David Bowie: "London's Royal Albert Hall" Advert (1970).

David Bowie’s "London's Royal Albert Hall", a one-page concerts announcement in Scrapbook, March 12, 1970

David Bowie delivered a 20-minute solo performance at London's Royal Albert Hall.

It was part of a charity event supporting Mencap, featuring other performances by the Faces and Josef Locke.

Bowie became involved on February 4th during a meeting with film executive Rex Sheldon. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss Bowie composing music for a proposed film, Silver Lady, which ultimately was never produced. During this meeting, Sheldon also invited Bowie to perform at the Albert Hall event, and Bowie agreed..