Laughing Gnome facts
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David Bowie had to cancel an idea for his 1990 greatest hits tour that would let fans vote for the songs that would be played after the NME ran a campaign to try and force him to play the laughing gnome a novelty song he made before he was famous
In 1990, David Bowie's set list for his greatest hits tour was decided by telephone voting. Music magazine NME tried to rig the voting so Bowie would have to play "The Laughing Gnome" (with the slogan "Just Say Gnome"). The voting system was scrapped.
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When Bowie suggested that his fans should vote via phone which tracks he should play for his 1990 world tour, The Laughing Gnome was the most requested. He didn't play it.
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David Bowie once recorded a "profanity laden version" of his 1967 novelty song 'The Laughing Gnome'
