November sees the release of THE NEXT DAY EXTRA a three-disc set by DAVID BOWIE which contains FIVE unheard songs, two brand new remixes and a DVD featuring all four promotional videos shot for The Next Day album.

davidbowie.com released the following press release today:

- FIVE UNHEARD TRACKS
- TWO BRAND NEW REMIXES
- DVD FEATURING THE VIDEOS FROM THE NEXT DAY

'THE NEXT DAY' the critically acclaimed and Barclaycard Mercury Music Prize nominated album is to be released as a three-disc edition on November 4th.

The critically lauded 'THE NEXT DAY' album released in March was number 1 in 15 countries.

'THE NEXT DAY EXTRA' will feature the original 14 song album, a 10 track companion cd with five unheard songs, two remixes (including one by LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy) and a DVD featuring four videos from 'THE NEXT DAY'.

'THE NEXT DAY' companion album track listing:

       ATOMICA
       LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA)
       PLAN
       THE INFORMER
       LIKE A ROCKET MAN
       BORN IN A UFO
       I'D RATHER BE HIGH (VENETIAN MIX)
       I'LL TAKE YOU THERE
       GOD BLESS THE GIRL
       SO SHE

ATOMICA, THE INFORMER, LIKE A ROCKET MAN, BORN IN A UFO and GOD BLESS THE GIRL are previously unheard tracks and the epic 10 minute LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX) is remixed by LCD Soundsystem mainman James Murphy fresh from production duties on the new Arcade Fire album, which also features Bowie on the title track 'Reflektor'.

'THE NEXT DAY' DVD features the visuals for 'WHERE ARE WE NOW?', 'THE STARS (ARE OUT TONIGHT)', 'VALENTINE'S DAY' and the title track 'THE NEXT DAY'.

In addition to the 'THE NEXT DAY EXTRA' there will be a 7-track digital EP bundle featuring...

       ATOMICA
       LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA)
       THE INFORMER
       LIKE A ROCKET MAN
       BORN IN A UFO
       I'D RATHER BE HIGH (VENETIAN MIX)
       GOD BLESS THE GIRL

Critical acclaim for 'THE NEXT DAY'.

NME: "These songs feel like stories that insisted on being told".

Rolling Stone: "A triumphant album".

Q: "Start arguing for its merits as an equal to Low or a Heroes".

The Guardian: "The Next Day makes you hope it's not a one-off, that his return continues apace: no mean feat, given that listening to a new album by most of his peers makes you wish they'd stick to playing the greatest hits".

The Independent: "The greatest comeback album ever".

The Telegraph: "An absolute wonder: urgent, sharp-edged, bold, beautiful and baffling".

The Times: "A great album and something that is rare in an age when everything is explained and revealed: a sense of mystery".

Los Angeles Times: "Breathtaking... a marvelously successful return".

The Quietus: "David Bowie, then. History, but still happening. And the next day, and the next. Greatness. It can't go on. It goes on".

'THE NEXT DAY EXTRA' will be released on November 4th.

#TheNextDayExtra

You can pre-order The Next Day Extra (Collector's Edition) NOW.

Courtesy of GUERRILLA MONSTER FILMS you can download rare Super 8mm silent footage of DAVID BOWIE's 1972 Memphis performance of Ziggy Stardust at the Ellis Auditorium, evening show 24th September 1972.

Make sure you read 'THE KINGS AND I' by Elizabeth Dollarhide - fabulous read.

The DAVID BOWIE Is exhibition has officially opened in Toronto, Canada...

Check out a selection of articles below:

InDepthRadio: Rare David Bowie items on display at Toronto exhibit - [Read here].
Calgary Herald: David Bowie Is exhibit launches at Art Gallery of Ontario (with gallery) - [Read here].
Toronto Star: David Bowie Is opens at the Art Gallery of Ontario - [Read here].
CBC News: 'David Bowie is' premieres at the AGO - [Read here].
Exclaim!: Sneak Preview: 'David Bowie is' at the Art Gallery of Ontario - [Read here].
The Globe and Mail: AGO's David Bowie Is: Less an exhibition, more an act of exaltation - [Read here].
CP24: Extensive 'David Bowie Is' exhibit launches at AGO - [Read here].
CHCH: David Bowie exhibition at AGO - [Read here]

Famed Mancunian photographer HARRY GOODWIN sadly passed away on Monday 23rd September aged 89 years old.

At the original BBC Studios on Dickenson Road, Manchester, Harry became the resident photographer of the music programme Top Of The Pops from its inception in 1964 until 1973.

