David Bowie Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
17th February 2017
Quote: "There's a child in all of us that thinks, 'How can they die? They're immortal.' And yet, we're not, all of us are sadly mortal, but their music will live forever and actually it enriches your life and and you say, 'I have a limited amount of time on the Earth, and I'm gonna make use of it, in a good way.'" Rocker Sting has been inspired to make the most of his veteran years following the unexpected deaths of his music peers David Bowie and Prince last year (16).
29th January 2017
Fact: David Bowie's handwritten lyrics to his 1972 hit The Jean Genie are one of 60 items related to the iconic musician going under the hammer later this month (Jan17). Paddle8 is opening bidding on 30 January, with lots in the online sale also including lithographs of the artwork for Ziggy Stardust and a print from a series of Tarot Card paintings created by Bowie in 1975 and given as a gifts to friends.
2nd November 2016
Fact: A new emoji inspired by the late David Bowie will become available in an upcoming Apple operating system update. The "singer" emoji will feature a man or a woman with a lightning bolt painted across their face standing in front of a microphone, in a nod to the cover of Bowie's 1973 album Aladdin Sane. The singer died in January (16) following a battle with cancer.
11th July 2016
Fact: David Bowie will return to the big screen from beyond the grave when his cult sci-fi film The Man Who Fell To Earth heads back to theatres as part of a 40th anniversary run. The 1976 film marked the late rock icon's first starring movie role. In it he played an alien tasked with bringing water from Earth back to his planet. A restored version of the movie, directed by Nicolas Roeg, will screen across Britain on 9 September (16), with further releases planned for the U.S. and Germany.
23rd May 2016
Fact: A song David Bowie wrote for Frank Sinatra has been unearthed for a new TV documentary. The late rock icon's version of My Way, which was rejected by Sinatra, was recorded by Bowie in 1968. It's one of the rarities which will feature in new BBC4 documentary series The People's History of Pop. Sinatra eventually chose to record Paul Anka's version of the classic over Bowie's.
10th April 2016
Quote: "David Bowie came backstage. We didn't know what to say to him, you know. We were just overwhelmed. It was like a f**king runaway train in those days." British rockers Arctic Monkeys were left speechless when they first met the late music legend in New York in 2006, according to frontman Alex Turner.
1st April 2016
Fact: Former supermodel Iman has paid tribute to her mother, who passed away on Thursday (31Mar16), just two months after the beauty lost her husband, David Bowie. Sharing a photo of her and Bowie with her parents on Twitter, she writes, "Saddened by the death of my mom Maryan Baadi. May Allah grant her the highest jannah (eternal paradise)."
19th February 2016
Fact: Footage of David Bowie's entire Glastonbury Festival set from 2000 will be screened during the 2016 event in June (16) as part of plans to honour the late rocker, who passed away in January (16).
5th February 2016
Quote: "He was such an innovator, and his songs were phenomenal. I remember when I first heard Fame on the radio, I thought he was black. It was so funky." Ice Cube remembers David Bowie, who lost his battle with cancer last month (Jan16).
24th January 2016
Tweet: "Hi all. Just wanted to thank you for the incredibly kind words & thoughts. I'll be easing my way back into Twitter." David Bowie's filmmaker son Duncan Jones expresses his gratitude to fans following the death of the rock icon on 10 January (16). He posted the message beside an illustration of three hands giving the thumbs up and the words, "Everything is good".
12th January 2016
Fact: Musicians EL VY honoured the memory of David Bowie on Monday night (11Jan16) by performing a cover of the late icon's Let's Dance classic during an appearance on America's The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. The group, a collaboration between The National's Matt Berninger and Brent Knopf from Menomena and Ramona Falls, also played its song Return to the Moon.
11th January 2016
Tweet: "I worked with Iman on my 'Do What You Do' video. A wonderful, big-hearted woman. My thoughts are with her and the family at this time." Jermaine Jackson sends his condolences to supermodel Iman, whose husband David Bowie died on Sunday (10Jan16).
