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A street party in honour of David Bowie took place in his birthplace of Brixton last night (12 January), following the morning's news of his death. Watch footage from the gathering below.
News of Bowie's death at the age of 69, after an 18-month battle with cancer, shook the world yesterday - not least because he had kept his illness a secret, and died just two days after releasing new album Blackstar on his 69th birthday.
Quickly, a Facebook event set up to mark the singer's death went viral, and thousands of people gathered outside The Ritzy in Brixton - where Bowie was born in 1947 - for an impromptu street party. Despite the police arriving, the celebrations went on into the early hours of this morning, with mass, heartfelt singalongs to Bowie's best loved hits - including 'Starman' and 'Life On Mars', which you can watch below.
Tributes outside out window in #Brixton #DavidBowie #DavidBowieRIP #celebratebowie #BowieForever #Bowie pic.twitter.com/vuOFjX9viJ
— Smoke & Salt (@SmokeandSaltLDN) January 11, 2016
Life On Mars live from the streets of Brixton pic.twitter.com/KnzNZZgzRh
— Paul B ★★★★ (@paulbridgewater) January 11, 2016
At one point, a firework was let off in the middle of the square as people danced around the venue, which had changed its hoarding to read, "David Bowie, Our Brixton Boy, RIP."
