BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene
Howard Stern will honor the memory of David Bowie with a musical special at 10 p.m. Friday.
“The Howard Stern Tribute to David Bowie,” featuring a parade of artists inspired by Bowie performing his songs, will debut on SiriusXM’s Howard 101 channel and also be available on demand on the SiriusXM app.
The broadcast will be hosted by longtime Bowie producer Tony Visconti and include 25 performances. Among them are Peter Frampton performing "Rebel Rebel" live, Garbage ("Starman"), Michael Penn and Aimee Mann ("After All"), The Struts ("Suffragette City"), Lisa Loeb ("All the Young Dudes"), Shawn Colvin ("Heroes"), Bleachers ("Ziggy Stardust") and Daryl Hall ("Fame").
Each artist selected and performed their songs exclusively for the radio special.
"He was always evolving, he was always on top of things, he was just a great musician and a great songwriter and a great singer. I want to make sure that people remember David Bowie,” Stern said in a statement.
Here is the full rundown:
- PETER FRAMPTON | Rebel Rebel (Live) 02. GARBAGE | Starman 03. GRETA VAN FLEET | The Jean Genie 04. UMPHREY'S MCGEE (ft. HUEY LEWIS and JEFF COFFIN) | Let's Dance 05. KRISTEEN YOUNG (co-produced by TONY VISCONTI) | Moonage Daydream 06. BRITT DANIEL | Never Let Me Down 07. DURAND JONES & THE INDICATIONS | Young Americans 08. COREY TAYLOR | Fashion 09. MICHAEL PENN | After All 10. THE STRUTS | Suffragette City 11. LISA LOEB | All The Young Dudes 12. SUN KIL MOON (ft. PETRA HADEN) | John, I'm Only Dancing 13. JADE BIRD | Quicksand 14. BIFFY CLYRO | Modern Love 15. BONES | I'm Afraid Of Americans 16. SHAWN COLVIN | Heroes 17. TODD RUNDGREN | Life On Mars? 18. DAWES | Oh! You Pretty Things 19. NIKKI LANE | Golden Years 20. BLEACHERS | Ziggy Stardust 21. CAR SEAT HEADREST | Ashes to Ashes 22. LOW CUT CONNIE | Diamond Dogs 23. DARYL HALL | Fame 24. GOGOL BORDELLO| Rock 'N' Roll Suicide 25. WILLIAM PATRICK CORGAN | Space Oddity
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