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David Bowie has led the tributes being paid to Trevor Bolder, who has died at the age of 62.

Wayne Coyne stripped down to his birthday suit as the Flaming Lips delivered a typically eccentric, and undoubtedly impressive, cover of David Bowie‘s ‘Heroes‘ during an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon in the US yesterday (May 16th).

A video of the Smashing Pumpkins covering David Bowie‘s ‘Space Oddity‘ live at the South By Southwest Festival earlier this year has emerged online – check it out below.

International Space Station commander Chris Hadfield has uploaded a poignant video of his cover of David Bowie‘s ‘Space Oddity‘ – check it out below.

David Bowie has been branded a ‘switch-hitting, bisexual, senior citizen from London’ by the Catholic League who have not taken too kindly to the promo for his new single ‘The Next Day‘.

David Bowie has enlisted the talents of Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard for the latest single to be taken from his comeback album ‘The Next Day‘.

David Bowie remains on top of the UK Record Store Album Chart this week despite a raft of new entries.

David Bowie, Tame Impala, Paul McCartney and Biffy Clyro have all confirmed special releases for this year’s Record Store Day celebrations.

David Bowie‘s comeback album ‘The Next Day‘ has become the fastest seller in the UK of 2013 so far to debut at the top of the Album Chart this week.

David Bowie is well on course for the top spot on the UK Album Chart with his comeback album ‘The Next Day‘, according to the latest midweek figures.

Bowie is one place ahead of Bon Jovi‘s new record ‘What About Now?‘ on the midweeks, with Emeli Sande‘s eternally lingering ‘Our Version Of Events‘ currently at no.3.

Further back on the chart, the soundtrack to Dave Grohl‘s Sound City Studios documentary, entitled ‘Reel To Reel‘, is heading for a place inside the Top 20, and Stornoway‘s new effort ‘Tales From Terra Firma‘ is at the moment placed at #20.

The official chart will be confirmed this Sunday (March 17th).

UK Midweek Album Chart, Top 10:

1/ David Bowie – ‘The Next Day’
2/ Bon Jovi – ‘What About Now?’
3/ Emeli Sande – ‘Our Version Of Events’
4/ Bastille – ‘Bad Blood’
5/ Bruno Mars – ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’
6/ Hurts – ‘Exile’
7/ Stereophonics – ‘Graffiti On The Train’
8/ Les Miserables OST
9/ Mumford & Sons – ‘Babel’
10/ Dido – ‘Girl Who Got Away’