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Watch Sufjan Stevens Cover David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” in Paris

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 16: Sufjan Stevens performs onstage during the Tibet House US 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert & Gala to celebrate Philip Glass's 80th Birthday at Carnegie Hall on March 16, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images for Tibet House US)

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner and James McAlister recently released their spacey collaborative album Planetarium, which features 17 tracks named, obviously, after things in space. The group kicked off the European leg of their tour last night in Paris, and Stevens covered a David Bowie song, which was, wouldn’t you know it, about space. The group’s performance of Bowie’s classic “Space Oddity” included some sweet guitar solos, and they even projected clips of the late star onto a wall behind the stage, which was flooded with violet light.

Watch the “Space Oddity” cover below.