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David McLean

When David Bowie took Edinburgh's Murrayfield by storm in the driving rain

The home of Scottish rugby has welcomed the likes of Beyoncé, Harry Styles and Bruce Springsteen already this year, with Taylor Swift confirmed for 2024.

They're just the latest globally successful music acts to appear at the venue - but there was a time not so long ago that Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium had never hosted a rock concert.

That all changed 40 years ago on June 28, 1983, when the late David Bowie became the first ever headline act at the famous sporting arena.

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