Tag: Bowie
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Why Comebacks Are Always A Good Idea*: Bowie, Blur and Even Aerosmith
Blur guitarist Graham Coxon made a startling confession on Twitter the other day. Following the release of David Bowie’s comeback single Where Are We Now? (to a hail of publicity only matched by Tesco’s foray into selling burgers made of horse-meat) Coxon revealed he had listened to Bowie (properly) for the first time. Coxon’s Twitter…
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Bowie Releases New Single
David Bowie has announced today (his 66th birthday) that he is releasing a new single entitled, Where Are We Now?, and a new album on 11th March called The Next Day. The single is available now on iTunes. Where Are We Now? is a gorgeous, atmospheric tune and produced by Tony Visconti, producer of many…
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Bowie’s Back! New V&A Exhibition
David Bowie is to be the subject of a brand new exhibition at the V&A Museum in 2013. Museums were something of a mixed bag when I was growing up. Memories of seeing the T Rex skeleton and huge Blue Whale model in The Natural History Museum are etched in my brain. Pressing buttons on…
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Remember The First Time You Heard….Bowie’s A Space Oddity?
Whilst David Bowie hibernates in the winter of his fine and distinguished career “nursing his enigma” as Gary Kemp put it, there is no shortage of people trying to coax him out of retirement. Bowie appears to be a rare case of a rock n roller actually retiring (not that he’s announced any such thing…
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Ziggy Stardust Plaque Unveiled! Spiders from Mars Reunited! Gary Kemp Interview! Exclusive Photos!
A tribute to David Bowie’s alter-ego Ziggy Stardust was unveiled in Heddon St, just off Regent St in London’s West End today. It was a fine ceremony, attended by two of the original Spiders from Mars, Mick “Woody” Woodmansey and Trevor Bolder. It took a while for Bowie to enter my life. For many he…
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