Check out the latest episode on the DAVID BOWIE AlbumToAlbum podcast available now.

In this first part, ARSALAN MOHAMMAD talks with LEAH KARDOS about the TIN MACHINE II album.

In this opening episode Leah and Arsalan get to grips with the background to the album, its long gestation and the first few tracks, swooning over their favourites and coming to angry blows over 'If There Is Something'.

Listen in here: audioboom.com.

Check out all the previous podcasts here or via your favourite streaming service.

(Ed. Bowie trivia: The part where they are talking about sucking toes at the end of the You Belong In Rock N' Roll video... Bowie borrowed that from the 1930 Luis Bunuel / Salvador Dali surrealist movie L'Age d'Or [WATCH HERE] with English subtitles.

On this day, 56 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released his 'Space Oddity' single in 1969.

First issued on the Philips label, 'Space Oddity' was David Bowie's first UK top 5 hit.

In 1975, it was re-released by RCA as part of a Maximillion Series (3 tracks for the price of 2), containing 'Space Oddity', 'Changes' and 'Velvet Goldmine', which became David's first UK number 1 single.

On 10th May 1970, the song received the 'Special Award for Originality' at the 15th Ivor Novello Awards (presented by the Songwriters Guild of Great Britain).

Happy 9th Birthday wishes to STENTON DAVID JONES have a wonderful day!

Date: July 9th 2025 - Official Press Release

09 JULY, 2025 London - Parlophone Records proudly announce DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016), the sixth in a series of box sets spanning Bowie's career from 1969.

The new set is the latest instalment in the award-winning and critically acclaimed series that includes DAVID BOWIE 1. FIVE YEARS (1969 - 1973), DAVID BOWIE 2. WHO CAN I BE NOW? (1974 - 1976), DAVID BOWIE 3. A NEW CAREER IN A NEW TOWN (1977 - 1982), DAVID BOWIE 4. LOVING THE ALIEN (1983-1988) and DAVID BOWIE 5. BRILLIANT ADVENTURE (1992-2001) and will be released on 12th September.

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016) is a twelve-CD, eighteen-piece vinyl and standard digital download/streaming box set named after the closing track on ★ (BLACKSTAR), Bowie's final studio album. The box sets include newly remastered versions (except ★ and No Plan), with input from David's co-producer Tony Visconti.

2002's HEATHEN was the first album Bowie and Visconti had worked on together in twenty-two years. Recorded in a residential studio in upstate New York, it reminded Visconti of his time with David in Berlin in the 1970s, "There was no control room. The console was at one end of the studio and the band was placed at the other end. The acoustics were quite live and from my experience of making "Heroes" at Hansa Studios in Berlin, in the huge Grand Hall (known as Meistersaal recording hall), I wanted to make these acoustics work for us." For the follow-up REALITY, released in 2003, Visconti recalls, "David said he wanted to write for his new touring band, who would also record the album", giving the record a more "thrusty" sound as Bowie put it at the time. That band then took to the road for A REALITY TOUR, one of the best-loved tours of David's career, it is represented here for the first time in its re-sequenced order to better reflect the set lists of the Dublin shows. The vinyl version of the album is pressed in transparent blue, echoing its initial release.

After a decade away from the studio, the sessions for THE NEXT DAY happened in secret; Visconti says of that time, "We vowed not to tell a soul that David and we were making a new album - and that even included our domestic partners. His two-fold purpose was to write and create without pressure from the outside, plus he wanted its release to be a complete surprise. It all worked out great, except when he was spotted a few times walking to and from The Magic Shop studio in Noho, Manhattan, raising quizzical eyebrows. I was stopped once by a fan who recognised me and asked, 'Is David Bowie making a new album?' I said, "Absolutely not!" Later, when we had rough mixes of our efforts, I was walking around Manhattan with a big smile on my face. No one could possibly know that I was listening to new Bowie songs on my earbuds." Those sessions produced so many songs that those additional tracks along with two remixes were included on THE NEXT DAY EXTRA.

