Freddy, Meet Ziggy

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By the time Freddy Adu was born, on June 2, 1989, David Bowie had completed 17 albums and nine world tours. Still, the 14-year-old American (by way of Ghana) soccer prodigy and 57-year-old British rock star shared the limelight last Monday night at an Audi and Condé Nast event saluting innovators.

The party, which also honored author Azar Nafisi and actor William H. Macy, was held at a lavishly decked-out Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Adweek managed to track down Adu—the D.C.

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