GIGS

The Thin White Duke are a 5 piece David Bowie Tribute Band playing in the South of England. Formed 6 years ago we have become a favourite on the tribute scene.
The bands typical 2 x 60 minute set lovingly recreates Bowies classics from "Heroes to Lets Dance" and everything inbetween plus a few oddities!

Please get in contact via this email link for Private Function
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   The Tribute band made by Bowie fans, for Bowie fans

15.03.13
We are all really getting into Bowies new album "The Next Day". Lots of favorites starting to surface within the band. Top job Mr B.

07.02.13
The new line up played well at the Jubliee last week. Well done to Norbert (Keys) and Ashley (Drums) for all your hard work learning all those songs in such a short space of time. Really looking forward to the rest of the year.
Heres a pic of us all. Cheese...

25.01.13
I'd like to say a massive thankyou to Perry Tyson our Drummer for ?? 5 plus years. Perry was the calm in the band and a great personal friend. Love also goes to all his family and their support to the band over the years. Perry's off to dep for the Sex Pistols. Best of luck in the future. x from all the TWD. "Bye bye, we love you"

08-01-13
appy Birthday Bowie
Great news that he will be realising new material in March.


25.09.12
2013 Gigs are starting to build. Check out new dates over in the gigs area.
Please forward any venues you may know for us to play.

22.06.12

Well that's it for 2012 folks... Dave’s wife is expecting their second child in November and our guitarist wife is expecting twins in the next few weeks.
Somehow I think they maybe better suited to a Kiss tribute next year. You can work that out.
The band will be back bigger than ever after a short break and back in early 2013. Thanks again for all your support. We’re nothing without our bowie-ites and bowie-jets. So thanks again.
See you soon and watch the (man) gig guide start to grow for 2013

If you have any venues for us to play please send them through to the below email address.




15.06.12
We are looking forward to our last gig of the year at the Fox and Duck, Richmond.
The band are taking a short break whilst our guitarist gets to grips with twins due anytime now! The band will reappear in early 2013.

Wed like to thank you all for your continued support over the years. The TWD love playing for you all and enjoy hearing all your stories and passion for Mr B. himself.

KIck off 9:20pm 16.06.12


11.04.12
Disappointingly this week’s gig at the Grayshot Social club has been cancelled and postponed till 2013. Totally out of our control and apologise for the late notice.

06.04.12
Saturday night's gig at Central Studio in Basingstoke was an brilliant night for both us and the sell out crowd. At one point ,the heat from the dancing crowd set off the fire alarms , and we had to evacuate the building !
 Thank you one and all for braving the petrol queues, and turning up to support us.
 We'll be back at Central Studio soon.

31.03.12
The TWD are really fired up for the Central Studio Gig tonight in Basingstoke.
The boys are looking forward to smashing through your favorite tracks with a few
abstract ones for the die hard bowie fans. See you after you have top'd up from the petrol station. Crazy country!!

02.01.12
The Thin White Duke kicked the doors off 2012 by rocking the Railway in Bromley North last weekend. From the opening song, Jean Genie the crowd had our backs till the very end. We have made so many friends at this venue that come to see us as far away as Northampton. We really appreciate all your efforts in coming to see us play. The band really turns up the heat for this event. No glittery tribute to be found here, just the raw genie-ous of Ronson and Bowie.

08.01.12
Happy New Year to you all and we are looking forward to a busy 2012

Happy Birthday goes to Bowie himself on Sunday 8th January. What would you buy Bowie as a gift I wonder? hmmm.... Let us know your ideas?

22.12.11
Everybody from the Thin White Duke would like to thank you all for your support over the last year. It's been great playing to you all and your feedback has been overwhelming. We shall be in the studio over Christmas working on new material and employing new tech that will bring our recreations closer to Bowie’s originals. We’re really excited about it. We would finally like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and see you in the New Year.

1.11.11
The website has seen a little upgrade with manly recent photos over in the Sound and Vision area. These where taken by a talentent Photographer, Will Brooker who introduced himself to us. Will is the man to hire if you wanted Professional shots. We look forward to using him again soon. drwillbrooker@gmail.com Many thanks Will.

24.08.11
The band has had a busy summer. We headed up to Manchester and Leeds in our northern tour to play a kicking pub (hark 2 Towler) and a wedding reception the following day. We thoroughly enjoyed the northern hospitality and kindness.
We recently played in Lewes at the Con club to a packed crowd of new punters.
At a favourite venue of ours (The Railway) in Bromley we learnt that people had travelled down from Northampton. I forget your names but I remember you both singing your hearts out down the front. xx
Thanks so much for coming to see us and I hope you had a great Birthday,
See you all soon I hope.

