Born in Brixton in the winter of 1947, the young David Jones grew up first there and in Bromley. They were unremarkable origins for a boy who would be an anti-establishment symbol in his youth but a national icon by the time of his death. From street-brawling working class kid … Read more
David Bowie was an innovator to the end – and then beyond the end. Until he died, most of us had never even heard of “direct cremations”, where the coffin goes straight from the hospital to the crematorium and is incinerated without funeral or fuss. No traumatised loved ones watching … Read more
With a career that dated nearly 48 years and a reputation as rock’s greatest chameleon, David Bowie has managed to team with the best and brightest of every generation’s rising underground — glammers, punkers, art-proggers, disco masters, rappers, R&B stars, industrial brooders, electronica blippers and contemporary indie rockers. But that doesn’t … Read more
David Bowie’s forthcoming box set, ‘Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976),’ will include his unreleased ‘The Gouster’ album “Its meaning was attitude, an attitude of pride and hipness,” Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti says of album title A new David Bowie box set is in the works. The follow-up to last … Read more
It seems the internet will never run out of wonderful David Bowie treats – and we are totally down with that. A 25-minute audio clip of a rehearsal from his 1995 ‘Outside’ tour, which promoted the album of the same name, has now emerged on Soundcloud. This period was something … Read more
Senior specialist in modern & post-war British Art at Sotheby’s, Simon Hucker, told 5 live Drive that David Bowie was interested in artists that were ‘out-of-fashion’ or ‘forgotten’ which is why he was attracted to ‘British art’ over ‘American paintings’. Bowie’s collection also included pieces from some of Britain’s biggest … Read more
