Bowie Reaches One Billion Spotify Streams In Advance of Upcoming Box Set

The expansive musical catalogue of the late David Bowie reached its one billionth stream on Spotify last week, according to a recent post on the rock legend’s Facebook page. With the popular music, podcast and video streaming subscription service having launched in October 2008, the milestone only took Bowie, who passed away at the age of … Read more

Strange fascination : The best David Bowie books

There are surprisingly few good books about the late star – but, as a newcollection of reminiscences by friends is published, we pick out the heroes of the Bowieography Alongside the supremely well-read Bob Dylan, David Bowie was probably popular music’s most bookish star. Christopher Isherwood was an obvious influence on his so-called Berlin period; … Read more

Watch Motörhead’s Reverential Video for “Heroes”

The track features the band’s late frontman Lemmy, and will appear on their compilation album Under Cover Motörhead have taken on an unlikely cover, tackling the late David Bowie’s athemic track. Their take on Heroes will feature on their upcoming Under Cover album, which sees the band and their late frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister give … Read more

Iconic Bowie track to be used for children’s charity campaign

David Bowie’s estate has given a green light to allow Woodie’s to record and release one of the singer’s most iconic tracks for their children’s charity campaign.  A one hundred-strong Woodie’s choir have recorded the track ‘Heroes’, which will be released later this month. This is the third year that Woodie’s have embarked on a … Read more

Follow in Bowie’s footsteps on a fascinating walking tour in Beckenham

DAVID Robert Jones – what an ordinary name for a most extraordinary man. Inspired by Jones, better known as David Bowie, the team behind ‘In Ziggy’s Footsteps’ are self-declared “massive fans” of the star. They were born and grew up in Beckenham, and have extensively researched Bowie’s life in the town through a wide range … Read more

David Bowie, despite working together on two occasions previously. Here are 10 of Bowie’s very best snubs …

1. Dave Grohl News broke this week that David Bowie refused the offer to work with Dave Grohl, making him one of the few musicians ever not to have collaborated with the Foo Fighters’ leader. To be fair, nothing has emerged featuring Grohl performing with Father Abraham and the Smurfs, either, though we’ve heard rumours … Read more