11th January 2016
Tweet: "we lost the best musician of the 20th century and i lost a friend. goodbye, david. i will always love you." Dance star Moby adds his tribute to the late David Bowie, who lost his battle with cancer on Sunday (10Jan16).
9th February 2015
Fact: David Bowie will mark this year's (15) Record Store Day in April (15) by releasing his 1971 track Changes as a limited edition seven-inch vinyl.
11th September 2014
Fact: The Kinks' upcoming 50th anniversary hits compilation will feature liner notes written by David Bowie.
9th September 2014
Fact: David Bowie is planning to make another assault on the charts this year (14) with the release of a new greatest hits album. Nothing Has Changed is slated to hit stores in November (14) and it features a new single titled, Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime).
6th April 2014
Fact: A letter David Bowie wrote to Dennis Hopper in 1981, complaining about the lack of good movie scripts and detailing his diet of aspirin, coffee and booze has been published in the new issue of style and arts magazine Man of the World.
10th March 2014
Fact: David Bowie is to release two limited edition picture discs on Record Store Day next month (19Apr14). British fans will be able to purchase a copy of Rock 'n' Roll Suicide, while 1984 will be available in America. Public Enemy's Chuck D has been named the official ambassador of Record Store Day 2014.
9th February 2014
Quote: "I was thrilled when he released the new album last year. I was talking on the phone to him and he said, 'I don't know about touring. I have no great desire to get out there again at the moment.' And I said, 'But you're writing again?' And he said he was. I think we'll probably see him again. He's planning something." Actor Gary Oldman is confident his reclusive old pal David Bowie will perform live again following the release of his comeback album The Next Day last year (13).
2nd January 2014
Fact: David Bowie's The Next Day was Britain's top-selling album at independent stores in 2013. The release sold better than Arctic Monkeys' Am and Random Access Memories by Daft Punk.
28th October 2013
Fact: British rock icon David Bowie has recruited former LCD Soundsystem star James Murphy to remix his latest song, Love Is Lost, and he has unveiled plans to debut the new video for the track during London's Mercury Prize ceremony on Wednesday (30Oct13). The singer's comeback album, The Next Day, is one of the favourites the win the top accolade.
30th September 2013
Fact: David Bowie is set to release five new songs, two original remixes, and a Dvd and as part of his three-disc collectors edition album The Next Day Extra. The package is a re-issue of his acclaimed 2013 comeback record The Next Day. It is set for release on 4 November (13).
26th September 2013
Quote: "I used to hear from David quite a lot, but not for years. I listened to his new album a few times because I loved the single but... I did think it was just slightly disappointing." Queen drummer Roger Taylor was unimpressed with David Bowie's 2013 comeback album The Next Day.
1st May 2013
Fact: A 90-minute documentary featuring previously unseen footage of David Bowie in his 1970s heyday will be broadcast by the Bbc later this month (May13). Five Years charts the Ashes to Ashes hitmaker's glory days from 1971 to 1983.
30th April 2013
Fact: A collection of David Bowie portraits have been sold at auction for a total of $56,000 (£35,000). The 10 original drawings, by Scottish artist Peter Howson, were placed under the hammer at MCTear's Auctioneers in Glasgow on Sunday (28Apr13) to raise funds for Howson's daughter Lucie, who suffers from Asperger's syndrome.
20th April 2013
Quote: "According to people I've spoken to, there's another album in the pipeline. There was, like, 29 songs or something. I don't know what's next for Bowie. He could disappear for another 10 years or there could be another album. He might do the greatest tour of all time or he might never gig again. Who knows?" Rocker Noel Gallagher sparks speculation there could be more material from David Bowie following the release of his comeback album The Next Day last month (Mar13).
13th March 2013
Fact: David Bowie opened a pop-up eaterie in Japan on Saturday (09Mar13) in honour of his latest album The Next Day. The aptly named David Bowie Cafe in Tokyo's Sony Building will serve traditional British pie-and-mash meals to hungry customers.
