'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars' is a concept album based on the story of a fictional rock star who is the human manifestation of an alien being attempting to present humanity with a message of hope in its last years of existence. It was intended to serve as the basis for a stage show and/or television production. Its sales earned it a platinum disc in the U.K. and gold in the U.S.A.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ziggy Stardust
The plaque was originally unveiled on the 6th December 2001. It was taken dow...
David Bowie, 1947 - 2016. His albums Hunky Dory and The Rise & Fall of Zi...
This is an authorised plaque but Westminster, as revealed in the official dec...
Music Company. Their activity is recorded as supporting activities to performing arts.
Musician and promoter. Died aged 21 after taking the drug ketamine. The picture source provides a lot of information about Louise and about the dangers of ketamine.
Writer of hymns and religious studies. Born Jemima Thompson in Islington. She planned to do missionary work in India, but illness prevented her from doing so. She married the Reverend Samuel Luke, ...
Composer and organist at St Paul's Cathedral and the Chapel Royal. Sponsored by the Prince of Wales (later King George IV) to study in Naples and in Vienna with Mozart. Died at home where the plaqu...
Born 3 Arlington Street. Writer, famed for his collaborations with his sister Edith and brother Sacheverell. He wrote the libretto for Sir William Walton’s oratorio, Belshazzar’s Feast. Died Monteg...
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