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Bowie's Isolar II Footage Becomes Immersive Stage Show in Berlin
Stage, a new immersive concert experience built on previously unseen footage from David Bowie's 1978 Isolar II World Tour, debuts at Berlin's Uber Arena during the Berlin Film Festival on Valentine's Day.
Stage debuts at Berlin's Uber Arena during the Berlin Film Festival on Valentine's Day. The production pairs previously unseen footage from Bowie's 1978 Isolar II World Tour with added dramatic lighting. Filmmaker Brett Morgen discovered the footage while making his Moonage Daydream film.
The presentation combines large-scale projections on three screens with transparent LED screens. Patrick Woodroffe designed the lighting, and Paul Massey mixed the music with 7.1 surround sound and spatial audio design.
Bowie launched the Isolar II World Tour in March 1978 and performed 78 concerts before concluding it that December. The tour's performances focused on material from the first two albums of the Berlin Trilogy, Low and Heroes. The Stage live album was released while the tour was still going on. Bowie did not stage another full-scale tour until 1983.
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