On this day, 45 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the London Palladium as part of the Save Rave 1969 charity event.

David sang two songs: Space Oddity and Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud.

Also appearing were: Grapefruit, Karen Young, Magna Carta, Marmalade, The Settlers, Clodagh Rodgers, Tiny Tim, The GoJos, Lou Christie, The Graham Bond Initiation, The Equals and Dusty Springfield.

The concert was held annually in order to raise funds for the 'Invalid Children's Aid Association' as was attended by Her Royal Highness The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon and The Earl of Snowdon.

You can view the programme and some photographs from this event - here

Quick round-up of world chart positions for DAVID BOWIE - Nothing Has Changed - 1st and some 2nd week chart positions...

       Australia #58
       Austria #30
       Belgium (VI) #21 #9
       Belgium (Wa) #32 #24
       Czech Republic #87
       Finland #49
       France #22
       Germany #24
       Hong Kong #17
       Hungary #9
       Ireland #11 #16
       Israel #3
       Italy #16
       Japan #26
       Netherlands #12 #31
       New Zealand #34
       Norway #14
       Scotland #12 #32
       Spain #24
       Sweden #20
       Switzerland #42
       UK #9 #30
       USA #57
       World Albums Top 40 #13

Nothing Has Changed is number ONE in the official UK vinyl chart. Also Drive-In Saturday is at number ONE in Malta on the download chart.

• Guess which two movies took the top 2 places in the BFI Sci-Fi poll? - [Read here]...

• THE SMASHING PUMPKINS are doing their version of DAVID BOWIE's 'Fame' on their current world tour. Check out the Chicago gig vid - [View here]...

• Check out THE BOXTROLLS 'Let's Dance' featurette extra on the DVD release. This DAVID BOWIE cover was created by McKenzie Stubbert and his wife Tiffany is also singing - [View here]...

• Twelve questions for China Girl video star GEELING - [Read here]...

• Check out the front cover of the forthcoming MIKE GARSON biography by Clifford Slapper and published via Fantom. The book is available exclusively via their website next month and goes on general sale in March 2015. Pre-orders are now available signed and non signed - [View here]...

• Check out the official DAVID BOWIE trailer - Nothing Has Changed - Part Two...

Released today is the new DAVID BOWIE US only release... 10" Limited Edition Numbered vinyl single on the Columbia label.

Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) / Tis A Pity She Was A Whore is released exclusively for Record Store Day Black Friday 2014.

Side One:
       Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime).

Side Two:
       'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore.
       Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) - (Radio Edit).

If like me, you're having problems getting hold of one of these beauties, you can always try and pick up a bargain via eBay listings - there are lots on there.

Available now to purchase is the brand new book DAVID BOWIE IN HUNGER CITY, NEW YORK 1974 from Cygnet Committee.

This second 40-page limited edition fan-published book focuses on the two dates at Madison Square Garden on 19th and 20th July 1974.

David Bowie's all-singing, all-dancing, all-hydraulic-lifting Year of the Diamond Dogs show was arguably the most elaborate and theatrical of his career. And even now, 40 years later, the tour retains its air of fascination. 'Bowie in Hunger City' tells the full story of what happened when Bowie's futuristic rock theatre revue rolled into New York City in July 1974.

Full details, purchasing information and photo art print-sets can be found at the cygnetcommittee.co.uk website.

Cygnet Committee are now on Twitter. Please follow them at @Cygnetcomuk for news, updates and all that jazz.

Spanish singer MANOLO GARCÍA has just released via Sony Music 'Esta Noche He Soñado Con David Bowie' which means in English... 'Last night I dreamt of David Bowie'.

Manola recorded in New York with some familiar names... Gerry Leonard, Zachary Alford, Earl Slick, Sara Lee.

If you can read Spanish, check out this interview via lavanguardia.com website.

Roughly translated lyrics are as follows...

