On this day, 51 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' and 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

Over on the MAINMAN website: Podcast episode #18 is now available...

You can listen to the eighteenth podcast now - in this episode Dana Gillespie reads excerpts from her memoirs 'Weren't Born A Man'.

Each week they will release a new episode in their podcast series featuring behind the scenes stories from those who lived and breathed this incredibly evocative period in rock history and the website will be home to a continually expanding collection of fascinating memorabilia from the MainMan vaults - much of it never seen before.

The MainMan group of companies was a first of its kind rights management organisation formed by entrepreneur and impresario Tony Defries in 1972, that supported and helped to develop the careers of various artistes including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Dana Gillespie, Amanda Lear, Wayne/Jayne County, John Cougar Mellencamp and many others.

MainMan official social media accounts: Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Channel | Instagram

• The illustrious photographer BRIAN ARIS has just announced today on his Instagram account that he has just received his printers proofs back for a new DAVID BOWIE book he has been putting together. He says: "Always difficult editing down images but a few more changes should see the print run ready to go next week. Working with Snap Galleries on a limited edition that will come in a box with a signed print. Look out for the release date to place your order."...

• Update: The amazing DAVID BOWIE collectors' book SHOOTING-UP PIE-IN-THE-SKY is now currently sold out. This ten-year long project is the obsessive work of major Bowie fan and collector IVOR JONES. The limited edition of #200 numbered copies are all now spoken for. Thank you on behalf of Ivor to everyone who bought their copy of this truly fabulous piece of work - [More details]...

• Well worth reading is a brand new interview with TONY VISCONTI over on GUITAR WORLD. Tony recounts on the making of the 1970 DAVID BOWIE album The Man Who Sold The World - [Read here]...

• Heads up... the latest BW competition currently running to win 1 of 2 copies of DAVID BOWIE GLAMOUR fanzine finishes at the end of this month. Straight ater there is another competition to win a copy of DAVID BOWIE UNOFFICIAL RECORDS VALUATION GUIDE 2020 by MICHAEL STIMSON, followed by another to win a copy of BOWIE ODYSSEY 70 by SIMON GODDARD. All these competitions will be prize draw entries rather than answering questions. Watch this space...

Update: Currently sold out!

The eagerly and long-awaited SHOOTING-UP PIE-IN-THE-SKY is finally here. All printed, published and ready for dispatch.

This ten-year long DAVID BOWIE project is the obsessive work of major Bowie fan and collector IVOR JONES.

Bowie obsessive? Vinyl junkie? Hardcore completest? This is the book for you...

580-pages of DAVID BOWIE memorabilia and collectibles. The ultimate collector's guide for all things Bowie in 1971. An incredible document of his transformation, from relative obscurity into Ziggy Stardom... Arnold Corns to Ziggy Stardust... Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads... Everything is printed actual size where possible.

- 33 lacquers
- 7 test pressings
- 31 albums
- 13 promo albums
- 16 promo singles
- 26 singles
- 10 counterfeits

Not forgetting, rare photographs, autographs, posters, press kits, promotional releases, picture sleeves, art bags, cassettes, 8-tracks, reel-to-reels, master tapes, letters, interviews, articles, advertising, magazines, music papers and a whole lot more besides.

Size: 33 x 33 cm / 5 kg / Litho printed / Hardback / Foil embossed cloth cover / Individually numbered #001 / Limited edition of 200

 

 

 

 

 

For more details and purchasing, please visit mayakpublishing.co.uk website.

• Birthday memories of HAYWOOD STENTON JONES, born on this day at 41 St. Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire in 1912. (David Bowie's father)...

• Happy Birthday wishes to legendary photographer MICK ROCK...

• On this day, 51 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed a solo acoustic gig at Poperama (inside the old Corn Exchange) in Devizes, Wiltshire, England in 1969...

• On this day, 42 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Lang Park, Brisbane, Australia during his 1978 world tour...

• On this day, 33 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne, Australia during his 1987 Glass Spider Tour...

The autobiography of DANA GILLESPIE 'WEREN'T BORN A MAN' is to be published on 18th January.

If you want an autographed copy NOW before the publication date, see below.

Dana Gillespie, the award-winning first lady of the Blues has enjoyed an incredible life and career. Now, she has chronicled her exploits, and as anyone who knows Dana would expect, it is intelligent, insightful, outrageous, and funny.

Detailing high points, low points and everything in-between, the book covers, amongst many other things, liaisons with DAVID BOWIE, Bob Dylan, Keith Moon, and the cream of 1960s rock royalty; Recording with Jimmy Page and Elton John; Performing as Mary Magdalene in the original London production of Jesus Christ Superstar, and as the Acid Queen in Tommy; Acting in films directed by Nicholas Roeg, Ken Russell and Mai Zetterling; Performing Shakespeare with Sir John Gielgud and Arthur Lowe; Topping the pop charts across Europe; Performing to an audience of one million people in India; And... oh yes... Being British junior water ski champion for 4 years!

