David Bowie: Zigs and Troggs and Backless Nuns
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 27 October 1973
IT DOESN'T MATTER who's playing. The Marquee's always a drag on Saturday nights. It's hot, crowded, uncomfortable, and noisy, and it poses a severe visibility problem.
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