LONDON, UK 27th OCTOBER — Wonderworld, in collaboration with the David Bowie Estate and visionary filmmaker Brett Morgen (Moonage Daydream, Montage Of Heck, The Kid Stays In The Picture), presents an unprecedented event bringing David Bowie’s legendary 1978 Isolar II tour to arenas.
In association with the Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), David Bowie “Stage” will celebrate its world premiere in the Uber Arena Berlin on 14 February 2027. Tickets will go on sale at 9am on 28th October here DAVID BOWIE IN “STAGE” TICKETS. For full ticket details, see below.
The groundbreaking show, assembled from raw, unseen 35mm film, will be presented across multiple screens, with an integrated lighting show designed by world-renowned lighting designer Patrick Woodroffe (The Rolling Stones, Elton John) and an immersive audio mix by Academy Award winner Paul Massey (Bohemian Rhapsody, James Bond – No Time To Die, Moonage Daydream).
David Bowie conceived and produced “Stage” in 1978 during the Isolar II concerts at London’s Earls Court, promoting his iconic “Heroes” album. The legendary concerts, untouched in the Bowie Archives for almost 50 years, showcase Bowie at the zenith of his powers as a live performer and are considered among the best live performances of his career.
It has taken five decades for technology to develop enough to bring his vision to life with cutting-edge spatial audio and visual tech. The production blurs the line between cinema and a live concert. Fans will achieve the sensations of attending an authentic David Bowie show.
Brett Morgen unearthed the original footage 10 years ago while working on the Grammy Award-winning Moonage Daydream. As early as 2018, Morgen and the Bowie Estate began discussing the possibility of bringing “Stage” to arenas worldwide, it wasn’t until 2024, when former AEG Live President of International Rob Hallett joined, that the dream became a reality.
Rob Hallett, Founder of Wonderworld and former President of AEG International, said, “David Bowie has bestowed upon us an extraordinary treasure—an unprecedented concert experience that has yet to be witnessed. Working hand-in-hand with David Bowie’s Estate and Brett Morgen, we are ensuring this experience is 100% faithful to his legacy while making his genius accessible to global fans and a new generation.”
A Masterclass in Visuals and Audio Integration, Morgen has spent almost a decade reconfiguring, editing, colour grading, and hand-painting the archival footage. By utilising longer, uninterrupted takes of Bowie, the show creates an intimate atmosphere that mimics a real-time live performance. Coupled with sound and light design by Wonderworld’s Oscar-winning, world-renowned creative team, it will show Bowie and his band in arenas worldwide.
The Earls Court Isolar II performance features Bowie backed by his legendary 1978 touring band, including Adrian Belew (lead guitar), Carlos Alomar (rhythm guitar/musical director), George Murray (bass), Dennis Davis (drums), Roger Powell (keyboards/synthesizer), Sean Mayes (piano), and Simon House (electric violin), performing hits such as Ziggy Stardust, Rebel Rebel, Suffragette City, Fame, The Jean Genie and “Heroes” alongside tracks from the visionary Low & “Heroes” album, widely considered to be two of the most influential records of the past five decades.
David Bowie in “Stage” features Immersive Audio Mapping, mixed by Oscar-winning sound engineer Paul Massey and integrated into a Clair Global audio setup using advanced DSP algorithms and a spread-out flown array system to deliver pristine 7.1 surround sound to every seat in the venue. The Next-Generation Visuals utilise Unilumin/Roe full-range transparent LED screens (70 times 40 displays) to create the illusion that Bowie and his band are physically present on stage. The show is designed for scale and staged in auditoriums and venues with capacities starting at 5,000, enveloping audiences in the atmosphere of a full-scale rock concert for an unprecedented live experience.
DAVID BOWIE IN “STAGE”
WORLD PREMIERE – BERLIN UBER ARENA 14th FEBRUARY 2027
AS PART OF THE 77th BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
TICKETS ON SALE 28th OCTOBER 2026 VIA EVENTIM
PRESALE STARTS WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER 9:00 AM GMT (10:00 AM CET)
GENERAL ON SALE FRIDAY 30th OCTOBER 9:00 AM GMT (10:00 AM CET)
Brett Morgen is a Grammy Award-winning filmmaker whose work has redefined the music documentary genre. He is the filmmaker behind Moonage Daydream, the groundbreaking David Bowie cinematic experience hailed as a landmark achievement in music storytelling, as well as the acclaimed music documentaries Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck and Crossfire Hurricane, which chronicle the lives of Kurt Cobain and The Rolling Stones. Across his career, he has collaborated with some of the most influential artists and cultural icons of the modern era, developing a distinctive cinematic language that blends music, sound, image, and emotion into immersive audiovisual experiences that connect audiences with artists in entirely new ways. He has received the DGA, WGA, PGA, ACE Eddie, and MPSE awards, as well as two Primetime Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and a Grammy Award. He has also earned 12 Primetime Emmy nominations, two BAFTA nominations, and an Academy Award nomination.
