Two rock bands paid tribute to the late, great David Bowie in separate concert appearances on opposite coasts last night.
[articleembed id=”177596″ title=”The 100 Greatest David Bowie Moments” image=”178037″ excerpt=””]
At Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre, Wilco launched their two-day stay with a rendition of the 1969 Bowie cut “Space Oddity,” with Jeff Tweedy guiding the interstellar track around the universe and back again (his vocals crack a couple of times in a way that’s just a total gut-punch of emotion).
Meanwhile, at their benefit concert for Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles last night, Red Hot Chili Peppers ripped through a cover of the Aladdin Sane track “Cracked Actor,” complete with a hybridized Sanders/Bowie drum cover (per NME). “Well we f**ked up on that,” frontman Anthony Kiedis joked as the song came to a close. Watch below.
Drums are ready for @BernieSanders #berninsane pic.twitter.com/3GbH4D2G7y
— Chad Smith (@RHCPchad) February 5, 2016
https://youtube.com/watch?v=z1xnDZmHwBo