Dana first met Bowie at the Marquee Club in 1964, and used to hang out with him in the sixties in Soho, at the studios of 'Ready Steady Go' and at Haddon Hall. She was signed to MainMan, who issued the now highly collectable 'Bowpromo' album, with Bowie's songs on one side and Dana's on the other. Bowie wrote 'Andy Warhol' for her, she accompanied him to Glastonbury in 1971, sang backing vocals on 'It Ain't Easy' on the Ziggy Stardust album and attended Ziggy's retirement dinner at the Café Royal.

Her book tells these stories and more; performing on the John Peel show with Bowie and the Spiders, her trip to the Château with Angie when Bowie and the band were recording 'Pinups', and her wild time living with Bowie and Angie in New York in 1974.

It also contains many previously unpublished Polaroid photos taken by Dana of Bowie, Angie and Zowie, together with Mick Ronson, Trevor Bolder, Cherry Vanilla, Tony Defries, Iggy Pop, Marc Bolan and members of the Diamond Dogs tour band.

To whet your appetite, here's 3 Polaroid photographs of David, taken by Dana.

    

Quotes:

"What a Thrill! DANA GILLESPIE in her element regaling, revealing, reliving all the stories, all the adventures, all the music". - Angie Bowie.

"You were there with David and Defries before any of us were around. It will be nice to hear about the early days when you and David first met." - Cherry Vanilla.

"When I met Dana half a century ago, we formed an instant bond of mutual adoration. She is one of the most honest, generous, unassuming and unaffected artists I have ever worked with." - Tony Defries.

"Having had the great pleasure of performing with Dana (in the musical sense of the word I hasten to add), I only wish I had played on more of her recordings. Introduced to me by her producer and mutual friend David Bowie, playing with her (again I mean musically so as to avoid any confusion) on the famous Trident Bechstein Grand was so enjoyable, and since then our paths have crossed more than a few times... including us both playing at the same blues festival in Ticino where her voice was truly amazing and better than ever. A real talent with everything she has ever done... I can't wait to read the book! A beautiful artistic lady in every sense of the word." - Rick Wakeman.

"Spending time with Dana was very special. She was magical, and helped me overcome my shyness. She knew my story before I did! All the memories I have of her are fond ones. So much laughter and kindness which helped me enormously. Those brilliant times will never be forgotten." - Elton John.

"Dana is fearless. She treads all over PC preciousness with some of the most funny and scandalous anecdotes I've heard of; a life outrageously lived. And if that wasn't enough she sings the blues with a sauciness that's chilli hot and ripe with erotic innuendo that can only come from a lady of full experience. A treasure, a legend, the Queen of cleavage and the last Empress of Bohemia." - Marc Almond.

"From David Bowie to Alf Garnett They say that variety is the spice of life, and Dana's life has seen more spice than most. What a life! What a woman! What a book!" - Julian Clary.

SPECIAL OFFER! There are 500 autographed copies of Dana's autobiography in hardback form available DIRECT from her publishers HAWKSMOOR PUBLISHING.

Copies have already been delivered to customers, and once they're gone, they're gone!

If you are interested in a signed copy please visit hawksmoorpublishing.com website.

From David Shasha (co-author).

Over on the MAINMAN website: Podcast episode #17 is now available...

You can listen to the seventeenth podcast now - in this episode they continue to tell the story behind the writing and recording of DAVID BOWIE's third studio album The Man Who Sold the World, which was released in America 50 years ago.

Each week they will release a new episode in their podcast series featuring behind the scenes stories from those who lived and breathed this incredibly evocative period in rock history and the website will be home to a continually expanding collection of fascinating memorabilia from the MainMan vaults - much of it never seen before.

The MainMan group of companies was a first of its kind rights management organisation formed by entrepreneur and impresario Tony Defries in 1972, that supported and helped to develop the careers of various artistes including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Dana Gillespie, Amanda Lear, Wayne/Jayne County, John Cougar Mellencamp and many others.

MainMan official social media accounts: Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Channel | Instagram

Update: They thought one edition would be enough, three runs and 380 now sold. If there are any more produced is down to demand.

The massively popular podcast THE A TO Z OF DAVID BOWIE produced a THIRD run of their series on a branded USB memory stick.

The first, second and third runs of this sold out like hot cakes.

This unique collectors' item is branded and boxed, and also includes bonus content, containing over 40 hours of audio and visual.

The A to Z of David Bowie podcast was created by Marc Riley, Rob Hughes, Howard Nock and Jason Read.

For more details, visit atozofdavidbowie.company.site

• On this day, 5 years ago, DAVID BOWIE's ★ video directed by Johan Renck was first premiered simultaneously on Sky Atlantic and Sky Arts TV at 8:45pm in 2015...

• On this day, 8 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released 'The Jean Genie' Limited Edition 40th Anniversary 7 Inch Picture Disc Vinyl in 2012...

• On this day, 17 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed the first of two dates at the NEC in Birmingham, England during his A Reality Tour in 2003...

• On this day, 21 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at The Kit Kat Klub in New York City in 1999...

• On this day, 29 years ago, TIN MACHINE performed at Toads Place, New Haven, Connecticut during the It's My Life Tour in 1991. Support band were The Neighborhoods...

