--- title: Lorde Pays Tribute to David Bowie description: Lorde pays tribute to David Bowie at the 2016 BRIT Awards. The son of the late rock star Duncan Jones said he loved it on Twitter. canonical: https://time.com/4237446/lorde-david-bowie-tribute-brit-awards-2016/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-25T17:35:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:29.867Z og:title: Watch Lorde's Tribute to David Bowie at the BRIT Awards og:description: Her emotional rendition of "Life on Mars?" is one for the books og:url: https://time.com/4237446/lorde-david-bowie-tribute-brit-awards-2016/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fe09da541be6fb1/69887f1fe20a8754d3a8fb67/gettyimages-512083400.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: GettyImages-512083400 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Lorde's Tribute to David Bowie at the BRIT Awards twitter:description: Her emotional rendition of "Life on Mars?" is one for the books twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fe09da541be6fb1/69887f1fe20a8754d3a8fb67/gettyimages-512083400.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Lorde's Tribute to David Bowie at the BRIT Awards  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 25, 2016 5:35 PM UTC  Lorde performs with David Bowie's touring band during the David Bowie tribute at the BRIT Awards 2016 at The O2 Arena on February 24, 2016, in London, England. Lorde performs with David Bowie's touring band during the David Bowie tribute at the BRIT Awards 2016 at The O2 Arena on February 24, 2016, in London, England.David M. Benett—Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Feb 25, 2016 5:35 PM UTC Lorde paid tribute to the late David Bowie with an emotional rendition of “Life on Mars?” at the 2016 BRIT Awards, held Wednesday night at the O2 arena in London. His son Duncan Jones seemed to loved her cover of the hit song, [tweeting:](https://twitter.com/ManMadeMoon/status/702646919919611904?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw) “Finally found the links to tonight’s Brits. Just… beautiful. Thank you.” Shortly after the news broke that the rock star had died at age 69 after battling cancer, Lorde was one of the many recording artists who posted a personal remembrance of “Ziggy Stardust” [on Facebook:](//www.facebook.com/lordemusic/posts/1141095715908147) “He was a piece of bright pleated silk we could stretch out or fold up small inside ourselves when we needed to.” See Lorde’s performance below by fast-forwarding to the 2:26:22 mark of this video of the awards ceremony: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4237446/lorde-david-bowie-tribute-brit-awards-2016/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4237446/lorde-david-bowie-tribute-brit-awards-2016/"},"headline":"Watch Lorde's Tribute to David Bowie at the BRIT Awards","datePublished":"2016-02-25T17:35:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:29.867Z","description":"Her emotional rendition of \"Life on Mars?\" is one for the books","url":"https://time.com/4237446/lorde-david-bowie-tribute-brit-awards-2016/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4fe09da541be6fb1/69887f1fe20a8754d3a8fb67/gettyimages-512083400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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