From 1975–1979, David Bowie moved through a rapid-fire stretch of reinvention—new sounds, new personas, and increasingly sophisticated live production as his tours grew in scale and ambition. This page is a starting point for gathering Showco-connected materials from those years, including tour and crew ephemera, backstage items, documentation, and reliable external articles that help trace Bowie’s touring evolution across the late ’70s.
This page is a work in progress. I’m building the archive by hand and will continue adding links, documents, and memorabilia as they’re located and digitized.
Have David Bowie–era Showco photos, passes, documents, or reliable articles to share? Please contact me if you’d like to contribute to this page.
David Bowie & Showco (1975–1979)
Bowie 1976 Crew and Band
Bowie 1976 tour - Morris Lyda, Lonnie McKenzie
David Bowie 1978 Japan - Kimono Crew
David Bowie 1978 Japan - disrobed Kimono Crew
Bowie backstage trailer
Bowie-78-Equipment-Freighter- courtesy Jands Pty Limited
Bowie-78-Monitor EQ Rack- courtesy Jands Pty Limited
Bowie-78-Showco Lighting Console- courtesy Jands Pty Limited
Bowie-78-Showco Monitor- courtesy Jands Pty Limited
Bowie-78-stageview- courtesy Jands Pty Limited
Bowie-78-Sydney Showground Setup- Courtesy Jands Pty Limited
David Bowie collage
David Bowie Isolar newsprint