'BABY UNIVERSAL '97' is now available for streaming as the fourth of six tracks making up DAVID BOWIE's IS IT ANY WONDER? EP (Parlophone) of unreleased and rare tracks being released once a week.

With lyrics by David and music co-written by David and Reeves Gabrels, 'Baby Universal' was initially recorded by Tin Machine for Tin Machine II. Released as the band's penultimate single in October 1991, it was performed during the final Tin Machine US television appearance on Saturday Night Live.

'Baby Universal' was regularly performed on Bowie's 'Outside Summer Festivals Tour' in 1996. The version now being released as 'BABY UNIVERSAL '97' was re-recorded for the Earthling album, originally intended to be sequenced between 'I'm Afraid Of Americans' and 'Law (Earthlings On Fire)'. The song was ultimately removed from the final album master, but David was very fond of this version and before the track was dropped was quoted as saying: "I thought 'Baby Universal' was a really good song and I don't think it got heard. I didn't really want that to happen to it, so I put it on this album... I think this version is very good.".

'BABY UNIVERSAL '97' is produced by David Bowie, co-produced by Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati. It was recorded at Looking Glass Studios and mixed by Mark Plati at Right Track Recording, both in New York. The track features Gail Ann Dorsey on bass and vocals, Mike Garson on piano/keyboards, Mark Plati on programming/keyboards, Zachary Alford on drums and Reeves Gabrels on guitar, synths and vocals.

DAVID BOWIE 'BABY UNIVERSAL '97' IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON PARLOPHONE.

From davidbowie.com

Note: This is #4 of six tracks to be released each Friday. Scroll down the page to read the official press release (8th Jan).

Today marks the 48th anniversary of the first ever live performance by DAVID BOWIE as his alter ego 'Ziggy Stardust' at the Borough Assembly Hall (Friars) in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire on 29th January 1972.

This first live gig, after a week's rehearsal at the Royal Ballroom in Tottenham, with the "official" opening gig of the UK tour being on the 10th February at the Toby Jug in Tolworth.

David informs the music press a few days previously that: "Our new stage act will be outrageous, quite outrageous but very theatrical. It's going to be costumed and choreographed, quite different to anything anyone else has tried to do before... No-one has ever seen anything like this before."

The opening act were 'Grand Canyon', who warmed up for David and the as yet unnamed 'Spiders From Mars'. With newly cut and dyed Schwarzkopf red hair and matching red plastic boxing boots, David took the stage sporting a bomber jacket and rolled up trousers, complete with a bulging codpiece a la A Clockwork Orange style... and Ziggy Stardust "the cosmic yob" was born.

His three piece band - Mick Ronson (lead guitar), Trevor Bolder (bass) and Mick 'Woody' Woodmansey (drums) were all togged up in gold outfits but obviously hadn't totally switched over into full on "Martian Spider" mode. Probably with all three feeling rather uncomfortable and not yet fully convinced about this adventure they were about to embark on.

David said: "The Ziggy hair came lock, stock and curler, from the cover of a magazine ('Honey' or the like) and was sported by a model doing a shoot for Kansai Yamamoto's first London show. I couldn't afford the clothes but I could get the hair. Suzi did a straight forward copy. The cut and colour were both Kansai's - Schwarzkopf red was the colour. I had her cut my hair short in early January 1972. No dye. Layed flatish. I believe that it went red and stood up between the 20th and 25th of January 1972, therefore that's when the Kansai show must have been given maximum press."

Originally back in 1969, the Friars Club was started in Aylesbury by a bunch of hippies lead by David Stopps. The very first ever concert they presented was in the New Friarage Hall on 2nd June 1969 and featured Mike Cooper and a band called Mandrake Paddle Steamer. Other acts followed that year including The Pretty Things, King Crimson, Mott The Hoople and a myriad of others. This club was closed down in August 1970 but reopened in April 1971 at a larger venue called the Borough Assembly Hall. Between 1971 and 1975, the Friars presented bands such as David Bowie, Roxy Music, The Velvet Underground, Can, MC5, Mott The Hoople and many more.

Promoter David R. Stopps recalling the Ziggy show said: "I remember him doing 'Rock N' Roll Suicide', maybe for the first time. He shouted at the audience, 'Gimme your hands, 'cos you're wonderful' and nobody got up. In those days they used to sit on the floor, and the stage was reasonably high and somebody got up to give him their hands, but only half-heartedly... I remember thinking, 'Oh that's a strong song, but nobody had heard it.'".

