David Bowie Special: How Does It Feel To Be Loved?

A club night at Signature Brew Haggerston in London, built around David Bowie favourites alongside indie pop and soul records, held as an annual special in the venue's programme.

How Does It Feel To Be Loved? is an annual David Bowie special at Signature Brew Haggerston, a London venue that hosts concerts and shows. Bowie favourites sit alongside the organisers'usual blend of indie pop and soul, so the evening is a selection of recorded music rather than a performance by Bowie.

The selection moves between Velvet Underground, The Cure, R.E.M., Dusty Springfield, The Supremes, The Ronettes, Teenage Fanclub, Pixies and The Go-Betweens, among many others. It draws on sixties soul, jangly pop and shimmering indie tunes, and the playlist includes acts such as Belle & Sebastian, Neutral Milk Hotel and Martha Reeves & The Vandellas.

Time Out describes the night as a way to mark the year with classic sixties soul and danceable janglepop. NME calls it a legendary indie club, while The Quietus regards it as a fondly remembered fixture of the indie pop scene. Big Issue likens it to a speakeasy for anyone who feels their life is a single Smiths song.