• On this day, 35 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed an impromptu set at China Club in New York City in 1985. The event was drummer Steve Ferrone's birthday party. On that night, they all decided to stage an impromptu jam session, but were in need of a guitarist, so David phoned up Ron Wood of The Rolling Stones and 20 minutes later he turned up. The jam lasted for over an hour, singing hit after hit. The band consisted of: David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Carlos Alomar, Carmine Rojas and Steve Ferrone...

• On this day, 37 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at R.A.S. Showgrounds, Sydney, Australia during his Serious Moonlight Tour '83...

• On this day, 46 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, PA during the second leg of his 'The Year of the Diamond Dogs' tour, which became known as The Soul/Philly Dogs Tour in 1974...

• On this day, 51 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performs at The Dome in Brighton in 1969. He is listed as the third artist on the bill. He performs three songs acoustically one of which was Space Oddity. There were a total of eight acts on the bill which included: The Fox, Jeff Dexter, David Bowie, Steamhammer, Success, Strawbs and Edgar Broughton Band...

• On this day, 53 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performs at the 'Stage Ball' benefit gig at the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, London in 1967. David performs a ten-minute spot accompanied by The Bill Saville Orchestra...

• On this day, 54 years ago, DAVID BOWIE & THE BUZZ perform at Olympia Ballrooms, Cromer, Norfolk, England in 1966...

• On this day, 55 years ago, DAVID BOWIE & THE LOWER THIRD performed a double bill at the Marquee Club in Soho, London in 1965...

At the end of 1994, musician, producer and artist BRIAN ENO resolved to keep a diary. His plans to go to the cinema, theatre and galleries fell through quickly. What he did do - and write - however, was astonishing: ruminations on his collaborative work with artists including DAVID BOWIE, U2, James and Jah Wobble, interspersed with correspondence and essays dating back to 1978.

These 'appendices' covered topics from the generative and ambient music Eno pioneered to what he believed the role of an artist and their art to truly be, alongside razor-sharp commentary on his day-to-day tribulations and happenings around the world.

A fascinating, candid and intimate insight into one of the most influential creative artists of our time, A Year with Swollen Appendices is an essential classic, reissued for a new generation of readers.

This beautiful 25th anniversary hardback edition has been re-designed in A5, the same size as the diary that eventually became this book. It features two ribbons, pink paper delineating the appendices (matching the original hardback edition) and a two-tone cover on boards that pays homage to the original design.

Reviews: "A cranium tour of one of the most creative minds of our age." - Wired.

"Brian Eno's dual role in experimental and popular music is without precedent, and his influence on the music scene as a whole is difficult to overstate." - Pitchfork.

"Behind Eno stand John Cage, Marcel Duchamp, and Erik Satie." - New Yorker.

"As singular and as entertaining as anything the pop polymath has produced." - Observer, The 50 Greatest Music Books Ever.

Book Description: The diary and essays of Brian Eno republished twenty-five years on with a new introduction by the artist in a beautiful hardback edition.

About the Author: Brian Eno is a musician, producer, visual artist, and activist who first came to international prominence in the early '70s as a founding member of British band Roxy Music. His visionary production includes albums with Talking Heads, Devo, U2, Laurie Anderson and Coldplay, whilst his long list of collaborations include recordings with David Bowie, David Byrne, Grace Jones, Karl Hyde, James Blake among many. His visual experiments with light and video continue to parallel his musical career with exhibitions all over the globe.

To date he has released over 30 albums of his own music, exhibited extensively as far afield as the Venice Biennale and the sails of the Sydney Opera House and is a founder-member of the Long Now Foundation, a trustee of Client Earth, and Patron of Videre Est Credere. His most recent work includes a 23-track expanded edition of his seminal album, Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks, the soundtrack to Top Boy's current 3rd season (he also scored the first two seasons) and his latest album with brother Roger, Mixing Colours released on Deutsche Grammophon earlier this year.

A Year with Swollen Appendices: Brian Eno's Diary - 25th Anniversary Edition hardback, containing 352-pages is published in the UK today (19th November).

You can purchase NOW!

(Ed. Scheduled for publication in the US on 9th February 2021 in hardback and e-book format).

A Royal Proclamation published by THE PRIVY COUNCIL on 16th October in THE GAZETTE (Official Public Record) gives notice of DAVID BOWIE Gold, Silver and Cupro-Nickle coins to be made available next year in 2021.

You can read the Royal Proclamation HERE or download the pdf HERE.

As of yet, no other information has been officially released by THE ROYAL MINT, but the following basic facts on the upcoming release can be gathered from the notice and the full page advert in the music press.

DAVID BOWIE GOLD COINS
One Kilo, £1,000 / One Thousand Pounds
Five Ounce, £500 / Five Hundred Pounds
Two Ounce, £200 / Two Hundred Pounds
One Ounce, £100 / One Hundred Pounds
Quarter Ounce, £25 / Twenty Five Pounds

DAVID BOWIE SILVER COINS
Five Ounce, £10 / Ten Pounds
Two Ounce, £5 / Five Pounds
One Ounce, £2 / Two Pounds
Half Ounce, £1 / One Pound

DAVID BOWIE CUPRO-NICKEL COIN
£5 / Five Pounds Brilliant Uncirculated

Design-wise, the proclamation reveals: the reverse a depiction of David Bowie and the inscription 'BOWIE'. Also the one kilo gold proof coin will have a patterned edge, whilst all other denominations will have a grained edge.

