sadly, only one of them is left, woody woodmansey.ere's a starman, waiting in the sky. # he'd like to come and meet us... 1972, and david bowie introduced britain's music fans to the spiders from mars. woody woodmansey is the only surviving member of the group, and he has come back home to visit some of the places where he hung out before he was famous. this was the first place i ever recorded with anybody. i recorded with the rats with mick ronson. he'd been in with the rats with another drummer, and they done the rise and fall of bernie gripplestone. i doubt it would have worked for david bowie. the rats played their first gigs in hull and east yorkshire, from church halls to pubs. we were in the duke of cumberland in 1969. how much has it changed since then? i don't recognise anything. different net curtains then! we would come back to hull and we would come here. we would have a night out, watch bands. it doesn't look like you would fit on there with your drum kit. my drum kit would fit on there but the band would not, definitely

drummer woody woodmansey is the only surviving member of the group and he has come back home to visit this was the first place i ever recorded with anybody. it was with the rats with mick ronson. we came here around 1968, i think. mick had been been with the rats with anotherdrummerand they had been been with the rats with another drummer and they did a song called the rise and fall of bernie gribble stunned which is quite a cool fact in the history of ziggy stardust. i don't think it would have gone quite as far if bowie has saidi have gone quite as far if bowie has said i am bernie gribble storm. it would not have worked. woody toured the world with david bowie and his bandmates, mick ronson and trevor bolder. but as the rats, they played their first bolder. but as the rats, they played theirfirst gigs in hull and east yorkshire from church halls to pubs. we are in the duke of cumberland in north there be. when to play here? about 1969 with the rats. how much is it changed ? about 1969 with the rats. how much is it changed? i don't recognise any thing. different net curtains then! i

we remember david bowie and the spiders from mars with drummer woody woodmansey.o some 2017 highlights and a little look ahead at what's to come. north atlantic flux took us on a four—day journey of north atlantic flux took us on a four—dayjourney of musical discovery, bringing a hose of icelandic and scandinavian musicians to hullment —— hull. local residents collaborated with artists to put on a vibrant parade around their neighbourhood. an amazing new exhibition is called skin and features works, featuring over 3,200 naked blue volunteers in one piece of work. i am about there. you've only one life, just live. it i don't care whether anybody sees me or not. we look forward to assemble fest which takes over an ordinary shopping street turning unlikely places into pop—up performance spaces. # she's a perfect ten... nearly 30 yea rs # she's a perfect ten... nearly 30 years ago the beautiful south was formed in hull. injune paul heaton and jackie abbot return for a special one—off stadium gig. east park will be transformed into the fictional malarkey park for hull'