Harry was born in Manchester and grew up in Chorlton-cum-Hardy. I had the pleasure of meeting him several times. What an absolutely lovely chap.

BBC News: Harry Goodwin, a former Top Of The Pops photographer - [Read here].

You can read more about Harry's life here

DAVID BOWIE graces the front cover of Danish magazine EUROMAN for their October issue.

Inside there are thirty-two pages dedicated to David, 'the epitome of coolness'.

On their website blog they have displayed three scrap cover variations before deciding on the illustrated design by Martin Mörck.

Their blog states: 'Each month when we start the process of laying out a new front of Euroman, we are constantly working with multiple versions of the cover.

We try many different images of working with locations of all the visual elements, tightens texts up, experiment and refine until we have a winner. Sometimes the decision on the final front first raised at the last second before press time.

Here are three versions of the front of our David Bowie number that we worked up to a few hours before the magazine was sent to press. It ended up being aware of becoming another front, as we concurrently had worked with. See the alternate covers below'.

     

The magazine is on sale now. You can purchase the online version here or check out their website for more details.

• As you are aware the DAVID BOWIE Is exhibition is about to hit Canada. The Art Gallery of Ontario are asking people to come costumed to David Bowie Is and the first 200 in costumes to show up on 25th September get admission to sold-out opening evening - [More details]...

• PLACEBO who have just released their new album 'Loud Like Love' are interviewed on Digital Spy... BRIAN MOLKO says: "If Bowie can make a record in complete anonymity without anybody knowing about it and without it being leaked and without it coming out and surprise everybody the way that he did - and to come back with such a wistful track like 'Where Are We Now?' - then I think there's hope for us, there really, really is. And hats off to him. Touche. Well done David." - [Read here]...

• Currently underway at THE LIGHTBOX in Woking, Surrey, England is the photo exhibition Lawrence Watson: Pop Portraits, which includes a glorious black and white DAVID BOWIE portrait. This exhibition spans Lawrence's 30-year-career in the music business and will feature some of the most well-known musicians in the world, including David Bowie, Oasis, Pulp, Morrissey, Snoop Dogg, Pet Shop Boys and Grace Jones. The exhibition runs until 1st December in the Upper Gallery. Free Entry - [More details]...

• CLASSIC ROCK magazine: Mott The Hoople guitarist MICK RALPHS recalls how DAVID BOWIE saved Mott's bacon. You can listen in to the radio interview - [Visit here]...

• THE NEWS SHOPPER newspaper has an article on the recent Free Festival at Croydon Road Recreation Ground in Beckenham for the bandstand appeal. Nice photos and article by Robert Fisk - [Read here]...

• Mercury Prize nominated RUDIMENTAL fancy a DAVID BOWIE collaboration. The Hackney quartet named their studio Major Tom, and after being nominated alongside David, they are making sure the word gets out - [Read here]...

• New movie RUSH about racing driver JAMES HUNT features DAVID BOWIE's 'Fame' on the soundtrack... and what a fabulous movie it is!

Check out the latest odds for the outright winner of the MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE 2013.

       3/1 Disclosure (Settle).
       5/1 David Bowie (The Next Day).
       11/2 Foals (Holy Fire).
       6/1 Savages (Silence Yourself).
       7/1 Jon Hopkins (Immunity).
       8/1 Laura Marling (Once I Was An Eagle).
       10/1 Arctic Monkeys (AM).
       12/1 Rudimental (Home).
       12/1 Laura Mvula (Sing To The Moon).
       14/1 James Blake (Overgrown).
       16/1 Villagers (Awayland).
       16/1 Jake Bugg (Jake Bugg).

Check ALL the best daily odds here

The Barclaycard MERCURY PRIZE 2013 Albums of the Year were announced earlier this evening at The Hospital Club in Covent Garden, London.

Amongst the nominees is DAVID BOWIE with his latest album The Next Day.

The full list of 12 nominees are as follows:

       Arctic Monkeys - AM
       David Bowie - The Next Day
       Foals - Holy Fire
       Laura Marling - Once I Was An Eagle
       Disclosure - Settle
       James Blake - Overgrown
       Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg
       Rudimental - Home
       Laura Mvula - Sing To The Moon
       Jon Hopkins - Immunity
       Savages - Silence Yourself
       Villagers - Awayland

The winner is to be announced on 30th October at the ceremony taking place at The Roundhouse in London.

More details can be found over at mercuryprize.com

If you are planning on attending the MEMORY OF A FREE FESTIVAL in Beckenham this coming weekend please be aware that several newspapers published the WRONG DATE.

The event takes place on SUNDAY (not Saturday) 15th September.

