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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 »

Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler attended the funeral of his ex-wife Cyrinda Foxe-Tyler on Monday (September 9) in New York City. She was known as the inspiration for David Bowie’s 1973 song, “The Jean Genie.” Born Kathleen Hetzekian in Santa Monica, California, Foxe-Tyler died at 51 of a cancerous brain tumor. In the 1970s, she was a legendary scenester, making the in-crowd music and avant garde art rounds with Andy Warhol, turning up at nightspots like Max’s Kansas City. She also became an actress and appeared in Warhol’s movie Bad. She was later romantically linked with both Bowie and his former wife,… Read more »

Busta Rhymes and David Bowie are among the artists set to join Moby on the Area2 tour, the sample-lover’s second foray into the world of eclectic summer outings. The three-week trek is scheduled to begin July 28 in Bristow, Virginia, and cover Eastern seaboard stops before heading West, according to the event’s publicist. The trek draws to a close August 16 in George, Washington, with Moby and co. visiting 12 North American cities in all. Last year’s Area:One was notable for its varied lineup, which included Outkast, the Roots, Incubus and Nelly Furtado. In choosing this year’s roster, Moby employed… Read more »

For his new album, Heathen, David Bowie has gotten a little “Modern Love” from the likes of Dave Grohl, Moby and Air. The Foo Fighters frontman contributes a guitar line to a track off Bowie’s latest LP, due June 11, according to Bowie’s publicist. Elsewhere on the studio successor to the chameleon of rock’s 1999 album, Hours…, Who guitarist Pete Townshend lends a lick to “Slow Burn,” which Bowie described in a statement as “the most eccentric and aggressive guitar I’ve heard Pete play, quite unlike anything else he’s done recently.” The last time Townshend and Bowie collaborated was on… Read more »

David Bowie will release two lost albums September 11th on Virgin Records. The first album, All Saints, is a rare collection of David Bowie’s instrumentals from 1977 to 1999. It will be the material’s second incarnation, however, as the music was initially compiled by Bowie in 1993 as a Christmas present for friends. Once a double CD aggressively sought after by fans, the collection will fit onto a single disc for its commercial release. In addition, it will feature new artwork by Bowie in lieu of that found on the original copies. Aside from previously available cuts, including “Buddha of… Read more »

David Bowie and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs have reworked Bowie’s “This Is Not America” for the upcoming Denzel Washington/Ethan Hawke movie Training Day. The two met at Combs’ New York studio last week to remix the 1985 song (co-written by Pat Metheny), which was originally recorded for the soundtrack to The Falcon and the Snowman. The revamped version features new lyrics and vocals by Black Rob, Mark Curry and Kain. “I threw down a lot of lines and melodic pieces from which Sean will make a sort of assemblage piece, with contributing rappers,” Bowie said of the collaboration. “The beats… Read more »