Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) Digital Album: 2020

Bowie's Elysée Montmartre 1999 Recording

Released digitally worldwide on August 14, 2020, by Parlophone Records, David Bowie’s Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) is a previously unreleased 15-track live album captured at the Elysée Montmartre, Paris on October 14, 1999.

The show was one of only seven full performances during the promotion of the hours… album, and is notable for Bowie digging deep into his back catalogue — including tracks not performed live in decades.

The day of the concert was especially momentous: that afternoon Bowie was awarded the Commandeur de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France’s highest artistic honour.

DRIVE-IN SATURDAY from the same show was available as audio from August 7th with the video premiere on YouTube.

Track Listing

Life On Mars?

Thursday’s Child

Something In The Air

Word On A Wing

Can’t Help Thinking About Me

China Girl

Always Crashing In The Same Car

Survive

Drive-In Saturday

Changes

Seven

Repetition

I Can’t Read

The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell

Rebel Rebel

Band Line-Up

David Bowie – vocals

Page Hamilton – guitar

Gail Ann Dorsey – bass, vocals

Mark Plati – guitar

Sterling Campbell – drums

Mike Garson – piano, keyboards, synthesisers

Emm Gryner & Holly Palmer – backing vocals

Production and Context

Recorded live at the Elysée Montmartre, Paris, October 14, 1999. Mixed by Mark Plati.

Highlights

“Can’t Help Thinking About Me” — first released in 1966, not performed live in over 30 years

“Word On A Wing” — reinstated after a 23-year absence

“Drive-In Saturday” — not performed since 1974

“Something In The Air” — live debut at this show

Legacy

Something In The Air (Live Paris 99) is a thrilling document of Bowie’s 1999 hours… tour — intimate, rare, and packed with deep cuts. Available on all major streaming platforms and digital stores.

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Sources

Information is drawn from my personal knowledge and supplemented by web sources, including davidbowie.com, Discogs, 45cat, AllMusic, Rate Your Music, Wikipedia and BBC Official Charts Company

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