In September 1975, Friars moved yet again to an even larger venue in Aylesbury... the new Aylesbury Civic Centre which was inside the Maxwell Hall, which lasted as a venue until December 1984.

Trivia: Pure coincidence or planned? Did David chose this venue as the first ever live performance of Ziggy Stardust because the famous 'subway attack' scene in 'A Clockwork Orange' movie was actually filmed in the old Friars Square shopping centre in Aylesbury?

Sad news to read that MONIQUE VAN VOOREN passed away on Saturday 25th January, aged ninety-two years of age.

In November 1977, Monique accompanied DAVID BOWIE to a DEVO gig at Max's Kansas City on the 15th and the following day they attended the movie premiere of 'Close Encounters of The Third Kind' at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, where they were both interviewed by a TV crew.

Rest in peace Monique van Vooren (25th March 1927 - 25th January 2020).

Read the Mike Barnes article on The Hollywood Reporter website.

Parlophone Records is proud to announce 'STAY '97' the third instalment of DAVID BOWIE's IS IT ANY WONDER? EP of six unreleased and rare tracks being released once a week.

'Stay' originally appeared on the 'Station To Station' album in 1976 and was released as a single in North America and Japan in August of that year.

The previously unreleased 1997 re-recording of 'Stay' began at The Factory in the Dublin Docklands during the pre-Earthling tour rehearsals while David, Mark Plati and Reeves Gabrels were preparing the backing/sequencer tracks before the rest of the band arrived, and the rehearsals started in earnest.

David wanted to 'update' some of his live show staples so they would sit well sonically with the Outside/Earthling material. The recording was completed later, potentially for use as a 'B-side', and mixed at Right Track Recording studios, New York in May/June 1997.

'STAY '97' is produced by David Bowie, co-produced by Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati, and mixed by Mark Plati. The track features Gail Ann Dorsey on bass and vocals, Mike Garson on piano/keyboards, Mark Plati on programming/keyboards, Zachary Alford on drums and Reeves Gabrels on guitar/synths.

DAVID BOWIE 'STAY '97' IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM FRIDAY 24TH JANUARY ON PARLOPHONE.

From davidbowie.com

Note: This is #3 of six tracks to be released each Friday. Scroll down the page to read the official press release.

Update: The street name DAVID BOWIE has been voted unanimously by the Council of the 13th arrondissement in Paris.

The Mayor of Paris, JÉRÔME COUMET recently announced the plans on his Twitter account.

Coumet confirmed that Bowie's name will be etched onto the major Austerlitz station in the southeast of the French capital.

Read the latest article over at leparisien.fr website.

Check out the official DAVID BOWIE video for 'I Can't Read' directed by TIM POPE filmed in 1997.

'I Can't Read '97' is the second instalment of DAVID BOWIE's - IS IT ANY WONDER? EP of six unreleased and rare tracks being released once a week.

'I Can't Read '97' originally appeared on Tin Machine's eponymous debut album in 1989, and was a staple in the band's live set. In the autumn of 1996, during the mixing stages for Earthling, David re-recorded the track - which, at one stage, appeared on a mastered version of the album.

While the song's second incarnation, 'I Can't Read '97', was David's preferred solo version, it was ultimately cut from Earthling and replaced at the last minute with 'The Last Thing You Should Do'.

This video for 'I Can't Read '97' was shot by Tim Pope shot at rehearsals in Hartford, Connecticut in January 1997.

'I Can't Read '97' written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels is produced by David Bowie, co-produced by Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati, and mixed by Mark Plati. The track was recorded and mixed at Right Track Recording in New York and features Gail Ann Dorsey on bass and vocals, Mike Garson on piano, and Gabrels on guitar and vocals.

From David Bowie Official YouTube Channel

Note: This is #2 of six tracks to be released each Friday. Scroll down the page to read the official press release.

If you read the piece below about the National Space Centre DAVID BOWIE celebrations in Leicester, you'll know about the recently found extra footage of the 'hours...' lenticular promo shoot.

Professor Martin Richardson worked with Kevin Bulmer and Kate Copestake at Synthetic Dimensions based in Wolverhampton to create the Bowie hologram.