Patrick Woodroffe OBE RDI is one of the world’s most celebrated lighting designers, pioneering visual landscapes for icons such as ABBA, The Rolling Stones, and Michael Jackson, as well as for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Renowned for using light to convey powerful moods and narratives, he has earned an OBE and a LIT Lifetime Achievement Award for his groundbreaking designs. Bringing his unparalleled expertise to the David Bowie Stage experience, Patrick will craft a state-of-the-art lighting environment that blurs the lines between virtual and reality. Working alongside custom LED displays and immersive 7:1 sound, his visionary design will ensure audiences feel Bowie is in the room with them.
Paul Massey is an Oscar-winning sound engineer whose expertise has shaped the sonic landscapes of over 200 films. Renowned for his technical precision and artistry, he won an Academy Award for Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and has also been nominated 10 times for Best Sound Mixing, with standout projects like Ford v Ferrari (2019), The Martian (2015), and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006). His diverse work spans action blockbusters to intimate dramas, always enhancing storytelling through sound. His recent project, A Complete Unknown, a Bob Dylan biopic, continues his tradition of groundbreaking sound design, solidifying his status as one of the industry’s most sought-after talents.
Rob Hallett, founder of Wonderworld, is actively engaged in the Production and Distribution of Live Concert Experiences, designed for digital displays (LED, AR, VR, Gaming). Rob’s deep understanding of the live music industry allows Wonderworld to develop solutions that address the unique challenges and opportunities faced by artist estates, artists, venues, and event organisers. As the former President of AEG International, Rob brings years of experience, having toured and organised worldwide tours for Duran Duran, Prince, Beyoncé, The Rolling Stones, Leonard Cohen, Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake and several others. Rob is poised to distribute/tour the digital live events worldwide, ensuring fans can experience them again or for the first time. Working with Rob and the teams at DNEG, live events directors and choreographers will have the creative tools they need to visualise and deliver fantastic digital live events across platforms worldwide.
ABOUT DAVID BOWIE
David Bowie (1947-2016) revolutionised popular music and culture through five decades of fearless experimentation and reinvention.
Between the late 1960s and mid-1970s, Bowie pioneered multi-media performance art while recording groundbreaking albums including Space Oddity (1969), The Man Who SoldThe World (1970), The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972), Aladdin Sane (1973), Diamond Dogs (1974), Young Americans (1975), and Station to Station (1976). His single “Fame” from Young Americans became his first US No. 1 hit.
In 1976, Bowie relocated to Berlin, where he collaborated with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti on the influential “Berlin Trilogy”: Low (1977), “Heroes” (1977), and Lodger (1979). In 1979 and 1980, he made his Broadway debut in The Elephant Man and released Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) with Visconti, followed by the Nile Rodgers-produced Let’s Dance (1983).
Throughout the mid-1980s and early 1990s, Bowie formed the band Tin Machine, collaborated with dance company La La La Human Steps, and composed music for Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia (1993). In 1992, he created Jump, one of rock’s first CD-ROMs (Enhanced CD). Reuniting with Eno in 1995, he produced the experimental Outside, followed by Earthling (1997) and ‘hours…’ (1999). That same year, he was honoured as Commandeur dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.
In 2002, Bowie collaborated again with Tony Visconti on Heathen, performing the album in full alongside the seminal Low during European and American tours. Reality followed in 2003, launched with the world’s largest interactive live-by-satellite event, followed by the critically acclaimed “A Reality Tour.”
Bowie’s film credits include iconic roles in Nic Roeg’s The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983), Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Tony Scott’s The Hunger(1983), and Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige (2006).
In May 2007, he curated the inaugural 10-day High Line Festival in New York. The following month, he received the Webby Lifetime Achievement Award for pioneering the intersection of art and technology. Later that year, he starred as himself in an acclaimed episode of Ricky Gervais’s HBO series Extras.
In 2012, a plaque was erected on Heddon Street, London, the site of the Ziggy Stardust album cover, commemorating his extraordinary influence. The following year, the Victoria and Albert Museum received unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive for a groundbreaking exhibition that broke attendance records in London, the US, Berlin, and Paris.
On January 8, 2013, Bowie surprised the world by releasing “Where Are We Now?” and announcing The Next Day, his 27th studio album and first in 10 years. The album received universal critical acclaim. In 2014, the compilation Nothing Has Changed celebrated his 50th year in music, followed by the experimental “Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)” with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and “Tis a Pity She Was a Whore.”
Spring 2015 brought Lazarus, an off-Broadway production co-created with playwright Enda Walsh and directed by Ivo van Hove, which later transferred to London’s Kings Cross Theatre.
★ (Blackstar), Bowie’s 28th studio album, was released on his 69th birthday, January 8, 2016. Co-produced with Visconti and featuring saxophonist Donny McCaslin and his quartet, ★ received overwhelming critical acclaim, among the best reviews of Bowie’s entire career. It became his first album to reach No. 1 in the US, topped charts in over 20 countries, and later won five Grammy Awards.
On January 10, 2016, David Bowie died peacefully, surrounded by his family, after an 18-month battle with cancer. His body of work, multi-generational influence, and legacy of fearless innovation and endless reinvention continue to inspire artists and audiences worldwide.
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