       Last night I dreamt of David Bowie
       I met him, I said to him when passing:
       I do not want to bother you, sir, but I have to tell you:
       Thank you, thank you very much
       Thanks for a living making people happy
       Thank you for a life making people feel happy
       Thanks for that life, the breath of life.

       He mumbled something, and he has gone around
       Wiping a tear, welling ascending from the centre of the world
       Butterflies flew from his lips
       Thanks for a living making people happy
       Thank for for a life making people feel happy
       Thanks for that life, the breath of life

       I woke up thinking that everyone plays their cards
       I woke up thinking that everyone runs their assets

manolo-garcia.com

• DAVID BOWIE's Nothing Has Changed new compilation album has hit the Official UK Charts in its first week at number 9. His new single Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) entered the UK singles charts at number 81...

• Reserve tickets for the DAVID BOWIE Is exhibition in Paris go on sale this Monday at 11am. The exhibition runs from 2 March 2015 until 31 May 2015 at Philharmonie de Paris/Cite de la Musique - [More details]...

• New hardback book due for publication next year in May 2015... 'Bowie on Bowie: Interviews and Encounters with David Bowie' (Musicians in Their Own Words) by Sean Egan via Chicago Review Press...

• GERRY LEONARD visited the DAVID BOWIE Is exhibition in Chicago and chatted with The Chicago Ambassador - [Read here]...

Les 1.000 visages de David Bowie attendus a Paris...

• Happy Birthday wishes to GAIL ANN DORSEY...

• DAVID BOWIE's Nothing Has Changed album is placed at #7 in the Official UK Mid Week Charts...

• One of the songs on NOEL GALLAGHER's next album is inspired and influenced by DAVID BOWIE's 'Starman'. High Flying Birds release 'Chasing Yesterday' on 2nd March 2015...

• To mark the release of DAVID BOWIE's Nothing Has Changed, RTE are giving you the chance to win the compilation album - [Enter here]...

• @ladygaga: So PARIS MONSTERS grab your seashells, Koons gazing balls, APPLAUSE makeup, Bowie magic hat selves + get ready cuz the world is watching!..

• GERRY LEONARD is interviewed on the Dave Fanning show RTE Radio 2 - [Read here]...

• The72Club presents The DAVID BOWIE Tribute Nite on Saturday 29th November at Ilford Sports Club, Essex - [More details]...

• Besides Japan, Argentina and Mexico also get an extra 1CD version of DAVID BOWIE's Nothing Has Changed album...

• Check out the official DAVID BOWIE trailer - Nothing Has Changed - Part One...

Released today in the UK, is the brand new DAVID BOWIE compilation album NOTHING HAS CHANGED which is available in THREE different versions, namely the Deluxe 3CD Box Set, 2CD and Double Vinyl.

   

 

 

NOTHING HAS CHANGED collects together for the first time the definitive collection of Bowie's music from 1964 to 2014 and features some previously unreleased material as well as tracks making their debut on CD.

LET ME SLEEP BESIDE YOU was first released on THE WORLD OF DAVID BOWIE in 1970. In 2000, it was re-recorded for inclusion on the unreleased TOY album and has remained in the vaults until its inclusion on NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

SHADOW MAN is a famous still unreleased outtake from 1971, the version on NOTHING HAS CHANGED is a re-recording that was made for the unreleased TOY album and first appeared as a b-side on a swiftly deleted single in the early 2000s.

LOVE IS LOST (HELLO STEVE REICH MIX BY JAMES MURPHY FOR THE DFA EDIT) this edited version of critically lauded remix by James Murphy is making its CD premiere.

YOUR TURN TO DRIVE is making its CD debut, it was originally offered as a free download to customers who ordered their copy of the REALITY album online.

WILD IS THE WIND (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) was previously only released on the audio DVD in the Station To Station Deluxe box set. This is its debut on CD.

