With the option of hindsight, it can be very easy to add extra gravitas to a particular performance or single moment. Yet, even without the knowledge of David Bowie’s sad passing, this performance of ‘Life on Mars’ is a deeply emotive and passionate affair capable of inducing goosebumps. Below, we’re bringing you the final performance … Read more
David Bowie’s collaboration with Bing Crosby on ‘Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth’ is one of the weirdest things that you’ll ever watch. However, despite the strange meeting of these two resoundingly different worlds, the duet somehow manages to melt the heart. Despite the atrocious acting on show from both Bowie and Crosby, all is forgotten by … Read more
A new live album from David Bowie is coming to the stores near you. Titled No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95), the footage was recorded at Birmingham’s National Exhibition Centre on 13th December, 1995 as part of the Big Twix Mix Show festival. The album also features a second version of ‘Hallo Spaceboy’ which was intended … Read more
Visconti recounts the making of David’s The Man Who Sold the World By Mark McStea (guitarworld.com) (Image credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images) 50 years on from its release, the former David Bowie bassist and uber-producer tells the story of one of Bowie’s greatest albums, and the enduring influence of Mick Ronson David Bowie’s third album, The … Read more
By Paul Brannigan (Classic Rock) Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford revisits a spring 1973 date with Ziggy Stardus For an entire generation of music fans, U2 frontman Bono and Def Leppard vocalist Joe Elliott among them, witnessing David Bowie performing Starman, the first single from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, on Top Of The Pops on July … Read more
David Bowie is a singer who has become synonymous with positivity and creative energy. But while the Starman can boast one of the most diverse careers in rock music, he certainly had his darker moments. So while it can be easy to focus on the glittering moments of his shining journey to the top of … Read more
Morrissey and David Bowie’s live cover of T. Rex’s “Cosmic Dancer” has been officially released. Listen to their duet below. Earlier this year, Nick Cave released his own cover of “Cosmic Dancer.” The original song appeared on T. Rex’s 1971 album Electric Warrior. On November 8, T. Rex were inducted into the Rock & Roll … Read more
