Till there was Rock, you only had God…
The Mick Rock madness I made mention of back in March and April, (03.13.2005 NEWS: MUCH MICK ROCK MADNESS COMING UP & 04.24.05 REMINDER: MICK ROCK ON MINT TONIGHT) starts in earnest this week. (Oooh…Lucky Earnest, etc.)
The main event at Urbis in Manchester kicks off on Thursday with Rock ‘n’ Roll Icons: The photography of Mick Rock, which runs right through to David’s 59th birthday. Here’s the intro to the blurb from the Urbis site:
“Spanning 40 years of rock, this exhibition is the largest ever to date by legendary photographer Mick Rock, ?the man who shot the seventies? and went on to capture the images, acts and auras of some of contemporary culture’s most celebrated icons.”
You can read more about the event and check ticket prices, etc., for the exhibition, here.
Also at Urbis on Thursday, Mick is probed for 90 minutes from 6:30pm for: An evening with Mick Rock and Chris Sullivan. Calm down, it’s not the kind of probing some of the gutter minds among you are thinking. Chris Sullivan, who writes for The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Independent in the UK, will be interviewing Mick and it promises to be a very entertaining affair. Hurry though, tickets are going fast!
Go here to view details of this and loads of other Mick Rock stuff at Urbis, including several opportunities to meet the man and even take a day long crash course in Rock ‘n’ Roll photography from Mr Rock himself! Again though, places are very limited so be quick if you want to participate.
Starting next weekend we’ll be running a competition to win one of ten copies of the new hardback edition of Mick Rock and David Bowie’s absolutely stunning book, Moonage Daydream: The Life & Times of Ziggy Stardust, each of which will be signed by Mick. And, as promised back in June, (06.09.05 NEWS: NEW MOONAGE DAYDREAM COVER REVEALED) we’ll also have one of the original Genesis Publications limited editions (retailing at £295) up for grabs.
