Heddon Street – ‘Ziggy’

Heddon Street is a small, side-street and alleyway off Regent Street located in the heart of London, close to Piccadilly Circus. If there is any London location which can be justifiably described as THE Ziggy Stardust “shrine” it would have to be Heddon Street where Bowie posed outside #23 for the front cover of the ‘Ziggy’ album.  Full title: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. This street has for Bowie fans the same significance that the Abbey Road zebra-crossing has for Beatles fans. You can grab a pint at the ‘Starman’ pub located at the end of the lane. It has a magnificent painting of the Ziggy album cover hanging next to the main bar. The first photo is what the street looked like back in the 70’s when Bowie did the album cover with the 2nd picture (featuring Blake, Josh & Trav) showing Heddon Street in 2023.

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Author: Kev

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