The 1980 Floor Show was a rock musical spectacle featuring English rock musician David Bowie as the protagonist, held at the Marquee Club in Soho, London, on October 18–20, 1973. It was broadcast in the United States by NBC on November 16, 1973, as part of the series The Midnight Special, and presented the last performance of Bowie as his character Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie 1974
Still image from the 1980 Floor Show, segment featuring Marianne Faithfull and David Bowie
The Marquee Club was a music venue in London, England, which opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts. It was a small and relatively cheap club, in the heart of London's West End.
The former site of the Marquee Club in Wardour Street, Soho
Richmond Mews, Soho (2018), where the back loading entrance to the Marquee Club was located and also where the Marquee Studios were housed.
Blue plaque commemorating Keith Moon playing at the Marquee Club
Ballboy at the Marquee Club on 13 August 2005