★ (BLACKSTAR), David's final studio album, was released on 8th January, 2016. Bowie and Visconti went to Donny McCaslin's jazz quartet playing live in New York after working with him on the track 'Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)'. Tony Visconti: "Donny's quartet was no ordinary jazz band, they were super musicians at the same level as classical musicians in top symphony orchestras. David told me that this band, with Mark Guiliana - drums, Tim Lefebvre - bass, and Jason Lindner - keyboards, will be the band for the recording of ★." Every one of the tracks for ★ (BLACKSTAR) were each recorded in one day; Visconti recalls, "The first song for the album began with 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore', on 7th January. With a couple of rehearsals with David singing in the isolation booth, we were ready to go. Take one was perfect. We told Donny the take was fabulous. He thanked us and asked, 'What's the next song?' I forgot that jazz musicians are one-take experts. This was not a normal thing for people who make Rock and Pop music. It usually takes many hours to get that great take. Just to play it safe we asked for another take and Donny complied."

On Bowie's birthday in 2017, the NO PLAN EP brought together the original songs written for Bowie's Off-Broadway play, LAZARUS, including the titular 'Lazarus', 'No Plan', 'Killing A Little Time', and 'When I Met You', all recorded during the sessions for ★ (BLACKSTAR).

Exclusive to each of the box sets are MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL and RE:CALL 6. The former was recorded on 18th July 2002 at the prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival and among the 31-tracks features a full performance bar one song of one of Bowie's most revered albums, LOW. RE:CALL 6 features 41 non-album / alternative versions / b-sides and soundtrack songs, including tracks never previously available on CD or vinyl over 3CDs and 4LPs.

The physical box sets accompanying book, 128-pages in the CD box and 84 in the vinyl set, feature previously unseen notes, drawings and handwritten lyrics from Bowie and photos by Sukita (who took the set's cover shot), Jimmy King, Frank W. Ockenfels 3, Markus Klinko, Mark 'Blammo' Adams and more as well as memorabilia, technical notes about the albums from co-producer Tony Visconti and design notes from Jonathan Barnbrook.

The CD box set will include faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums where applicable, and the CDs will be gold-coloured rather than the usual silver. The vinyl box set has the same content as the CD set and is pressed on audiophile quality 180g vinyl.

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016)

LP Box Set:
84-page hardback book
Heathen (Remastered) (1LP)
Montreux Jazz Festival (4LP) (Previously unreleased)*
Reality (Remastered) (1LP)
A Reality Tour (Remastered and Re-sequenced) (3LP)
The Next Day (Remastered) (2LP)
The Next Day Extra (Remastered) (1LP)
★ (Blackstar) (1LP)
No Plan (1LP)
Re:Call 6 (Non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (Remastered) (4LP)*

*Exclusive to I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY LP box

CD Box Set:
128-page hardback book
Heathen (Remastered) (1CD)
Montreux Jazz Festival (2CD) (Previously unreleased)*
Reality (Remastered) (1CD)
A Reality Tour (Remastered and Re-sequenced) (2CD)
The Next Day (Remastered) (1CD)
The Next Day Extra (Remastered) (1CD)
★ (Blackstar) (1CD)
No Plan (1CD)
Re:Call 6 (Non-album singles, edits, single versions, b-sides and soundtrack music) (Remastered) (3CD)*

*Exclusive to I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY CD box

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016)

CD and DIGITAL TRACKLISTING

HEATHEN

01. Sunday
02. Cactus
03. Slip Away
04. Slow Burn
05. Afraid
06. I've Been Waiting For You
07. I Would Be Your Slave
08. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
09. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
10. Everyone Says 'Hi'
11. A Better Future
12. Heathen (The Rays)

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

CD1
01. Sunday
02. Life On Mars?
03. Ashes To Ashes
04. Cactus
05. Slip Away
06. China Girl
07. Starman
08. I Would Be Your Slave
09. I've Been Waiting For You
10. Stay
11. Changes
12. Fashion
13. Fame
14. I'm Afraid Of Americans
15. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone

