No, David Bowie was not an ordinary mortal. We knew that. But that he, eleven years after his death, on what would have been his 80th birthday, would find a way to return one more time for one last tour? We hadn't seen that coming.
That he would choose The Moonlovers as a backing band should not be surprising. They have been playing for many years like no other almost everything that can be played in better pop music. And that Bowie would politely but accurately ask Tom Hannes to lend him his body during the tour is not entirely unexpected either.
Go watch a Bowie show one more time. With the best of the best from fifty years of brilliant songs. With world hits and forgotten gems. In an intimate and intense setting. David Bowie. Come. You don't want to miss this.