Read how the Internet and David Bowie’s changing perspectives on his own back catalog shaped ‘Hours…,’ the late icon’s 1999 LP David Bowie was following a unique vision during the Nineties, but it was clear there wasn’t a mass audience for experimental albums like 1. Outside and Earthling. He had … Read more
The European leg of David Bowie’s Isolar II world tour wrapped up with a three-night stand at London’s Earls Court in late June and early July of 1978. Bowie and a killer seven-piece band had been on the road since March supporting Low and “Heroes”, though their set highlighted material … Read more
The new collection will feature singles from Bowie’s Blackstar album and an unreleased version of Life On Mars? Another posthumous David Bowie album has been announced with greatest hits compilation, Legacy, set to come out on 11 November. This release will follow the Lazarus Cast Album, which features previously unheard … Read more
How it got madeβand why it was shelvedβfrom those that were there. You know, he called that record plastic soul, but no one will dare call it plastic soul now,” Carlos Alomar, David Bowie’s longtime guitarist, says of the newly unearthed album The Gouster, out today as part of the … Read more
Go behind the scenes of David Bowie’s rushed ‘Let’s Dance’ follow-up ‘Tonight,’ on which he duetted with Tina Turner and covered the Beach Boys When David Bowie was promoting Let’s Dance, he considered writing its follow-up as a “protest” record. Instead, he rushed out Tonight, a pop-oriented album heavy on … Read more
Dreamy and soporific, The Man Who Fell To Earth is essentially about a spaceman coming to Earth on a mission to rescue his drought-stricken planet, by the by making his fortune bringing new technology to earth. The self-developing 35mm film seems charmingly old-fashioned now, but itβs about so much more … Read more
