TINA TURNER DIES AGED 83
“I will see you in the sky tonight...”
Sad to hear of the passing of Tina Turner, the legendary singer whose career dated back to 1960 with the release of her first recording: A Fool in Love as Ike and Tina Turner.
In a statement released this evening,…
REST IN PEACE RYUICHI SAKAMOTO
“Here am I, a lifetime away from you...”
Sad to learn of the passing of actor, composer, and producer
@ryuichisakamoto
. The renowned Japanese artist passed on Tuesday 28th March aged 71.
He won awards - including an Oscar, a Grammy and Bafta -…
Sad to hear about the passing of guitarist Jeff Beck who died aged 78 on Tuesday after suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis. Our thoughts are with his family who have asked for privacy during this sad time. Jeff is pictured here with David at Les Paul’s 95th Birthday in 2010
THANK YOU - very moving to see all the love shown for David Bowie on what would have been his 75th birthday yesterday. With all the personal and collective tributes through words, music, and art globally, it seems 8th January truly is World David Bowie Day.
#WorldDavidBowieDay
Lovely to see all the Bowie love around the globe on what would have been his 76th birthday today. This image was taken by Jimmy King ten years ago on Bowie’s 66th. That year of 2013 saw his return with the beautiful surprise that was Where Are We Now?
Was there life on Mars?
@NASAPersevere
, set to land today, will search for signs of ancient life and pave the way for future astronauts.
If the rover lands successfully, you’ll hear Yungblud’s cover of Bowie’s classic at the end of the
#CountdownToMars
:
Five years ago today the ★ album was released on David Bowie’s 69th birthday. Those who got to hear it upon release had the luxury of listening in innocence before the terrible news that followed. If you’re not familiar with ★, perhaps it’s time to check out this masterpiece.
RIP Kansai Yamamoto - It is with much sorrow that we report the death of Japanese designer,
@kansai_yamamoto
, who passed away on 21st July, aged 76. Our thoughts and sympathies go out to his family and those close to him at this sad time.
#BowieKansai
“There’s a Starman waiting in the sky...” - To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 74th birthday tomorrow, you can now find his music on TikTok. Stay tuned for further developments and meanwhile check out the brand new page:
#TheStarman
#BowieTikTok
On what would have been David Bowie’s 72nd birthday we are excited to announce that Parlophone is set to release Spying Through A Keyhole, nine rare recordings from the era during which Space Oddity was first conceived. Read more about the collection here:
More sad news with the passing of Lisa Marie Presley who suffered cardiac arrest yesterday. The daughter of Elvis and Priscilla was just 54 and had been seen in public with her mother only two days at the 80th Golden Globe Awards. She is pictured here with David and Iman in 2005.
David Bowie • Space Oddity • Will Kenny Everett Make It To 1980? Show • 31 December 1979 • You're no doubt already familiar with this broadcast, but now Nacho Videos has enhanced and extended it and given it a bit of a polish for its 40th anniversary:
U2 have nodded in Bowie’s direction a few times over the years, the most recent being a dedication on their new LP, Songs Of Experience: “This album is dedicated to...the teenage dreams of David Bowie.” Bowie and Bono are pictured here backstage at Bowie’s Meltdown in June 2002.
As promised yesterday, the new David Bowie video for Space Oddity (2019 mix) that premiered at The Kennedy Center in Washington a few hours ago, and shortly afterwards in Times Square in NY, will be available to view online from midday UK time (BST), today
MOONAGE DAYDREAM starring David Bowie, Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Halloween Jack, the Thin White Duke, the Cracked Actor, and the Blind Prophet. In theatres globally and IMAX 16th September.
#moonagedaydream
#BowieMoonageDaydreamFilm
History has been made with the very emotional launch of
@elonmusk
’s midnight cherry Tesla Roadster car into space, with David Bowie’s Life on Mars as the soundtrack, and a chap called Starman in the driving seat. More on this remarkable
@SpaceX
event here:
Back in October 2013 we exclusively posted the complete list of DAVID BOWIE'S TOP 100 BOOKS () - In case you’ve not already seen it here, Duncan Jones
@ManMadeMoon
has now kicked off what we’re calling the Bowie Book Club. More here:
To celebrate what would have been Bowie's 71st birthday, a previously unreleased LET’S DANCE (DEMO) is available now via Parlophone for streaming and download. Go here for the full press release and to read what Nile Rodgers had to say about the session.
