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From the
https://www.metro.news 16 August, 2019.
Locals blast David Bowie tribute outside venue where he became a starman.
Flashpoint: Bowie tribute outside the old "Three Tuns"
pub in Beckenham.
ALL is not hunky dory in the south-east London suburb where David Bowie
performed before becoming a starman.
A colourful tribute to the Ziggy Stardust singer outside the pub where
he launched his career has been slammed by locals on Facebook.
They say it looks like ‘graffiti’, could be ‘mistaken for a hole by
people with dementia’ and is ‘a waste of good paint’.
One poster, Marie Dye, wrote: ‘A rubbish tribute to a great artist.’
The iconic flash — from 1973 album Aladdin Sane (above) — was built into
the pavement outside the former "Three Tuns" pub which is now a
"Zizzi"
Italian restaurant. Bowie — who died aged 69 in 2016 — set up the
Beckenham Arts Lab there in May 1969.
The street art was installed as part of a £4.4million improvement scheme
for Beckenham high street funded by Bromley Council and Transport for
London. Councillor Peter Morgan said it was installed ‘to recognise the
role Beckenham had in the early part of David Bowie’s career’.
But disgruntled residents may yet press for ch-ch-changes.
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