Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from David Bowie

The price of fame? Experts find being a celebrity can shorten your life

Despite the glitz and glamour – researchers found that life in the limelight can shorten lives

The Independent UK

“I hit the drum maybe five times. That was it. Concorde flights, 14 days in a 5-star hotel. The most expensive bit of drumming in history”: When stars of Duran Duran and Chic formed a decadent ’80s supergroup to rock out like Led Zeppelin

“I had to be, like, strapped to the desk if I was gonna get a bass line finished," John Taylor said

MusicRadar

“John called us and said he thought that we were the best stuff that he had heard since the Beatles… To hear that from John Lennon was like, ‘What?’ It was a wonderful compliment”: Davey Johnstone on Elton John’s smash-hit Beatles collab with John Lennon

How a visit from John Lennon during the sessions for Elton John’s 1975 masterpiece Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy yielded an impromptu Beatles cover and another number one hit

MusicRadar

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

“I’ve rocked my roll. It’s a boring dead end. The last thing I want to be is some useless rock singer”: How a disillusioned and drug-addicted David Bowie reinvented his music with a groundbreaking song he could barely remember recording

A dazzling epic that ushered in Bowie’s new persona, the Thin White Duke

MusicRadar

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping's first teaser promises Midsommar aesthetics, Haymitch's backstory, and a really weird David Bowie reference

"Twice the number of Tributes, twice the glory..."

Total Film

“Marc is criminally underrated as a guitarist. All rock ’n’ rollers love T. Rex, and there’s a little bit of T. Rex in every rock ’n’ roll band”: When T. Rex opened the floodgates of glam rock with the riff-driven groove of Get It On

T. Rex's signature song was written and recorded while on a hectic US tour, and would be their only stateside hit

MusicRadar

Damon Albarn 'nearly made a record' with David Bowie

Blur frontman Damon Albarn has revealed he "nearly made a record" with late music legend David Bowie and The Kinks star Ray Davies but the project fell through.

BANG Premier

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

“I nearly made a record with Ray Davies and David Bowie back in the late '90s”: Damon Albarn on the dream collab that got away

Plus he reveals Dionne Warwick found the Gorillaz’ ideas “problematic”

MusicRadar

‘We had to dumb ourselves down to fit in’: Squeeze’s Glenn Tilbrook and Chris Difford on finally making the first album they wrote as teens

Written in 1974, the Bowie-influenced songs on Trixies are set in a fictional south London nightclub, but were shelved when punk took the band in a new direction. Now, after Squeeze’s 50th anniversary, they’re seeing the light of day

The Guardian - UK

Jon Bon Jovi on 80s decadence, Trump and his health comeback

After health issues that nearly ended his career, the rocker’s on the road again — with a little help from Bruce and Robbie. He talks about his emotional return, legacy … and Trump

Evening Standard

Boy George makes Culture Club revelation about ‘memorable’ Tracey Emin

The acclaimed artist was in 'early rehearsals' with 1980s band Culture Club, Boy George said

The Independent UK

Boy George reveals Tracey Emin was in ‘early rehearsals’ with Culture Club

The singer said Dame Tracey decided band life ‘wasn’t for her’.

Evening Standard

A moment that changed me: I thought I was a lesbian. David Bowie made me realise the truth

When I went to the Bowie exhibition at the V&A, I hoped that by losing myself in his gender experimentation I might, in turn, stumble across a clue to my own identity ...

The Guardian - UK

Neil Patrick Harris & Family Win Halloween 2025 Again, And Fans Are Obsessed

So hoping you dressed up and this isn’t AI."

Bored Panda

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Media needs to retain opportunities for ‘working-class voices’ – Lorraine Kelly

The ITV presenter chose David Bowie, Dusty Springfield and The Clash for her Desert Island Discs.

MusicRadar

“I think we’re on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying”: When David Bowie gave an amazingly accurate prediction of how the internet would change everything - and even hinted at AI

Bowie’s staggeringly prophetic 1999 Newsnight interview revealed his astute awareness of how the internet was going to change music and content forever

TechRadar

I watched 27 horror movies this month – and these are my 9 favorites from Netflix, Prime Video and more

Scream and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre top my horror movies list for October, as well as Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters.

Cycling Weekly

I rode 3,000 miles following a David Bowie lyric – and this is why you should do the same

Is there life on Mars? We can't be sure, but we do know that basing a cycling itinerary on the song's “from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads” lyric results in a life-changing adventure

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Louder

"I was in the hotel with Joni Mitchell, but then the helicopter pilots decided they wanted more money": The last interview with Terry Reid

Touring with Marvin Gaye when he was 16, being pals with Aretha Franklin, turning down Led Zeppelin, making wonderful solo albums… Late British singer/guitarist Terry Reid had quite the life

Guitar World

“I bumped into one of Queen’s techs. He said, ‘Steve, come down to the studio – the lads would love to see you’”: How Steve Howe ended up playing on a Queen track

The prog legend was asked to channel a flamenco icon for the spontaneous guest spot

Evening Standard

Channel 4 documentary to chart David Bowie’s ‘final creative chapter’

Bowie died at the age of 69 in January 2016 following an 18-month battle with cancer.

Bored Panda

20 Public Figures Who Vanished Without A Trace

From billionaires to musicians, these famous people vanished without a trace, leaving behind chilling mysteries that remain unsolved after decades.

Bored Panda

20 Haunting Stories Of Famous People Who Mysteriously Disappeared

From billionaires to musicians, these famous people vanished without a trace, leaving behind chilling mysteries that remain unsolved after decades.

MusicRadar

“He was clearly intrigued by this ‘happening' music'": When David Bowie turned junglist on Little Wonder

Exiled star returned to the music of his hometown for inspiration

International Business Times UK

The Disturbing Reasons Stars Like David Bowie and Kanye West Romanticize Nazi Propaganda

An evidence-based exploration of why prominent musicians have romanticised Nazi imagery and leaders — from David Bowie's 1976 remarks to Kanye West's 2022 Infowars praise — analysing aesthetics, provocation, mental health and institutional accountability.

1 … 3 4 5 6

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.