Check out some of the archive footage shot at Blue Sky Studios in West London...

• On this day, 43 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released his Low album. Incorrectly known as the first of the "Berlin Trilogy" it was recorded in France at Chateau d'Herouville studios, located in the Val d'Oise département near Paris. 'New Music: Night And Day' was the original title and initial RCA Canadian cassette tapes made it onto the market with that title printed on the tape before quickly being pulled...

• On this day, 46 years ago, DAVID BOWIE was photographed by Kate Simon at Olympic Studios, 117 Church Road, Barnes, West London SW13 9HL in 1974. On this particular day, he records 'Rock & With Me', 'Candidate' and 'Big Brother'...

• On this day, 54 years ago, 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' was the first solo release from DAVID BOWIE after changing his stage name. Released on the Pye label (Pye 7N 17020) it was backed by 'And I Say To Myself', both tracks produced by Tony Hatch...

• On this day, 55 years ago, DAVID JONES & The Manish Boys audition for Rocky River Promotions at the London Palladium for possible bookings at the Star-Club in Hamburg. Unfortunately, they don't receive an offer to perform there...

I'm very sad to have to tell you that following a short illness Robert Solly, better known as ex-Manish Boy founder member BOB SOLLY, passed away in London in the early hours of Tuesday morning, January 7th. He was 75.

Following his years with Maidstone based band The Manish Boys (which famously included around a year with DAVID BOWIE fronting the band), Bob continued working as a songwriter with writing partner Paul Rodriguez, mainly working for producer Shel Talmy.

After moving away from the music business he became a very successful designer and architect and spent many years criss-crossing the world while overseeing numerous prestigious commercial property developments. After settling back in the UK he focussed firmly on his real passion in life, collecting; mainly many thousands of records, though his spare rooms quickly filled with, among other things, an impressive first-editions library, items on crime and other rare British social memorabilia and collections of photographs. After many years of serious International record collecting and record dealing it was thought that Bob's vinyl collection alone was second only in size to that of the BBC's. His knowledge of post-war British and American popular music was renown and in the late 90s he became a regular, highly regarded contributor to Record Collector magazine, also writing Record Collector's incisive 2005 book, '100 Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Records'.

In 2009 he began regular radio broadcasts with Channel Radio in Kent, his eclectic weekly show relying solely on vinyl singles chosen from his vast collection. Over the many hundreds of hours broadcasting he never played any single track more than once.

Bob is survived by his second wife, Susan.

Bob Solly (Robert Leslie Solly), musician, designer and writer, born 4th August 1944; died 7th January 2020.

From Kevin Cann.

A street in the French capital Paris, is all set to be named after DAVID BOWIE.

The Mayor of Paris, JÉRÔME COUMET recently announced the plans via French news agency AFP and on his Twitter account.

Coumet said that Bowie "had a strong link with the city of lights", and "There will soon be a rue David Bowie in the 13th arrondissement of Paris"

He also confirmed that Bowie's name will be etched onto the major Austerlitz station in the southeast of the French capital, also stated that "the naming must be approved by the Paris council in February" - a formality which never normally encounters any issues.

Update: Starting tomorrow on 10th/11th January, the NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE in Leicester are hosting two special nights celebrating the music of DAVID BOWIE.

The evenings will include live music from Bowie tribute act DAVID LIVE, a British, five-piece band, as well as a never before seen Bowie-inspired exhibition of fashion, textiles, art and photography. Also being shown is previously unseen Bowie film shot by Professor Martin Richardson.

Martin's 30-minute 'experimental' footage had been stored in a metal chest at De Montfort University in Leicester. Shot back in 1998, it was used to the produce holograms of David for his 'hours...' album release. Check out a news report.

BOWIE: ODDITY TO MARS
Dates: 10th and 11th January
Venue: National Space Centre
Address: Exploration Drive, Leicester LE4 5NS, England.

For more details about this event, please visit spacecentre.co.uk website.

From Elliott at the National Space Centre.

Sad news to read that BUCK HENRY passed away last night (8th), aged 89.

A family member confirmed to Deadline that Buck had suffered a heart attack at Cedars-Sinai Health Center in Los Angeles, California.

As you know, Buck played attorney 'Oliver Farnsworth' in The Man Who Fell To Earth movie and also 'Cecil' in The Linguini Incident, alongside DAVID BOWIE.

