Bowie’s Glass Spider crawls out of its hole

David Bowie claimed he’d “put the thing in a field and set light to it”. But the whereabouts of the giant spider set which formed the centrepiece of Bowie’s much-maligned 1987 world tour of the same name have been revealed as being in a warehouse in west Auckland.

David Bowie claimed he’d “put the thing in a field and set light to it”.

But the whereabouts of the giant spider set which formed the centrepiece of Bowie’s much-maligned 1987 world tour of the same name have been revealed as being in a warehouse in west Auckland.

The Glass Spider Tour came to an end at Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, on 28 November 1987. Contrary to the official line (and another…

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