Trent Reznor treats David Bowie’s “Fantastic Voyage” and “Fashion” as part of the “Just for One Day” tribute, which – after a one-day delay due to technical issues and Covid-19 restrictions – aired on Saturday night, one day after what the late icon’s 74th birthday would be.
The stripped down version of Stay‘Fantastic Voyage’ was a frontman of Nine Inch Nails, along with longtime collaborator Atticus Ross and Bowie keyboard Mike Garson, who also hosted the event. On “Fashion”, the trio was accompanied by Reznor’s wife and How to Destroy Angels bandmate Mariqueen Maandig Reznor, who sang background songs about the Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) track.
‘In the early 1990’s, David told me,’ Watch this next singer. He is someone to be reckoned with, ”Garson said in his introduction to Reznor, whose Nine Inch Nails toured with Bowie in 1995.
Other artists for Just for One Day included Adam Lambert, Peter Frampton, Andra Day, Mott the Hoople’s Ian Hunter, Yes’ Rick Wakeman, the one-time supergroup Ground Control (featuring Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney’s Slipknot’s Corey). Taylor and the Foo. Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins) and Duran Duran, who booked ‘Five Years’ for the live stream.
Tickets to watch the Just for One Day are still on for sale, with $ 2 from each ticket will be donated Save the children, an organization that supported Bowie with funds raised from his famous 50th birthday concert in 1997 in Madison Square Garden.