Due for release this year 2020 by The Royal Mint, the David Bowie coin set is the third design in their 'Music Legends' series. The inaugural release in the series was Queen, closely followed by Elton John.

The David Bowie release, features GOLD pound coins (values of £25, £100, £200, £500 and £1,000) and SILVER coins (to the value of £10, £5, £2 and £1), and a £5 Cupro-Nickel coin. The Music Legends collection is well presented in the typical high standards of The Royal Mint, ideal for display.

The coins will be available direct from royalmint.com

Update: The Royal Mint now have a dedicated Bowie web page in readiness of the announcement. You can sign up to their newsletter for the heads-up.

More details at royalmint.com/davidbowie

• On this day, 6 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released the 10" vinyl single 'Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)' in 2014...

• On this day, 6 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released his 'Nothing Has Changed' compilation album in 2014...

• On this day, 48 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Pirates World Amusement Park in Dania, Florida, US in 1972...

Over on the MAINMAN website: Podcast episode #16 is now available...

You can listen to the sixteenth podcast now - Tony Defries, Tony Visconti, Charles Shaar Murray and Trevor Bolder discuss the writing and recording of DAVID BOWIE's third studio album The Man Who Sold The World.

Each week they will release a new episode in their podcast series featuring behind the scenes stories from those who lived and breathed this incredibly evocative period in rock history and the website will be home to a continually expanding collection of fascinating memorabilia from the MainMan vaults - much of it never seen before.

The MainMan group of companies was a first of its kind rights management organisation formed by entrepreneur and impresario Tony Defries in 1972, that supported and helped to develop the careers of various artistes including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Dana Gillespie, Amanda Lear, Wayne/Jayne County, John Cougar Mellencamp and many others.

MainMan official social media accounts: Website | Facebook | Twitter | YouTube Channel | Instagram

Published today (12th November) is DAVID BOWIE : RAINBOWMAN (1983-2016) by JÉRÔME SOLIGNY.

This French language, second volume, contains 600 pages and covers the years 1983 through to 2016.

The front cover features a MICK ROCK photograph and designed by BARNBROOK.

For Volume 2, there are major contributions from many people including: Reeves Gabrels, Tony Visconti and Hermione Farthingale reflecting on David's musical journey.

This second volume also features several unseen photographs and drawings by Lisa and Margaux Chetteau.

The two volumes, David Bowie : Rainbow Man (1967-1980) and David Bowie : Rainbow Man (1983-2016) are both published by Gallimard and contain 300 exclusive interviews.

On this day, 56 years ago, DAVID BOWIE (aka Davy Jones) aged 17 years old, appeared on the BBC One 'Tonight' programme as the President of 'The Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Long-Haired Men' in 1964. Look carefully and you can spot George Underwood who is stood on the far right, wearing suede boots.

Hosted by Cliff Michelmore, David along with several members of The Manish Boys told of their latest society.

(Ed. For the record, this wasn't Bowie's first TV appearance. His first known TV appearance was 4 months earlier on BBC Two 'The Beat Room' performing 'Liza Jane' as Davy Jones and The King Bees, which aired on 27th July 1964. Also appearing on episode #4 were Elkie Brooks, Georgie Fame, Wayne Gibson with The Dynamic Sounds and Kenny Lynch and The Echoes).

As everyone is aware in the UK, due to current Government restrictions, museums are closed from 5th November until 2nd December.

In the meantime, the official poster of the Brighton Museum's 2020 exhibition ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME - BOWIE / MACCORMACK 1973-76 is now available via their online shop.

The official poster is printed on Heaven 42 170gsm paper, exact size 700 x 500mm and printed in the UK by Generation Press Ltd.

Also available in the shop is the Geoff MacCormack A5 Photographic Box Set. A bespoke handmade clamshell box containing 3 black and white, and 3 colour, photographic prints, selected by Geoff MacCormack from his collection. Printed on A5 (210 x 148 mm), 320 gsm Hahnemuhle fine art paper, each image is displayed with a descriptive caption underneath. A hand signatured authentication page is also included in the box.

Every purchase from the museum shop helps to support the work of the Royal Pavilion & Museums Trust.

Whilst you're visiting the website, be sure to check out the Geoff MacCormack interviews conducted by Charlotte Petts (freelance broadcaster journalist).

You can listen or read the transcriptions for each of the eight interview segments, which cover the topics: Childhood friends / Working together / Travelling on boats and trains / The Trans-Siberian Railway / End of an era? / Making of 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' / Station To Station / Sunday dinners and old friends.

ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME - BOWIE / MACCORMACK 1973-76 exhibition at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, opened on Saturday 17th October 2020 and runs through to Sunday 6th June 2021.

The photographs will be complemented by a short film never seen before in the UK, shot by Bowie on their trip to Moscow in 1973, music videos of Bowie and MacCormack on stage together, film excerpts and music in the galleries.

Address: Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, BN1 1EE

Opening Times:
Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-5pm
Closed Mondays (except Bank Holidays)

For more details and information, please visit brightonmuseums.org.uk website.

