David Bowie announced Monday that he will curate the first High Line Festival in New York City next May. The 10-day festival, at which Bowie will play his first full concert in the city since 2003, was created by Bowie and his two partners to be an annual arts and music event that will take place in the neighborhood surrounding the new park being created on High Line, the city’s old, abandoned elevated train on the West Side. Bowie hopes to feature emerging talent alongside the "superstars" he intends to book. He will, then, pick a new "visionary" curator for the following summer’s fest. It's like Manhattan is getting its own All Tomorrow's Parties with the Thin White Duke as its king.
