The city of Paris unveiled the plaque on Monday on Rue David Bowie in the 13th arrondissement to mark the legendary musician's 77th birthday, who died in 2016, an AFP journalist noted.
“Long live rock, long live pop, long live David Bowie and long live Paris!” started Jérôme Coumet, the mayor of the district, unveiling the plaque together with people close to the artist, including the designer Agnès B., she dressed him for “25 years”.
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David Bowie's family has been detained in New York, said Jérôme Soligny, the singer's friend and French biographer.
Many admirers were in attendance, including “around a hundred” members of the “Bowie France” fan club, one of them, Karine, 52, carrying a handbag with the British flag draped over her shoulder, Brust said. “We are moved and honored” by this tribute, testifies the one who attended 14 concerts of her idol.
This initiative was launched by Jérôme Coumet, a Bowie fan, who received approval from the Paris City Council in February 2020 to name a street after the star.
To make way for David Bowie, no prominent names were removed as the approximately 50 meter long track was created as part of the redevelopment of the area near Austerlitz train station.
The unveiling of the plaque was to be followed by an evening of honor in the town hall of the 13th arrondissement and accompanied by an exhibition of photos and paintings, “conceived and presented by Geoff MacCormack, photographer, and George Underwood, painter, childhood friends of the artist”, said Jérôme Coumet about X. The exhibition will also take place in the town hall until January 14th.
In Paris, David Bowie “declared his love for his wife Iman on a riverboat,” said Jérôme Soligny. French avant-garde theater culture influenced the artist's visual style. He also covered the French-language songs “Amsterdam” and “Ma Mort” by Jacques Brel.
He died of liver cancer on January 10, 2016 and would have turned 77 on Monday. Propelled in 1969 by the hit “Space Oddity”, David Bowie's flagship songs and albums include “Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars”, “Aladdin Sane” as well as commercial successes such as “Let's Dance” and “China Girl”. .