A short, excited news item announces that Mott The Hoople will join David Bowie as special guests for a major benefit concert at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Saturday, July 8. The piece highlights the charitable cause — Friends of the Earth’s “Save the Whale” campaign — and notes practical details including support from the JSD Band and Kenny Everett as compere. This June 1972 NME report captures the exact moment when Bowie’s rising Ziggy-era stardom and Mott The Hoople’s