Rare David Bowie items to begin V&A exhibition tour in Dundee

Rare David Bowie items to begin V&A exhibition tour in DundeeImage source, David Parry/PA Media AssignmentsImage caption, David Bowie's 1988 passport is one of the items featured in the exhibitionByGraeme OgstonBBC Scotland NewsPublished12 minutes agoThe otherworldly clown costume worn by David Bowie in the groundbreaking video for Ashes to Ashes will be among more than 100 items on display in a new touring exhibition to begin in Dundee later this year. David Bowie: On Tour, which opens at V&A Dundee on 4 November, includes costumes, instruments and photographs, some of which have never been on public display before.Memorabilia includes a clapperboard used for The Man Who Fell To Earth, and his first instrument, a Grafton Alto saxophone bought for him by his father in 1961.Following its debut in Dundee, the two-year exhibition will move to Blackpool, County Durham, Hull, and Bristol.Image source, David Parry/PA Media AssignmentsImage caption, A number of costumes, including Bowie's outfit from the Ashes to Ashes video are includedThe tour comes after the David Bowie Centre opened at the V&A Storehouse in London last September as a home for the archive, featuring a permanent display of artefacts.The touring exhibition is set across four sections, each offering a "different lens" on the singer, who died in January 2016 aged 69. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, David Bowie died in 2016, having had a career spanning five decadesThe opening section, "Bowie Through a Lens", explores how photography shaped Bowie's image and identity, including work by Terry O'Neill, Mick Rock, Sukita, and Brian Ward.The second section, "All the Somebody People" focuses on the musician onstage and in the studio across four defining eras; Ziggy Stardust, the Berlin years, Let's Dance, and Blackstar.The third section, "Hooked to the Silver Screen", features Bowie's onscreen performances, including music...