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I’m a David Bowie junkie I’m a David Bowie geek David Bowie is stuck inside my head Seven days a week
Wham bam thank you ma’am… Suffragette City by David Bowie has just achieved SILVER status in the UK BRIT Certified Awards Programme (Parlophone release 13.11.2005)
Memories of David Bowie's father Haywood Stenton Jones (‘John’) who sadly passed away on this day in 1969
On this day, 46 years ago, David Bowie starring in The Elephant Man play opened in Chicago, at The Blackstone Theatre in 1980
On this day, 46 years ago, David Bowie made his debut performance as Joseph ‘John’ Merrick in The Elephant Man play at The Denver Auditorium Theatre, Colorado in 1980
On this day, 11 years ago, Fame/Right 40th Anniversary picture disc 7" single by David Bowie was released (DBFAME40A)
Inside Outside: Deconstructing David Bowie's Gothic Hyper-Cycle by Alex Storer Published today 16th July Hardcover & paperback 184-pages amzn.to/4aY0T6F
On this day, 57 years ago, David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ single was first released in 1969 on the Philips label BF 1801
Changes: The Songs of David Bowie 1964-2016 by Nick Vernon, 30th October, Hardcover, 288-pages amzn.to/4fiYplJ
On this day, 54 years ago, David Bowie's performance of 'Starman' was broadcast on BBC One Top Of The Pops in 1972. Photos by TOTP resident photographer Harry Goodwin
On this day, 17 years ago, David Bowie released his VH1 Storytellers album in 2009
The David Bowie Platinum x4 compilation album Legacy has today reached the milestone of 500 WEEKS of placements in the Official UK Albums Chart Top 100. Also Modern Love has just achieved platinum status on 26th June in the UK BRIT Certified Awards Programme.
George O’Dowd (aka Boy George) aged 14 at London Victoria Rail Station welcoming David Bowie back home to England on 2nd May 1976. Photo by Chalkie Davies
Ziggy’s last stand at Hammersmith Odeon on 3rd July 1973. As the band were ending the show with ‘Rock 'N' Roll Suicide', a boy jumped up on stage and gave Bowie a hug. The boy was Mark Patterson, who went to Holloway Secondary School in Islington, London
On this day, 53 years ago, David Bowie retired his Ziggy Stardust/Aladdin Sane characters and performed their last ever live concert gig at the Hammersmith Odeon, London in 1973 “Bye bye, we love you.”
Happy Birthday wishes to Roy Bittan who appeared on two David Bowie albums Station To Station (1976) and Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) (1980)
On this day, 34 years ago, Tin Machine released their live album Oy Vey, Baby in 1992. Features live tracks from gigs in Boston, New York City, Tokyo and Sapporo during their It’s My Life tour in 1991/1992
On this day, 18 years ago, David Bowie - Live Santa Monica '72 album was officially released in 2008. “I can tell that I’m totally into being Ziggy by this stage of our touring. It’s no longer an act; I am him.” - David Bowie
On this day, 18 years ago, the David Bowie iSelect CD was a 12-track promo free giveaway in The Mail On Sunday newspaper in 2008
On this day, 13 years ago, The Toy Soldier 4-track EP by The Riot Squad with David Bowie was released in 2013
On this day, 52 years ago, David Bowie began ‘The Year of The Diamond Dogs’ tour opening at the Forum, Montreal, Canada in 1974