I really wanted to like the tribute to David Bowie since I am a huge fan, but what I came away with was more questions about the band, it's legitamacy and the sanity of the seemingly insecure Bowie impersonator who led it.
First, there was the tracks that obviously sported more "horns" and background vocals than were represented on stage, which made me doubt both the keyboard player (was she really playing?) and the singers - how many were live, how many were Memorex?
When "Bowie" appeared with much drama and fanfare, the eras of music he did were mixed up and not well introduced. At one time, the film behind the band spoke of Ziggy and the costume was Ziggy, but instead of a song from Ziggy Stardust, Rebel Rebel from Diamond Dogs was played. His voice was a lighter, weaker version of Bowie's and his rythm whilst clapping was way off and kind of sad. He looked like he had a lot of facial surgery to try to look more like Bowie, thereby making him seem just that much more desparate to get the audience to believe he was Bowie. The bottom line is that his voice was thin and his performance was weak. The whole performance kind of rests on the voice of the iconic person you're imitating, and this guy was not the belter Bowies was/is. I do have to say the costumes and wigs were good - but a bit too many changes going on to really appreciate them all.
As for the rest of the band, very good players and if the keyboard was actually playing and not using tracks, she was amazing.
The problem is, I left with a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. A tribute act should be talented enough on it's own without having to make the show into an "illusion" of the real deal.