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Bowie people deny licensing tracks to ‘Heroes: The Musical’
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 28 November 2011
Reps for David Bowie have denied reports that the singer has licensed songs from his catalogue for use in a new stage show called ‘Heroes: The Musical’.
The Observer, among others, reported this weekend that one Deep Singh had devised a musical including various songs from Bowie’s repertoire, and that – having got the green light from the singer’s people – the show would debut at The O2’s IndigO2 venue next March. The paper quoted Singh as saying: “We could not really believe it when they gave us permission. His people had warned us that it was very unlikely that he would be interested and that he had been asked many times before. We did not want Mr Bowie to think it was going to be a tribute show, and that seems to have had an effect”.
But it seems Singh may have jumped the gun, because Team Bowie deny any knowledge of the show. A statement posted on the official David Bowie website reads: “Neither the David Bowie Organisation, nor its co-publishers EMI Music and Chrysalis, has issued a license for a Bowie musical at The O2, as has been reported in the UK. There are no negotiations pending for a long-running musical featuring the music of Mr Bowie”.
So look at that, apparently some things are sacred.
