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Watch Beck Cover David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' with 160-Piece Band

Jeff Giles — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:23:48 +0000

When the folks at Lincoln decided to launch a new promotional campaign featuring contemporary artists covering classic songs, Beck was an obvious natural choice -- after all, his Record Club project has already found him recording new versions of the Velvet Underground and Leonard Cohen, among others.

Rare 1970 Film Featuring David Bowie and Genesis Unearthed

Dave Swanson — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:12:01 +0000

The Atomic Sunrise festival was held in March 1970 at the legendary Roundhouse club in England and featured a number of the underground rock scene's most shining lights. The event featured David Bowie, Hawkwind, and Genesis, among others. All these acts were in their infancy, and that's what makes the event so interesting. Fortunately, the festival was captured on film and now, after over 40 years, the film has been unearthed.

David Bowie to Release Remastered 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars'

Billy Dukes — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:41:27 +0000

It will be almost 40 years to the day of its original release when EMI releases the newest anniversary edition of the most influential David Bowie album of all time. A remastered version of 1972′s ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars’ will be released on June 4.

Long-Lost David Bowie 1973 'Top Of The Pops' Performance Airs

Karen 'Gilly' Laney — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:20:24 +0000

David Bowie‘s long lost 1973 ‘Top Of The Pops’ video was broadcast Wednesday (Dec. 22) as part of a 90 minute Christmas special on BBC2. It was the first time in nearly 39 years that this legendary performance appeared on the airwaves, and according to Bowie’s website “Ziggymania gripped the UK” just prior to the broadcast.

David Bowie's Long-Lost 'Top Of The Pops' Video Footage Discovered

Karen 'Gilly' Laney — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:43:20 +0000

David Bowie‘s long lost performance of ‘Jean Genie’ on England’s ‘Top Of The Pops’ television show has surfaced 38 years after its original broadcast, thanks to a retired cameraman. 69 year old John Henshall has retained a copy of this rarer than rare video performance for all these years and BBC news reported that “I [...]

David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' Is Now a Free Digital Children's Book

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:45:27 +0000

Artist Andrew Kolb has re-imagined the song ‘Space Oddity,’ David Bowie‘s epic tale of disaster in the great beyond, as an illustrated children’s book, borrowing Bowie’s lyrics for the narrative. However, since Kolb didn’t secure the rights to the song, he realized that Bowie’s legal team would be all over him if he tried to sell it. So instead [...]