To mark today’s 42nd anniversary of Bowie's "Heroes" single, Nacho has created a new edit of the video. He edited the 2017 remaster of the album version of "Heroes" into the 1977 7" single edit format. Read how he did it and watch the complete video here:
In honour of what would have been David Bowie’s 75th,
@SpotifyUK
have curated a playlist with new Spotify storylines and 75 new Spotify canvasses for each track, displaying various bits of Bowie footage and more:
@spotify
#Spotify
#BowieSpotify
#Bowie75
The quite superb David Bowie is… Augmented Reality app has been made available today (January 8th) on what would have been David Bowie’s 72nd birthday. Go here for more information: App Store: Google Play:
Last month (22 November), Decca records released Bing At Christmas - Bing Crosby With The London Symphony Orchestra. On the collection is a newly orchestrated version of the David Bowie and Bing Crosby duet of Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy. Watch here:
UNRELEASED BOWIE TRACKS DUE - You may have been expecting something on what would have been Bowie’s 73rd birthday after announcements on 8th January for the past couple of years. Now it’s 8th January in the country of his birth, here’s that announcement:
To mark what would have been John Lennon’s 80th birthday today, David Bowie’s tribute to his friend (an emotional performance of Imagine live in Hong Kong on 8th December, 1983), has been restored from the original film to 4K and is available to view here:
IMAN’S MESSAGE TO DAVID ON THEIR 31st ANNIVERSARY
Today (6th June), is the 31st anniversary of David and
@the_real_iman
’s official church wedding at Saint James Episcopal Church, in Florence, Italy, in 1992.
Here’s the message Iman posted for
#imandaily
today...
IT WAS LOVE AT…
Welcome to 2022 the year that marks 50 years since the arrival on Earth in 1972 of a certain alien rock god going by the name of Ziggy Stardust, more of that later. A Happy New Year to all, stay tuned for more leading up to January 8th and what would have been DB’s 75th birthday.
“Not only the greatest Glastonbury headline performance but the best headline slot at any festival ever” - NME - Bowie’s return to Glastonbury was 20 years ago today and 29 years after his 1971 appearance. BBC 2 will screen Glastonbury 2000 in full Sunday:
David Bowie is, which hit 2,000,000 visitors last month, is in its last week at the Brooklyn Museum, the final stop of its global tour. Since 2013, DB is has visited 12 venues on five continents, becoming the most-visited international touring show in the V&A’s 165-year history.
Two Valentine’s Day messages to David from
@The_Real_IMAN
on socials earlier, one of which was a picture of them from March 1993 kissing in a London street. We rarely post pap pix, but we’re making an exception for these as it seems that the couple were fine with the situation.
Today, 6th June, is the 29th anniversary of David and Iman’s wedding at Saint James Episcopal Church, in Florence, Italy, in 1992. We’ve used Iman’s message on one of Brian Aris’s beautiful shots taken on the day. Iman followed up with a touching 2nd message “Oh, how I miss you!”
In Bowie TV,
#13
Gail Ann Dorsey talks about how she felt a little…erm…under pressure to learn her vocal and bass parts for one song in particular at Glastonbury. But, with DB’s encouragement, she learned both parts and performed them brilliantly too:
Mick Rock’s official The Jean Genie music video has received a bit of a polish and can now be enjoyed in 4K. Watch it in real-time with fans across the globe this Sunday 8th January at 18:00 GMT on YouTube.
Throughout David Bowie’s professional career, Japanese photographer, Masayoshi Sukita, managed to capture an indefinable quality and spirit present in every studio session the two collaborated on. These particular images were taken in New York in 2002.
#RandomBowie
#BowieSukita
Today (June 6th), is the twenty eighth anniversary of David and Iman’s official church wedding at Saint James Episcopal Church, in Florence, Italy, in 1992. Have a look at Iman’s beautiful video post over on her Instagram page:
#BowieForever
#EternalLove
Ours thoughts are with the family and friends of John Hutchinson who passed in hospital yesterday after a long illness. John was described as “a semi-retired and little-known jazz guitarist and a veteran of three important David Bowie bands for seven years between 1966 and 1973.“
Today marks the 45th anniversary of David Bowie’s legendary final Ziggy and The Spiders show, which took place at Hammersmith Odeon on July 3rd, 1973. Check out the farewell speech and one of the more emotional performances of Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide here:
It is with much sadness that we convey the passing of our dear friend, Michael David Rock. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this difficult time.
