373. Spider from Mars – An Evening with Woody Woodmansey: Trouble at Mill, Farsley [15.2.20]

Artist: Woody Woodmansey

Interviewer: Dave Simpson

Venue: Trouble at Mill, Sunny Bank Mills, Farsley, Leeds

Date: 15.2.20

From Mars to Farsley; another rock legend lands at Sunny Bank Mills.

The Spiders from Mars were Bowie’s northern contingent, with the original line-up all hailing from the Yorkshire & Humber region. It therefore seemed fitting for the evening’s gathering to take place in an old mill, where we were treated to stories from the inner sanctum of the Stardust era.

At the end of the night I met the man himself, who signed my gig poster and original copy of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. An LP that once cost me a quid in a charity shop is now priceless.