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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

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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

Louder

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 Conversation

‘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

The Guardian - UK

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 . . .

Salon

‘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

The Guardian - UK

"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

Louder

"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

Metal Hammer

‘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”’

The Guardian - UK

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

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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

The Guardian - US

The Trans Handy Ma’am: the home repair TikToker championing renters

Mercury Stardust makes DIY home repair videos centering renters – and the person who thinks they can’t fix anything

Evening Standard

London's 23 wildest nights out EVER

Ancient Rome? Pah. London is where the wildest parties happen. And below we revisit 23 of the capital’s most outrageous ever

Louder

On the night David Bowie said goodbye to glam rock he was accompanied by The Troggs and a stoned Marianne Faithfull dressed as a nun

David Bowie's The 1980 Floor Show: filmed in London in 1973 for a US audience, with an unlikely supporting cast and a final farewell from Ziggy Stardust

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The Guardian - UK

‘History’s most divisive hairstyle’: salons report surge in demand for mullets

Subversive style is cropping up on catwalk after stars such as Paul Mescal sport the look on red carpet

Louder

“David Bowie kidnapped us!”: the unlikely story of Joe Elliott, Bono, Bowie, a hijacked taxicab and the most unlikely version of Happy Birthday ever

When a starstruck Joe Elliott met David Bowie at a party at Bono’s house, he didn’t expect to be accused of kidnapping Ziggy Stardust

Louder

“He gave people permission to be themselves”: 10 of the best David Bowie songs, picked by Bowie keyboard player Mike Garson

A journey through Bowie’s career with Mike Garson, the man who knew him better than most

Evening Standard

The death of Ziggy Stardust, 50 years on: Bowie’s greatest act of iconoclasm and why it matters

It was a night that became mythic, but fans and friends of the star remember it in many different ways

The Independent UK

David Bowie: A photographic memoir like no other

Geoff MacCormack, singer, songwriter and producer, shares his personal photos from his lifelong friendship with the starman

The Guardian - UK

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars review – Bowie bids farewell to an icon in legendary gig

DA Pennebaker’s documentary offers moving moments and raw immediacy as the musician takes on his final performance as Ziggy Stardust

Guitar World

"I never wanted to be just the bass player, plonking away. I played a lot of notes – too many sometimes!" Trevor Bolder and the low-end magic of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust was recorded in just one day. It made David Bowie a star. But bass players could only hear Trevor Bolder...

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