Ziggy Stardust celebration on 6 June 2012, to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.
The restaurants and bars of Heddon Street, London, W1; Regent Street’s food quarter will host the ultimate celebration to honour Ziggy Stardust, the man who fell to earth outside 23 Heddon Street in 1972.
Heddon Street just of Regent Street, London W1 is an iconic location for all Ziggy Stardust fans. The Living Room, The Ice Bar, tibits, Strawberry Moons, Strada and Aubaine are all offering a little something on the Ziggy Stardust theme on the 40thanniversary on June 6.
There will be a Ziggy tribute artist performing live playing the Ziggy album in its entirety as the first set, then classic Bowie as the second set. He will be wearing his homage to Ziggy and wearing a jumpsuit as a near copy of Ziggy’s on the album cover. He will perform 2 X 50 min sets, the first at 7pm.
Strawberry Moons are creating cocktail called “Rock and Roll suicide” 25ml gin, 12.5 Martini dry, 12.5 Absinth.
Vegetarian restaurant tibits have created a ‘’Stardust’’ cocktail which is made with a rose, cardamom and lemon zest syrup with triple sec and noilly prat for £7.50
The Ice Bar cocktail is a “Starman with 40ml Tanqueray Gin, 20ml Oloroso Sherry, 5 ml Maraschino syrup and Angostura Bitters. Served in a coupette and garnished with Maraschino Cherry. And will be on the menu for £7.70 but also available as a happy hour cocktail for £5.50 (until 7pm).
The Living Room: Will be serving burger tasters to all guests outside on the terrace as well as a one of themed menu & sparkly cocktail for the evening.
Heddon Street is honoured to be celebrating this momentous anniversary under the recently unveiled commemorative plaque.
David Shaw, Head of the Regent Street Portfolio at The Crown Estate said :
“Regent Street is famous for many cultural firsts. Not only was the first British cinema opened in Regent Street but the seminal album that launched Ziggy Stardust’s arrival on planet earth had its spiritual home in Heddon Street which is now the food quarter to Regent Street.
Regent Street is proud of the association with David Bowie, a true British cultural icon." Gary Kemp said when he unveiled the commemorative plaque : “Ziggy was the ultimate messianic rock star, and with him David Bowie successfully blurred the lines not just between boys and girls, but himself and his creation. Bowie was Ziggy come to save us – and I bought him hook, eyeliner and haircut. It seems right that it should be the job of a fan boy and I am very honoured”.
Part of The Crown Estate’s ongoing vision for the development of Regent Street and surrounding areas, Heddon Street today is completely different from that of 1972, when the album cover was created. Now one of Regent Street’s main Food Quarters, it has been transformed into a pedestrianised courtyard ideal for al fresco dining with restaurants including Momo, Aubaine, Below Zero, The Ice Bar, Strada, Piccolino’s, Strawberry Moons and The Living Room.
“It was cold and it rained and I felt like an actor “ Bowie recollected , “we did the photographs outside on a rainy night and then upstairs in the studio we did the Clockwork Orange look-a-likes that became the inner album sleeve.”
The iconic image cover catapulted David Bowie to international stardom, creating an army of pop stars with spikey hair and edgy alter egos, a trend which later evolved into the glam rock movement for which Ziggy was the poster boy. This plaque pays homage to an enduring iconic creation of British Pop, meaning fans from all over the world can visit the place where the dynamic character of Ziggy was immortalised on camera.
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