The second of six albums in the DAVID BOWIE BRILLIANT LIVE ADVENTURES box set is 'NO TRENDY RÉCHAUFFÉ (LIVE BIRMINGHAM 95) to be released on 20th November.

Recorded at the Birmingham National Exhibition Centre, Hall 5 on 13th December 1995 as part of the Big Twix Mix Show.

CD tracklisting runs as follows:

Look Back In Anger - (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) - (David Bowie)
The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) - (David Bowie/Brian Eno/Reeves Gabrels)
The Man Who Sold The World - (David Bowie)
Hallo Spaceboy - (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
I Have Not Been To Oxford Town - (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
Strangers When We Meet - (David Bowie)
Breaking Glass - (David Bowie/George Murray/Dennis Davis)
The Motel - (David Bowie)
Jump They Say - (David Bowie)
Teenage Wildlife - (David Bowie)
Under Pressure - (David Bowie/Freddie Mercury/Roger Taylor/John Deacon/Brian May)
Moonage Daydream - (David Bowie)
We Prick You - (David Bowie/Brian Eno)
Hallo Spaceboy (version 2) - (David Bowie/Brian Eno)

Released on 2-LP vinyl and CD formats, these albums and slipboxes will be available ONLY via the David Bowie official store and Warner Music Group's Dig! store.

For more details, information, and pre-ordering, visit davidbowie.com

On this day, 14 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the 3rd Annual Black Ball Benefit for Keep A Child Alive at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, USA in 2006.

This was to be his last live performance on stage with a band.

David performed three songs: 'Wild Is The Wind' (with Mike Garson on piano), 'Fantastic Voyage' (backed by Alicia Keys' band) and 'Changes' (duet with Alicia Keys).

Hosts Alicia Keys and Iman were joined by KCA founder Leigh Blake, emcee Wanda Sykes and honourees Richard Beckman, Dr. Paul Farmer and Partners in Health, and "Mama" Carol Dyanti.

Other musical performers were Alicia Keys, Damian Marley and Louis XIV.

As far as I'm aware, his performance wasn't professionally filmed and the only filmed footage was shot by DB fan Simone. Check out her footage below...

The Black Ball is an Annual fundraiser for KCA (Keep A Child Alive), the non-profit organisation which brings dignified treatment, care and support to children and families affected by HIV.

A Royal Proclamation published by THE PRIVY COUNCIL on 16th October in THE GAZETTE (Official Public Record) gives notice of DAVID BOWIE Gold, Silver and Cupro-Nickle coins to be made available next year in 2021.

You can read the Royal Proclamation HERE or download the pdf HERE.

As of yet, no other information has been officially released by The Royal Mint, but the following basic facts on the upcoming release can be gathered from the notice.

DAVID BOWIE GOLD COINS
One Kilo, £1,000 / One Thousand Pounds
Five Ounce, £500 / Five Hundred Pounds
Two Ounce, £200 / Two Hundred Pounds
One Ounce, £100 / One Hundred Pounds
Quarter Ounce, £25 / Twenty Five Pounds

DAVID BOWIE SILVER COINS
Five Ounce, £10 / Ten Pounds
Two Ounce, £5 / Five Pounds
One Ounce, £2 / Two Pounds
Half Ounce, £1 / One Pound

DAVID BOWIE CUPRO-NICKEL COIN
£5 / Five Pounds Brilliant Uncirculated

Design-wise, the proclamation reveals: the reverse a depiction of David Bowie and the inscription 'BOWIE'. Also the one kilo gold proof coin will have a patterned edge, whilst all other denominations will have a grained edge.

Due for release this year 2020 by The Royal Mint, the David Bowie coin set is the third design in their 'Music Legends' series. The inaugural release in the series was Queen, closely followed by Elton John.

The David Bowie release, features GOLD pound coins (values of £25, £100, £200, £500 and £1,000) and SILVER coins (to the value of £10, £5, £2 and £1), and a £5 Cupro-Nickel coin. The Music Legends collection is well presented in the typical high standards of The Royal Mint, ideal for display.

The coins will be available direct from royalmint.com

A couple of DAVID BOWIE special magazines to keep your eyes out for are...

MOJO magazine have their 'Deluxe Bowie Anthology' on sale now,

The Collectors' Series DAVID BOWIE CHANGES 1947-2016, brings together previous volumes into one Deluxe Anthology Edition.

Featuring 260-pages of fascinating features and interviews, illustrated with dozens of iconic and rare images, 'Bowie Changes 1947-2016' brings together MOJO's much-prized 'Changes 1947-1975' and 'Changes 1976-2016' bookazines into one sumptuous, single-volume Deluxe Anthology Edition. This combined issue features heavy card covers.

For more details and information, please visit mojo4music.com website.

Also UNCUT magazine are about to publish the second issue in their Bowie series ULTIMATE RECORD COLLECTION, this next issue covers the years 1977-1989.

Part 2 takes us from the Château d'Hérouville, where co-conspirators like guitarist Ricky Gardiner, engineer Laurent Thibault and producer Tony Visconti are working on Low. It travels through the Berlin period, all the way to Let's Dance and beyond, to the start of Tin Machine.

In case you missed it first time around, Uncut have also reprinted Part 1, which is available separately or as a bundle with Part 2.

