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“As soon as we played that, I screamed. I could tell right away that it was a smash”: Nile Rodgers breaks down how he and David Bowie made Let’s Dance

The song was in a very different form when Bowie originally wrote it

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“He walked into my bedroom, and he says, ‘Darling, I think this is a hit.’ And I went, ‘Cool man, let me hear it…’” How Nile Rodgers and David Bowie accidentally wrote Let’s Dance – with a 12-string that was missing 6 strings

The 1983 chart-topping hit features both Nile Rodgers and the then-unknown Stevie Ray Vaughan on guitars – and its demo was recorded at Queen’s studio in Switzerland

Guitar World

‘The Ziggy Stardust suit sparked my adolescent awakening’: Moby, Goldie, Natalie Merchant and more delve inside Bowie’s archives

As a huge new public collection opens this weekend, famous fans pick out their touchstones – from the game-changing wardrobe that gave birth to glam to the synthesiser that drove his Berlin years

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Annie Lennox: ‘I wanted to perform as a woman, not be regarded as a piece of meat’

THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: As the former Eurythmics superstar publishes a new illustrated memoir of her extraordinary career, she talks to Charlotte Cripps about being diagnosed as neurodivergent, why the American dream is over for many working-class Americans, and how the pop industry is hypersexualised

The Independent UK

Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil says he had a stroke and had to ‘learn to walk again’

The 64-year-old rock star revealed ‘my whole left side went out’

The Independent UK

From Little Richard to Strauss: David Bowie’s favourite tunes revealed as new exhibition opens

Influential musician was a fan of Jeff Beck, Sonic Youth and The Beatles

The Independent UK

These were David Bowie's favourite songs, according to a note found while amassing his new V&A archive

Bowie picked songs by The Beatles, Roxy Music, Little Richard, Sonic Youth and more

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Listen to Limp Bizkit's brand new single Making Love To Morgan Wallen, featuring nods to Chester Bennington, David Bowie, dolphins and Donald Trump

Limp Bizkit have dropped a brand new single, and it is about as Limp Bizkit as it could possibly be

Metal Hammer

London's David Bowie Centre to open with 200 treasures from a 90,000-item archive

From handwritten lyrics to iconic costumes and unrealised projects, London’s V&A East is inviting visitors to step inside Bowie’s restless, shape-shifting world.

Euronews

No Ziggy: Why the David Bowie biopic still isn’t happening - as Hollywood runs scared?

The film version of a memoir by one of Bowie’s early allies, is still waiting to be snapped up for production

Evening Standard

“Memo for radio show - list of favourite records": Jeff Beck, Roxy Music and Miles Davis all make the list of David Bowie’s 15 favourite tracks

List was made for a putative radio show

MusicRadar

Blue, green, brown, or something in between – the science of eye colour explained

You’re introduced to someone and your attention catches on their eyes. They might be a rich, earthy brown, a pale blue, or the rare green that shifts with every flicker of light. Eyes have a way of holding us, of sparking recognition or curiosity before a single word is spoken.…

The Conversation

David Bowie's archive opens to the public. Fans can see and touch 1000s of his items

David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items

The Independent UK

V&A David Bowie Centre to feature entire section on ‘unrealised’ projects

The centre in Stratford will house more than 90,000 objects from the late Starman singer’s archive.

Evening Standard

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David Bowie at the V&A East Storehouse review: This archive is utter stardust for Ziggy fans

5/5 This new centre will let fans get up close with some of the singer’s most iconic costumes, instruments and more

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Kate Moss reveals David Bowie's nickname for her

Supermodel Kate Moss reflects on her friendship with David Bowie, and the affectionate nickname he had for her.

The Guardian - UK

Show me the nipple-baring Ziggy knitwear! A tour inside David Bowie’s mind-boggling 90,000-item archive

From the plans for a Major Tom movie to the Aladdin Sane mask and some wild ‘artworks’ sent by fans, this Bowie treasure trove is now open to the public – and it’s the freakiest show!

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David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust hairstyle 'flopped'

Suzi Ronson has revealed how she created David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust hairstyle.

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“I’m not trying to alienate my audience. As an artist in Deep Purple and even before Purple I was an R&B-based rock artist”: Glenn Hughes says he's still taking inspiration from David Bowie

“I like a bit of a gamble in my work," he says

Guitar World

“David said, ‘Slicky, you don’t have Les Pauls anymore.’ I said, ‘I haven’t been playing them.’ He said, ‘You need to get a couple’”: The one time David Bowie ordered Earl Slick to swap his Fenders for Gibsons

Slick went into the recording of 2003's Reality armed with a Telecaster, but his guitar of choice didn't cut it with Bowie

BANG Premier

Woody Woodmansey didn't realise how ill David Bowie was

Woody Woodmansey didn’t know his late friend and collaborator David Bowie was “seriously” ill until he died.

The Guardian - UK

Kate Moss takes on David Bowie in her first ever podcast: best listens of the week

The global fashion star chats to famous musicians about her friend – the man behind Ziggy Stardust. Plus, a comedian borrows a Hollywood celeb’s car for off-the-wall interviews

The Guardian - UK

From On Swift Horses to David Byrne: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi star in a 50s-set drama about sexual identity while the Talking Head returns with more art-pop joy

Evening Standard

One of David Bowie’s final unrealised musical projects to go on display

The museum will display his notepad, index cards, and a series of sticky notes outlining historical events, potential characters, and possible scenes.

Evening Standard

Sam McKnight: David Bowie made “different” acceptable and aspirational

Celebrated hair stylist Sam McKnight on David Bowie, his beauty icons and his new hair fragrance

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