YOUNG AMERICANS (2007 Tony Visconti Mix Single Edit) the unedited version of the song was previously only released in 5.1 mix on the Young Americans Special Edition CD/DVD. This single edit is previously unreleased.

ALL THE YOUNG DUDES this is a previously unreleased stereo mix of David's own version of the song given to, and a hit for Mott The Hoople.

LIFE ON MARS? (2003 Ken Scott Mix) this version was previously only released on the 40th anniversary 7" picture disc; this is its debut on CD.

DAVID BOWIE - 'NOTHING HAS CHANGED' TRACKLISTING

3CD DELUXE EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

CD 1:
Sue (or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40).
Where Are We Now? (4.09).
Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07).
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) (3.57).
New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42).
Everyone Says 'Hi' (edit) (3.29).
Slow Burn (radio edit) (3.55).
Let Me Sleep Beside You (3.14).
Your Turn To Drive (4.44).
Shadow Man (4.48).
Seven (Marius De Vries mix) (4.12).
Survive (Marius De Vries mix) (4.18).
Thursday's Child (radio edit) (4.25).
I'm Afraid Of Americans (V1) (clean edit) (4.30).
Little Wonder (edit) (3.40).
Hallo Spaceboy (PSB Remix) (with The Pet Shop Boys) (4.23).
The Heart's Filthy Lesson (radio edit) (3.32).
Strangers When We Meet (single version) (4.21).

CD 2:
Buddha Of Suburbia (4.24).
Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53).
Time Will Crawl (MM remix) (4.18).
Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35).
Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20).
Loving The Alien (single remix) (4.45).
This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51).
Blue Jean (3.11).
Modern Love (single version) (3.56).
China Girl (single version) (4.15).
Let's Dance (single version) (4.08).
Fashion (single version) (3.25).
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (single version) (3.32).
Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35).
Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56).
Boys Keep Swinging (3.17).
"Heroes" (single version) (3.35).
Sound And Vision (3.03).
Golden Years (single version) (3.27).
Wild Is The Wind (2010 Harry Maslin Mix) (5.58).

CD 3:
Fame (4.14).
Young Americans (2007 Tony Visconti mix single edit) (3.13).
Diamond Dogs (5.56).
Rebel Rebel (4.28).
Sorrow (2.53).
Drive-In Saturday (4.29).
All The Young Dudes (3.08).
The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05).
Moonage Daydream (4.40).
Ziggy Stardust (3.12).
Starman (original single mix) (4.10).
Life On Mars? (2003 Ken Scott mix) (3.49).
Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11).
Changes (3.33).
The Man Who Sold The World (3.56).
Space Oddity (5.12).
In The Heat Of The Morning (3.00).
Silly Boy Blue (3.54).
Can't Help Thinking About Me (2.46).
You've Got A Habit Of Leaving (2.32).
Liza Jane (2.18).

2CD EDITION/DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

CD 1:
Space Oddity (5.12).
The Man Who Sold The World (3.56).
Changes (3.33).
Oh! You Pretty Things (3.11).
Life On Mars? (3.49).
Starman (original single mix) (4.10).
Ziggy Stardust (3.12).
Moonage Daydream (4.40).
The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05).
All The Young Dudes (3.08).
Drive-In Saturday (4.29).
Sorrow (2.53).
Rebel Rebel (4.28).
Young Americans (original single edit) (3.13).
Fame (4.14).
Golden Years (single version) (3.27).
Sound And Vision (3.03).
"Heroes" (single version) (3.35).
Boys Keep Swinging (3.17).
Fashion (single version) (3.25).
Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35).

