At 8am on 11 January this year, Paul Morley’s mobile phone rang next to his bed. He had set a late alarm because he’d been up until 5am writing a BBC radio script about visiting art galleries, which mentioned David Bowie and which had been written to an early-hours soundtrack of Bowie songs. On his … Read more
Image courtesy of ISO/Columbia Records (via ABC News Radio) Billboard has published its mid-year charts for 2016, and the late David Bowie has scored the top-selling vinyl album for the first half of the year with his final studio effort, Blackstar . The album, which was released two days before Bowie’s January 10 death, sold … Read more
Musical genres unite for Proms tribute to work of David Bowie Laura Mvula, Marc Almond and John Cale will lead the line-up of musicians paying tribute to David Bowie at the Proms. A special Bowie Prom is being held as part of the Late Night BBC Proms on July 29, with performers from all genres … Read more
Iggy Pop and David Bowie (animated for Radio.com by Max Werkmesiter) On Minimation, we comb through the archives of legendary New York radio station WNEW-FM and animate interviews with legendary rock artists. This installment is taken from a 1986 interview with Iggy Pop, who discussed how he first met David Bowie, one of his biggest … Read more
David Bowie – Space Oddity, Kenny Everett’s New Year’s Eve Show 1979 (Extended Edit) HD Remaster This one took quite a bit of work, and I’m honestly still not completely satisfied with how it turned out but…I’ll leave that up to the rest of you to debate. So how this particular idea all started was … Read more
David Bowie’s The Man Who Fell To Earth will return to UK cinemas for its 40th anniversary. A digitally restored version of the 1976 sci-fi film is going to be screened in cinemas later this year. Fans of the Starman are going to be able to attend screenings at the BFI Southbank and cinemas around … Read more
If you’re making a movie that needs a Goblin King, who better to call than the Thin White Duke? That’s the conclusion Jim Henson reached while putting together Labyrinth, his 1986 fantasy epic about a teenage girl forced to find her way through an otherworldly maze after inadvertently getting her brother kidnapped by Jareth, the … Read more
