Holy Holy is a supergroup that performs the musical works of

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...

. The group features drummer

Woody Woodmansey Michael "Woody" Woodmansey (born 4 February 1950) is an English rock drummer best known for his work in the early 1970s as a member of David Bowie's core backing ensemble that became known as the Spiders from Mars in conjunction with th ...

, formerly of Bowie's backing band The Spiders from Mars, and

Tony Visconti Anthony Edward Visconti (born April 24, 1944) is an American record producer, musician and singer. Since the late 1960s, he has worked with an array of performers. His first hit single was T. Rex's " Ride a White Swan" in 1970, the first of man ...

, Bowie's long time producer and occasional bass player, as well as a number of other notable musicians. Steve "Smiley" Barnard replaced Woody Woodmansey as drummer at the start of 2022. but Woodmansey returned in 2025.

Members

*Bass:

*Drums:

*Vocals:

Glenn Gregory Glenn Peter Gregory (born 16 May 1958) is a British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the early 1980s as co-founder and lead singer of the new wave and synth-pop b ...

*Guitar: James Stevenson *Guitar: Paul Cuddeford *Keyboards: Berenice Scott *Keyboards: Janette Mason (2022) *Vocals, saxophone, guitar : Jessica Lee Morgan

Occasional and former contributors

*Vocals:

Marc Almond Peter Mark Almond (born 9 July 1957) is an English singer-songwriter and musician. He is the lead vocalist of the synth-pop/ new wave duo Soft Cell. He has a distinctive soulful voice and androgynous image. He has had a diverse career as a ...

*Saxophone and guitar:

Terry Edwards Terry Edwards (born 10 August 1960) is an English musician who plays trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophones, guitar and keyboards. Biography Edwards gained a degree in music from the University of East Anglia in 1982, where he was also a founding mem ...

*Guitar/vocals:

Gary Kemp Gary James Kemp (born 16 October 1959) is an English songwriter, musician and actor, best known as the lead guitarist, backing vocalist, and principal songwriter for the new wave band Spandau Ballet. Kemp wrote the lyrics and music for all 2 ...

*Saxophone:

Steve Norman Steven Antony Norman (born 25 March 1960) is an English musician who plays tenor saxophone, guitar, percussion and other instruments, for the English New wave music, new romantic band Spandau Ballet. Biography Early years Steve Norman was born in ...

*Bass:

Erdal Kızılçay Erdal Kızılçay (born c. 1950) is a Turkish-born multi-instrumentalist. He has worked with, among others, David Bowie. He plays bass guitar, oud, drums, keyboards, trumpet and violin. He lives in Aegerten, Switzerland. Work with David Bowie ...

*Bass/vocals:

Glen Matlock Glen Matlock (born 27 August 1956) is an English musician, best known for being the bass guitarist in the original line-up of the punk rock band the Sex Pistols. He is credited as a songwriter on 10 of the 12 songs on the Sex Pistols' only offic ...

*Drums:

Clem Burke Clement Anthony Burke (né Bozewski; November 24, 1954 – April 6, 2025) was an American musician best known as the drummer for the band Blondie. He joined the band shortly after its formation in 1975 and remained with Blondie throughout the b ...

*Drums: Steve "Smiley" Barnard *Piano: Rod Melvin *Bass/Rhythm Guitar: David Donley *Vocals: Hannah Berridge *Vocals: Maggie Ronson *Vocals: Lisa Ronson *Vocals: Elizabeth Westwood *Vocals: Tracie Hunter

Tours

The group undertook a short tour in the UK in September 2014 and a larger scale tour of the UK and Japan in the summer of 2015. In January 2016 they toured the east coast of the United States and followed this with a full tour of US and Canadian cities in the Spring of the same year. Their show consisted of a first half during which they performed David Bowie's classic '' The Man Who Sold the World'' and a second half during which early Bowie classics were performed. In March–April 2017 they performed another Bowie album in its entirety, ''

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars ''The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' (often shortened to ''Ziggy Stardust'') is the fifth studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 16June 1972 in the United Kingdom through RCA Records. It was ...

'' in

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and other UK cities. They continue to tour.

Releases

In September 2014, the band released a double A side single comprising the new song "We Are King", written and sung by Steve Norman of Spandau Ballet with a cover of David Bowie's " Holy Holy" sung by Heaven 17’s Glenn Gregory. In June 2015 they released a live recording of their The Man Who Sold the World show, recorded live in London and produced by Tony Visconti.{{Cite web, url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/Tony-Visconti-And-Woody-Woodmanseys-Holy-Holy-With-Glenn-Gregory-And-Steve-Norman-The-Man-Who-Sold-T/release/7191836, title=Tony Visconti And Woody Woodmansey's Holy Holy* With Glenn Gregory And Steve Norman (2) - The Man Who Sold The World Live In London, website=Discogs, date=22 June 2015 , language=fr, access-date=2019-07-03

References

David Bowie British supergroups Rock music supergroups