Texas legend Willie Nelson turned 90 this weekend. He celebrated in style with over 45 fellow musicians, including Neil Young, Snoop Dogg, Margo Price, Beck, Gary Clark Jr, Chris Stapleton, and even Keith Richards joining a stacked guest list helped celebrate the Red Headed Stranger at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A.

Modern Rocks Gallery has an incredible collection of signed, limited-edition prints of Willie from the long-time PBS Austin City Limited photographer, Scott Newton. Whether taken at his famous 4th July parties, or on stage here in town, these prints show a unique view of the 70s and 80s Austin music scene and the long-lost gig venues that are such a huge part of Austin’s rich music history.

We’re delighted to announce a stunning new collection from acclaimed British photographer, Simon Fowler.

Whether through commissioned recording sleeves or official photo sessions, concert and theatre posters, or innumerable magazine covers and national print media featuring Simon Fowler work, he boasts an incredible portfolio.

As principal photographer for British pop magazine Smash Hits at the height of its reign as the standard bearer for all things fashionably pop in the UK throughout the eighties, his signature work represents bespoke visual signposts for some of the biggest selling and most popular recording artists on the planet. Even more remarkable is the vast gamut of British and European cultural genres his photography embraces.

As eighties British music rewrote the manual for infectious pop in all its sublime manifestations, Simon Fowlers lens and imagination experienced a similarly creative joie de vivre. Among so many stand out relationships including shooting the cover for the Christmas 1981 number one (The Human League’s landmark ‘Don’t You Want Me’), was forming a unique long-term relationship with one of rock’s most challenging behemoths… Queen and its charismatic but notoriously guarded singer Freddie Mercury. A high point was being roped in to shoot the band on the fly in and around Queen filming ground-breaking ‘Coronation Street’ housewife video spoof for ‘I Want to Break Free’.

DAVID BOWIE : STARMAN, is a curated collection of photographic prints from a stellar selection of highly acclaimed, award winning photographers.

The show will feature a curated collection of David Bowie prints spanning his career. The show has been curated by Modern Rocks Gallery owner, Steven Walker and features many of Bowie’s most iconic shots, including album covers, obtained directly from the photographers themselves.

The prints on display include signed limited edition prints from Terry O’Neill’s “Diamond Dogs” album cover shoot, Justin De Villeneuve’s “Pin-Ups” album cover with British model Twiggy, Brian Duffy’s iconic Aladdin Sane and Scary Monsters album cover shoots and Masayoshi Sukita’s famous session with Bowie for the “Heroes” album cover. The show also features early Bowie prints from Alec Byrne, Brian Aris and his 1990’s era prints, Kevin Cummins, Jake Chessum, Markus Klinko and more.

There will also be a prize for the best Bowie costume on the night, with a framed Aladdin Sane print from Brian Duffy for the best costume, and a copy of the book “David Bowie Icon” for the runner up.

The opening reception begins at 7pm on Friday November 11th at Modern Rocks Gallery, with the show running until the end of the year.

This opening reception is free to attend with all the prints on display being available to purchase.