David Bowie-themed night for stargazing festival
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People have been encouraged to dress up along a David Bowie theme for an astronomy festival concert
The Hebridean Dark Skies Festival event later this month will celebrate the singer's music
Bowie's music often referenced outer space
The festival in the Western Isles starts on 9 March
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The Hebridean Dark Skies Festival is to hold a special night dedicated to musician and actor David Bowie.
New arrangements of Bowie's space-themed songs, such as Starman and Life on Mars, will be performed at Stornoway's An Lanntair arts venue on 10 March.
People attending the concert have been encouraged to dress up along the lines of a Bowie or outer space theme.
Stornoway Astronomical Society is to help decorate An Lanntair's auditorium.
Sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth, in which Bowie plays an alien, will be shown during the festival, which runs from 9-21 March.
Other festival events will include astronomy workshops and screenings of the films ET and Under the Skin.
Bowie, one of the most influential musicians of his era, died of cancer at the age of 69 in 2016.
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- Published4 October 2018
