The director of the 2022 David Bowie documentary, Moonage Daydream , has announced that he’ll be releasing never-before-seen concert footage from 1978. Back in 2017, director Brett Morgen received David Bowie’s complete archives. Within this, Morgen discovered the holy grail of abandoned concert footage. Initially, Morgen assumed the footage labeled “Stage” would be from Bowie’s 1978 live album. Instead, he discovered footage of his legendary 1978 performances at Earl’s Court. The footage has been considered lost for nearly 50 years. Morgen has compiled the 35 mm footage and remastered it, with plans to bring this concert footage to arenas in 2027.

The footage comes from an abandoned 1978 concert film called Stage . Bowie had hired director David Hemmings to film two out of three sold-out performances at Earl’s Court. He had released Low and “Heroes” in 1977 before embarking on the ambitious Isolar II World Tour in 1978.…