31.07.11
Many thanks for all your support Friday night at the Con club. The band played really well off the buzzing crowd. The manger wants us back so we'd like to thank you all for a great turnout. Special thanks go to my beloved for all your networking. xxx

We are looking forward to our 2 day northern tour next week. We love weddings gigs.

21.07/11
The band would like to welcome Jack Cull to the world. Our lead singers wife Sarah gave birth to their first child and all are doing well bar the odd sleepless night. Congratulations to you both and we can't wait to meet Jack.

After a short break the band are hungry to get back on stage. The return of the Thin White Duke is to be at THE CON CLUB (Lewes Constitutional Club) on Friday the 29th July. We are really looking forward to this one, it is going to be explosive.
8pm - 11.30pm Entry £5 members free.


22.03.11
We are heading South... To Southampton where we shall be playing for our first time at "The Talking Heads" Looks to be a sell out night and the band are really hyped>>
See you there? Don't leave us "waiting for the man."

Saturday 26th March

Can you name all the characters in the Hype?  Head over to our VIP area and let us see if your right. No cheating now. Wheres the fun in that?

29.01.11
Farnham Castle
We had a fabulous time at Farnham Catle and would like to thank everybody who attended. It was great to see so many people up and dancing from the very start.
It was also nice to play a part in rasing money for the hospice, £1300 was raised on the night so well done to their volunteers. 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! Talks of another Castle gig next year are underway. Finally thanks go to David Quick who promoted the whole evening.

17.01.11
We are really looking forward to playing Farnham Castle this coming Saturday.
We have some new songs to play for you. Thank you so much for purchasing all the 200 tickets. I believe there are only a handful left so please be quick to not be disappointed. If you miss out this time please look to our up and coming future dates.

Preshow drinks at Borellis / 7pm
www.farnhamcastle.com
In aid of the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice.

Looking forward to meeting some of you after the show back at Borellis for serious Bowie banter and after hour drinkies, till 2am. All the band will be there to talk to you.

Finally thanks go to David Quick the promoter and owner of Borellis for approaching us with the idea and pulling the night together.

Remaining tickets can be brought from David on 07958244895.

See ya there, Ben and all from TWD

04.01.2011
Please note that the date for the Jubliee - Sunbury gig has changed from the 15th Jan to the 5th Feb. A date change out of our control. We apologise for any inconvenience.

03.01.2011
Happy New Year.

Over the Christmas period the band have been rehearsing 3 new songs for 2011. Breaking Glass, Lady Stardust and The width of a circle. Looking forward to showcasing them soon.


26.11.2010
NEWSFLASH - ADMIRAL NELSON GIG CANCELLED
Our gig at the Admiral Nelson, Whitton on 4th December has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control. Our apologies to fans who were planning to come along. We now look forward to seeing you at the Jubilee, Sunbury on 15th January for our first gig of 2011!

10.10.2010
NEWS: BOWIE TRIBUTE BANDS BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!
Our tribute is listed on Bowies offical site!! Bowie net. We are ranked in the UK's top 10. www.davidbowie.com/news/
We are listed under the calander date: 10.17.2010
NEWS: BOWIE TRIBUTE BANDS BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!


26.09.10
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 become 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……

11.08.10
Our next Gig is to play at our singers own wedding. Dave is to marry Sarah on the 21st August.
The band would like to wish them all the very best for the future.
Absolute Beginners, Be my wife? Appropriate songs to play.

14.07.10
Extra Extra - read all about it !!
Check out our newly added Newspaper Clippings area.

05.07.10
Thin White Duke return to South Street on the 10th July following the massive success of their sell-out show in 2009. Taking their name and look from the Thin White Duke character created by David Bowie for his legendary 1976 Station To Station tour, the band delivers a powerhouse of a show that contains hits and classic album tracks from Space Oddity to Let's Dance and everything in between. This is a "must see" for Bowie fans looking for an authentic tribute to one of UK music's most innovative and enduring acts.
From Reading Arts - South Street website


17.04.10
We have finally got back our video footage that was capture at an early gig this year. We have made 2 montages from each set. Head over to the Video area and check them out and then let us know your thoughts on the forum page. Theres also more on You tube if you like what you see. Some Full songs.

23.03.10
Please use the link below to purchase tickets for the Easter Friday Bowie V's Queen event held at Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes in London.
Looking to be a glamtastic battle where the only winners will be you!
Ticket link

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
Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes
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 . 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.
The Portland Rock Bar, Hove.
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