• One of DAVID BOWIE's costumes he wore during The 1980 Floor Show NBC TV show is up for auction. The sale at SWANN GALLERIES Auction House in New York City takes place on 10th April. Provenance: from the collection of Joey Arias. The estimate: $60,000-$90,000, with the current bid currently at 60,000 USD. For more details on lot 246 visit swanngalleries.com website - [Update: Sold for $60,000 USD]...

• Taking place in London on 30th May is CELEBRATING DAVID BOWIE with Reinhard Kleist, Aidan Sadler and Arsalan Mohammad. Celebrate the sound and vision of classic David Bowie through comics and cabaret at The Century Club, 61-63 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6LQ. Tickets and more info...

• The SUNDERLAND ECHO newspaper are asking for your memories of the DAVID BOWIE 1987 Roker Park Stadium gig on 21st June during his Glass Spider World Tour. Did you queue up for tickets? Can you recognise any fans from their photo archive? You can read the article over at sunderlandecho.com...

• This upcoming Saturday is RECORD STORE DAY 2025 - there is the exclusive release DAVID BOWIE - READY, SET, GO! (LIVE, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS '03) which is available on double vinyl LP and CD. RSD state the LP is limited to 6,400 copies and the CD 3,000 copies. For the Bowie completists, there is also the JOHNNY MARR release LOOK OUT LIVE! 2x LP is limited to 1,800 copies on orange vinyl. The live album is taken from the sold-out show at the Hammersmith Apollo, London in 2024. Included on the tracklist is the one-off rendition of David Bowie's 'Rebel Rebel' that Johnny performed that night with special guest NEIL TENNANT. For more details, visit recordstoreday.com website...

• ★ saxophonist DONNY McCASLIN is bringing the BLACKSTAR SYMPHONY to Detroit next month (22nd May). There are also upcoming shows in Nashville (18th June) and San Francisco (26th June). Tickets are available now via the donnymccaslin.com website...

• Showing on Italian TV next week is DAVID BOWIE Serious Moonlight on Rai 5 channel at 21.38 CET on Tuesday 15th. See what else is happening in the BW Monthly Planner for April...

• The UK OFFICIAL CHARTS report that two DAVID BOWIE albums made their Top Forty Vinyl best-sellers list of the last ten years, both claiming places in the top ten. According to Official Charts Company data, Bowie's UK 3x Platinum selling greatest hits compilation LEGACY came in at #5, along with his UK Platinum selling ★ which hit at #8. Check out the full list at officialcharts.com/chart-news/...

• Exclusive BOWIE'S GALAXY International Auction to be held on 6th June at 87000 Limoges, France. Check out the lots at interencheres.com website. The catalogue is also viewable online at drouot.com and invaluable.com websites...

Someone once wrote: 'The future belongs to those who have the courage to believe in the beauty of their dreams'.

Someone else once said: 'The future belongs to those who can hear it coming'.

Huge congratulations to LEXI JONES who has released her debut album titled: XANDRI.

The incredibly talented daughter of DAVID BOWIE and IMAN has written and produced all twelve tracks.

The tracklisting runs as follows:

       01. Along The Road
       02. Cracks Of Me
       03. In The Almost
       04. Let Me Go
       05. Moral Compass
       06. Standing Alone
       07. The Edge
       08. The Passage Unseen
       09. The Rush of The Absurd
       10. Through All The Time
       11. Moving On
       12. Glass

You can check out her music via Distrokid @ distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lexijones1/xandri-4

Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube | Instagram: iamxandri

Instagram | alexandriazahrajones.com

• Memories of David's mother MARGARET MARY JONES (née Burns) who sadly passed away on this day 24 years ago in 2001, (born 2nd October 1913)...

• On this day, 4 years ago, DAVID BOWIE At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) was released on 2LP and 1CD in 2021...

• Tomorrow evening there is a double header of DAVID BOWIE. First up is the immortal THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH movie showing on SKY ARTS TV channel (Freeview 36) at 21.00, followed by Bowie: The Man Who Changed The World documentary, which celebrates the life and career of the musician, combining footage from interviews with the man himself and contributions from those who knew him personally. TMWFTE also gets a repeat showing on the same channel on Sunday 6th April at 23.40...

Published this Thursday is the latest in the series of BOWIE ODYSSEY books by SIMON GODDARD.

Both the hardback and paperback versions contain 192-pages and are published the same day (3rd April).

Description: With his first starring role in a feature film and his first number 1s on both sides of the Atlantic, 1975 ought to be David Bowie's golden year. But away from the spotlight the suave soul boy of Young Americans is tumbling into a self-made hell of cocaine, witchcraft and the dark fantasies of his new fascist alter-ego, The Thin White Duke.

As David goes berserk in the Hollywood Hills, back in the Britain he's forsaken there's a Nazi-crazed murderer stalking the streets where he was born, a masked rapist at large and a power-mad grocer's daughter on the rise, while sappy nostalgia grinds pop to a standstill. But there are also restless scamps hanging around a certain King's Road clothes shop, and David's own drug-fuelled genius daring him to make the album of his life. The Seventies are about to reignite with a bang.

The sixth volume in Simon Goddard's epic adventure through Bowie's greatest decade, Bowie Odyssey 75 is an intricately plotted tour de force of rock 'n' roll, crime, punishment, politics, punk - and a cautionary tale of tragicomic addiction.