Besides being a fabulous actor, Buck was the screenwriter behind The Graduate and What's Up, Doc? He also co-created Get Smart and was a regular presence in the early years of Saturday Night Live.

From deadline.com

Besides our DAVID, other famous and well known people also born on the 8th January include the following...

Elvis Presley (singer/actor), Ron Moody (actor), Larry Storch (actor/comedian), Soupy Sales (aka Milton Hinkes) (comedian and father of Tony and Hunt Sales of Tin Machine), Graham Chapman (comedian), Charles Osgood (CBS TV newsman/host/author), Shirley Bassey (singer), Cristy Lane (singer), William Henry Hartnell (actor, the first Doctor Who), Robby Krieger (musician), R. Kelly (singer), Mike Reno (singer), Paul Dresher (composer), Paul King (musician), Jeff Abercrombie (musician), Terry Sylvester (musician), Paul Hester (musician), Stephen Hawking (professor, astrophysicist, author), Amanda Burton (actress), Gil Grand (musician), Ami Dolenz (actress), Amber Benson (actress), Yvette Mimieux (actress), Thelma 'Butterfly' McQueen (actress), Simone De Beauvoir (writer), Evelyn Wood (reading teacher), Gypsy Rose Lee (burlesque entertainer), Bill Graham (concert promoter), Wilkie Collins (author), Frank Doubleday (publisher), Sir Frank Dyson (scientist), Lee Jackson (musician), Vladimir Feltsman (Russian pianist), Little Anthony aka Anthony Gourdine (singer), Ted McDougall (footballer), Michael Ridley (cricketer), Harriet Sansom Harris (actress), Sean Paul (musician), Karen Poole (musician), Jenny Lewis (actress), Richard Cromwell (actor), Jose Ferrer (actor/director), Sam Riley (actor), Ryan Frances (actor), Roy Kinnear (actor), John McTiernan (director), Scott Whyte (actor), Sander Vanocur (broadcaster), Joan Rivers (comedian), Maria Pitillo (actress), Sarah Polley (actress), Loretta Lee (actress), Gabby Hoffman (actress), Maria Pitillo (actress), Brad Snyder (shot putter), Kent Jones (golfer), Virgil Hill (boxer), Vyacheslav Dmitriyevich Zudov (USSR cosmonaut), Terry Brooks (author), Antai Ribari (composer), Serge Poliakoff (Russian/French painter/guitarist), Queen Marie of Yugoslavia, Bronislava Nijinska (ballet choreographer), Storm Jameson (novelist), Frank Nelson Doubleday (publisher), William Wallace Gilchrist (composer), Fannie M. Jackson (pioneer and educator), Lawrence Alma Tadema (Dutch/British painter), David Silva (footballer), Nicolas Coustou (French sculptor) and Henry V (Roman German king/emperor).

davidbowie.com have announced details of the forthcoming releases IS IT ANY WONDER? and CHANGESNOWBOWIE for RSD 2020...

8th January 2020 - London. Parlophone Records is proud to announce DAVID BOWIE IS IT ANY WONDER? a six track EP of unreleased and rare tracks to be released over six weeks.

The first of these is a previously unreleased version of 'The Man Who Sold The World', released today as a streaming-only 1 track digital single in celebration of both David's birthday and the 50th anniversary of the writing and recording of this classic. Five more songs will be released on a weekly basis from 17th January.

'THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD' (CHANGESNOWBOWIE VERSION) is taken from the 9-track session ChangesNowBowie, recorded for radio and broadcast by the BBC on David's 50th birthday on 8th January 1997.

The broadcast featured an interview with David by Mary Anne Hobbs interspersed with specially recorded birthday messages and questions from the likes of Scott Walker, Damon Albarn, Bono, Robert Smith and many more.

This mostly acoustic session was a stripped back affair featuring some of David's favourites of his own compositions and was produced by Bowie himself, Reeves Gabrels and Mark Plati.

CHANGESNOWBOWIE was recorded and mixed at Looking Glass Studios in New York in November 1996 during rehearsals for David's 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden. Gail Ann Dorsey (bass, vocals), Reeves Gabrels (guitars) and Mark Plati (keyboards and programming) accompanied David on the recording.

CHANGESNOWBOWIE will be released in limited quantities on LP and CD for Record Store Day on 18th April 2020. The cover art for the album will features a portrait of David by renowned photographer Albert Watson, taken in New York in 1996.

