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‘Bowie’s teeth were bleeding’: Mott the Hoople on making All the Young Dudes with David

‘We went for a pizza after it came out, with Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit. He was suffering from malnutrition. Starman came on and he said, “Your song will be on soon”’

I poured a beer over a kid in the audience and he was still there at the end asking for an autograph David offered us Suffragette City first, but I said no. Then I remember going into a room in Regent Street where David sat on the floor and played us All the Young Dudes. So I’d shouted, “Hey you with the glasses – I’ve wanted to do this for years,” and poured a bottle of beer over this poor kid’s head.

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