Dexys Midnight Runners‘ Kevin Rowland has recalled calling David Bowie “full of shit” and “a bad copy of Bryan Ferry“.The notorious comment was made during a support slot in 1983.
Rowland was asked about it when taking NME‘s Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! quiz this month.“Nobody’s ever asked me about this before.
We had to be escorted out of the area!” Rowland laughed. “I’d been taking strong sleeping tablets prescribed by a private New York doctor.
Whenever I took them, I’d be grumpy and didn’t give a shit about anything.“We were about five songs into our 12-song set and it was going well, and I could see the applause going right back in this massive open-air venue.
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