Get ready for an unforgettable celebration of one of music’s greatest icons. From 30 June to 26 September 2027, David Bowie: On Tour comes to Showtown in Blackpool, bringing more than 100 extraordinary highlights from the V&A’s world-famous David Bowie archive to the town.
As the only North West venue on this landmark UK tour, Showtown offers a rare opportunity to experience iconic costumes, musical instruments, handwritten lyrics, photography and personal treasures that reveal the creativity, innovation and enduring influence of David Bowie. This strictly limited experience is your chance to get closer than ever to the legendary artist whose imagination transformed music, fashion and popular culture.
Items will include Bowie’s legendary costumes, musical instruments, career spanning photography and personal treasures, including the stopwatch he used when songwriting; plus never-before-seen items including Polaroids of make-up tests, a Ziggy Stardust-era acoustic guitar, unrealised scripts, and handwritten lyrics, performance notes and costumes from Bowie’s final albums, The Next Day and★ (Blackstar)
Event times
30th June 2027 - 26th September 2027
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Tickets
TBA
Showtown
(Entrance) Corner of Adelaide Street West and Bank Hey Street
Blackpool
FY1 4TQ
