BY ALEX HOPPE “Suffragette City” acted as the second single for David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars – a lauded glam rock record that is currently enjoying the 50th anniversary of its release. Originally shared as a B-side for his inter-galactic anthem “Starman,” “Suffragette City” tells one part of the … Read more
An exclusive impression of David Bowie’s visit to the TopPop studios in Hilversum, The Netherlands on 15 October 1977 to promote and record a TopPop video of his latest single ‘Heroes’. Bowie poses in his own inimitable and charming way to the gathering of Dutch press photographers and studio staff after he received gold records … Read more
David Bowie, like so many so-called geniuses, would have been nothing without his collaborators. A bold statement, perhaps, but only if you regard the glam icon as the emblem of self-realising creativity he is so often assumed to have been. Sure, his clarity of expression should not be understated, but neither should that of people … Read more
By Tom Poak ( Classic Rock ) It’s the 10th May, 1970, and David Bowie’s moment of triumph is about to go wrong… (Image credit: BBC/YouTube) On 10th May 1970, David Bowie won an Ivor Novello Award for his song Space Oddity. Collecting the award at The Talk Of The Town in London, he performed the song for a live … Read more
“Just turn on with me and you’re not alone…” On the day that we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the Starman 45, it is with pleasure that we can announce the issue of two 50th anniversary vinyl versions of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album via Parlophone, on 17th June 2022. These are … Read more
When David Bowie and Iman married on April 24, 1992, it wasn’t a big, elaborate affair. Instead, the rock star and the supermodel tied the knot in Lausanne, Switzerland, in a civil ceremony attended by just two witnesses and an interpreter. Bowie had kept a home in the town since the ‘70s, and the ceremony took place … Read more
“Nineteen seventy-five was the worst year in social history. I blame Young Americans entirely. I hated that period – Disco Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes, Limmy and Family Cooking. So when punk came along, I breathed a sigh of relief.” — Morrissey, 1986 In the second week of March 1975, David Bowie packed up his crates … Read more
