But Sinatra returned two years later, to much ballyhoo and chart success, with the album “Ol’ Blue Eyes is Back.” Bowie was paying attention.
“David was a big Sinatra fan,” his former manager, Tony DeFries, recently told Mojo magazine.
Bowie’s retirement was a ruse, DeFries added, to generate publicity and whip up demand for a headlining tour of big venues in the United States.
It worked; in 1974, Bowie played arenas across the country, including two shows at Madison Square Garden.
After Bowie retired in 1973, then unretired in 1974, he retired a second time in 1975.
Persons:
Bowie, It’s, Frank Sinatra, “, Plato, Gene Simmons, Sinatra, ” Bowie, “ David, Tony DeFries, DeFries, Elton John, ”, “ Elton, hasn’t, Lazarus, “ I’ve, ” Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Cher, Meatloaf, Tina Turner, Barbra Streisand, “ I’d, ” Trent Reznor, Cameron Crowe
Organizations:
Mojo, Madison, Wembley, Billboard, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Playboy
Locations:
United States, London
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