12th March 2013
Tweet: "Very happy to have had the pleasure of hearing David Bowie's latest. Beautiful, prescient, soulful music." Rocker Billy Corgan approves of David Bowie's new album The Next Day, which was released in the U.K. on Monday (11Mar13) and will hit U.S. retailers on Tuesday (12Mar13).
7th March 2013
Fact: David Bowie has teamed up with designer Paul Smith to create a new T-shirt, which celebrates the release of the rocker's comeback album The Next Day. The shirt is the first of many planned clothing collaborations between Bowie and Smith. The singer/songwriter's first studio album in a decade will be released on 12 March (13).
20th February 2013
Fact: David Bowie will release his first two singles from comeback album The Next Day on limited edition seven-inch vinyl to mark Record Store Day on 20 April (13). According to his Facebook page, The Stars (Are Out Tonight) will be backed by Where Are We Now?.
30th January 2013
Fact: David Bowie has rejigged the release dates for his upcoming album so fans in Germany will be able to buy the new music first. Bowie's highly-anticipated new record, The Next Day, will hit stores in Germany on 8 March (13), followed by the U.K. on 11 March and North America on 12 March (13). Australians will have to wait until 15 March (13).
9th January 2013
Tweet: "Laying in bed high listening to Bowie's new song. A moment of bliss I never thought I'd have again. Listening to new Bowie for the first time." Lady GaGa is a big fan of David Bowie's new single Where Are We Now?, which was released on Tuesday (08Jan13) marking his first new music in 10 years.
20th June 2012
Fact: JOY DIVISION song Love Will Tear Us Apart has been named the greatest track of the last 60 years by editors of NME magazine. Pulp's Common People was second and "Heroes" by David Bowie came third.
27th March 2012
Fact: Spandau Ballet star Gary Kemp unveiled a historic plaque in honour of David Bowie's The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars on Tuesday (27Mar12). The singer, a lifelong Bowie fan, revealed the special nameplate on London's Heddon Street, where the landmark album's iconic cover was shot.
26th March 2012
Quote: "For about 24 hours, many years ago, I was making a record with David and Ray. It's not the case anymore. I've played around with a lot of ideas and most don't come to fruition." Blur star Damon Albarn was once planning to collaborate with rock legends David Bowie and THE KINKS' RAY DAVIES.
23rd March 2012
Fact: David Bowie's landmark 1972 album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is to be re-released in a remastered format to celebrate its 40th anniversary in June (12).
8th March 2012
Fact: The London street where the iconic cover of David Bowie's landmark album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars was shot is to be immortalised with a historic plaque. Officials from Britain's Crown Estate have agreed to honour the narrow road with a special nameplate, which are traditionally installed at locations of cultural interest in the U.K.
1st December 2011
Fact: Supermodel Kate Moss has channelled David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust persona for the cover of French Vogue. The stunning Brit donned an orange wig and a sparkly catsuit for the '70s-inspired shoot.
11th April 2011
Fact: David Bowie's filmmaker son Duncan Jones has treated himself to a brand new Mustang motor with the cash he's made as the director of hit new thriller Source Code.
11th April 2011
Quote: "Maybe one day. He's an amazing talented man and one day I hope to raise my game to a level where I would invite him to consider working with me but not yet." Moviemaker Duncan Jones is keen to work with his father David Bowie on a film in the future.
4th April 2011
Quote: "Bowie was a stage name for my dad, it was never my name. No one in my family ever called me Zowie - Zowie was a middle name, Jones was my last name and Duncan was always my first name." David Bowie's filmmaker son Duncan Jones explains confusion surrounding reports his rock star dad named him 'Zowie Bowie'.
25th March 2011
Quote: "I wasn't ready to juggle responsibilities until now. I don't want to drag my family around the world on film sets. My dad did an incredible job keeping my life as normal as possible, but I want to be there for my family." David Bowie's moviemaker son Duncan Jones is keen to settle down with his girlfriend and start a family.
