This 1987 performance actually played a tiny role in bringing down the Berlin Wal It would be an wild exaggeration to suggest that David Bowie brought down the Berlin Wall, but 29 years ago this week, on June 7th, 1987, his concert in West Berlin did play a role in … Read more
For some unexplained reason, the Republican National Convention house band also played this cocaine-fueled tune in Cleveland on July 18th The house band at the Republican National Convention – led by former Saturday Night Live bandleader G.E. Smith – raised some eyebrows when they played David Bowie’s “Station To Station” … Read more
David Bowie was a consummate entertainer, and his enthusiasm for his live stage shows came through in this ET flashback, as the rockstar prepared to launch his 1987 Glass Spider Tour. “I try and do something I want to go and see really, that’s the essence of whatever I do,” … Read more
Culture.pl takes a walk in Warsaw along the route David Bowie took during the mythical train stopover that led to his classic song Warszawa, a fan favourite from his 1977 album Low On the gloomy morning of 11th January 2016, media around the globe reported the death of David Bowie, … Read more
A thrilling, unconventional hymn to the chameleon who reshaped music time and again “Everyone has their own Bowie,” Paul Morley writes in this discursive, free-associating ride across the life and work of the Starman Who Changed the World. More accurately, perhaps, we all have our own Bowies, since there were … Read more
A special programme on the life and music of David Bowie, presented by Jeremy Vine. Bowie was one of the most influential musicians of his time, constantly re-inventing his persona and sound, from the 1960s hippy of Space Oddity, through Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke to his later … Read more