CD 2:
Under Pressure (with Queen) (3.56).
Let's Dance (single version) (4.08).
China Girl (single version) (4.15).
Modern Love (single version) (3.56).
Blue Jean (3.11).
This Is Not America (with The Pat Metheny Group) (3.51).
Dancing In The Street (with Mick Jagger) (3.20).
Absolute Beginners (edit) (4.46) .
Jump They Say (radio edit) (3.53).
Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) (with Pet Shop Boys) (4.23).
Little Wonder (edit) (3.40).
I'm Afraid Of Americans V1 (clean edit) (4.30).
Thursday's Child (radio edit) (4.25).
Everyone Says 'Hi' (3.29).
New Killer Star (radio edit) (3.42).
Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix by James Murphy for the DFA Edit) (4.07).
Where Are We Now? (4.09).
Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40).

DOUBLE VINYL

SIDE 1:
Let's Dance (single version) (4.08).
Ashes To Ashes (single version) (3.35).
"Heroes" (single version) (3.35).
Changes (3.33).
Life On Mars? (3.49).

SIDE 2:
Space Oddity (UK single edit) (4.38).
Starman (original single mix) (4.10).
Ziggy Stardust (3.12).
The Jean Genie (original single mix) (4.05).
Rebel Rebel (4.28).

SIDE 3:
Golden Years (single version) (3.27).
Fame (4.14).
Sound And Vision (3.03).
Under Pressure (3.56) - Queen and David Bowie.
Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (7.40).

SIDE 4:
Hallo Spaceboy (Pet Shop Boys remix) - with Pet Shop Boys (4.23).
China Girl (single version) (4.15).
Modern Love (single version) (3.56).
Absolute Beginners (single version) (5.35).
Where Are We Now? (4.09).

(Ed. Absolutely stunning packaging. Not sure why the official press release neglected the fact that a lot of these tracks (I counted 24) are new 2014 remasters. They definitely sound different to my ears).

Also, released on Wednesday, 19th November via Warner Music Japan, is the exclusive JAPANESE ONLY 1-CD edition.

The THREE Japanese releases from label/distributor Warner Music Japan are as follows:

3CD Japanese Deluxe Edition
Catalogue No. WPCR-16181 - Label/Distributor: Warner Music Japan

2CD Japanese Standard Edition
Catalogue No. WPCR-16184 - Label/Distributor: Warner Music Japan

1CD Japanese Only Exclusive
Catalogue No. WPCR-16186 - Label/Distributor: Warner Music Japan

Released today is the brand new single from DAVID BOWIE entitled: Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) on the Parlophone label.

Backed by 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore, this limited edition 10" vinyl is housed in a 1940s Parlophone style sleeve.

The US Columbia Records/Legacy Recordings version is released on 28th November as a Black Friday exclusive.

The set will arrive in Australia on 21st November.

The song was recorded earlier this year with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti.

(Ed. Note: Both these physical 10 inch vinyl releases are limited edition releases).

The TV commercial for DAVID BOWIE's Nothing Has Changed album aired in the UK this evening on CHANNEL FOUR at 9.30pm.

Check out the TV spot for the Spanish version below...

As you can see DAVID BOWIE graces the front cover of the trade magazine MUSIC WEEK.

For their 14th November issue, David ONLY appears on the front cover.

There is no article related to him inside the magazine.

Check out the musicweek.com website.

In Spain, there is a four-page David Bowie spread in S MODA magazine (Elsa Pataky front cover). More details over at the smoda.elpais.com website.

DAVID BOWIE has released his brand new promotional video for his new single SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME).

The video for SUE was filmed in New York and London and directed by Tom Hingston and Jimmy King. The track was recorded earlier this year with the Maria Schneider Orchestra and produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti.

SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME is the new single from David Bowie taken from the forthcoming definitive collection of Bowie's music NOTHING HAS CHANGED both are released in the UK on Parlophone November 17th.

The exclusive premiere of the official music video is hosted by muzu.tv

Released digitally today in the UK is a brand new demo 2014 track from DAVID BOWIE entitled: 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore.

The song features on the b-side soon-to-be released 10 inch vinyl release Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) on 17th November via Parlophone in the UK.

The track had its world premiere this morning on BBC 6 Music at 9.45am on the Shaun Keaveny radio show.

