On September 8th 2003, David Bowie made history with the biggest ever live and interactive music satellite event the world had ever seen. The special one-off live concert was beamed via satellite from London’s Riverside Studios, simultaneously to 50,000 fans in 86 cinemas in 26 countries around the planet from Hong Kong to Helsinki, thrilling fans with a spectacular, first-ever live performance of his brand new album “Reality”. On 8th September, 2003, David Bowie made history at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, with the biggest ever live and interactive music satellite event the world had seen to that point. The special one-off live concert was beamed simultaneously to fans in 86 cinemas in 26 countries, from Hong Kong to Helsinki, and 14 screens in Paris alone were dedicated to the show.
Bowie and his band unveiled the first-ever live performance of his new album “Reality”, released a week later. Now, for the first time, the eleven-song main set, performing the “Reality” album in its entirety, plus three previously unreleased tracks from the encore, The event marked many firsts in technological terms; it was the biggest ever non-TV satellite broadcast, the first ever interactive cinema event via a Q&A element hosted by Bowie fan and broadcaster Jonathan Ross and the first live satellite event in 5.1 DTS surround sound, which was overseen by longtime collaborator, Tony Visconti.
The precedent-setting event also went live across Asia a day later with a live Q&A between David and fans in Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Southeast Asia. The event was also beamed to North and South America, and Canada the day the album was released, with David doing brand new live Q&A sessions for those broadcasts.
Record Store Day 2025 sees the first ever release of the concert, available on 180g heavyweight vinyl and also on CD, including a replica poster of the original event. “I got a better way, Ready, set, go!”
Parlophone Records is proud to announce the release of a David Bowie limited double vinyl LP and CD: “Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios’ 03)” which will be released on 12th April 2025, for Record Store Day.
Musicians David Bowie – Vocals Leader, Guitar Mike Garson – Piano, Keyboards Gerry Leonard – Guitar Sterling Campbell – Drums Earl Slick – Guitar Gail Ann Dorsey – Bass Guitar Vocals Catherine Russel – Backinng Vocals, Keyboard, Guitar
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