WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN AUGUST - MONTHLY PLANNER
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Here's a quick round-up of DAVID BOWIE album various chart positions this week...
Legacy is placed at #64 in the UK Official Albums Chart Top 100, with a total of 455 weeks since first released back on 11th November 2016.
In the Official Albums Chart Update it's placed at #65 and the Official Albums Streaming Chart at #55.
Over in Ireland it's at #79 in the IRMA (Irish Recorded Music Association) Albums Chart, with a total of 426 weeks since release.
There is also several chart re-entries for the 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars album - in the UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart, it hits at #29, the Official Albums Sales Chart at #67, and the Official Physical Albums Chart at #61. Meanwhile in Scotland in the Official Scottish Albums Chart it re-enters at #65.
• On this day, 45 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released his 'Ashes To Ashes' single in 1980 (Cat: BOW 6).
The song entered the UK official singles chart at #4 on 16th August, followed by two weeks at #1, with a total of 10 weeks in the chart #4, #1, #1, #2, #3, #7, #15, #36, #57, #71.
On this day, 54 years ago, DAVID BOWIE recorded 'Life On Mars?' at Trident Studios in Soho, London.
David Bowie: "This song was so easy. Being young was easy. A really beautiful day in the park, sitting on the steps of the bandstand. 'Sailors bap-bap-bap-bap-baaa-bap.' An anomic (not a 'gnomic') heroine. Middle-class ecstasy.
"I took a walk to Beckenham High Street to catch a bus to Lewisham to buy shoes and shirts but couldn't get the riff out of my head. Jumped off two stops into the ride and more or less loped back to the house up on Southend Road.
"Workspace was a big empty room with a chaise longue; a bargain-price art nouveau screen ('William Morris,' so I told anyone who asked); a huge overflowing freestanding ashtray and a grand piano. Little else.
"I started working it out on the piano and had the whole lyric and melody finished by late afternoon. Nice.
"Rick Wakeman came over a couple of weeks later and embellished the piano part and guitarist Mick Ronson created one of his first and best string parts for this song which now has become something of a fixture in my live shows."
The original working lyrics written by David for Life On Mars? ended up with more than a few changes...
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man look at those cave men go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the law man beating up the wrong
Wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars
How the hell can we go when we're nowhere
In the light of the stars
© David Bowie.
NACHO VIDEO has beautifully restored DAVID BOWIE live on Musikladen Extra, the complete German TV performance from May 1978.
On 4th August 1978, a live performance by David Bowie and his '78 tour band at the Radio Bremen TV Studio, was first broadcast on German TV, via the Musikladen Extra show.
Here for the first time ever, is the complete 55-minute performance, which was never broadcast or previously made available in this form.
The material, taken from several different sources, has been restored for your optimal sound and vision enjoyment!
The songs performed are:
Sense of Doubt
Beauty And The Beast
"Heroes"
Stay
What In The World (previously unbroadcast)
Warszawa (previously unbroadcast)
The Jean Genie
TVC 15
Alabama Song
• Memories of DAVID BOWIE's father HAYWOOD STENTON JONES who sadly passed away on this day in 1969, 56 years ago...
• On this day, 23 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Molson Amphitheatre, in Toronto, Canada during the Arena: Two Festival in 2002...
• On this day, 28 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Rock City in Nottingham during his Earthling World Tour in 1997...
• On this day, 35 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Milton Keynes Bowl, Milton Keynes during his Sound+Vision World Tour in 1990...
• On this day, 45 years ago, The Elephant Man play opened at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago starring DAVID BOWIE in the lead role as Joseph 'John' Merrick in 1980...
• On this day, 60 years ago, DAVIE JONES AND THE LOWER THIRD performed at The Cliftonville Hall, Margate, Kent in 1965...
The DAVID BOWIE and MICK JAGGER Live Aid charity release 'Dancing In The Street' is to have a limited edition vinyl release later this month.
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dancing In The Street, a limited edition white vinyl 12" will be released on 29th August - two days after its anniversary, bringing together all of the song's mixes for the first time.
Speaking about the song, Mick Jagger said: "We had such a laugh doing Dancing In The Street with both the song recorded in the studio and the video done in one day. Remarkable how we pulled it off really. The video is hilarious to watch now. We enjoyed camping it up and trying to impersonate each other's moves, making it up as we went along. It was the only time David and myself collaborated on anything, which is a real shame."
30% of the retail price from the sale of this single will be donated by David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Parlophone Records to The Band Aid Charitable Trust (Charity Number 292199).
The tracklisting runs as follows:
DISC: 1
1. Dancing In The Street (Clearmountain Mix) [2025 Remaster]
2. Dancing In The Street (Instrumental) [2025 Remaster]
3. Dancing in the Street (Steve Thompson Mix) [2025 Remaster]
DISC: 2
1. Dancing in the Street (Edit) [2025 Remaster]
2. Dancing in the Street (Dub) [2025 Remaster]
You can pre-order Dancing In The Street 40th Anniversary Limited Edition 12" Vinyl NOW!
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Feel free to join in with the other 101,500 plus members, add yourself and invite your Bowie fan friends. You never know what might get posted, or who you might meet...
