A rare early concert advertisement for David Bowie performing at the intimate Fickle-Pickle Club in Southend, just months before his major breakthrough with “Space Oddity” reissues and the shift toward glam. David Bowie live at the Fickle-Pickle Club — an intimate early solo show. Melody Maker Date: July 17, 1970 Length: 2 min read 📰 Key Highlights • David Bowie (billed alongside Aquila) at The Cricketers Inn, Southend • Intimate club gig at the Fickle-Pickle Club on

A brutally honest one-page review in Melody Maker tears into David Bowie’s “Memory Of A Free Festival” single, dismissing both parts as rambling, repetitive, and lacking any real impact. The critic paints a vivid picture of the festival experience as miserable and chaotic, then extends that disappointment to the record itself. This June 27, 1970 Melody Maker review captures Bowie at a difficult pre-fame moment, when his experimental, theatrical style was still struggling to c