More details about the album will be announced shortly.

DAVID BOWIE 'THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD' (CHANGESNOWBOWIE) IS AVAILABLE NOW ON PARLOPHONE.

DAVID BOWIE CHANGESNOWBOWIE RELEASED ON PARLOPHONE ON 18TH APRIL FOR RECORD STORE DAY.

From davidbowie.com

Today is also BowieWonderworld's birthday - now twenty-three years online!

Thank you to everyone who helps support the site - it is appreciated more than you'll ever know :)

For those not aware, this web site was first set up as a 50th birthday present for David.

It started life as Little Wonder, then Little Wonderworld on Virgin Net Freespace. The website name was taken from the name of his secret gig at the Hanover Grand, London back in 1997.

I originally wanted the website name BowieWorld, but David and Ultrastar also wanted that name for a special virtual 3D chatroom BowieWorld he was about to launch. I obviously gave in and promised not to register it, and let them do their thing.

They never registered that domain name as it became part of Worlds.com in the end (and neither did I, keeping my promise). Eventually a Bowie fan in New Zealand did register it and put up some pages.

I patiently waited for the bowieworld.com site to close, and for the domain name to become available again (as the vast majority have over the years) and then claimed it in 2012.

I don't know why I registered it, I've done nothing with it yet. Let's just put it down to sentimental reasons.

The next 40th anniversary 7" picture disc single in the ongoing series is released next month.

This limited edition released next month on 14th February is ALABAMA SONG / JOE THE LION / ALABAMA SONG (LIVE).

Featured on the AA-side are TWO previously unreleased tracks: JOE THE LION recorded at the soundcheck of the 1978 tour final performance at Earls Court on 1st July 1978 and a live version of ALABAMA SONG also recorded the same date.

DAVID BOWIE - 'ALABAMA SONG' LIMITED EDITION 40th ANNIVERSARY 7" PICTURE DISC

A-side (45 rpm)
ALABAMA SONG
(Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht)
Produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti
Recorded at Good Earth Studios, London on 2nd July 1978.

AA-side (33 1/3 rpm)
1. JOE THE LION
(Live Earls Court '78 Soundcheck) (previously unreleased)
(David Bowie)
Recorded live by Tony Visconti with the Manor Mobile at Earls Court, London on 1st July 1978. Recording engineered by Jeremy Allom and Ken Capper.
Mixed by John Prestage at AIR Studios, London, July 2019.

2. ALABAMA SONG
(Live Earls Court '78) (previously unreleased)
(Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht)
Produced by David Bowie
Recorded live by Tony Visconti with the Manor Mobile at Earls Court, London on 1st July 1978. Recording engineered by Jeremy Allom and Ken Capper.
Mixed by David Bowie and David Richards at Mountain Studios, Montreux on 17th-22nd January 1979.

The images featured on the disc were shot by photographers Dean Chamberlain (A-side) and Chris Walter (B-side).

You can pre-order NOW!

The 2020 PHILLY LOVES BOWIE WEEK festivities begin tomorrow 3rd January and run through to 12th January.

Throughout the city, there are a multitude of special events honouring DAVID BOWIE.

Select highlights include:

(3rd) 'We Can Be Heroes' A Bowie-Inspired Art Exhibition at the National Liberty Museum in Old City.
(5th) Donny McCaslin Group and Gail Ann Dorsey perform at Ardmore Music Hall.
(6th) Screening of 'The Sigma Kids' documentary by Anthony Crupi at PFS Roxy Theater.
(10th) Bowie Masquerade Ball at Ruba Club and Philly Loves Bowie Memorial at Doobies Bar.
(11th) 'A Night of Stardust' concert at Union Transfer featuring Ava Cherry, Jeffrey Gaines and more.

For full details of what's happening during the week in Philadelphia check out the phillylovesbowie.wordpress.com website.

Published next week is BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred and Steve Horton.

This 160-page hardcover, published by Insight Editions hits the stores on 7th January.

Synopsis: Inspired by the one and only superhero, extraterrestrial, and rock and roll deity in history, BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams is the original graphic memoir of the great Ziggy Stardust!