You can pre-order both the hardback and paperback editions of Bowie Odyssey 75 NOW! and receive 29% and 22% discounts. Be quick!

PRAISE FOR BOWIE ODYSSEY 74

"Almost hallucinatory in the telling, this book, like its predecessors, is unputdownable." - MOJO.

"Funny, poignant, intriguing, full of mischief, a brilliant piece of work. It might be my favourite Bowie book ever." - MARC RILEY, BBC 6MUSIC.

"It is Goddard's exquisite writing style that elevates his story ... massaging the facts into a beautifully written, transcendent tapestry embroidered with figures and events - political, societal and cultural - and examines the superstar's place within them." - CLASSIC POP.

The DAVID BOWIE 50th Anniversary YOUNG AMERICANS vinyl releases hit several official charts during the past two weeks.

Released on last month on half-speed master vinyl LP and picture disc LP, the album claimed the following positions over the last three weeks...

Belgium (Wallonie) Albums Top 200 - #139 / - / - /
Denmark Vinyl Top-40 - #36 / - /
Hungary Album Top 40 - #36 / - / - /
Hungary Album Top 40 Physical - #7 / - / - /
Scotland Official Albums Chart - #37 / #65 / - /
Spain Top 100 Vinilos - #39 / - / - /
UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart - #16 / #20 / - /
UK Official Record Store Chart - #19 / - / - /
UK Official Albums Sales Chart - #29 / #57 / - /
UK Official Physical Albums Chart - #28 / #53 / - /

• CARLOS ALOMAR presents THE D.A.M. TRILOGY Tour 2025 begins 7th November with performances in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Belgium, England, Scotland and Ireland - more details

• COLLABORATION: FRANK OCKENFELS 3 x DAVID BOWIE by FRANK OCKENFELS 3, hardcover and Kindle, 256-pages - to be published on 6th November - more details

• The DAVID BOWIE CENTRE opens on 13th September at V&A East Storehouse, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20 - more details

• DAVID BOWIE IS: FOREVER AND EVER by VICTORIA BROACKES and GEOFFREY MARSH, paperback, 320-pages - to be published on 11th September - more details

• DAVID BOWIE RAINBOWMAN 1967-1980 by JÉRÔME SOLIGNY paperback edition, 704-pages, English version - to be published on 11th September - more details

• FAR ABOVE THE WORLD: THE TIME AND SPACE OF DAVID BOWIE by PAUL MORLEY, hardcover, Kindle, 320-pages - to be published on 4th September - more details

• BOWIE'S BACK by RON GOTT, paperback, 60-pages - to be published on 2nd September - more details

• DAVID BOWIE BY DENIS O'REGAN: With Rare and Unseen Images from His Official Tour Photographer, hardcover, 276-pages, special edition limited to 100 copies, signed by the author, slipcased and includes a giclee print - to be published on 5th August - more details

• DAVID BOWIE BY DENIS O'REGAN: FROM THE MAN WHO PHOTOGRAPHED HIM MOST by DENIS O'REGAN, hardcover, 276-pages - to be published on 22nd July - more details

• 13th ANNUAL BOWIE FAN CHARITY EVENT a night of live music plus auction and raffle at The Water Rats, 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross, London WC1X 8BZ, England on 14th June - more details

• DAVID BOWIE - THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER luxury collector's book from MAYAK PUBLISHING covering the 1974 period - coming soon - mayakpublishing.co.uk

• TONY VISCONTI and WOODY WOODMANSEY - HOLY HOLY featuring GLENN GREGORY - A Celebration of Bowie, gigs at O2 Academy venues in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Bristol, Liverpool, Bournemouth between 15th May and 6th June - more details

• LAZARUS stage play written by DAVID BOWIE and ENDA WALSH, directed by Valter Malosti, starring Manuel Agnelli and Casadilego at Teatro della Pergola, Via della Pergola 5 - 50121 Firenze (FI), Italy on 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th April - more details

• Record Store Day 2025 - DAVID BOWIE - READY, SET, GO! (LIVE, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS '03) Double Vinyl LP and CD releases for RSD 2025 on 12th April - more details

BOWIE ODYSSEY 75 by SIMON GODDARD, hardback and paperback versions, 192-pages, published 3rd April - hardback (23% discount) and paperback (25% discount)

AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF DAVID BOWIE'S RECORDS by Shinko Music Entertainment, 251-pages, Japanese / bilingual, out now! - more details

BOWIELAND: WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DAVID by PETER CARPENTER, hardcover 320-pages - published 27th March - more details

STYLES CODES: DAVID BOWIE: A Guide to Dressing Like a Fashion Icon by NATALIE HAMMOND, hardcover, 192-pages, published 25th March - more details

Photo Exhibition: DAVID BOWIE, MR JONES' LONG HAIR opened 22nd March, runs until 22nd June at Galerie MR8, 8 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75003 Paris, France - more details

YOUNG AMERICANS 50th Anniversary limited edition vinyl releases - half-speed master vinyl LP and picture disc LP - both released 7th March.

Exclusive DAVID BOWIE lino-cut print available to PURCHASE - don't hang around, these are ALL the remaining original left-over stock from 41 years ago, once they've gone, they've gone!