David Byrne will present a revised version of his American Utopia Broadway show beginning Tuesday, due to several breakthrough Covid cases among his onstage band.
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David Bowie‘s 75th birthday has been announced.The event, which will be held on January 8, will feature long term members of the late icon’s band along with appearances from Gary Oldman, Ricky Gervais, Evan Rachel Wood, Duran Duran‘s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, Def Leppard, Living Colour, Walk The Moon and Jake Welsley Rogers.“It’s an honour to be able to continue to share David Bowie’s music with the world,” Bowie’s longtime keyboardist Mike Garson told Rolling Stone.“I’m excited for everyone
.David Byrne will present a revised version of his American Utopia Broadway show beginning Tuesday, due to several breakthrough Covid cases among his onstage band.
Soap opera icon Susan Lucci turned 75-years-old on Thursday.
David Bowie, titled Bowie: Starman And The Silver Screen, will take place in January 2022.After it was originally cancelled from January 2021 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the event will now run from January 1-30 next year at BFI Southbank, coinciding with what would have been Bowie’s 75th birthday (January 8).The celebration will include screenings of a mixture of feature films, documentaries and television appearances featuring Bowie, ranging from The Man Who Fell To Earth, Merry Christmas
Ricky Gervais has criticised the Conservative party over photos that appear to show members breaking lockdown rules.Earlier this month, photos emerged appearing to show Prime Minister Boris Johnson, his wife and other Conservative party members socialising in Downing Street’s garden during the first lockdown in May 2020.
The nominations for next year’s BRIT Awards have been announced, and any fears that dropping gendered categories would lead to female artists missing out appear to have been unfounded. Although, of course, it remains to be seen who the overall winners in each category will be.While no category is 100% male-dominated – and a number of shortlists are almost entirely female – it’s a couple of the all new genre categories where we find the fewest women with nominations.
David Bowie‘s fourth album ‘Hunky Dory’ has been announced – listen to ‘Changes (2021 Alternative Mix)’ below.Produced by Ken Scott and Bowie, the classic 1971 record was released 50 years ago today (December 17) and features the singles ‘Life On Mars?’, ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’ and the aforementioned ‘Changes’.To mark the half-century milestone, a new take on the latter track has been shared ahead of a special vinyl picture disc reissue of ‘Hunky Dory’.
David Bowie demo recorded in 1965 is set to go up for auction.The song, titled ‘I Want Your Love’, was recorded by a teenage Bowie with his band at the time, Davy Jones and the Lower Third.According to Variety, the vinyl will go for sale tomorrow (December 16) and is expected to fetch up to £12,000.Auctioneer Martin Hughes said: “The seller purchased the physical music archive of one of the world’s biggest publishing companies and therefore unearthed a raft of amazing demos and unheard tracks
After Life has been confirmed for a third and final season on Netflix – check out some new images below.Ricky Gervais’ existential series will officially return to the streaming platform in January 2022, for six new episodes.A synopsis for After Life reads: “Set in the small fictitious town of Tambury, the show follows Tony, a writer for the local newspaper whose life is upended after his wife dies from cancer.“Whilst still struggling with immense grief for his wife, Tony starts to realise that
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorA 56-year-old acetate recording of a previously unreleased and relatively unknown song featuring David Bowie is expected to draw thousands of pounds at an auction in England on Thursday.The song, titled “I Want Your Love” and recorded in 1965 by a teenaged Bowie and his early group the Lower Third, was written by John Dee and Jack Tarr and produced by top ‘60s producer Shel Talmy — who also produced a string of classics for the Kinks and the Who, including “You
Gomorrah star Salvatore Esposito has revealed that David Bowie was a huge fan of the Italian crime drama series.The hit show, which began in 2014 and wraps up its five-season run in Italy later this week, follows the criminal underworld of Naples, and is based on creator Roberto Saviano’s book of the same name.Esposito, who plays Gennaro “Genny” Savastano on the show, explained in an exclusive chat with NME that Bowie raved about the show, and gave Lost In Translation director Sofia Coppola DVDs
Fashion model Iman is giving Vogue a special tour inside her Catskills home, which includes a couple of treasured keepsakes in honour of her late husband David Bowie.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorFor the most part, David Bowie’s career can be divided into eras by decade — the ‘60s, when he tried almost anything to make it (Mod-pop, Buddhism, folksinging) and mostly failed; the ‘70s, when he released some of the most exciting and innovative albums in music history; the ‘80s, when he got a taste of platinum success with “Let’s Dance” and lost his muse; and the period encapsulated in the latest career-spanning boxed set, “Brilliant Adventure: 1992-2001” — when
NHC, the supergroup featuring Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Jane’s Addiction’s guitarist Dave Navarro and bassist Chris Chaney, played their first full gig in Los Angeles this week (November 23) – watch them cover David Bowie below.The supergroup had made their live debut in September with a set at the Ohana Festival in California, but made their full bow with a show at The Troubadour in LA on Tuesday.For the finale of the show, the band – who played with Foo Fighters and Nirvana
Leo Barraclough International Features EditorOn Thursday, British photographer Rankin – whose subjects have included The Rolling Stones, Daniel Craig, David Bowie, Queen Elizabeth II, Jamie Foxx and Madonna – launches his latest project, “Performance by Rankin,” a book that celebrates London’s live-theater community as it emerges from the pandemic.
David Bowie performing early single ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ has been released – check it out below.Originally released in 1965, ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’ was the first single Bowie released after changing his name from David Jones. Bowie performed the track during the 90s as he set to work on ‘Toy’, an album of re-recorded songs from his early days that was eventually scrapped due to a disagreement with his label.Ahead of the release of the forthcoming ‘David Bowie 5.