For information updates go to: facebook.com/beckenham.bowie and becrec.net

DAVID BOWIE has collaborated with ARCADE FIRE on their brand new single released today. Check out the promo video for 'Reflektor' below...

DAVID BOWIE has been nominated in THREE categories in the CLASSIC ROCK AWARDS 2013.

'The Next Day' has been nominated for 'Album Of The Year' and also appears in the 'Event of the Year'. David is also nominated in the 'Band Of The Year' category.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: The Next Day. Bowie's first album in a decade became the fastest selling record of the year.

BAND OF THE YEAR: We're still trying to figure out how he kept the lid on one of the most exciting comebacks ever.

EVENT OF THE YEAR: David Bowie releases an album.

From Matt W. at Classic Rock magazine.

DAVID BOWIE Is Here... Official Opening Party on Friday, September 27th 2013 at 9 pm - 1 am.

Limited Capacity! Advance Tickets: $45. AGO Members: $40.

Tickets include admission to David Bowie Is.

Cash bar and food stations.

Celebrate the biggest exhibition of the Fall - and one of pop culture's all-time heroes - by attending the official David Bowie Is opening party. Featuring DJs, video tributes by local artists, and a one-off pop-up exhibition featuring Toronto's biggest Bowie superfans. Plus, be among the first to see the landmark exhibition the whole city will be buzzing about!

Tickets are scheduled to go on sale Tuesday, September 10th at 10 am online.

Another book is due for publication in November is DAVID BOWIE: Ever Changing Hero by Sean Egan.

Hardcover containing 128 pages, foreword by Malcolm Mackenzie and published on 1st November by Flame Tree Publishing.

As author or editor of eighteen books Sean Egan has written books on The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Coronation Street, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tarzan and Manchester United Football Club. Written extensively for rock magazines, from Classic Rock to Vox, and CD sleevenotes for Mercury, Sanctuary, Factory and more.

Synopsis: David Bowie needs no introduction. An immense star whose music and writing has transcended generations he remains one of the most articulate influencers of modern music. Over fifty years his singles and albums have slid up and down the bestseller charts, adapting to the changing times, exploring new musical themes, always pushing at boundaries in a desperate desire to seek out the new and the different. This fantastic new, unofficial biography covers his life, music, art and movies, with a sweep of incredible photographs.

You can pre-order David Bowie: Ever Changing Hero NOW.

It is has been reported on various sources that DAVID BOWIE has collaborated with ARCADE FIRE on their brand new album Reflektor which is scheduled for release on 29th October.

David is believed to have sung backing vocals and played saxophone on their lead single 'Reflektor' which is released tomorrow 9th September at 9pm.

The track was recorded with the group and producer James Murphy at Electric Lady Studios in New York and the promotional video is directed by Anton Corbijn.

Check out the links below:

CTV News: Did Arcade Fire's new single 'Reflektor' leak online? - [Read here].
Toronto Sun: David Bowie collaborates with Arcade Fire - [Read here].
NME: Arcade Fire's new single 'Reflektor' leaks online - [Read here].
Contact Music: David Bowie Collaborates With Arcade Fire - [Read here].
NME David Bowie rumoured to make appearance on new Arcade Fire album - [Read here].

DAVID BOWIE has been nominated in SIX categories in the upcoming Q Awards 2013.

This year's Q Awards takes place on Monday 21st October at a central London venue. Help them choose the winners and you could win a pair of tickets to music's most prestigious event. David features in the following categories below:

Q BEST TRACK
       Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
       Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
       David Bowie - Where Are We Now?
       Ellie Goulding - Burn
       Robin Thicke ft TI and Pharrell - Blurred Lines

Q BEST ALBUM Presented By Bose.
       David Bowie - The Next Day
       Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires Of The City
       Foals - Holy Fire
       Daft Punk - Random Access Memories
       Biffy Clyro - Opposites

Q BEST VIDEO
       Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
       David Bowie - The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
       Manic Street Preachers - Show Me The Wonder
       Vampire Weekend - Diane Young
       Beady Eye - Shine A Light

Q BEST SOLO ARTIST Presented By Citroen
       David Bowie
       Jake Bugg
       Laura Marling
       Ellie Goulding
       John Grant

Q BEST ACT IN THE WORLD TODAY
       David Bowie
       Vampire Weekend
       Arctic Monkeys
       Biffy Clyro
       Foals

Q BEST EVENT
       Glastonbury
       David Bowie at the V&A
       Kraftwerk at Tate Modern
       The Rolling Stones in Hyde Park
       Latitude
       The Killers at Wembley Stadium and The Garage

Go get your voice heard and VOTE HERE - voting closes 11th October.