David describes the song as: "If Vorticists wrote Rock Music it might have sounded like this"

The song acknowledges the shocking rawness of the First World War and the title is a play on 'Tis Pity She's A Whore' a John Ford Restoration play first performed in 1629 at the Cockpit Theatre in London.

The demo track was recorded, played and written by David Bowie in his home studio.

The artwork for 'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore was again designed by Jonathan Barnbrook continuing the linking theme of the Nothing Has Changed sleeves of Bowie looking into a mirror.

'Tis A Pity She Was A Whore is also featured on the limited edition 10" single and digital bundle of Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) which was described by The Daily Telegraph as "the latest example of Bowie's genius for self-reinvention. Yes, there's the sound of a big band in the background, but it's a deeply strange sound, without a trace of nostalgia. And as for the voice, it's as uncanny as ever, but freighted with decades of experience. The song seems familiar and deeply strange at once, with an extraordinary blend of nostalgia and irony. If jazz is the "sound of surprise", then Bowie has certainly found it."

Well worth reading is a piece about DAVID BOWIE getting banned from US TV show SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE back in 1997.

"I was banned from the show," said David from his dressing room while waiting to do a soundcheck...

"The gist was that I was somehow roped into a low budget telly advert for a Brooklyn bakery. They wanted me to sing about their pastries or what have you. One of the things they came up with was a version of my song, 'Watch That Man'. But instead, in the chorus I would sing, 'Try our flan'."

Bowie took issue with the way the writers wanted him to pronounce the word "flan". While either of the two main pronunciations is generally accepted, the veteran rock star and food connoisseur was miffed at saying it the "wrong" way.

"David is a man of the world," said Michaels. "He's seen it all. And he takes food very seriously. I get that. But when you are running a big, live production like we are, last second changes can be complicated."

You can read the whole article here.

Update: This story is completely made up and utter nonsense.

• The DAVID BOWIE Is movie documentary is showing in various countries this month. Check out omniversevision.com to view when and where...

• Tweet of the Week: @MCAChicago: 'A fantastic musician in his own right, our thanks to Neil Young for visiting out David Bowie Is recently!'...

• Astronaut CHRIS HADFIELD's version of DAVID BOWIE's 'Space Oddity' is back online via YouTube - [Read here]...

• Birthday memories of TERENCE GUY ADAIR BURNS (David's half-brother) who was born on this day in 1937...

• A portrait of DAVID BOWIE by ANNIE KEVANS entitled ''David Bowie in red' is currently being auctioned for charity. Auction ends 14th November - [More details]...

• Check out the upcoming gigs from DAVID BOWIE tribute band ABSOLUTE BOWIE who are performing around England and The Netherlands - [More details]...

MCA CHICAGO have decided on FOUR different magazine covers for their Fall 2014 issue.

As one image wasn't enough to sum up DAVID BOWIE's varied personas and prodigious output so they chose four!

As you can see, there's a Terry O'Neill Diamond Dogs album photo shot, The Konrads promo photo by Roy Ainsworth, David as Andy Warhol from 'Basquiat' photographed by David Liebowitz and Pinups album photo session by Justin de Villeneuve.

You can download the magazine HERE via pdf.

The David Bowie Is exhibition is currently in Chicago and runs until 4th January 2015.

Released in Japan later this month on 19th November is the DAVID BOWIE greatest hits album 'Nothing Has Changed' featuring the latest remastering.

Includes the new song 'Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)' recorded exclusively for this album.

Among all the 3 editions of the album, an exclusive 1-CD version is available as a Japanese edition only. Comes with a description and lyrics.