To complement the release of ‘David Bowie: Loving The Alien (1983-1988)’ (LTA), we will be posting LTA-related visual content here and on YouTube every Wednesday and Sunday. Each snippet features Bowie collaborators of the period. First episode is on Sunday at 3:00pm BST
#BowieTV
DAVID AND IMAN’S 25-YEAR-OLD BIRTHDAY FUN
“On his 52nd birthday…” *
On what would have been David’s 77th birthday, we look back 25 years to January 8th, 1999, to a snowy New York evening, when David and Iman took part in an online chat for BowieNet members in honour of David’s…
For the first time David Bowie's legendary 21-song, greatest hits Glastonbury headline set has been released in its entirety. Available as 2CD/DVD and 3LP vinyl sets here: and here: Meanwhile, enjoy this teaser of Under Pressure.
Ashes To Ashes is 40 today, so our good friend
@NachosVideos
has made the video a bit longer: “This video is a new extended edit of David Mallet’s ground-breaking Ashes to Ashes promo video, re-cut to the full-length version of the enduring Bowie classic.”
40 years ago today a whole new persuasion of young Americans awoke having been converted by Bowie’s appearance on Saturday Night Live the previous evening. If you've never seen this piece of TV history, prepare to be captivated by all 3 songs here on Vimeo
Labyrinth promo shots of David Bowie as Jareth and Jennifer Connelly as Sarah. Sarah’s younger brother, Toby, is nowhere to be seen as evil Jareth kidnapped him while Sarah was distracted. Social Services have now been informed
#RandomBowie
#BowieLabyrinth
LIFE ON MARS? 45 IS 50 - WATCH 4K UPGRADE
“To the seat with the clearest view...”
With the many celebrations posted today, you’ve no doubt noticed that 22nd June 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the Life On Mars? single.
The song was originally released on the Hunky Dory…
Celebrate David Bowie’s 75th birthday with a 24-hour takeover on Apple Music Hits: - Open
@applemusic
and tap Radio to hear your favourite songs and listen to a deep dive into the 50th anniversary of
#HunkyDory
and much more.
#BowieAppleMusicHits
#Bowie75
The young David Jones soaked up influences like a dry sponge finding the music and attitude of Little Richard inspirational to say the least. He listed The Fabulous Little Richard LP, among his favourite 25 for a Vanity Fair feature in 2003. More here:
Sony Pictures has announced a limited edition 4K Blu-ray to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Jim Henson's Labyrinth for a 17th August release. Previously unreleased footage will also be a part of the package along with lots of other Goblin King goodies:
Today is the 40th anniversary of the UK release of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) LP. A lot has been said online about this record today, so here's your chance to tell us what you think of this landmark Bowie album. Spotify reminder link:
If you missed our post on what would have been John Lennon’s 80th (9th October), here’s David Bowie’s tribute to his friend to mark 40 years since John’s murder in New York on 8th December 1980. Watch Bowie’s full performance of Imagine in Hong Kong here
On Jan 8, 2013, Bowie’s 66th birthday, suddenly and without fanfare, David Bowie released a new single, Where Are We Now? and announced the song would also be on the new LP The Next Day. That album was released five years ago today:
#TheNextDay
#BowieTND
Welcome to 2023 via Richard Imrie’s camera lens from 50 years ago, possibly this week, but definitely within the first 3 weeks of 1973. Thanks for all your support throughout 2022, it’s always very much appreciated. Have a wonderful 2023 and here’s to some exciting things ahead.
In the first of a series, DB discusses some of the ingredients that inspired him while making the Let’s Dance LP. A remastered version of the album features in the upcoming Loving The Alien (1983-1988) box set. Come back Wednesday at 3:00pm BST for episode 2 of Bowie TV
#BowieTV
Mattel have a new collectable
@Barbie
doll inspired by Bowie’s post-Ziggy Stardust creation, Aladdin Sane. The doll is dressed in one of the costumes sported by Bowie on his 1973 tour, with iconic red platform boots, red hair and gold disc on the forehead:
The David Bowie is tour has ended, but the show must go on! This fall, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc., in collaboration with the DB Archive, Planeta, and V&A, will release a digital recreation of the exhibition on smartphones as a virtual experience