David Bowie performed in Toronto in 1987. PHOTO: DOUG GRIFFIN/TORONTO STAR/GETTY IMAGES ‘Blue Jean,’ a mix tape and the power of music Alison Weir is the British author of numerous historical biographies and novels, most recently “Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen” (Ballantine). She spoke with Marc Myers. Back in … Read more
David Bowie performs at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium on October 20th, 1972. Read Rob Sheffield’s take on this pivotal show. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty By Rob Sheffield June 28, 2016 On Bowie is a celebration of the late, great rock legend’s life and career, by longtime Rolling Stone columnist Rob … Read more
Madness paid a special tribute to the “great, great David Bowie” as they brought their Glastonbury Festival set to a close with his 1971 hit Kooks. Beneath the Aladdin Sane lightning bolt suspended above the Pyramid Stage, frontman and radio DJ Suggs said he wanted to celebrate the late music … Read more
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An orchestra will pay tribute to David Bowie at Glastonbury this weekend, performing the ‘Heroes Symphony’ album released by composer Philip Glass in 1996. The festival first said it’d pay tribute to the late singer in March, although the exact details were kept under wraps. We now know that conductor … Read more
David Bowie’s wife Iman has posted a picture of her late husband with their daughter to mark Father’s Day. The photo shows Bowie holding the couple’s daughter, Alexandria “Lexi” Zahra Jones, when she was a baby. “Happy Fathers Day #LexiLove,” Iman wrote. Lexi, the couple’s only child, was born in … Read more