CD2
01. "Heroes"
02. Heathen (The Rays)
03. Everyone Says 'Hi'
04. Hallo Spaceboy
05. Let's Dance
06. Ziggy Stardust
07. Warszawa
08. Speed Of Life
09. Breaking Glass
10. What In The World
11. Sound And Vision
12. Art Decade
13. Always Crashing In The Same Car
14. Be My Wife
15. A New Career In A New Town
16. Subterraneans

REALITY

01. New Killer Star
02. Pablo Picasso
03. Never Get Old
04. The Loneliest Guy
05. Looking For Water
06. She'll Drive The Big Car
07. Days
08. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
09. Try Some, Buy Some
10. Reality
11. Bring Me The Disco King

A REALITY TOUR

CD1
01. Rebel Rebel
02. New Killer Star
03. Reality
04. Fame
05. Cactus
06. Sister Midnight
07. Afraid
08. All The Young Dudes
09. Be My Wife
10. China Girl
11. The Loneliest Guy
12. The Man Who Sold The World
13. Fantastic Voyage
14. Hallo Spaceboy
15. Sunday
16. Under Pressure
17. Life On Mars?
18. Battle For Britain (The Letter)

CD2
01. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
02. Ashes To Ashes
03. The Motel
04. Loving The Alien
05. Breaking Glass
06. Never Get Old
07. Changes
08. I'm Afraid Of Americans
09. "Heroes"
10. Bring Me The Disco King
11. Slip Away
12. Heathen (The Rays)
13. Five Years
14. Hang On To Yourself
15. Ziggy Stardust

THE NEXT DAY

01. The Next Day
02. Dirty Boys
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
04. Love Is Lost
05. Where Are We Now?
06. Valentine's Day
07. If You Can See Me
08. I'd Rather Be High
09. Boss Of Me
10. Dancing Out In Space
11. How Does The Grass Grow?
12. (You Will) Set The World On Fire
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
14. Heat

THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.

01. Atomica
02. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy For The DFA)
03. Plan
04. The Informer
05. I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)
06. Like A Rocket Man
07. Born In A UFO
08. I'll Take You There
09. God Bless The Girl
10. So She

★ (BLACKSTAR)

01. ★
02. 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore
03. Lazarus
04. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
05. Girl Loves Me
06. Dollar Days
07. I Can't Give Everything Away

NO PLAN E.P.

01. Lazarus
02. No Plan
03. Killing A Little Time
04. When I Met You

RE:CALL 6

CD1
01. Slow Burn (Single Edit)
02. Wood Jackson
03. When The Boys Come Marching Home
04. Safe
05. Sunday (Moby Remix)
06. A Better Future (Remix by Air)
07. Slip Away (SACD Mix)
08. Slow Burn (SACD Mix)
09. I've Been Waiting For You (SACD Mix)
10. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (SACD Mix)
11. A Better Future (SACD Mix)
12. Safe (SACD Mix)
13. Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio Edit)

CD2
01. Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix)
02. Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro Remix Radio Edit)
03. Heathen (The Rays) (Live in Berlin, 22/09/02)
04. Hop Frog - Lou Reed featuring David Bowie
05. Saviour - Kristeen Young featuring David Bowie
06. Isn't It Evening (The Revolutionary) - Earl Slick featuring David Bowie
07. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) - David Bowie featuring Maynard James Keenan and John Frusciante (Taken from The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack)
08. New Killer Star (Radio Edit)
09. Love Missile F1-11
10. Fly
11. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture)
12. Never Get Old (Single Edit)
13. Waterloo Sunset
14. Rebel Rebel (2003 Re-Record) (Taken from The Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack)
15. New Killer Star (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03)