In life, David Bowie was one of the most magnetic icons of modern pop culture, seducing generations of fans with both his music and his counterculture persona. In death, the cult of Bowie has only intensified. As a musician alone, Bowie's legacy is remarkable, but his place in the popular imagination is due to so much more than his music. As a visual performer, he defied classification with his psychedelic aesthetics, his larger-than-life image, and his way of hovering on the border of the surreal.

BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams chronicles the rise of Bowie's career from obscurity to fame; and paralleled by the rise and fall of his alter ego as well as the rise and fall of Ziggy Stardust. As The Spiders From Mars slowly implode, Bowie wrestles with his Ziggy persona. The outcome of this internal conflict will change not only David Bowie, but also, the world.

About the Authors and Illustrators:

Steve Horton is most recently the author of the graphic novel Satellite Falling (IDW Publishing), which multi-award winning comic writer Jimmy Palmiotti called his "new favorite book". Satellite Falling is currently one issue in, and that first issue sold over 6,000 copies: one of the highest debuts for independent comics in May 2016.

Michael Allred is the artist behind such classic graphic novel works as Madman, Silver Surfer, Red Rocket 7, and iZombie. Michael's work on the eighth volume of the Fables graphic novel landed him on the New York Times best-seller list for graphic fiction for ten weeks in a row. He has been co-creator or substantial contributor to such seminal works as Sandman, Batman '66, X-Force, X-Statix, and iZombie. This last became a TV series on the CW in 2015 and was just renewed for a fourth season.

Laura Allred is an Eisner-winning colorist. She has colored most of Michael Allred's work for decades. Her award came in 2012 for her work coloring iZombie and Madman after two previous nominations, in 1998 for Red Rocket 7 and in 2000 for Madman and Happydale.

Neil Gaiman is a New York Times best-selling author whose work has won countless awards. He is world-renowned for his works, including Sandman, Coraline, American Gods, and Anansi Boys. Recently, Gaiman wrote the critically acclaimed TV miniseries Good Omens, based on the book he co-authored with Terry Pratchett.

You can pre-order BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams NOW!

Taking place next week is the annual DUBLIN BOWIE FESTIVAL now in its fifth year, which begins on Wednesday 8th January through to Sunday 12th January.

Celebrating fifty years of The Man Who Sold The World with live music, art, talks, film, literature, fashion, photography, DJs, illustrations and lots more!

Check out the latest programme of events, exhibitions and gigs taking place over the five-day festival on the BW Monthly Calendar.

Lots of newly announced events including their cinema programme, fashion events, more Q&As and a massive family event in Smithfield Square.

Tickets are on sale now for these events - visit dublinbowiefestival.ie website for more details and information.

The re-arranged date for AN EVENING WITH WOODY WOODMANSEY talk on the Isle of Wight is Friday 7th February.

As the powerhouse drummer behind the Spiders From Mars, Woody Woodmansey helped propel DAVID BOWIE to superstardom. From 1970 to 1973, from Changes and Life On Mars? to Starman, The Jean Genie and Drive-In Saturday, Woody pounded out a glam beat for Bowie.

Hear Woody recall those heady Ziggy Stardust days at what promises to be a very special 'Evening With...' event!

Venue: Quay Arts, Anthony Minghella Theatre, Newport, Isle of Wight.
Date: Friday 7th February at 8:00pm
Tickets: £12 in advance, £13 on the door

For more details and ticket booking, please visit the quayarts.org website.

Released this month is SPEED OF LIFE, a DAVID BOWIE-themed movie focusing on how Bowie's passing impacted on a fictional couple.

Synopsis: In 2016, David Bowie's death creates a rift in time and space. June and Edward are in the midst of an argument when Edward suddenly falls into the wormhole created by Bowie's death, vanishing without a trace.

In 2040, June continues to mourn the loss of Edward while facing the dark reality of her approaching 60th birthday, when she will be locked away along with the rest of her society's senior citizens. Unwilling to disappear, June begins to plan her escape when Edward suddenly reappears in her life. June has spent 24 years without Edward, but for Edward it has been mere moments.

The movie, written and directed by LIZ MANASHIL, stars Allison Tolman and Ray Santiago as the young couple, Ann Dowd plays the older version of June.

Check out the just released OFFICIAL TRAILER

The movie is released on 10th January - the fourth anniversary of David's passing - on Apple TV, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play and other streaming services.

Later this month on 10th/11th January, the NATIONAL SPACE CENTRE in Leicester are hosting two special nights celebrating the music of DAVID BOWIE.

