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confidant of both Bowie and Ronson throughout the
final tour, knew what was coming, but still reckoned
‘to break up a band like that is astonishing. I have to
credit Bowie with having a lot of courage: to say “I’m
not coming back.”’
On the evening of the Hammersmith show, David
gave no clue as to the evening’s denouement. Suzi
Fussey, ministering to him in the dressing room, had
been tipped off by Defries, but had to feign
ignorance, as did the roadies and the various
MainMan staff. ‘David acted as if everything was
completely normal,’ she says. ‘I don’t know if he was
delusional and thought no one knew.’ Despite the
imminent drama, he seemed rather more relaxed
than normal, grateful for the coming rest. ‘Relieved, I
think,’ says Fussey. ‘He had been frightened of
becoming a parody of himself.’
Bolder, Woody and Hutch, for all their exhaustion,
were fired up to be playing the Odeon and all three
of them relished the presence of Jeff Beck, guesting
on guitar. Their attention was mainly on Ronson, as
Bowie and band rampaged their way through what
Sounds’ Martin Hayman called ‘one of the best
concerts I have ever seen’.
Hutch was the first one to get a hint that
something unusual was happening, when David
walked over for a word, the first time he’d spoken to
him in weeks. ‘Don’t go straight into “Rock ‘n’ Roll
Suicide”,’ David instructed his old friend. ‘I’m going
to say something there.’
When David announced, ‘Not only is it the last
show of the tour, but it’s the last show that we’ll ever