Peter Murphy | Photo by Gabriel Edvy
The latest installment of the “Celebrating David Bowie” tour has been rescheduled for this fall after headliner Peter Murphy underwent “an unexpected medical procedure that prohibits his ability to travel as planned,” organizers announced today.
The Bauhaus frontman “is recovering well, will fully recover, and be ready to tour the U.S. with the group this fall,” organizers added — though they did not offer further details on Murphy’s health issues.
The tour, also featuring guitarist Adrian Belew and members of Spacehog and A Perfect Circle, had been scheduled for April and May. The new dates — see below — begin in October and run through late November.
The tour’s itinerary is largely the same, if in a different order, but it has expanded from 26 dates to 27, with the addition of a concert in Chicago. Additionally, a planned San Antonio, Texas, stop has been relocated to nearby Austin. See celebratingdavidbowie.com for more information.
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.
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 newly rescheduled “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
Oct. 10: Tacoma, WA @ Temple Theatre
Oct. 11: Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
Oct. 14: San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom
Oct. 16: Anaheim, CA @ City National Grove of Anaheim
Oct. 17: San Diego, CA @ Music Box
Oct. 18: Phoenix, AZ @ Celebrity Theatre
Oct. 20: Austin, TX @ ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Oct. 21: Tulsa, OK @ Tulsa Theater
Oct. 22: Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre
Oct. 24: Houston, TX @ House of Blues
Oct. 25: New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
Oct. 26: Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Oct. 29: Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Parker Playhouse
Oct. 31: St. Petersburg, FL M@ ahaffey Theater
Nov. 3: Chattanooga, TN @ Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium
Nov. 5: Virginia Beach, VA @ Sandler Center for the Performing Arts
Nov. 6: Washington D.C. @ The Hamilton Live
Nov. 10: Glenside, PA @ Keswick Theatre
Nov. 11: Ridgefield, CT @ Ridgefield Playhouse
Nov. 12: Westbury, NY @ NYCB Theatre at Westbury
Nov. 14: Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Center for the Arts
Nov. 15: Englewood, NJ @ Bergen Performing Arts Center
Nov. 16: Lynn, MA @ Lynn Auditorium
Nov. 17: Staten Island, NY @ St. George Theatre
Nov. 20: Munhall, PA @ Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall
Nov. 21: Chicago, IL @ Copernicus Center
Nov. 22: Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Peter Murphy joins “Celebrating David Bowie” tour for 26-date U.S. run this spring
- 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
Murphy is such a loser! I don’t understand how ANYONE would want to tour with him. When this tour was announced the FIRST thing I wondered was how he was going to screw this up! Who in the world continues to finance these things with this no-show fool who can no longer sing!?!
Get bent, scag.
I thought about getting tickets for Tacoma, but wondered what the chances were of it going ahead. Murphy is the new Morrissey.
Does anybody know what the issue is this time?
Meth.
You guys act as if no one is allowed to have a personal life.. with real personal issues! PM is still the Godfather of Goth! No need to post derogatory comments.