The English musical legend David Bowie passed away at his New York home yesterday, Sunday. Bowie 69 years old. During a long and eclectic career Bowie pushed the boundaries of pop and rock, creating such pop culture icons as the alter-ego Ziggy Stardust and a large catalogue of pop classics. Bowie also visited Iceland, playing a concert at the 1996 Reykjavík Arts Festival.
Bowie’s concert, which lasted for two hours was held on Friday June 20 1996 at the Laugardalshöll Arena in Reykjavík. Over 5,500 concertgoers of all ages attended the 2 hour concert which media described as a great success. MTV followed Bowie to Iceland, interviewing him about the concert, his latest album and his impression of Iceland. As most other visitors Bowie praised the country:
“Iceland is totally cool, It´s like a secret. The scenery is fantastic, the clubs, the cafés, the people. Everything about it is a dream.”
Bowie was also impressed with the food as well as Icelandic fauna, commenting that “The only animals they’ve got is a small wolf, and minks.” There are no wolves in Iceland. We at Iceland Insider presume the small canine Bowie met was probably an Arctic fox. At this point the interviewer interrupted Bowie to clarify to the viewers that Bowie was in fact the Icelandic Tourism Board, wrapped into to one gender-bending British pop star: “I’d like to introduce you to the Iceland tourist board,” to which Bowie replied:
“Come to Iceland, it’s quite good”
David Bowie interviewed by MTV, during Reykjavik Arts Festival 1996 from Reykjavik Arts Festival on Vimeo.
The 1996 Reykjavík Arts Festival presented a star-studded line-up of concerts. The day after Bowie performed in Laugardalshöllin arena Björk, who was fast becoming an internationally known superstar at the time, also held a four hour long concert to a similarly packed Laugardalshöllin arena. In an interview with the local newspaper DV the day before the concert Björk remarked that she was very pleased with the reception she was getting: “I'm surprised but pleased people still bothered to listen to me”.
The English musical legend David Bowie passed away at his New York home yesterday, Sunday. Bowie 69 years old. During a long and eclectic career Bowie pushed the boundaries of pop and rock, creating such pop culture icons as the alter-ego Ziggy Stardust and a large catalogue of pop classics. Bowie also visited Iceland, playing a concert at the 1996 Reykjavík Arts Festival.
Bowie’s concert, which lasted for two hours was held on Friday June 20 1996 at the Laugardalshöll Arena in Reykjavík. Over 5,500 concertgoers of all ages attended the 2 hour concert which media described as a great success. MTV followed Bowie to Iceland, interviewing him about the concert, his latest album and his impression of Iceland. As most other visitors Bowie praised the country:
“Iceland is totally cool, It´s like a secret. The scenery is fantastic, the clubs, the cafés, the people. Everything about it is a dream.”
Bowie was also impressed with the food as well as Icelandic fauna, commenting that “The only animals they’ve got is a small wolf, and minks.” There are no wolves in Iceland. We at Iceland Insider presume the small canine Bowie met was probably an Arctic fox. At this point the interviewer interrupted Bowie to clarify to the viewers that Bowie was in fact the Icelandic Tourism Board, wrapped into to one gender-bending British pop star: “I’d like to introduce you to the Iceland tourist board,” to which Bowie replied:
“Come to Iceland, it’s quite good”
David Bowie interviewed by MTV, during Reykjavik Arts Festival 1996 from Reykjavik Arts Festival on Vimeo.
The 1996 Reykjavík Arts Festival presented a star-studded line-up of concerts. The day after Bowie performed in Laugardalshöllin arena Björk, who was fast becoming an internationally known superstar at the time, also held a four hour long concert to a similarly packed Laugardalshöllin arena. In an interview with the local newspaper DV the day before the concert Björk remarked that she was very pleased with the reception she was getting: “I'm surprised but pleased people still bothered to listen to me”.