CD3
01. Days (Live)
02. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (Live)
03. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix)
04. (She Can) Do That - David Bowie With BT (Taken from The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack)
05. Life On Mars? (Live at Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05)
06. Wake Up (Live at Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) - David Bowie with Arcade Fire
07. Five Years (Live at Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) - David Bowie with Arcade Fire
08. Arnold Layne (Live at The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) - David Gilmour featuring David Bowie
09. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy For The DFA Edit)
10. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014 Version)
11. 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014 Version)
12. Lazarus (Radio Edit)
13. I Can't Give Everything Away (Radio Edit)

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016)

LP TRACKLISTING

HEATHEN

Side 1
01. Sunday
02. Cactus
03. Slip Away
04. Slow Burn
05. Afraid
06. I've Been Waiting For You

Side 2
01. I Would Be Your Slave
02. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
03. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
04. Everyone Says 'Hi'
05. A Better Future
06. Heathen (The Rays)

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL

Side 1
01. Sunday
02. Life On Mars?
03. Ashes To Ashes
04. Cactus

Side 2
01. Slip Away
02. China Girl
03. Starman
04. I Would Be Your Slave

Side 3
01. I've Been Waiting For You
02. Stay
03. Changes
04. Fashion

Side 4
01. Fame
02. I'm Afraid Of Americans
03. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
04. "Heroes"

Side 5
01. Heathen (The Rays)
02. Everyone Says 'Hi'
03. Hallo Spaceboy

Side 6
01. Let's Dance
02. Ziggy Stardust
03. Warszawa

Side 7
01. Speed Of Life
02. Breaking Glass
03. What In The World
04. Sound And Vision
05. Art Decade

Side 8
01. Always Crashing In The Same Car
02. Be My Wife
03. A New Career In A New Town
04. Subterraneans

REALITY

Side 1
01. New Killer Star
02. Pablo Picasso
03. Never Get Old
04. The Loneliest Guy
05. Looking For Water
06. She'll Drive The Big Car

Side 2
01. Days
02. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
03. Try Some, Buy Some
04. Reality
05. Bring Me The Disco King

A REALITY TOUR

Side 1
01. Rebel Rebel
02. New Killer Star
03. Reality
04. Fame
05. Cactus
06. Sister Midnight

Side 2
01. Afraid
02. All The Young Dudes
03. Be My Wife
04. China Girl
05. The Loneliest Guy
06. The Man Who Sold The World
07. Fantastic Voyage

Side 3
01. Hallo Spaceboy
02. Sunday
03. Under Pressure
04. Life On Mars?
05. Battle For Britain (The Letter)

Side 4
01. Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
02. Ashes To Ashes
03. The Motel
04. Loving The Alien
05. Breaking Glass
06. Never Get Old

Side 5
01. Changes
02. I'm Afraid Of Americans
03. "Heroes"
04. Bring Me The Disco King

Side 6
01. Slip Away
02. Heathen (The Rays)
03. Five Years
04. Hang On To Yourself
05. Ziggy Stardust

THE NEXT DAY

Side 1
01. The Next Day
02. Dirty Boys
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
04. Love Is Lost

Side 2
01. Where Are We Now?
02. Valentine's Day
03. If You Can See Me
04. I'd Rather Be High

Side 3
01. Boss Of Me
02. Dancing Out In Space
03. How Does The Grass Grow?
04. (You Will) Set The World On Fire

Side 4
01. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
02. Heat
03. So She
04. Plan
05. I'll Take You There

THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.

Side 1
01. Atomica
02. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy For The DFA)
03. The Informer

Side 2
01. I'd Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)
02. Like A Rocket Man
03. Born In A UFO
04. God Bless The Girl

★ BLACKSTAR

Side 1
01. ★
02. 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore
03. Lazarus

Side 2
01. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)
02. Girl Loves Me
03. Dollar Days
04. I Can't Give Everything Away

NO PLAN E.P.

