Like Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) he stole the equipment from David Bowie
The July 3, 1973David Bowie performed at the Hammersmith Odeon in London for the final date of the “Ziggy Stardust Tour”. Surprise, without any notice, at the end of the concert the musician announced that that would be The last show of the Ziggy Stardust era And that his iconic character would disappear forever. The event not only means the “symbolic” killing of ziggy, but he puts End also to the experience with the spiders from Mars (the band that accompanied Mr Jones on the tour). On that live, it has recently returned Sex Pistols guitarist, Steve Jones (in the photo, on the left), who remembered how he managed to steal Bowie’s musical equipment on the night before the concert.
After the many versions that have circulated for years on this story, in a recent interview granted to the “Guardian”, Jone recounted the incident from his point of view, dispelling some myths and explaining what happened whensubsequently, He confessed to Davide Bowie and the drummer of the Spiders from MarsMick “Woody” Woodmansey, what he had done.
Confirming that he had not taken anything from the trucks parked outside the Hammersmith Odeon in London, Steve Jones has narrated:
“It was all on stage! They played for two nights and after the first night, they left all the equipment there. I knew the Hammersmith Odeon like the palm of my hand – I always went to hide. I am approached by the stage and stole some dishes, the head of the bassist amplifier and microphones.
In addition to remembering to have escaped on board a stolen van, Jones then said that Bowie soon discovered those who had committed the theft. When asked if he had ever admitted the crime, Jones replied: “In a certain sense yes, during a phone call. He found him fun”. He added: “In reality, I don’t think I have stolen anything of his own; I don’t think the microphones were his. The only ones I felt guilty were Woody and the bassist Trevor Bolder“.
During the chat, the Sex Pistols guitarist then explained The unusual circumstances in which he admitted to Woodmansey what he had done. “A few years ago, he was a guest of my radio program, and I thought of telling him live, while we were broadcast. I said to him: ‘I have to make amerse with you, Woody: I stole some of your dishes. What can I do to remedy?’. He replied: ‘I don’t know. Give me a couple of hundred dollars‘. I think I gave him 300 dollars, and he was very happy! “.