Just published is DAVID BOWIE BY DENIS O'REGAN: FROM THE MAN WHO PHOTOGRAPHED HIM MOST by DENIS O'REGAN.
There are two variations, the hardcover, 276-page, as well as the special edition limited to 100 copies, signed by the author, slipcased and includes a giclee print.
Official photographer to music legend David Bowie, Denis O'Regan presents a personal edit from his unrivalled collection of photographs. Accompanying Bowie on two world tours and enjoying a decades-long relationship with the star, no one photographed Bowie more than Denis O'Regan. As Bowie himself once remarked, 'Denis, Rock 'n' Roll is in your blood'.
From the door of Olympic Studios, where Bowie recorded Diamond Dogs in 1974, to live stadium shows in the 1990s, Denis's full archive is at last opened and many unseen images revealed for the first time. David Bowie by Denis O'Regan tells Bowie's musical story in pictures, with O'Regan's own words relaying his experience of documenting that incredible journey.
Author of the hugely successful Ricochet: David Bowie 1983 (Particular Books, 2018), O'Regan has toured with the biggest stars from The Rolling Stones and Queen to Pink Floyd and Duran Duran, to name a few. But it is his photographs of David Bowie, taken over two decades at over 200 concerts worldwide, that he is best known for. David Bowie the showman and David behind-the scenes, O'Regan has captured it all in this showcase of one of the world's most talented performers.
You can purchase DAVID BOWIE BY DENIS O'REGAN: With Rare and Unseen Images from His Official Tour Photographer, special edition limited to 100 copies, signed by the author, slipcased and includes a giclee print, foreword by Carlos Alomar - more details and the standard edition - more details
Check out a MAXWELL MUSEUMS interview with TIM REEVE on London's V&A East Storehouse.
Go behind-the-scenes of the V&A's bold new museum with this in-depth interview with the man who made it a reality. Speaking with the V&A's Deputy Director Tim Reeve about creating London's V&A East Storehouse, its groundbreaking approach to museum access, and what we can expect from the upcoming DAVID BOWIE Centre.
David Bowie related highlights below:
What can people expect from the David Bowie Centre later this year?
The David Bowie Centre will be a free to access home for David Bowie's Archive, recently acquired by the V&A through the generosity of the David Bowie Estate, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group.
It's part of the wider V&A East Storehouse experience, and is designed to unpack what an archive is, and to give a rotating look at some of the 90,000+ items from David Bowie's archive. But not everything can be displayed at once, and this won't be the David Bowie Is... exhibition part two. It'll be free and ticketed so we can manage capacity in the space.
The David Bowie Centre is split into three separate zones, with a mix of small, curated changing displays and installations unpacking the archive, David Bowie's creative process, and his continued impact and contemporary resonance. There will likely be about 100-150 items from the archive on show at a time. There will also be quieter study areas, where you can book to view items from Bowie's archive on your own. You'll be able to see things like Bowie's iconic costumes, musical instruments, make-up charts, stage models, Oblique Strategies card decks, personal notes, writings, lyrics and music, sketches, designs and unrealised projects.
The David Bowie Centre opens on Saturday, 13th September.
You can read the whole interview here.
Check out the newly remastered HD version of DAVID BOWIE's 'Slow Burn', the lead single from his 2002 album Heathen.
The promotional video was shot in The Looking Glass Studio in New York City, with Bowie writing the script and directed by Gary Koepke.
Gary was co-founder and creative director of Modernista! in Boston, MA. Gary sadly passed away last year on 20th March 2024, aged sixty-eight.
The child actress in the video is Hayley Nicholas. Just after David's passing in January 2016, Hayley said: "I'll never forget that when the video shoot was finally done, I asked him for his autograph. Smiling, he knelt down at my level and asked for my signature instead because 'it was important to him'. A very self-effacing guy for such a legend. He will be truly missed."
• 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
• FAR ABOVE THE WORLD: THE TIME AND SPACE OF DAVID BOWIE by PAUL MORLEY, hardcover, Kindle, 320-pages - to be published on 6th November - more details
• DAVID BOWIE: LEGACY: THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by CAROLYN McHUGH, hardcover, 160-pages - to be published on 28th October - more details
• BOWIE'S BACK by RON GOTT, paperback, 60-pages - to be published on 16th October - 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 - I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016) 18-piece Vinyl Box Set and 13-CD Box Set - to be released on 12th September - 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
• DAVID BOWIE - THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER luxury collector's book from MAYAK PUBLISHING covering the 1974 period - coming soon - mayakpublishing.co.uk
• DAVID BOWIE and MICK JAGGER Dancing In The Street, 40th Anniversary Limited Edition 12" Vinyl - to be released on 29th August - 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, foreword by Carlos Alomar - published on 22nd July - more details
DAVID BOWIE BY DENIS O'REGAN: FROM THE MAN WHO PHOTOGRAPHED HIM MOST by DENIS O'REGAN, hardcover, 276-pages - published on 22nd July - more details
Updated and revised edition REBEL, REBEL: THE SONGS OF DAVID BOWIE: 1963 - 1976 by CHRIS O'LEARY, paperback, 586-pages - published on 8th July - more details
AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF DAVID BOWIE'S RECORDS by Shinko Music Entertainment, 251-pages, Japanese / bilingual, out now! - more details
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!
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