Thursday 12 October 2017

David Bowie: Coronation Street Fan

(This post was originally posted by Flaming Nora on the Coronation Street Blog September 2017, reposted to this blog with permission.)


Last year, back in January 2016, we blogged that news that David Bowie was a huge Coronation Street fan. You can read it here.

And in a new book David Bowie: A Life, written by GQ editor Dylan Jones, published this week, historian and travel writer Rory MacLean – who met Bowie in the late 70s – has revealed that the star used to watch episodes of Corrie on tour to keep his energy levels high.

According to iNews, Bowie timed the intervals of his shows so he could watch an entire episode.

“The thing that I found fascinating was the interval during the show, which happened after about 70 minutes,” MacLean said. “So how does a performer retain that energy during a 20-30 minute break without resorting to drugs?”

“What Bowie would do is go to the green room and sit down with a VHS and watch Coronation Street. Every night. I thought, this is glorious!”

He added, “Seven-eighths of his brain were still in a tense state, ready to go back onstage but the front part was watching Coronation Street.”






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