Side 1
01. Lazarus
02. No Plan
03. Killing A Little Time
04. When I Met You

Side 2
Etching

RE:CALL 6

Side 1
01. Slow Burn (Single Edit)
02. Wood Jackson
03. When The Boys Come Marching Home
04. Safe
05. Sunday (Moby Remix)

Side 2
01. A Better Future (Remix by Air)
02. Slip Away (SACD Mix)
03. Slow Burn (SACD Mix)
04. I've Been Waiting For You (SACD Mix)
05. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (SACD Mix)

Side 3
01. A Better Future (SACD Mix)
02. Safe (SACD Mix)
03. Everyone Says 'Hi' (Radio Edit)
04. Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix)
05. Everyone Says 'Hi' (Metro Remix Radio Edit)

Side 4
01. Heathen (The Rays) (Live in Berlin, 22/09/02)
02. Hop Frog - Lou Reed featuring David Bowie
03. Saviour - Kristeen Young featuring David Bowie
04. Isn't It Evening (The Revolutionary) - Earl Slick featuring David Bowie
05. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) - David Bowie featuring Maynard James Keenan and John Frusciante (Taken from The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Side 5
01. New Killer Star (Radio Edit)
02. Love Missile F1-11
03. Fly
04. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture)
05. Never Get Old (Single Edit)
06. Waterloo Sunset

Side 6
01. Rebel Rebel (2003 Re-Record) (Taken from The Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack)
02. New Killer Star (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03)
03. Days (Live)
04. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (Live)
05. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix)
06. (She Can) Do That - David Bowie With BT (Taken from The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Side 7
01. Life On Mars? (Live at Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05)
02. Wake Up (Live at Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) - David Bowie with Arcade Fire
03. Five Years (Live at Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) - David Bowie with Arcade Fire
04. Arnold Layne (Live at The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) - David Gilmour featuring David Bowie
05. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy For The DFA Edit)

Side 8
01. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014 Version)
02. 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014 Version)
03. Lazarus (Radio Edit)
04. I Can't Give Everything Away (Radio Edit)

DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016)
THE SIXTH IN A SERIES OF DAVID BOWIE BOX SETS
RELEASED 12th SEPTEMBER, 2025

Box cover image (c) Sukita - The David Bowie Archive

YOU CAN PRE-ORDER DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 - 2016) 18-PIECE VINYL BOX SET / 13-CD BOX SET NOW!

• On this day, 16 years ago, DAVID BOWIE VH1 Storytellers album was released in 2009...

• Birthday memories of DENIS 'TEA-CUP' TAYLOR, lead guitarist of The Lower Third.

Formed in Margate, Kent in 1963, they were originally known as 'Oliver Twist And The Lower Third'. The original line-up consisted of Denis Taylor (lead guitar), Les Mighall (drums) and Graham Rivens (bass guitar). The Lower Third held auditions at La Discotheque in Soho, London and Davie Jones, along with his alto saxophone gets the position. He joined the band in April 1965 and the new line-up became: Davie Jones (vocals, tenor & alto saxophone), Denis 'Tea-Cup' Taylor (lead guitar), Graham Rivens (bass guitar), Les Mighall (drums) along with Neil Anderson who performed occasional vocals. Two months later Phil Lancaster replaced Les Mighall on drums. Denis sadly passed away in October 2024...

• On this day, 53 years ago, DAVID BOWIE's performance of 'Starman' was broadcast on Top Of The Pops in 1972...

NILE RODGERS TO GUEST CURATE DAVID BOWIE EXHIBITION

By PA News Agency.

Chic star Nile Rodgers has guest-curated a display for the new David Bowie Centre, including personal correspondence between the two singers.

London's V&A Museum, which is behind the new David Bowie Centre, said Rodgers has also selected a bespoke Peter Hall suit worn by Bowie during the Serious Moonlight tour for the Let's Dance album.

Photographs of Bowie, Rodgers and guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan recording Let's Dance in New York will also feature.

The David Bowie Centre will open within the museum's new East Storehouse in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in Stratford, east London, on September 13.

Costumes worn during Bowie's Ziggy Stardust period, and those worn by other musicians including Sir Elton John and PJ Harvey, will also be on display.

