Suzi Ronson was more than just David Bowie’s hairdresser – she was also his “tour madam.”
While on the road, the stylist took on the “less glamorous” role of picking up fans who wanted to meet the band, as well as keeping a close eye on those who followed the entourage in cars. And sometimes looking out for “the prettiest girls” to join their circle wasn’t always so simple.
Ronson has written a new memoir titled “Me and Mr. Jones: My Life with David Bowie and the Spiders from Mars.” In it, she described what it was really like hitting the road with the singer during one of the most creative periods of his decades-long career. Ronson is known for giving the late star his iconic Ziggy Stardust do.
“It’s the story of a young girl who was looking for adventure and found it and ran away with a rock ‘n’ roll circus,” Ronson told Fox News Digital.
According to Ronson’s book, Bowie and his band were at a bar in Birmingham after performing when she spotted a giggling blonde who caught his attention. After Bowie flashes a smile of approval, he “welcomes her into his circle and slides his arm around her shoulder.” They headed off to his hotel room and everything seemed fine – until a woman in her 40s with “a red face and a determined attitude” marches into the bar, frantically looking for her daughter.
“I didn’t know she was 16, and I was the one that brought her back to the hotel,” Ronson explained. “She didn’t look 16. She looked 20. She was a gorgeous-looking girl with long messy hair, full makeup. She was dying to meet David.”