DAVID BOWIE tribute band ECHO BOWIE have announced their upcoming 'Golden Years Are Now' tour, which is taking place in theatres across Holland in 2013-2014.

Echo Bowie take you on a journey through the various periods of the career of the greatest innovator in pop music. The concert is visually inspired by Bowie's own sources of inspiration: London, Hollywood, the 30's theatre scene in Berlin, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol. The band will criss-cross through time and space, with the numerous hits as travel guide.

Space Oddity, Changes, Ziggy Stardust, Jean Genie, Rebel Rebel, Fame, Golden Years, China Girl, Let's Dance, Absolute Beginners, The Man Who Sold The World (for many associated with Nirvana), the world famous duet with Queen Under Pressure, some hidden gems from his illustrous back catalogue and modern classics from his 2013 number 1 comeback album. The band rocks, funks and croons its way through more than 40 years of pop history, but always interprets the songs "now". Yes, Golden Years Are Now!

Echo Bowie: Golden Years Are Now Tour dates below:

       28 September 2013: Theater de Purmaryn, Purmerend.
       1 November: Theater De Hofnar, Valkenswaard.
       17 January 2014: Amphion, Doetinchem, Netherlands.
       7 March: Theater De Leest, Waalwijk.
       29 March: Schouwburg De Lawei, Drachten.
       30 April: De Meerse, Hoofddorp, Netherlands.
       3 May: Theater De Maagd, Bergen op Zoom.
       9 May: Rijswijkse Schouwburg (ZH), Rijswijk.

More information and details are available at facebook.com/echobowie

Excitement around the MEMORY OF A FREE FESTIVAL being staged in Beckenham is building as Sunday 15th September approaches.

First came news that the legendary American folk-rock musician Amory Kane is flying from San Francisco to headline the music lineup - then organiser Natasha Ryzhova Lau had a call from a DAVID BOWIE aide, confirming that David is donating signed memorabilia which will be auctioned during the festival.

The 2013 festival is a reprise of the 1969 Free Festival staged at the Croydon Road Recreation Ground by David Bowie and his friends at the Beckenham Arts Lab. Amory Kane's performance was one of the 1969 highlights. He says the invitation to play again this year was irresistible:

"I love beyond measure to be in the UK at any time because it is the land of my childhood, but this trip is really special - I have vivid happy memories of the Arts Lab festival and I'm delighted to be coming back."

The 2013 festival is being organised as a fund raiser to renovate the iconic Victorian bandstand in the Croydon Road Recreation Ground where David Bowie, Amory Kane, Bridget St John, Keith Christmas, The Strawbs and other musicians from the psychedelic era performed on a sunny August afternoon 44 years ago. The money raised by the auction of David's signed memorabilia will go into the bandstand fund:

"We are thrilled at David's generosity," says organiser Natasha. "And I'll say a big thank you to him on the day."

In 1969 David Bowie lived in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, sharing a flat with the journalist Mary Finnigan. They launched 'Growth' at a Folk Club at the Three Tuns pub (now a Zizzi pizza restaurant) which attracted a huge following from all over south London and beyond - and later morphed into The Beckenham Arts Lab.

The 2013 festival aims to recreate the magic of the original event. Performances include The Thin White Duke Bowie tribute band, Bill Liesegang (who also played in 1969), Keval, Raf and O, Low Rent Tractors and Scott Fuller and John Aldington. There will be stalls provided by Gingham Goose Craft Markets, face painting, refreshments, a raffle and other attractions.

In 1969 the festival was free. Thanks to generous donations by individuals including Angie Bowie, Calvin Mark Lee and DJ Tim Goffe, it raised £200 (approx. £800 today) for the Arts Lab. Contemporary regulations make it impossible to replicate free entry, so there will be a charge of £5.00 to cover expenses, with voluntary contributions towards the bandstand restoration fund.

On September 15th the fun starts at 2.00pm, with non stop live music from 3 to 6 pm.

If you cannot attend the event, but would like to make a donation towards the of the bandstand repair please VISIT HERE where you can donate via PayPal.

For information updates go to: facebook.com/beckenham.bowie and becrec.net

From Natasha Lau.

Just published by Wise Publications is the album songbook for DAVID BOWIE's 'The Next Day'.

Synopsis: Released to the surprise of fans, pundits and even Columbia Records' own PR department, 'The Next Day' is David Bowie's twenty-fourth studio album, announced on his sixty-sixth birthday.

