Ready, Set, Go!

On September 8th, 2003, David Bowie made history at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, with the biggest ever live and interactive music satellite event the world had seen to that point. The special one off live concert was beamed simultaneously to fans in 86 cinemas in 26 countries, from Hong Kong to Helsinki, and 14 screens in Paris alone were dedicated to the show.

Bowie and his band unveiled the 1st ever live performance of his then new album "Reality", released a week later. Now, for the 1st time, the 11 song main set, the "Reality" album in its entirety, plus 3 previously unreleased tracks from the encore, will be available on 2 LP's and 1 CD, exclusively for Record Store Day, April 12th, 2025.

The event marked many 1sts in technological terms, it was the biggest ever non TV satellite broadcast, the 1st ever interactive cinema event via a Q&A element hosted by Bowie fan and broadcaster Jonathan Ross, and the 1st live satellite event in 5.1 DTS surround sound, which was overseen by longtime collaborator, Tony Visconti.

The precedent setting event also went live across Asia a day later with a live Q&A between David and fans in Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Southeast Asia. The event was also beamed to North and South America, and Canada the day the album was released, with David doing brand new live Q&A sessions for those broadcasts.