For more details and information, please visit uncut.co.uk website.

The massively popular podcast THE A TO Z OF DAVID BOWIE are producing a second run of their series on a branded memory stick.

The first run of this sold out within a week... so if you want one... be quick

This unique collectors' item is branded and boxed, and also includes bonus content.

The A to Z of David Bowie podcast was created by Marc Riley, Rob Hughes, Howard Nock and Jason Read.

For more details and ordering, visit atozofdavidbowie.company.site

Check out the official lyric video for DAVID BOWIE - The Man Who Sold The World [2020 Mix].

Released today is DAVID BOWIE METROBOLIST (aka THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD) 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.

Originally titled Metrobolist, the album's name was changed at the last minute to The Man Who Sold The World - the original stereo master tapes were in fact labelled Metrobolist, with the title ultimately crossed out. This 2020 re-release of the album under its Metrobolist moniker has been remixed by original producer Tony Visconti, with the exception of the track 'After All' which Tony considered perfect as is, and is featured in its 2015 remaster incarnation.

The Metrobolist 50th anniversary artwork has been created by Mike Weller who was behind the originally intended album artwork which Mercury refused to release. The gatefold sleeve also features many images from the infamous Keith MacMillan Mr. Fish 'dress' shoot at Haddon Hall which would cause so much controversy when one of the shots was used on the cover of the The Man Who Sold The World album in the rest of the world in spring of 1971.

The original U.S. release of The Man Who Sold The World utilised some of the original Metrobolist design elements.

As with the Space Oddity 50th anniversary vinyl, as well as a 180g black vinyl edition, it will come in 2020 limited edition handwritten numbered copies on gold vinyl (# 1971 - 2020) and on white vinyl (# 1 - 1970) all randomly distributed.

DAVID BOWIE METROBOLIST tracklisting runs as follows:

     The Width Of A Circle
     All The Madmen
     Black Country Rock
     After All
     Running Gun Blues
     Saviour Machine
     She Shook Me Cold
     The Man Who Sold The World
     The Supermen

      

You can purchase Metrobolist now on Special Edition CD and Limited Vinyl LP formats, also for streaming and download.

Over on the MAINMAN website: Podcast episode #15 is now available...

You can listen to the fifteenth podcast now - mime legend LINDSAY KEMP recalls his work with DAVID BOWIE.

Each week they will release a new episode in their podcast series featuring behind the scenes stories from those who lived and breathed this incredibly evocative period in rock history and the website will be home to a continually expanding collection of fascinating memorabilia from the MainMan vaults - much of it never seen before.

The MainMan group of companies was a first of its kind rights management organisation formed by entrepreneur and impresario Tony Defries in 1972, that supported and helped to develop the careers of various artistes including David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mick Ronson, Mott The Hoople, Ian Hunter, Mick Ralphs, Dana Gillespie, Amanda Lear, Wayne/Jayne County, John Cougar Mellencamp and many others.

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

• On this day, 17 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Belgium during his A Reality World Tour in 2003...

• On this day, 23 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Estadio Nacional, Santiago, Chile during his Earthling World Tour in 1997...

• On this day, 29 years ago, TIN MACHINE performed at the Mayfair, Newcastle, England during their It's My Life World Tour in 1991...

• On this day, 37 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia during his Serious Moonlight World Tour in 1983...

• On this day, 42 years ago, DAVID BOWIE began rehearsals at the Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park, Sydney, Australia for his World Tour in 1978...

• On this day, 55 years ago, DAVID BOWIE AND THE LOWER THIRD performed a double bill at the Marquee Club, Soho, London, England in 1965...

• Happy Birthday wishes to AVA CHERRY...

Published next week on 12th November is DAVID BOWIE : RAINBOWMAN (1983-2016) by JÉRÔME SOLIGNY.

This French language, second volume, contains 600 pages and covers the years 1983 through to 2016.

The front cover features a MICK ROCK photograph and designed by BARNBROOK.

For Volume 2, there are major contributions from many people including: Reeves Gabrels, Tony Visconti and Hermione Farthingale reflecting on David's musical journey.

This second volume also features several unseen photographs and drawings by Lisa and Margaux Chetteau.

The two volumes, David Bowie : Rainbow Man (1967-1980) and David Bowie : Rainbow Man (1983-2016) are both published by Gallimard and contain 300 exclusive interviews.

In the UK: Just in case you weren't aware, you can now get the SKY ARTS channel on Freeview (11) if you've done the latest retune update.

There are two upcoming DAVID BOWIE programmes scheduled for the weekend.

On Sunday 8th November David Bowie: Serious Moonlight is broadcast at 22.15 GMT, followed by David Bowie: Video Kille The Radio Star at 00.15. Directors David Mallett and Tim Pope and others discuss Bowie music videos.

As part of the free to air launch, Sky Arts will embark on an ambitious programme of activity to support and champion the arts at a vital time for the cultural sector - putting artists, creatives, and public participation centre stage on a channel that everyone across the UK can watch.

Update: Congratulations to Pauline A. and Helena von S.

Here's your chance to win ONE of TWO copies of the latest issue of DAVID BOWIE GLAMOUR' fanzine.