Rodgers said: "My creative life with David Bowie provided the greatest success of his incredible career, but our friendship was just as rewarding.

"Our bond was built on a love of the music that had both made and saved our lives."

Rodgers produced Bowie's single Let's Dance and the 1983 album of the same name, as well as his 1993 album Black Tie White Noise, with the personal correspondence in the exhibition relating to the latter.

Brit Award-winning indie rock band The Last Dinner Party have also curated part of the exhibition, describing Bowie as a "constant source of inspiration to us".

Their items include Bowie's elaborate handwritten lyrics for his song Win, and notes and set lists for his 1976 Isolar tour.

The band said: "David Bowie continues to inspire generations of artists like us to stand up for ourselves.

"It was such a thrill to explore Bowie's archive, and see first-hand the process that went into his world-building and how he created a sense of community and belonging for those that felt like outcasts or alienated - something that's really important to us in our work too."

Access to the David Bowie Centre will be free, with tickets released nearer its opening.

The David Bowie archive, which boasts more than 90,000 items, was acquired by the V&A with the help of the David Bowie Estate, the Blavatnik Family Foundation and Warner Music Group.

The centre will be spread across three zones, which will include curated displays, audio visual installations and quieter study areas, allowing visitors to view the Bowie archive on their own, from musical instruments to stage models.

Small displays will tell the stories behind the singer's albums and also look at his multi-dimensional creative approach, including unrealised projects, collaborations and influences.

The East Storehouse opened at the end of May, and features the Order An Object initiative, allowing visitors to pre-book to see an item from its entire collection.

The V&A will also open the V&A East Museum in spring 2026, in an area named East Bank.

Its main museum is in South Kensington, west London, and it also runs the Young V&A in Bethnal Green, east London.

For more details, please visit V&A East - David Bowie Centre.

On this day, 52 years ago, DAVID BOWIE laid to rest his persona 'Ziggy Stardust' / 'Aladdin Sane' and retired from live concert performing.

At the time, the vast majority of fans didn't realise it was Ziggy and not David himself announcing on stage the now legendary statement from the Hammersmith Odeon:

"Everybody... this has been... one of the greatest tours of our life we really... at first I'd like to thank the band... I'd like to thank our road crew and I'd like to thank our lighting people. Er, of all of the shows on this tour, this, this particular show will remain with us the longest because... not only is it... not only is it the last show of the tour, but it's the last show that we'll ever do. Thank you."

• On this day, 23 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Quart Festival at Odderøya, Kristiansand in Norway in 2002...

• On this day, 29 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Ha-Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel in 1996...

• On this day, 36 years ago, TIN MACHINE performed at The Forum, Livingston, Scotland in 1989...

• On this day, 37 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Parc Départemental de la Courneuve, Paris, France during his Glass Spider World Tour in 1987...

• On this day, 42 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed the last of three sold-out dates at the Milton Keynes Bowl, Buckinghamshire, England during his Serious Moonlight Tour '83. This venue was a former clay-pit, filled in and raised to form an amphitheatre which holds a capacity of 65,000 peoploids...

• On this day, 51 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Seminole Jai-Alai Fronton in Casselberry, Orlando, Florida, USA during The Year of The Diamond Dogs tour in 1974...

• On this day, 52 years ago, (and into the next morning till 5am) DAVID BOWIE held an after-show party (commonly known as 'The Last Supper') at the Café Royal, on Regent Street, London, England in 1973...

• On this day, 59 years ago, DAVID BOWIE & THE BUZZ performed at the Marquee Club, in Wardour Street, Soho, London, England in 1966...

• Happy Birthday wishes to guitarist STACY HEYDON...

Published next week is the updated and revised edition of REBEL, REBEL: THE SONGS OF DAVID BOWIE: 1963 - 1976 by CHRIS O'LEARY.

This paperback contains 586-pages and is to be published on 8th July.

