50 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ‘ZIGGY STARDUST’ POSTED 18 JUN 2022 BY I LIKE YOUR OLD STUFF David Bowie. Photo by Michael Putland. David Bowie’s classic 1972 LP, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars is turning 50 this month. We’re celebrating 50 things you might not know about the … Read more
Moonage Daydream, a new historical film about David Bowie, will premiere at Cannes Film Festival next month, reports Variety. The movie is officially sanctioned by Bowie’s estate and features previously unreleased 35mm and 16mm footage from his personal archives. Moonage Daydream is directed, written, and produced by Brett Morgen (best known for Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck), and will make its streaming … Read more
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
