Something Phishy About Bowie Shows With Ub40

There’s a Sailor who eats, only Phish heads…

Those mischievous scamps, Phish, sent Bowie fans’ hearts racing last week when they published an advert (above) suggesting that David Bowie would be performing four shows in Miami together with UB40 at the end of the year.

The advert appeared in the band’s programme (inset above) for their Halloween show in Indio, CA, on October 31st, where they performed The Stones‘ Exile On Main Street. (Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Scary Monsters were all on the shortlist)

The publication took the shape of a PLAYBILL style programme with the Bowie advert on the inside cover.

Of course, most Phish fans realised that the advert was actually promoting end of the year shows for the band, whose song David Bowie contains the sole lyric: David Bowie UB40!

Not being a follower of Phish, I’ve never really grasped the intent of the lyric. However, I like to think it’s a punning birthday greeting written for David in 1987, in the earliest days of Phish’s career.