The legacy of David Bowie is roughly 450 songs, which he recorded or performed over half a century. They range from cabaret to psychedelia to folk rock to glam rock to Philadelphia soul, from avant-garde instrumentals to stadium anthems. Cataloguing Bowie's songs from the dawn of his career in 1963 to his Hollywood stardom in 1976, examining them in the order of their composition and recording, and digging into what makes them work, Rebel Rebel and its sequel Ashes to Ashes have become standard references for Bowie fans.

The new edition of Rebel Rebel is a fully-updated revision, taking into account Bowie demos and alternate takes released in the years after his death. It's enhanced by a decade's worth of new information about Bowie's recording process, his influences, his contemporaries, and his live performances, all of which shed light onto the evolution of his songwriting. It shows how Bowie exploited studio innovations, and delves into the roles of his supporting musicians, particularly major collaborators like Mick Ronson and Tony Visconti.

This book aligns Bowie's music with his times, planting his work in the context of its era. You'll see what Bowie's work owes to novelists like Keith Waterhouse, Jack Kerouac, George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, and William S. Burroughs. To films like Performance, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and A Clockwork Orange. To rival songwriters and performers like Marc Bolan, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Scott Walker, Elvis Presley, The Bee Gees, Isaac Hayes, James Brown, Pete Townshend, and John Lennon. With guest appearances by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Cher.

About the Author: Chris O'Leary is a writer and editor based in western Massachusetts. He has written for Pitchfork, Slate, New York, Mojo, Billboard, and the Los Angeles Review of Books, and is the author of a previous book on the music of David Bowie: Rebel Rebel (Zero, 2015). Both Rebel Rebel and Ashes to Ashes are based on the blog that he created in 2009, Pushing Ahead of the Dame

You can pre-order Rebel, Rebel: The Songs of David Bowie: 1963-1976 NOW!

Today at OMEGA AUCTIONS is their Showcase Sale of Music Memorabilia and Vinyl Records, several Bowie items well worth checking out - VIEW HERE.

The DAVID BOWIE and MICK JAGGER Live Aid charity release 'Dancing In The Street' is to have a limited edition vinyl release.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dancing In The Street, a limited edition white vinyl 12" will be released next month 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!

The surprise Live Aid promotional video has received an amazing official 4K newly remastered upgrade, and is available now for your viewing pleasure.

Yay! Last month the David Bowie Wonderworld private Facebook Group attained 100,000 members! I'm elated to reach this milestone. Thank you all so much for your continued support. It's very much appreciated.

For those of you who use FACEBOOK - check out the private DAVID BOWIE WONDERWORLD Group.

Feel free to join in with the other 100,400 plus members, add yourself and invite your Bowie fan friends. You never know what might get posted, or who you might meet...

Out now is a brand new RECORD COLLECTOR presents magazine which was published on 26th June...

Record Collector presents DAVID BOWIE... Starman 1947-1980.

Blow our Minds - Ziggy Stardust tour photos
All-New Interviews - Wood Woodmansey, Mike Garson, Carlos Alomar
Sound and Vision - The Albums, The Films, The Style Icon
Plus LGBTQ + Pioneer, memorabilia, on set with The Man Who Fell To Earth, London and Berlin Landmarks, 8-page Discography - 450 rarities valued

Strange fascination... David Bowie has enthralled the world for more than half a century, and the work he left behind arguably tells us more about ourselves today than it did during even the 70s, when he made the radical moves covered in this first instalment of Record Collector Presents... David Bowie.

In focusing on the years 1947- 1980, they chart Bowie's rise to fame and his subsequent rewriting of all known rulebooks, with key collaborators Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey, Mike Garson and Carlos Alomar adding crucial insight through all-new interviews.

Reviews of every album, plus a discussion of Bowie's influence on fashion and guides to the London and Berlin landmarks that shaped his music, provide further understanding of the changes he went through during his period.

Add an eight-page discography packed with rarities, and you'll have enough sound and vision to last several lifetimes.

For more details, visit recordcollectormag.com website.

• 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 - 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

• 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!