David Bowie has been posthumously nominated for the British artist of the year prize at the BBC Music Awards. The celebrated singer, who died in January aged 69, is joined by Adele, Calvin Harris, Coldplay and Jess Glynne on the five-strong shortlist. Adele was named British artist of the year in 2015, one of the … Read more
Aylesbury will be the first place in the world to memorialise David Bowie with a statue A Kickstarter campaign which ends in 20 hours has smashed the target of £100,000 after hundreds of fans from around the world pledged money. The statue is billed by campaigners David and Sue Stopps as the ‘centerpiece of of … Read more
Mick Rock has been photographing the world’s biggest rock stars for more than 40 years. He spoke to Steve Fairclough about his career and new David Bowie book Mick Rock has nigh on the ultimate rock-star name (which is his real name, by the way), looks like a rock star and has a coterie … Read more
David Bowie was an amazing artist who simply wanted to brighten the world with his music. That’s how Mick “Woody” Woodmansey will remember the English rock icon, who died on January 10 this year, aged 69. Woodmansey got to witness Bowie’s genius up close as drummer for the Spiders From Mars, his backing band during … Read more
An homage to David Bowie using the cut-up method of storytelling. The piece is made up entirely of full David Bowie lyrics to recount the day of his death as seen through the eyes of a fan.
David Bowie’s former collaborator said, they did not think Blackstar was intended to be Bowie’s final album. Bowie’s saxophonist Donny McCaslin claimed the singer was actually working on new album. In an interview with The Times, McCaslin said, “It certainly didn’t seem that it (Blackstar) would be his last record. He was going to start … Read more
He was one of my great heroes when I was growing up -he was such a brave artist Kate Bush has paid tribute to the “bravery and power” of late singer David Bowie. The Wuthering Heights star was an acquaintance of Bowie’s and, along with millions of fans worldwide, was left devastated when he died … Read more
