprise highlights : I thought Time was both a brave choice and brilliant performance! Also really pleased you played Boy's Keep Swinging a personal fave.

My only small criticism is nothing beyond 1981? How About adding Hallo Spaceboy or something from Heathen?

And lastly just a suggestion for future gigs - which I apreciate would take a lot of rehearsing - play all of the Ziggy album in order for first set and then greatest hits in second?

Hope you return to Windlesham soon - and may well catch you again at Sandhurst. Will also propose a new venue seperately via mail.

Thanks for a truly great evening
Tim and Wendy

I was at the Windlesham Club gig tonight, and I have to admit - you have all far surpassed my expectations for the evening! I am an avid Bowie fan, and was somewhat skeptical when I was invited along tonight by my family; as far as I was concerned, only Bowie could do his songs the justic they deserve. All I can say is that I'm ecstatic that they talked me into it! The start of the set was particularly impressive; I was blown away by "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Sound & Vision", which were truly spot on. "Fashion", "All the Young Dudes" and "Starman" were three more of the highlights that sprung to mind, although really I was on the edge of my seat for the whole set. The only (small) criticism I would make is regarding "Under Pressure"; this is obviously just my opinion, but I personally wasn't convinced that it made a great solo piece (sorry!). However, Ben seems to have a good pair of lungs on him - why not split it back out into a duet?

Thank you for a fantastic night! I hope to catch you again in Sandhurst next year!

Simon,
Thanks for your kind wishes. Who knows, maybe we'll see Sarah on stage one day!

Many congratulations on your wedding today, does this mean that Sarah will get a special place on stage, and her own songs?

Simon,Lyn,2 x Carol's, Christian
Guildford

Thanks to the "Cherries" and everyone else for your kind comments - hope to see you again soon.

TWD - great night at The Rose and Crown Sandhurst. I'm never disappointed when I go there - small intimate venue, and the friendliest welcome you will receive in any pub. Thin White Duke played a varied Bowie set.... most of the songs you'd expect with one or two of the slightly left field album tracks to keep you on your toes. By the end, they even had me up and dancing.
It was a great night. I really hope that the Rose and Crown hosts TWD again. Barry the landlord was well impressed, so it's likely. And if they do... I'll be front row singing along!
Thanks - Dick Cherry

Re: TWD @ Rose & Crown, Sandhurst - A superb performance at a superb venue. Will be in touch soon as discussed...

What a fantastic night at the Rose & Crown, after 6 hrs of driving with crap on the radio what better than to walk into a place where everyone made you feel welcome whilst watching the best Bowie tribute I have ever seen, It was like watching the man himself well done fellas hopefully see you soon.

p.s. Enjoy the wedding, still can't believe she's making you sing ha ha !!!!!!!!

Thin White Duke aka David Bowie, well what can I say, a fabulous night was had by all there, absolutely spot on, I could not believe how much you looked and sounded like Bowie, I was the one who shouted David to you at the end of the night. Cant wait for your return.

Hi Trevor,
Thanks for your comments - really appreciate them. We don't do any Tin Machine I'm afraid, with such a huge back catalogue of Bowie material to choose from, we'll never be able to fit everything in or even get close to doing so! We've all got our favourite tracks within the band and getting the time to learn them and bring them into the set is a real challenge. We hope to be learning some new stuff in the not too distant future and unleashing it on the TWD audience! Look forward to seeing you in Bromley - spread the word to all your Bowie-loving friends!
Dave

Hey. So let me start by saying that David Bowie is a big part of my life.
I know his stuff backwards.
I can't tell you how much I loved your show on Saturday at The Dirty South.
I am afraid I was the twat that shouted "Tin Machine" when you only had time for two more songs,
but I actually like that first Tin machine album. Do you do "I can't read" by the way? I prefer the original Tin machine version to the later solo version.

Anyway.. I loved your sound, the very fine details are all there, for example the 1978 Stage keyboard sound on Ziggy Stardust, the great guitar work (no mean feat) solid bass playing and every drum break spot on.
And love the vocals, even Bowie couldn't do that early stuff later on live, some high notes there!
I have just been on your site and I will see you in Bromley in September.

