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Dom Tower of Utrecht
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Wednesday, 13 January 2016 - 11:20
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Video: Utrecht’s Dom tower plays Bowie’s “Space Oddity”

Utrecht decided to pay tribute to singer David Bowie after his death by having city carillonneur Malgosia Fiebig play hit song Space Oddity on the Dom tower's bells. Utrecht resident and Bowie fan Marchal Miller heard the ode and rushed out to record it. He posted the video on Facebook. "Then I heard my phone ping and saw that nine people already shared the video and a heaps of like", he said to RTV Utrecht. He then decided to make the video public so that everyone can enjoy it. By 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday the video had 1.2 million views and 30,211 shares.

Wat een mooi eerbetoon 😢 Space Oddity van David Bowie Krijg je gewoon kippenvel van! For licensing or usage, contact: licensing@viralhog.com

Posted by Marchal Molenaar on Monday, January 11, 2016

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