Flashback: David Bowie Sings 'Heroes' at the Berlin Wall

It would be an wild exaggeration to suggest that David Bowie brought down the Berlin Wall, but 29 years ago this week, on June 7th, 1987, his concert in West Berlin did play a role in the monumental event two years later. He was just three shows into the European leg of the Glass Spiders tour and was booked at Platz der Republik as part of a three-day rock festival that also featured Genesis and the Eurythmics. The stage was right near the Berlin Wall, and the crowds of people in