Photo Credit: Wonderworld
Former AEG Live President Rob Hallet partners with David Bowie’s estate to recreate the artist’s iconic 1978 performance in an immersive experience.
Rob Hallet, Wonderworld founder and the former AEG Live President, will present a collaboration with David Bowie’s estate and filmmaker Brett Morgen (Moonage Daydream, Montage of Heck, The Kid Stays in the Picture), an immersive event bringing 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 February 14, 2027. Tickets will go on sale at 9 AM on October 28.
The unprecedented 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).
The world premiere and the tour that will follow are presented by Rob Hallet/Wonderworld along with his world-class team, including Production Director John Pryer, Production Manager George Doherty, and Production Coordinator Mia Cartwright, with media servers by Tom Wood and suppliers including 24-7 Productions, Clair Audio, and Frame Sync.
“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,” said Rob Hallet, founder of Wonderworld and former president of AEG International.
“After the Berlin show, the David Bowie: Stage show will embark on a landmark global tour, taking Bowie’s music, vision, and theatricality to the live markets of Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, some of which never saw him perform. The production will introduce a new generation of fans to his extraordinary catalog, also returning to the countries that embraced him throughout his career, including the UK, Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia.”
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-gen visuals utilize Unilumin/Roe full-range transparent LED screens (70×40 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 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 power as a live performer and are considered among the best live performances of his career.
It has taken five decades for technology to advance enough to bring his vision to life with cutting-edge spatial audio and visual tech. The production aims to blur the line between cinema and live performance, and fans should feel as if they are attending an authentic David Bowie show.
Brett Morgen unearthed the original footage 10 years ago while working on Moonage Daydream. As early as 2018, Morgen and the Bowie Estate began discussing the possibility of bringing Stage to arenas worldwide. But it wasn’t until 2024, when former AEG Live President of International Rob Hallet joined the project, that the dream became a reality.