David Bowie single review: He runs the gamut from tenderness to torment

David Bowie                 Mother/Tryin’ To Get To Heaven                Out Friday Rating: ‘Five years,’ David Bowie sang at the start of Ziggy Stardust. ‘What a surprise.’ Next week marks five years since his death, which is only half-surprising. He remains ever-present, commemorated in every … Read more

Royal Mint launches coins celebrating David Bowie by sending one of them into orbit

Now that’s a Space Oddity! Royal Mint launches coins celebrating David Bowie by sending one of them into orbit… and now you could win it in social media contest David Bowie coins are being sold as part of Royal Mint’s music legends collection One of the coins celebrating the Space Oddity singer was launched into … Read more

Cara Delevingne transforms into David Bowie in striking Halloween throwback snaps

Cara Delevingne wows in a sequin bodysuit and face paint as she transforms into David Bowie in striking Halloween throwback snaps By Georgia Simcox For Mailonline Published: 10:42 GMT, 13 November 2020 | Updated: 10:42 GMT, 13 November 2020 Cara Delevingne wowed her followers with her stunning David Bowie Halloween costume.  The model, 28, transformed … Read more

David Bowie biopic Stardust is labelled ‘terrible’ by fans and they call for it to be boycotted

The official trailer for the long-awaited David Bowie biopic Stardust was released on Wednesday. But fans were left unhappy by the initial teaser for the film, as they labelled it ‘terrible’ and ‘mediocre’ and called for a boycott after it was revealed the rock icon’s family did not approve of the drama. Stardust follows Bowie, played … Read more

Beatles and Bowie featurea as ’60s reporter releases memoir

MEMOIR THE BEATLES AND BEYOND   by Don Short (Wymer £14.99, 254pp) This rollicking memoir — a veritable treasure trove of anecdote and gossip — is not so much a trip down Memory Lane as a star-strewn cavalcade down Memory Motorway. Don Short is the uncrowned king of showbusiness reporters. Anyone who grew up reading the … Read more

Dinosaur with a parrot-like beak has been named after David Bowie 

An exuberant dinosaur with a parrot-like beak, bony frills, a huge horn on its nose and a ‘star-like’ skull has been named in honour of British rock musician David Bowie. US palaeontologists have given the dinosaur genus the name Stellasaurus, meaning ‘star lizard’, based on a fossilised skull found in Montana.  The creature roamed the … Read more

Hero just for one day: How David Bowie saved fellow rocker Peter Frampton from a burning plane

David Bowie once picked his guitarist and old school friend Peter Frampton up and carried him out of the smoke-filled cabin of his private plane. In a memoir due to be published in October, rocker Frampton, 69, reveals Bowie – a ‘lovely man’ who he first met when they went to school together in Bromley, … Read more

David Bowie bass guitarist Matthew Seligman dies aged 64 after coronavirus battle

David Bowie bass guitarist Matthew Seligman dies aged 64 after coronavirus battle By Jack Newman For Mailonline Published: 01:19 BST, 19 April 2020 | Updated: 13:24 BST, 19 April 2020 Renowned bass guitarist Matthew Seligman, who played with David Bowie at Live Aid in 1985, has died from coronavirus aged 64. The musician is best … Read more

David Bowie biopic Stardust FIRST LOOK: Johnny Flynn depicts the pop icon doubting his US success

David Bowie biopic Stardust FIRST LOOK: Johnny Flynn depicts the pop icon plagued with doubt about his album’s US success… foreshadowing the birth of his VERY famous alter-ego By Laura Fox For Mailonline Published: 18:11 BST, 15 April 2020 | Updated: 18:22 BST, 15 April 2020 The first clip for the long-awaited David Bowie biopic … Read more