I might shout out "Karma Man" for that one.

Thank you for making my night on Saturday.

Trevor

Hi Simon,Linda and Carol
Great to chat with you too, thanks for coming. Photos are in the "Sound + Vision" area of the web site - click on the camera icon. Check out "Recent Gigs" and "Our Favourites".
There are still some pictures from Farnham Maltings that we should add but the pictures that Sarah took last Saturday at Reading South Street didn't come out as well as she'd have liked. She's still sorting through them and any good ones will be uploaded on to the website. Look forward to seeing you at future gigs, thanks for your continued support!

Another great night, and a pleasure to chat with you all afterwards. Loved the 5 years song from the Ziggy Stardust Album.

Where are all the Gig photos located?

Please include 1984 in your song catalogue sometime.

All the best.

Hi Keith,
Great to meet you too. Thanks very much for contacting us through the website and for the davidbowie.com contact details - I'll send an email today. It's a real pleasure to be in a band that plays the great man's music and to talk to people who love it as much as we do. We really enjoyed the gig - it was very hot on stage, I think the weather and the World Cup was a big part of why the numbers were down on last year's gig. Everyone seemed to have a good time though. Hope to see you at a gig in the future for some more Bowie chat!
All the best,
Dave

To David

It was great to meet you at your gig at South Street tonight and have a chat with you. It was a shame there weren't more folk there but I guess you shouldn't play the same night as The Bowienetter picnic!!

Any case to advertise your band on Bowienet contact totalblamblam@davidbowie.com

He will put your dates in the news when there is nothing else to report. Tell him keiths sent you. He'll probably reply something funny too!!!

See you again.

Keith

great gig in bromley last night...looking forward to the next..shame it ends so early..thanx.

Lucky for me the Railways my local and 2nd home so I've caught quite a few really good bands over the years,have to admit I'm not a massive Bowie fan (just a greatest hits cd owned) but my wife is.Gotta say you guys are a class act,it was great to see everyone getting into your vibe and you obviously loving it.It put a big smile on my face seeing my better half singing along to every song and enjoying your work so much.
Just know you guys will be welcomed back again.

Another great gig at Bromley last night, as usual not much voice this morning, looking forward to Lewisham in a couple weeks!

Thanks Marc

Lauren and Stacey
We have added the photo taken our you 4 at the Farnham Maltings to our favourite images area,

Check it out.

Ben

the Maltings gig was super splendid!
four of us went being only 17 and 18, and with our aladdin sane make up we were partying all night. and we thankyou for that.

Thank you so much for all your complimentary comments. We had a great time at the Farnham Malting’s - Many thanks to all that attended, Sarah our photographer and the staff that worked really hard on the night. Special thanks to Jon and Mark our sound crew who made us sound vintage! We hope to see you back at Farnham soon. Please let us know of venues to contact to play near you. Free Demo CD and DVD to all that reply via email

Where do I start, fell in love with Bowie in 72 with John I'm only dancing - to being front row at the resurrection of Ziggy at Hammersmith Apollo Heathen tour 2002 - you guys at Farnham Maltings were awesome!!! My wife and I danced to Life on Mars, she hasn't got over it yet - we're coming to see you in Hove on the 11th. Ben - Mick Ronson would be proud of you, fantastic guitar - please 'Width of a Circle' next time we see you!

Wow, what can I say? I was at the Thin White Duke tour in 76 (without my Mum's approval!). You brought it all back, and so much more. I have to say you were fabulous at Farnham Maltings yesterday evening. I can hardly speak today after singing every single song right along with you, at the top of my voice, and I haven't danced so much in ages. Thank you for a fantastic experience. And Ben - that guitar, those riffs - you rock!! C x

Great night tonight!

Hi Guys,

Just wanted to say what a brilliant gig you did on Saturday 6-2-2010 @ QMC in Basingstoke. We got our tickets via Kestrel FM, but Mandy, my wife, was not sure about it as she is not really a massive Bowie fan, but she is now.

