"WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING" - OCTOBER 2026

Monthly Look Ahead

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Back to September				1 Earl Slick birthdate (aka Frank Madeloni) (born 1952)	2 David's mother Margaret Mary Jones (nee Burns) born on this day in 1913 (1913-2nd April 2001) Space Oddity 40th Anniversary picture disc 7" single released 11 years ago today	3 Stevie Ray Vaughan birthdate (born 1954-27th August 1990) Louise Lecavalier birthdate (La La La Human Steps) (born 1958)
4 'hours...' physical album released 27 years ago today	5	6	7 Mick Wayne birthdate (Junior's Eyes guitarist) (born 1943-26th June 1994)	8	9 David appeared for the first time on Top Of The Pops performing Space Oddity in 1969, broadcast 57 years ago today John Lennon birthdate (born 1940-8th December 1980)	10 FINAL DAY: (Extended until 10th Jan 2027) DAVID BOWIE: YOU'RE NOT ALONE at Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square, Kings Cross, London More details
11 'hours...' Remix EP 6-track digital, released 2 years ago today	12 Space Oddity 40th Anniversary Edition album released in the UK, 17 years ago today	13	14 "Heroes" album released 49 years ago today David and Iman's first ever date, Los Angeles in 1990, 36 years ago today Thomas Dolby birthdate (aka Thomas Robertson) (Live Aid Bowie band) (born 1958)	15 Biff Rose birthdate (born 1937-25th July 2023)	16 Cherry Vanilla birthdate (aka Kathleen Dorritie) (born 1943)	17
18	19 Pin Ups album released in 1973, 53 years ago today Mark Plati birthdate (born 1962)	20 Pin Ups 50th Anniversary limited edition Half-Speed mastered vinyl released 3 years ago today	21 Lazarus (Original Cast Recording) album released 10 years ago today	22 Zachary Alford birthdate (born 1966)	23 Blah-Blah-Blah album by Iggy Pop released in 1986, 40 years ago today	24 I Can't Give Everything Away 7" black vinyl picture sleeve single given away free with German issue of Rolling Stone magazine (Nov 2025), 1 year ago today
25 Lazarus play by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, opened at King's Cross Theatre, London, 10 years ago today	26	27	28 David joins the Actors Union Equity in 1967, 59 years ago today	29	30 CHANGES: The Songs of David Bowie 1964-2016 by NICK VERNON, foreword by Earl Slick, hardcover, 288-pages More details	31 Woolf Byrne (saxophonist with The Manish Boys) birthdate (born 1941-9th May 2025) November

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Created: September 2025 © Paul Kinder

Last Updated: 5/7/26