Archive: David Bowie – Glasgow Interview | Reporting Scotland (June 1978)

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David Bowie and Iman’s Enduring Love Story

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”4.0.5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ box_shadow_style=”preset4″] The marriage between the Ziggy Stardust performer and the model-turned-entrepreneur was intensely private—and lasting. The 1992 marriage between an international music superstar and one of the world’s most recognized supermodels … Read more

Mockney accents and drug-smuggling bunnies: rare David Bowie songs to be auctioned

Reel-to-reel tape featuring three unreleased songs expected to sell for more than £10,000 A reel-to-reel tape featuring three esoteric and previously unreleased David Bowie songs is to be auctioned at Omega Auctions in Merseyside town Newton-le-Willows on 21 May. The tape is expected to sell for more than £10,000. It features four … Read more

David Bowie’s Orwell: how Nineteen Eighty-Four shaped Diamond Dogs

David Bowie’s Orwell: how Nineteen Eighty-Four shaped Diamond Dogs   Dorian Lynskey tells the tale of how it (almost) inspired a rock musical Read other extracts from his book on the novel’s history: • Big Brother’s long shadow: the legacy of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four • ‘He typed in bed in his dressing … Read more