I have to say we had a top night, and you are right the place was rocking. We are going to try and catch up with you @ Farnham Maltings at the end of May. Slight disappointment that you didn't do that early Bowie classic ‘The Laughing Gnome’but as they say c’est la vie.

Keep on Rocking

Regards

John & Mandy Dean
Basingstoke, Hampshire

A great tribute band, playing not just hits, but some tracks from just about all of the great man's Album catalogue.

Look forward to the gig in Farnham in May, get there if you can!!!

Guildford 4

dave you are brilliant

from lucas your nextdoor neighbour

Saw you at QMC last night, it was absolutely fantastic. I was the one at the very front during the last couple of numbers. The lead guitarist in particular reminded me strongly of Mick Ronson during the Ziggy Stardust numbers and Dave's vocals were spot on.

Ron,
Thanks for you kind words. The band really enjoyed last night, you guys really made it one to remember. Thanks also goes to all at Central Studios and Silvertip. Great bunch of people to work with. We look forward "To, the return of the Thin White Duke"
Guitar wise - It's my oldest Guitar. I've had it, God 18 years now. It's a Patrick Eggle, Berlin Pro. Proudly states made in England on the head stock. It's fast, light and packs powerful killer tone. It's eats PRS guitars for brunch! - It was also the first time I used the 4 x 12 Marshall Amp and my new offical Mick Ronson Tone Bender Pedal. Worked great!

Last night at QMC in Basingstoke was brilliant! Dave, my son watches top bands like Iron Maiden and Metallica and he thinks you guys are superb. Ben, a new guitar since I saw you last year in Acton - what is it?

Great fun, the Ziggy set in particular very well performed. The only time you veered off 'message' was for Golden Years and I didn't think it worked quite so well. Otherwise a great night. I'd take rock'n'roll suicide over hang on to your self...but only just. Lots of fun. See you in Farnham.

Saw you at Bromley last night, still slightly hungover and no voice, a great sing along night then!!! thanks guys.

Hi guys, the tracks sound great! Hope to catch you again in Bromley.

Ben and gang

I just wanted to thank you for a great show at my wife’s 40th at the beginning of last month.

She had a fantastic time and all her friends and family were bowled over by the evening - even those who would not normally know Bowie from Elvis! I think you may have converted a few new fans, young and old!

Best of luck for future gigs and thanks for making the evening one she will never forget! We will look forward to seeing you at the next gig.

Matt Naish

Hi guys!

Regarding the person who sold Bowie a banger. Could this be the infamous "Rupert The Riley" that Bowie wrote a song about?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNeP5JcUbDM

Really enjoyed the gig at South Street on Saturday......absolutely fabulous.....so many classic tracks and you guys played them so well that we were amazed....if anyone is reading this and still undecided as to whether to go and see a gig then honestly there is no decision to be made....JUST GO! You will not regret it!!!!

All the best for the future and keep up the good work!

Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant!!!
We had such a good time last night at Reading South street, ears were ringing and throats were hoarse by the end of the evening from so much singing.
We will definatly be at more of your gigs, and bringing lots more friends with us next time.
Thanks guys
Sue, Iain, Joanne & Scot

Thanks for all your comments. We don't have any festivals lined up currently though we hope to in 2010. Which festivals where you thinking of? Looking forward to playing in Reading this Saturday. See you there!!

Bunch of us coming 2C in reading next weekend !! Can;t wait. Are you guys doing any festivals this year ?

Saw you on Saturday night at Gillingham, Thought you were bloody brilliant! Will certainly make the effort to see you guys again, well done!!

Marc

Hi TWD, We saw you saturday night at your gig in Gillingham, it was our first time at one of your gigs - but it won't be our last as you were wonderful!
I've seen the scottish Bowie tribute( Tigers on Vaseline) but I can safely say you give them a run for their money 100% :)
Anyone thinking of seeing you guys should make the effort, they won't be disappointed!
Hope to see you guys again soon & thank you for a great night!
Wendy x

Great night at the Horn. One of our favourite gigs we've been too and better atmosphere than recent stadium gigs for U2 and Bon Jovi. The band were really tight and 'Dave' fronted excellently. Looking forward to seeing them again in Hove or Reading

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