Statue of David Bowie – level 2
Aylesbury is a town in England where David Bowie first debuted Ziggy Stardust, his alter ego. After Bowie died in 2016, two thousand people came together there to remember him.
They thought that it would be a good idea to put a monument for the town and Bowie. An artist manager and fan raised £100,000 for the monument in two years. People recently unveiled the statue of David Bowie and his alter egos.
There is also a petition to change the town’s name from Aylesbury to ‘Aylesbowie’. Aylesbury has in fact had 57 names over the centuries, so a new one would be the 58th.
Difficult words: debut (perform in public for the first time), alter ego (a person’s secondary or alternative personality), unveil (to show a piece of art for the first time), petition (a formal request).
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