The expansive musical catalogue of the late David Bowie reached its one billionth stream on Spotify last week, according to a recent post on the rock legend’s Facebook page. With the popular music, podcast and video streaming subscription service having launched in October 2008, the milestone only took Bowie, who passed away at the age of … Read more
There are surprisingly few good books about the late star – but, as a newcollection of reminiscences by friends is published, we pick out the heroes of the Bowieography Alongside the supremely well-read Bob Dylan, David Bowie was probably popular music’s most bookish star. Christopher Isherwood was an obvious influence on his so-called Berlin period; … Read more
The track features the band’s late frontman Lemmy, and will appear on their compilation album Under Cover Motörhead have taken on an unlikely cover, tackling the late David Bowie’s athemic track. Their take on Heroes will feature on their upcoming Under Cover album, which sees the band and their late frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister give … Read more
