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David Bowie leads tributes to Trevor Bolder, who has died at 62

Posted on 22 May 2013 at 4:14am

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

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Video: The Flaming Lips perform naked cover of David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’

Posted on 17 May 2013 at 9:27am

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).

Video: Smashing Pumpkins’ SXSW David Bowie cover emerges

Posted on 15 May 2013 at 7:00am

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.

Astronaut covers David Bowie’s ‘Space Oddity’ at International Space Station

Posted on 13 May 2013 at 9:19am

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

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Catholic League not happy with David Bowie after ‘The Next Day’ video

Posted on 09 May 2013 at 10:13am

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‘.

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Video: David Bowie enlists Gary Oldman for ‘The Next Day’ promo

Posted on 08 May 2013 at 5:58am

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‘.

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David Bowie remains at number one on UK Record Store Chart

Posted on 25 Mar 2013 at 7:30am

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

David Bowie, Tame Impala, Biffy Clyro confirm releases for Record Store Day

Posted on 21 Mar 2013 at 4:42am

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

David Bowie gets UK number one album with fastest seller of 2013 so far

Posted on 18 Mar 2013 at 4:53am

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.

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David Bowie set for UK number one album

Posted on 13 Mar 2013 at 12:26pm

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’

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