The evenings will include live music from tribute act DAVID LIVE, a British, five-piece band, as well as a never before seen Bowie-inspired exhibition of fashion, textiles, art and photography.

Update: Also being shown is previously unseen Bowie footage shot by Martin Richardson. Martin's 30-minute 'experimental' footage taken in New York had been stored in a metal chest at De Montfort University in Leicester. This was originally taken to the produce holograms of David for his 'hours...' album release.

BOWIE: ODDITY TO MARS
Dates: 10th and 11th January
Venue: National Space Centre
Address: Exploration Drive, Leicester LE4 5NS, England.

For more details about this event, please visit spacecentre.co.uk website.

From Elliott at the National Space Centre.

Two celebration gigs taking place in New York City next week on 7th and 8th January is THE SOUND AND VISION OF DAVID BOWIE at The Cutting Room.

The Sound and Vision of David Bowie is a band comprised of former Bowie band members and people who worked closely with David. We are celebrating the birthday, the music and the humanity of David Bowie in two nights of some of David's most well loved songs. This is a project of passion for us all and we hope that you will join us.

Featuring: Michael C. Hall / Gail Ann Dorsey / Mark Plati / Catherine Russell / Henry Hey / Tim Lefebvre / Chris McQueen / Everett Bradley / Jim Boggia / JJ Appleton / Brian Delaney / and a very special guest on saxophone.

Venue: The Cutting Room
Address: 44 E 32nd Street, 10016 New York City, NY, USA.

Dates and Tickets:
Tuesday, 7th January at 8.00pm. Doors at 6:30pm. Under 21 with guardian - [Tickets].

Wednesday, 8th January at 8.00pm. Doors at 6:30pm. Under 21 with guardian - [Tickets].

The Cutting Room has been a hub for many artists since 1999. At its new location on East 32nd Street between Park and Madison, The Cutting Room builds on a decade of history that includes some of today's top performers. John Mayer, Lady Gaga, Sting, Sheryl Crow and David Bowie are just some of the artists that have graced the stage of the Cutting Room at its previous location.

For more details please visit thecuttingroomnyc.com website.

• DAVID BOWIE'S DIAMOND DOGS (33 1/3) by Glenn Hendler, paperback, 152 pages, to be published on 5th March - PRE-ORDER

• DAVID BOWIE FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Rock's Finest Actor by Ian Chapman, paperback, 344 pages, to be published on 10th April - PRE-ORDER

• DAVID BOWIE 40th Anniversary 7" Limited Edition Picture Disc Single ALABAMA SONG / JOE THE LION / ALABAMA SONG (LIVE) is released on 14th February - PRE-ORDER

BOWIE: Stardust, Rayguns and Moonage Daydreams by Michael Allred, hardcover, 160 pages, published on 7th January - purchase now.

Brand new DAVID BOWIE - CONVERSATION PIECE 5-CD Box Set and digital includes TWELVE exclusively previously unreleased tracks - released 15th November - purchase now. REDUCED!

SPACE ODDITY (2019 MIX) album released on CD, digital and Vinyl - released on 15th November - purchase now.

SPACE ODDITY (2019 MIX) album released on Vinyl - the various vinyl configurations will be randomly distributed worldwide with a mixture of hand-numbered labels; numbers 1 to 1969 on silver vinyl numbers and 1970 to 2019 on gold vinyl, with the remainder being black vinyl - released on 15th November - purchase now.

New book WHY BOWIE MATTERS by Will Brooker, hardcover, 240 pages, published on 14th November - purchase now.

Official Collectors Limited Edition 2020 DAVID BOWIE WALL CALENDAR square format calendar 12 month, featuring different stunning images each month, size 31.2cm x 31.2cm - you can purchase now.

Official 2020 DAVID BOWIE WALL CALENDAR A3 format, 12 month, featuring different stunning images each month, size 42cm x 29.7cm - you can purchase now.

2018 softback edition of DAVID BOWIE WORLD 7" RECORDS DISCOGRAPHY 1964 - 1981 book by MARSHALL JARMAN and RETO STÖCKLIN you can purchase now via marmot-publishing.com

Exclusive DAVID BOWIE lino-cut print available to PURCHASE - don't hang around, these are ALL the remaining original left-over stock from 36 years ago, once they've gone, they've gone!