TORONTO -- A band featuring David Bowie's longtime collaborator Tony Visconti and former drummer Mick (Woody) Woodmansey plans to go ahead with a tribute concert in Toronto on Tuesday.
Visconti wrote on Twitter that the group Holy Holy will celebrate the late Bowie's life with its show at the Opera House.
"David Bowie, my friend and colleague, left us 'Blackstar' and 1,000s of great memories. Not enough, really," Visconti tweeted, referencing Bowie's recently released album "Blackstar."
Woodmansey said "David always had the attitude that 'the show must go on,"' and they want fans to help celebrate his life and music on Tuesday.
"That's what he would have wanted," he wrote on the group's Facebook page.
Holy Holy is devoted to "recreating, as accurately as possible, the sounds of Bowie's groundbreaking and timeless early albums."
During the show on Tuesday, which is part of a North American tour, the band plans to play Bowie's 1970 album "The Man Who Sold The World" in its entirety.
Woodmansey said Holy Holy was in Toronto when he learned that Bowie had died Sunday, after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 69.
"I am in shock as is everyone else," he wrote on Facebook.
"It's a huge personal loss, as I know it is for millions of fans worldwide. We've lost one of the world's greatest artists. My thoughts are with his family at this time."
Woodmansey formed Holy Holy in 2013. He was Bowie's drummer from 1970 to 1973 and worked on several of his albums.
Visconti was Bowie's producer throughout his entire career, from his 1969 album "Space Oddity" to his recently released "Blackstar." He plays bass in Holy Holy.
Holy Holy also features Glenn Gregory on lead vocals, James Stevenson on lead guitar as well as "an all-star supporting cast."
A representative for the group said the bandmates were not available for interviews on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Opera House said it was fielding many phone calls about Tuesday's show, which has a capacity of 900 people.