Issue #7 features stunning cover artwork by Helen Green, inside this 104-page issue - which has a focus on Station To Station - there are interviews with Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick, George Murray and producer Harry Maslin.

Also contributing are: Angie Bowie, Barry Schultz, Brian Aris, Debi Lane, Dylan Jones, Geoff MacCormack, Greg Gorman, Justin de Villeneuve, Kevin Cann, Philippe Auliac, Terry O'Neill, fan contributions and much more.

To enter this BW free prize draw, please visit BW COMPETITION NO. 30 for the low-down.

This prize draw is open to all visitors of this website, BW Facebook page likers, BW Facebook Group members and followers on Twitter and Instagram.

This competition ends at midnight (GMT) on Monday 30th NOVEMBER 2020.

ENTRIES FOR THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW ENDED

If competitions aren't your thing, but you want to learn more about the David Bowie Glamour fanzine, please visit davidbowieglamour.wordpress.com

• Tonight in the UK on BBC 2 MASTERMIND at 7.30pm, the hunt for the nation's Mastermind continues as four more contenders on their specialist subjects and general knowledge. Tonight's specialist subjects: Vanessa Bell, Rachmaninoff, Sherlock and DAVID BOWIE - [More details]...

• Now available is IN CONCERT 50 ON RADIO 2 over on the BBC Radio 2 website is the 2002 DAVID BOWIE appearance at Maida Vale Studio 3 featuring all ten live and exclusive songs from his 18th September 2002 performance. Introduced by Jonathan Ross, the complete set of ten songs he performed were all broadcast, with the only editing being a few comments made by David inbetween songs. The set list ran as as follows: Sunday / Look Back In Anger / Cactus / Survive / 5:15 The Angels Have Gone / Alabama Song / Everyone Says Hi / Rebel Rebel / The Bewlay Brothers / Heathen (The Rays) - [Listen here]...

• Over on THE SOUTHERN STAR newspaper website - which covers West Cork in Ireland - listen to episode 31 which features GERRY LEONARD aka Spooky Ghost. On this week's podcast, Niall O'Driscoll talks to the Dublin-born, New York City-based guitarist about his work with DAVID BOWIE, Suzanne Vega, Roger Waters, Laurie Anderson, and more - [Listen here]...

Check out this short documentary on TONY McGEE's portrait photography of DAVID BOWIE and his 2020 exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery London.

Directed, produced and written by Max McGee, narrated by Tony McGee.

MORRISSEY's duet with DAVID BOWIE is released on Friday 13th November. The digital download / streaming will be followed by a 7" disc on 29th January 2021.

The sleeve front and back photographs of David Bowie and Morrissey were taken in New York City by Linder Sterling.

'Cosmic Dancer' is a song written by Marc Bolan. The additional track is a cover of 'That's Entertainment' by Paul Weller. It is not the version generally available on the Internet from 1993.

Cosmic Dancer is supported by an upgraded and edited video made in Los Angeles by Tim Broad.

The video and That's Entertainment are also available on 13th November. This recording is on Parlophone and is released through Warner.

Artwork (above) has been prepared by Darren Evans.

You can pre-order the vinyl edition now, which is released on 29th January.

From Morrissey Central.

Update: The museum is closed from 5th November until 2nd December due to current Government restrictions.

The photographs will be complemented by a short film never seen before in the UK, shot by Bowie on their trip to Moscow in 1973, music videos of Bowie and MacCormack on stage together, film excerpts and music in the galleries.

Address: Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, BN1 1EE

Opening Times:
Tuesday-Sunday: 10am-5pm
Closed Mondays (except Bank Holidays)

For more details and information, please visit brightonmuseums.org.uk website.

davidbowie.com have announced details of the forthcoming METROBOLIST album release...

OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE 4/9/20:

Parlophone Records is proud to announce release details for METROBOLIST (aka THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD) 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION to be released on 6th NOVEMBER, 2020.

This November sees the 50th Anniversary of the release of David Bowie's The Man Who Sold The World in North America. The rest of the world would have to wait until April 1971 to witness Bowie's landmark entry into the 1970s, marking the beginning of a collaboration with guitarist Mick Ronson that would last through classic works including Hunky Dory, Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane - as well as the first in a 10-year series of indispensable albums stretching through 1980's Scary Monsters...

Originally titled Metrobolist, the album's name was changed at the last minute to The Man Who Sold The World - the original stereo master tapes were in fact labelled Metrobolist, with the title ultimately crossed out. The 2020 re-release of the album under its Metrobolist moniker has been remixed by original producer Tony Visconti, with the exception of the track 'After All' which Tony considered perfect as is, and is featured in its 2015 remaster incarnation.

The Metrobolist 50th anniversary artwork has been created by Mike Weller who was behind the originally intended album artwork which Mercury refused to release. The gatefold sleeve also features many images from the infamous Keith MacMillan Mr. Fish 'dress' shoot at Haddon Hall which would cause so much controversy when one of the shots was used on the cover of the The Man Who Sold The World album in the rest of the world in spring of 1971.

The original U.S. release of The Man Who Sold The World utilised some of the original Metrobolist design elements.

