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Soon after their arrival in New York, David took
Geoff down to Max’s to see Biff Rose, whose ‘Fill
Your Heart’ he’d covered on Hunky Dory; they were
more impressed, though, by a new act, Bruce
Springsteen, who was sharing the bill. During
rehearsals, David was vibed-up, almost ecstatic as
he chatted with his old mate John Hutchinson. There
was no hint of reproach that Hutch had left David,
back in 1969; instead, David shared his excitement.
‘Who’d’ve thought we’d all get here?’ Then back at
the Gramercy Hotel, it was straight into one of
David’s customary bonding sessions, as he gave
Hutch a run-through of his latest musical discoveries
– ‘This is Roxy Music – the singer’s a guy from
Newcastle, he studied with [the pop artist] Richard
Hamilton.’
After rehearsals with the new, bigger band at the
RCA soundstage (Harry Belafonte dropped by and
politely asked them to turn down the volume) David
took Hutch, Geoff and Stuey to see the Rockettes at
Radio City Music Hall, where they’d be playing a few
days later. Absorbed by their ludicrously camp highkicking
act, David confided to Hutch that he intended
to descend from the gods, just like the cabaret they
were watching, as part of their act. For a man who
now refused to stay in rooms above the hotel’s fourth
floor, claiming vertigo, this was true devotion to his
art.
On the opening night of their second US tour on
14 February, 1973, the show was more grandiose
than ever, with five costume changes for David
alone; the news that Salvador Dali was in the house