Paris names street after David Bowie • FRANCE 24 English

On what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday a street in Paris is named after him you can never predict what he was going to like or not like and I think he would have liked this yeah why not I think it’s an honor hundreds of

Fans gathered in the cold to watch the reveal along with local officials anes B who styled Bowie for decades and some of his childhood friends Paris meant a lot to David uh and we had such incredible times here uh so it makes it even more special Paris may have played less of a

Prominent role in Bowie’s life in the likes of London LA or Berlin but he’s maintained a cult following in France here he was performing Life on Mars at the El back in 1999 the May Jerome Kum who came up with the idea is himself a big fan he loved Paris he loved this city very much and he came regularly and would perform here regularly it’s the first place outside of the english-

Speaking world where he performed in concerts located in the capital’s 13th Aris the street was only recently created as part of a makeover for the neighborhood at the moment it’s a rather small road that links two Office Buildings but the mayor has sought to reassure the public a bridge that’s

Under construction will extend the street giving it a much greater dimension

The city of Paris on Monday named a street after rock music icon David Bowie, a first in honour of the singer eight years after his death. “Rue David Bowie” was officially inaugurated in the capital’s 13th district on the left bank of the city.
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