Containing Bowie's first collection of all-new material for over ten years, The Next Day debuted at number 1 and number 2 on charts across the world. A critical as well as commercial success, the album garnered five star reviews from Q, The Independent and The Telegraph, while the Guardian, Mojo, Rolling Stone and The Times gave it four stars.

This matching songbook contains sheet music for all the tracks from The Next Day, including the singles Where Are We Now?, The Stars (Are Out Tonight), The Next Day and Valentine's Day. It also contains the songs from the deluxe version of the album: So She, Plan and I'll Take You There.

All the songs have been expertly arranged for Piano, Vocal and Guitar.

Containing eighty-eight pages - you can purchase David Bowie: The Next Day. Sheet Music for Piano, Vocal and Guitar NOW.

A group of DAVID BOWIE fans have joined forces with the Friends of Croydon Road Recreation Ground to reprise the legendary Free Festival organised to raise funds for the Beckenham Arts Lab. The Free Festival was held at the Recreation Ground on August 16th 1969.

The 2013 festival will kick off at 2.00pm on Sunday 15th September, with music from the bandstand from 3 to 6 pm. This time around the aim is to raise funds to renovate the iconic Victorian bandstand where Bowie and friends performed 44 years ago. After the Arts Lab festival David wrote one of his best loved songs, Memory of a Free Festival, which features on his second album.

2013 organiser Natasha Ryzhova Lau says:

"We want to celebrate David Bowie's time in Beckenham and his spectacular career that followed, but our most important objective is to rescue the bandstand which is part of Beckenham's heritage and urgently needs repairs, but cannot be restored with funding from the public purse".

In 1969 David Bowie lived in Foxgrove Road, Beckenham, sharing a flat with the journalist Mary Finnigan. They launched a Folk Club at the Three Tuns pub (now a Zizzi pizza restaurant) which attracted a huge following from all over south London and beyond - and later morphed into The Beckenham Arts Lab.

The 2013 festival aims to recreate the magic of the original event, with performances by The Thin White Duke Bowie tribute band, Bill Liesegang (who played in 1969), Keval, Raf and O, Low Rent Tractors and Scott Fuller and John Aldington. There will be stalls provided by Gingham Goose Craft Markets, face painting, refreshments, a raffle and other attractions.

In 1969 the festival was free. Thanks to generous donations by various individuals including Angie Bowie, Calvin Mark Lee and DJ Tim Goffe, it raised £200 (approx. £800 today) for the Arts Lab. Contemporary regulations make it impossible to replicate free entry, so there will be a charge of £5.00 to cover expenses, with voluntary contributions towards the bandstand restoration fund.

If you can't attend the event, but would like to make a donation towards the of the bandstand repair please VISIT HERE where you can donate via PayPal.

You can read the official press release here - for information and updates go to: facebook.com/beckenham.bowie and becrec.net

By Mary Finnigan. From Natasha Lau.

Several countries and venues have been announced for the DAVID BOWIE Is exhibition world tour...

Below are the confirmed venues so far... with more to follow...

       Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada.
       From 25th September to 27th November 2013.
       Visit ago.net

       Museum of Image and Sound, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
       From 28th January to 21st April 2014.
       Visit mis-op.org.br

       Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA.
       From September 2014 to January 2015.
       Visit mcachiago.org

       Philharmonie de Paris / Cite de la Musique, Paris, France.
       From 2nd March to 31st May 2015.
       Visit citedelamusique.fr

       Groninger Museum, Groningen, The Netherlands.
       From 15th December 2015 to 15th March 2016.
       Visit groningermuseum.nl

You can read the official press release at vam.ac.uk

DAVID BOWIE WONDERWORLD REMINDERS Brand new release THE NEXT DAY EXTRA Collectors Edition 3-disc Box Set features 5 new unheard songs, 2 brand new remixes and DVD featuring 4 promo videos - scheduled for release by Sony on 4th November - you can pre-order NOW. THE NEXT DAY SONGBOOK Sheet Music for Piano, Vocal and Guitar published by Wise Publications on 11th July contains 88-pages - purchase NOW. New DAVID BOWIE studio album THE NEXT DAY released by ISO/Columbia in 3 different formats. Release dates varied starting from 8th March through to 15th March - you can now purchase the Audio CD Deluxe Edition and Audio CD and the Vinyl 2LP Edition plus CD DAVID BOWIE new album THE NEXT DAY exclusive JAPANESE ONLY Blu-spec CD2 released on 13th March contains FOURTH bonus track 'God Bless The Girl'. Available to purchase NOW. Two disc DVD and Interview Set DAVID BOWIE - LOWDOWN released by Sexy Intellectual on 8th July - you can purchase NOW.                     [Close]