As with the Space Oddity 50th anniversary vinyl, as well as a 180g black vinyl edition, it will come in 2020 limited edition handwritten numbered copies on gold vinyl (# 1971 - 2020) and on white vinyl (# 1 - 1970) all randomly distributed.

For the 50th anniversary the 1970 story of the gatefold sleeve can be told in full with unused 'dress' photos. As Mike Weller explains:

"There is a story concealed in the carpet-scattered playing cards, David has thrown a plain 52 card deck in the air as though "casting the runes" but in a significant break from 60s Tarot divinations such as I Ching etc he casts runes using a four-suit pack and switches man-dress, along with the Court Card of the Future from right hand to left, signifying a new decade and new cultural era."

David personally delivered the Metrobolist concept and his gatefold plan to the record company for production and now with this release, it can finally be seen much closer to its original concept. Bowie speaking in 2000 said of the sleeve imagery:

"Mick Weller devised this kind of very subversive looking cartoon and put in some quite personalised things. The building in the background on the cartoon in fact was the hospital where my half-brother had committed himself to. So for me, it had lots of personal resonance about it."

DAVID BOWIE METROBOLIST TRACKLISTING

     The Width Of A Circle
     All The Madmen
     Black Country Rock
     After All
     Running Gun Blues
     Saviour Machine
     She Shook Me Cold
     The Man Who Sold The World
     The Supermen

From davidbowie.com

      

METROBOLIST ALBUM AVAILABLE 6th NOVEMBER, 2020 ON PARLOPHONE.

You can pre-order Metrobolist on Special Edition CD and Limited Vinyl LP now!

DAVID BOWIE's former producer/bassist TONY VISCONTI and drummer WOODY WOODMANSEY get ready to launch their new Bowie project 'The Best Of Bowie' featuring long-time fan and friend Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory.

The band will perform iconic hits and cult classics from Bowie's extensive back catalogue at eight special shows in the UK.

They are joined by: Gregory on vocals, Paul Cuddeford and James Stevenson (guitars), Tony's daughter Jessica Lee Morgan (12-string and sax) and the very talented Janette Mason on piano/keys.

UK TOUR DATES - APRIL 2021

     8th Tramshed, CARDIFF, Wales
     9th Barbican, LONDON
     11th Waterside Theatre, AYLESBURY
     13th Forum, BATH
     14th Town Hall, BIRMINGHAM
     16th Barbican, YORK
     17th Philharmonic Hall, LIVERPOOL
     18th Old Fruitmarket, GLASGOW, Scotland

For more details and information, please visit holyholy.co.uk website.

• New book DAVID BOWIE (LIVES OF THE MUSICIANS) by ROBERT DIMERY, hardback, 168-pages, published on 4th February - more details

• MORRISSEY Cosmic Dancer (duet with David Bowie) digital download / streaming released on 13th November, followed by a 7" vinyl disc on 29th January 2021 - more details

• WEREN'T BORN A MAN autobiography by DANA GILLESPIE and DAVID SHASHA, hardback, 400-pages, published on 18th January - more details

• THE TAO OF BOWIE by MARK EDWARDS, hardback, 366-pages, published on 7th January - more details

BRIAN ENO's DIARY - 25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - A Year with Swollen Appendices, hardback, 352-pages, published in the UK on 19th November - more details

DAVID BOWIE : RAINBOWMAN (1983-2016) by JÉRÔME SOLIGNY (French language), 600 pages, now published on 12th November - this is the second of two volumes, David Bowie : Rainbow Man (1967-1980) and David Bowie : Rainbow Man (1983-2016).

DAVID BOWIE - 'METROBOLIST' (aka 'THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD') 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION 2020 mix, released on 6th November on limited vinyl in gold, white and black and special edition CD format, also streaming and download - more details

BOWIE ODYSSEY 70 by SIMON GODDARD, paperback, 192-pages, published on 29th October receive a massive 28% discount! - more details

Exhibition ROCK 'N' ROLL WITH ME BOWIE / MACCORMACK 1973-76 at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Royal Pavilion Gardens, Brighton, England BN1 1EE. Opens 17th October 2020 runs till 6th June 2021. Open Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm. Closed Mondays except Bank Holidays. [Update: The museum is closed from 5th November until 2nd December due to current Government restrictions] - more details

Japanese import DAVID BOWIE - IMAGES 1966-1967 [Hi-Res CD (MQA x UHQCD)] 2020 DSD master recording, released 16th October - more details or buy direct from CD Japan

OFFICIAL DAVID BOWIE 2021 SQUARE WALL CALENDAR 16 months, 28-pages - available from 31st August - more details

OFFICIAL DAVID BOWIE 2021 CALENDAR Collectors' Edition record sleeve wall format, 14-pages - available from 15th August - more details

DAVID BOWIE UNOFFICIAL RECORDS VALUATION GUIDE 2020 by MICHAEL STIMSON, softback, 165-pages, published 20th September - more details

2018 softback edition of DAVID BOWIE WORLD 7" RECORDS DISCOGRAPHY 1964 - 1981 book by MARSHALL JARMAN and RETO STÖCKLIN visit marmot-publishing.com for 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 36 years ago, once they've gone, they've gone!