Peter Murphy | Photo by Gabriel Edvy
Peter Murphy will resurface this spring for the first time since Bauhaus’s reunion tour imploded last summer when he joins the “Celebrating David Bowie” tour alongside guitarist Adrian Belew and members of Spacehog and A Perfect Circle to perform the Thin White Duke’s music.
The tour will find the assembled musicians spotlighting David Bowie’s greatest hits with a heavy focus on Ziggy Stardust, the Berlin trilogy — Low, “Heroes” and Lodger — and “his later Trent Reznor-infused years.”
Murphy and Belew — who has played with both Bowie and Nine Inch Nails — will be joined by guitarist Scrote, Spacehog frontman Royston Langdon, A Perfect Circle members Matt McJunkins (bass) and Jeff Friedl (drums), saxophonist Ron Dziubla and guitarist Eric Schermerhorn, who played with Bowie’s Tin Machine.
“Such a surprise to be invited to celebrate Bowie in this outing, and alongside a great line up,” Murphy said in a statement released by the tour’s organizers. “So enticing to play the part.”
The tour — sandwiched between Belew’s dates playing Talking Heads songs with Jerry Harrison — will open April 5 in Houston, Texas, and run through May 8 in Tacoma, Washington. Tickets for nearly all of the shows go on sale at noon local time Friday, Feb. 24. See celebratingdavidbowie.com for more information.
Murphy had been touring with the reunited Bauhaus last year, a trek interrupted by the pandemic that ultimately unraveled when the frontman entered rehab in late August. The other members of Bauhaus have since agreed to reform as Love and Rockets and will play the Cruel World festival in May.
Here are the full “Celebrating David Bowie” dates:
Celebrating David Bowie 2023 tour dates
April 5: Houston, TX @ House of Blues
April 6: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
April 8: St. Petersburg, FL @ Mahaffey Theater
April 9: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Parker Playhouse
April 11: Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
April 12: Chattanooga, TN @ Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
April 14: Virginia Beach, VA @ Sandler Center
April 15: Westbury, NY @ NYCB Theatre
April 16: Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
April 17: Englewood, NJ @ Bergen PAC
April 18: Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
April 20: Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
April 21: Lynn, MA @ Lynn Auditorium
April 22: Staten Island, NY @ St. George Theatre
April 23: Washington, DC @ The Hamilton
April 25: Munhall, PA @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
April 26: Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
April 28: Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre
April 29: Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater
April 30: San Antonio, TX @ HEB Performance Hall
May 2: Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre (On sale March 6)
May 3: San Diego, CA @ Music Box
May 4: Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim
May 5: San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
May 7: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
May 8: Tacoma, WA @ Temple Theatre
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Bauhaus debuts new single “Drink the New Wine” — first new music in 14 years
- Love and Rockets teases “some exciting news” amid ongoing reunion speculation
- Peter Murphy to reissue 5 albums — plus new rarities collection — on colored vinyl
- Bauhaus roars back to life with first concert in 13 years: Hollywood Palladium setlist + video
