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DARK SECRETS: 2 | Vintage Vibes

“That was a huge moment for me. It put me back in my place”: The insult that brought David Bowie down to Earth

Bowie later said that the dog walker’s jibe left a lasting impression

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David Bowie's daughter Lexi Jones insists she's 'not a copy' of him following release of debut album

The 24-year-old was just 15 when the Ziggy Stardust musician passed away

Evening Standard

“When he got in front of the microphone, he sang his balls off. I’d never seen him happier”: How David Bowie stared down death itself for his final left-turn

Bowie foresaw how the world would react to his end - and artfully deconstructed his own myth with a last great masterwork

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“I nicked some cymbals, the bass player’s amp head and some microphones. I got Bowie’s microphone with his lipstick on it!” On July 3, 1973, David Bowie retired Ziggy Stardust – that same day, Steve Jones stole his equipment

Turns out the Sex Pistols guitarist had a lucrative “side hustle” as a gear thief...

Guitar World

Sex Pistols star once confessed to stealing from David Bowie: ‘He thought it was funny’

‘I was like the Phantom of Hammersmith Odeon,’ musician said

The Independent UK

Housing plan for site of David Bowie Ziggy Stardust pub

The Toby Jug in south London was a famous London music venue - but could now be turned into housing after being demolished

Evening Standard

Bowie’s Berlin: Up against the wall

David Bowie’s 1987 concert in West Berlin could be heard on the other side of the wall in Eastern Germany.

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Sunday with Gail Porter: ‘We used to watch a lot of wrestling’

The Scottish television personality, former model and actor on Big Daddy and Giant Haystacks, housework and bingeing on box sets

The Guardian - UK

“I love Bowie, but I was a kleptomaniac. I couldn't help it!": Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones remembers the night he stole David Bowie’s gear

Jones made his move after one of Bowie’s legendary Ziggy Stardust gigs

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TV tonight: a Danish crime thriller perfect for chilly nights

Criminal profiler Louise Bergstein gets stuck into a murder in Justice: Those Who Kill. Plus: it’s the Strictly Halloween spooktacular! Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Huge David Bowie archive collection to go on show at new V&A East museum in London

David Bowie Centre with access to thousands of items including Ziggy Stardust costumes to open in the museum's new East Storehouse in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

Evening Standard

Ziggy Stardust costumes to feature among 90,000 artefacts in V&A’s new David Bowie Centre

Handwritten lyrics, costumes and instruments among the items to go on display in V&A’s new East Storehouse venue

The Independent UK

Actors, artists, transvestites, junkies and wannabes: How Lou Reed made the defining album of his career

Rudderless after the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed ditched New York for London and hooked upwith David Bowie: The rest is history

Louder

Kate Bush on her love of David Bowie: "He was just the right amount of weird, obviously intelligent and, of course, very sexy"

Kate Bush on the first time she heard and met David Bowie

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Ziggy Stardust: how David Bowie developed the role that would bring him undying fame

In 1964, a bunch of mop-topped young men appeared on the BBC’s early evening Tonight programme, being interviewed by a mildly bemused, but not unfriendly, Cliff Michelmore to promote the “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men”. Their spokesman, making his first television appearance, was 17-year-old David Jones.

The Guardian - UK

‘I’ve been called a witch, slut, murderer’: the ultra-creative women dismissed as rock star girlfriends

Despite their artistic skill, Anita Pallenberg, Suzi Ronson and Yoko Ono were cast as mere lovers or muses. They’re now being allowed to tell their own stories – even if it’s after death

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New Book Reveals Intimate Details Of David Bowie's Rise

Explore David Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust' era through Suzi Ronson's intimate account in 'Me and Mr. Jones', revealing personal dynamics and behind-the-scenes ...

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A memoir by Ziggy Stardust's hairdresser

Suzi Ronson first met a woman in her 50s, whose son turned out to be David Bowie. From there, it's history . . .

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‘Bowie said he’d sell his soul to be famous’: Suzi Ronson on sex, ruthless ambition – and dyeing David’s hair red

She’s the ex-hairdresser who turned Bowie into Ziggy Stardust, then set off around the world in his entourage. Ronson relives those wild days – and recalls seeing a darker side of David

The Guardian - UK

Me and Mr Jones by Suzi Ronson review – Stardust memories of David Bowie’s hairdresser

This candid memoir by the stylist who helped create the singer’s Ziggy look offers a vivid snapshot of his golden years – but loses its lustre when Bowie moves to LA

Louder

"Marc Bolan sounds supercharged and in control of barely keeping it in control": T. Rex confound the critics on Zinc Alloy And The Hidden Riders Of Tomorrow

In which Marc Bolan adds some R&B to T. Rex's glam template and opinions have been divided ever since

Metal Hammer

"Hopefully we get more horny metal songs in 2024": Inspired by Bat Out Of Hell and the theatricality of Ziggy Stardust, Creeper have proved Sleep Token aren't the only band bringing sex appeal back to metal

Creeper's Sanguivore is a gloriously OTT vision of the vampire-goth-rock opera inspired by Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman and classic vampire horror movies

The Guardian - UK

‘Bowie’s teeth were bleeding’: Mott the Hoople on making All the Young Dudes with David

‘We went for a pizza after it came out, with Bowie in his Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit. He was suffering from malnutrition. Starman came on and he said, “Your song will be on soon”’

Louder

David Bowie: curator, mentor, nurturer, counter-intuitive collaborator, hard rock lover, surfer of the zeitgeist, Tin Machine genius

The death of David Bowie in 2016 sent a seismic shock through the music world, but his chameleon career colours a legacy that endures far beyond his passing

Louder

Four Ziggy Stardust-era David Bowie B-side tracks will arrive on Record Store Day as part of the new Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth) LP

Some rare Bowie cuts are getting a proper release

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