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David Bowie‘s previously unreleased album ‘Toys‘ has been leaked on the Internet this week, giving fans their first taste of new Bowie material since his 2003 record ‘Reality‘.

Veteran British band The Kinks will re-release seven of their classic studio albums beginning next month.

U2 have David Bowie to thank for their meteoric rise to worldwide super-stardom in the Eighties, according to the band’s frontman Bono.

A guitar said to be the favourite of Jimi Hendrix is to be put up for auction in London and has been predicted to command a price of around £120,000.

A film-maker has uploaded a rare 40 minute clip taken from David Bowie and Nine Inch Nail‘s ‘Outside‘ co-headlining tour which took place throughout North America and Europe back in 1995.

Members of Primal Scream and the Sex Pistols have added their voices to the growing protests over the potential closure of legendary London venue The 100 Club, which is suffering due to a large hike in rent.

The famous London venue the 100 Club, which has been treated to performances by countless acts including Bob Dylan, Oasis, The Clash, David Bowie and the Sex Pistols over the years, is being faced with closure after a large raise in rent costs.

Veteran songwriter David Bowie has moved to dismiss rumours he has collaborated with pop superstar Lady Gaga after a document of ‘confirmation of recorded music’ had apparently named him as one of the musicians appearing on her new album.

Indie Bands Struggle to get a Piece of the Pie

- In November 1965, a young up-starting group from West London, calling themselves ‘The Who’, would release their third single, “My Generation” – one of the first songs to define 60’s youth culture and a spark a new revolt against authority. It was tracks like these and bands like this once-raucous four-piece that played a significant part in the youth uprising of the 1960’s, with the song’s most quoted line , “I hope I die before I get old” an adopted maxim for pre-adult rebellion.

Details of ‘We Were So Turned On‘, the new 2-cd tribute album to legendary songwriter David Bowie, have been released.