The band behind David Bowie's comeback tour want to go on tour with the singing legend, guitarist Earl Slick has revealed.
Slick joins other regular Bowie collaborators Gail Ann Dorsey, Tony Visconti, Sterling Campbell, Zachary Alford, Gerry Leonard and David Torn on the album The Next Day, which was announced on Tuesday (January 8).
When asked about the possibility of a tour, Slick told Ultimate Classic Rock: "We don't know. Obviously, we want him to. But right now, that's a big if. Like I said before, sometimes he shows up and sometimes he doesn't.
"I could get a phone call tomorrow saying, 'Hey, you know what? Here's the setlist'. I don't know. I can't speak for him or the organisation.
"Obviously, the band would love to go out. Even if it's not a huge tour, we would like to go out and do some gigs. But that's yet to be seen."
Commenting on Visconti's statement that The Next Day is a "rock album", Slick said: "It is. OK, so he's let the cat out of the bag a little bit, then - good. It's rocking. There's a lot of rockers on there, I can tell you that.
"I mean, there's a few kind of really cool mid-tempo ones in there as well, but I'm the go-to guy for the rock stuff with David. And that's why I'm always there."
