Coming to HBO on January 8th, a new documentary called David Bowie: The Last Five Years will explore his late-career activity and commemorate the last magic Ziggy left us with.
When Brooklyn based quartet Fovea heard of the passing of music legend David Bowie, they took it upon themselves to pay homage in the best way they know how.
Indie rock act Sharks In The Deep End are paying tribute to musical legend, and personal hero, David Bowie in the best way they know how.
Ground control to Avril Lavigne: It’s David Bowie, like doughy – not Bowie, like Howie. That’s how the 18-year-old Canadian singer pronounced the veteran rock star’s name when the Grammy nominations were announced Tuesday. Lavigne was helping announce the nominees for best male rock vocal performance at Madison Square Garden when she made the gaffe, pronouncing Bowie’s name like “Howie.” When an Associated Press reporter told her afterward that she’d flubbed Bowie’s name, Lavigne said: “Oops! I knew that was going to happen, I knew I was going to pronounce someone’s name wrong.” Lavigne – that’s pronounced luh-VEEN – received… Read more »
Perhaps David Bowie is taking this “collaborate with the unexpected” thing a bit too far. Dave Grohl (a rock and roll purist) and Moby (remember Outside?) at least make some sense, but Adam Sandler? That’s right, Ziggy and Happy have joined forces for an updated version of the Bowie classic “Space Oddity.” The song will appear on the soundtrack to “Mr. Deeds,” a remake of Frank Capra’s 1936 film “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” starring Sandler and Winona Ryder and due in the theaters June 28, according to an RCA Records spokesperson for the project. Aside from new material by… Read more »
David Bowie has left Virgin Records, his recording home since 1995, in favor of his own label. Bowie formed the ISO label more than a year ago, and he has decided to bring everything in-house now because of unhappiness with Virgin. Bowie writes on his website (davidbowie.com), “I’ve had one too many years of bumping heads with corporate structure. Many times I’ve not been in agreement with how things are done and, as a writer of some proliferation, frustrated at how slow and lumbering it all is. I’ve dreamed of embarking on my own set-up for such a long time… Read more »
Veteran rocker David Bowie has quit the Virgin Records label, which released his last three albums, and set up an independent music company, he announced on his Web site. “I’ve had one too many years of bumping heads with corporate structure,” Bowie, 54, said in a fresh blow to the record label this year. “Many times I’ve not been in agreement with how things are done and as a writer of some proliferation, frustrated at how slow and lumbering it all is. I’ve dreamed of embarking on my own set-up for such a long time and now is the perfect… Read more »
Today we talk about Bob Dylan selling his catalog to Sony, Pete Davidson and Colin Jost’s newest purchase, and how iHeartRadio is celebrating Black History Month. Bob Dylan Sells His Catalog Bob Dylan has officially sold his entire catalog to Sony. Apparently the deal has been done since last summer but was just announced today. There has been a long line of major artists selling their music recently, including David Bowie and Bruce Springsteen. Dylan has worked with Sony for six decades so it only seems fitting that this is where his music permanently ends up. Sony will not only… Read more »
Last Sunday the world lost one of the most inspirational artists of our time, David Bowie, to cancer.
David Bowie on Thursday scrapped a concert in Miami after a local stagehand was killed in a fall before the performance began, the rock star’s publicist said in a statement. Details of the accident at the James L. Knight Center, or of the stagehand’s identity, were not disclosed, but the statement said police were investigating. “A statement was read to the audience after the accident, informing them that refund or postponement information would be available shortly,” the news release said, adding that Bowie and his tour personnel were “deeply saddened” by the accident. Bowie is on the second North American… Read more »
