‘Lost’ 1978 David Bowie tour film to play arenas in 2027, remastered by Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen

David Hemmings’ never-released concert film from Bowie’s 1978 world tour will be presented in a multimedia show that aims to ‘create the illusion’ that he is present on stage

Almost 50 years after its original run, David Bowie’s 1978 Isolar II tour will return to arenas in 2027, billed as Stage, thanks to Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen’s painstaking remaster of never-before-seen footage.

Bowie originally commissioned David Hemmings, the Blow-Up star turned director, to film two shows centred on the “Heroes” and Low albums at London’s Earls Court arena that summer. Bowie had recently been directed by Hemmings in the critically maligned Just a Gigolo, alongside Marlene Dietrich.

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