The THREE Japanese releases from label/distributor Warner Music Japan are as follows:

3CD Japanese Deluxe Edition
Catalogue No. WPCR-16181
Label/Distributor: Warner Music Japan

2CD Japanese Standard Edition
Catalogue No. WPCR-16184
Label/Distributor: Warner Music Japan

1CD Japanese Only Exclusive
Catalogue No. WPCR-16186
Label/Distributor: Warner Music Japan

Check out the forthcoming DAVID BOWIE compilation album NOTHING HAS CHANGED front, back sleeves and packaging for Deluxe 3CD Box Set, 2CD and Double Vinyl releases.

These are all the UK releases on the Parlophone label...

   

 

 

To be published next month is BOWIE'S PIANO MAN: THE LIFE OF MIKE GARSON by CLIFFORD SLAPPER (Hardback Edition ISBN: 978-1-78196-131-5).

"It is pointless to talk about his ability as a pianist. He is exceptional. However, there are very, very few musicians, let alone pianists, who naturally understand the movement and free thinking necessary to hurl themselves into experimental or traditional areas of music, sometimes, ironically, at the same time. Mike does this with such enthusiasm that it makes my heart glad just to be in the same room with him." - David Bowie on Mike Garson.

Synopsis: Mike Garson has played piano on sixteen David Bowie albums, including Aladdin Sane, with his celebrated piano solo on its title track, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans, 1. Outside and Reality. He has also played live with Bowie on countless tours and shows, and remains his most long-standing and frequent band member.

For some time Clifford Slapper has been working very closely with Garson to write a book which explores the life of this extraordinary and eccentric modern musician. It documents in detail how as a pianist he was catapulted overnight from the obscure world of New York's avant-garde jazz scene to a close and long connection with Bowie. In addition, Garson is recognised as a classical virtuoso, a jazz master and one of the world's greatest exponents of improvisation. He has also recorded and performed live with other rock legends such as The Smashing Pumpkins and Nine Inch Nails. All of this is covered by this first ever biography of Mike Garson.

Its starting point was several days of in-depth and frank conversation with Garson himself, and covers a wide range of themes which will be of interest to all Bowie fans, but also to anyone with a passion for music, social history or the process of creative inspiration. Input has also come from many interviews with those who have worked with him over the years, including Earl Slick, Trent Reznor, Sterling Campbell, Reeves Gabrels, Dave Liebman and many others.

About the Author: Clifford Slapper is a musician and writer. After a degree in history from London University followed by various roles in education, he became one of the most sought after pianists in the UK, having performed with David Bowie, Boy George, Suggs, Lisa Stansfield, Jarvis Cocker, Galen Ayers, Angie Brown, Stereo MCs and Gary Kemp amongst many others. As a composer and arranger he has been involved in diverse and unusual projects. Together with Billie Ray Martin he created a ground-breaking series of live and partially improvised film-scores in London and Berlin for Polanski's Repulsion, and he has been writing for many other artists.

As a pianist he features on recent releases by Marc Almond and Holly Johnson, and has performed for fashion labels including McQueen and Marc Jacobs. He has also appeared in television comedy productions, having played the piano part for Bowie's appearance with Ricky Gervais on "Extras" (HBO/BBC, prod. Charlie Hanson) and played the piano as Dudley Moore in a BBC recreation of the sketches of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, presented by Jonathan Ross. He also produces and presents regular performance club nights across London incorporating cutting-edge live artists of all kinds. Aside from magazine articles, this book will be his first published work.

DAVID BOWIE WONDERWORLD REMINDERS DAVID BOWIE brand new 10" vinyl single SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME) / TIS' A PITY SHE WAS A WHORE released 17th November - available for purchase NOW Brand new DAVID BOWIE career compliation album NOTHING HAS CHANGED - released 17th November available to purchase NOW in the following formats: Deluxe Edition Box Set [3 discs] / Double CD [2 discs] and Vinyl [Double LP] JAPANESE DAVID BOWIE album NOTHING HAS CHANGED - released 19th November via Warner Music Japan available to purchase NOW in the following formats: 3CD Deluxe Edition / 2CD Standard Edition and 1CD Japanese ONLY Exclusive                  [Close]