Watch: Yungblud releases cover of David Bowie's 'Life on Mars?'
Does he do justice to the original?
Yungblud has shared his cover of David Bowie’s seminal classic ‘Life on Mars?’
The genre-straddling 23-year-old Doncaster lad performed the 1971 track, which appeared on David Bowie’s fourth studio album ‘Hunky Dory’, at the star-studded streaming event A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day! on 9th January 2021
With his hair slicked back and wearing a sharp suit and Bowie-esque make-up, Yungblud belted out ‘Life on Mars?’ while accompanied by longtime Bowie collaborator and pianist Mike Garson.
Alongside premiering the video of the performance, Yungblud’s ‘Life on Mars?’ cover is available to stream and download now.
Watch Yungblud cover ‘Life on Mars?’:
Last month Yungblud’s rendition was heard after the Perseverance Mars Rover touched down on the Red Planet. New Yungblud merchandise inspired by NASA and created in honour of the Mars Perseverance Rover is available to buy from today.
Commenting on releasing ‘Life on Mars?’, Yungblud said: “im doing a merch drop with nasa and being allowed to release a cover of my favourite song by my favourite artist. someone f---ing pinch me.”
Yungblud released his second studio album ‘Weird!’ shortly before Christmas and it stormed straight in at number one on the UK album chart.
Slipknot and Stone Sour’s Corey Taylor, Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, and Jane’s Addiction’s Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney formed a supergroup called Ground Control for A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!, which was held to mark Bowie’s birthday and the 5th anniversary his death.
Other performers included Joe Elliott, Billy Corgan, Ian Astbury, Lzzy Hale, Ian Hunter, Perry Farrell, Gavin Rossdale, Brody Dalle and child internet drumming sensation Nandi Bushell.
Yungblud tours the UK later this year.
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