25th March 2011
Quote: "Part of what got me into science fiction was the literature dad introduced me to. He insisted on discipline and wanted me to read an hour or two every night." Duncan Jones thanks his dad David Bowie for instilling in him a love of books at a young age.
30th December 2010
Tweet: "Rumour round the gate is that if you get delayed longer than 12 hours, you get to commandeer one of their little electric baggage carts... If you end up staying a full 24 hours, they give you a pair of paddles, and you can 'bring in' a jumbo!" David Bowie's director son Duncan Jones has suffered a lengthy delay at New York's JFK Airport due to the wintry weather.
29th November 2010
Quote: "It's not exaggerating to say, what Elvis meant to America, David Bowie meant to the U.K. and Ireland. It was that radical a shift in consciousness... America put a man on the moon. We had our own British guy from outer space - with an Irish mother." Bono on his hero DAVID BOWIE.
10th November 2010
Quote: "I cook at home every night... and I serve him coffee and breakfast in bed every day." Former supermodel Iman on how she keeps husband David Bowie happy.
29th September 2010
Quote: "Low, which is the first of his Berlin albums, has always been my favourite record, and even more so recently the more I've listened to it. I think that slightly experimental edge of that record is in the music that I'm making currently." Veteran rocker Paul Weller admits to NME.com he takes his inspiration from music icon David Bowie.
5th August 2010
Quote: "On his 57th birthday, I sent him an email and put something like, 'Happy birthday! Isn't it time you got a proper job?' I signed it 'Ricky Gervais, 42, comedian.' He sent one back saying, 'I have a proper job. David Bowie, 57, rock god.'" RICKY GERVAIS enjoys poking fun at his pal DAVID BOWIE.
5th July 2010
Fact: A British music station which had been set for closure has been saved following high-profile protests from stars including David Bowie, Lily Allen and Mark Ronson. BBC 6 Music will now stay open after the corporation's chairman rejected proposals to close the station to save money.
10th March 2010
Quote: "I love Dublin. It's small, manageable, a great walking city. Back in my teens I got drunk there, more recently I interviewed (artist) Tracy Emin there, now that's completing a circle of some kind. Self revelation and epiphany are the currency in that town." David Bowie on his love affair with the Irish capital.
26th January 2010
Quote: "I have a thing about Chinese folk music." David Bowie on what's on his iPod.
11th November 2009
Fact: Queen Latifah, Sting, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon will design a line of scarves for Tonic.com to benefit the non-profit organisation Citta, and its women’s centres in Nepal and India.
21st October 2009
Fact: The original members of Queen have been turned into LEGO versions of themselves for the upcoming music video game LEGO Rock Band. Freddie Mercury, Brian May, JOHN DEACON and ROGER TAYLOR join Iggy Pop and David Bowie, whose LEGO likenesses have already been revealed.
9th October 2009
Fact: Singer/songwriter Ben Harper and actor Jack Black teamed up to perform Queen and David Bowie's hit UNDER PRESSURE on America's The Jay Leno Show on Thursday night (08Oct09).
7th October 2009
Fact: Rock legend David Bowie is set to be a hit with a new generation - he has been transformed into a Lego character. The LET'S DANCE singer will appear in toy form on the new Lego Rock Band computer game.
12th August 2009
Quote: "I was so freaked out. I just told him how big a fan of his I was. He's so grounded. It was amazing. I love him. Who doesn't?" Vanessa Hudgens on meeting her idol David Bowie on the set of BANDSLAM.
20th July 2009
Fact: A collection of David Bowie's canvas paintings created with South African artist BEEZY BAILEY in 1995 will go under the hammer at Sotheby's auction house in New York in September (09). The sale will raise money for the Africa Foundation and Ikamva Labantu charities to help orphaned children in South Africa.
14th May 2009
Quote: "It's a cabaret from morning to night. We can talk about literally anything." Fashion mogul Iman on her marriage to David Bowie.
16th February 2009
Quote: "I am just happy that in my heyday - when I was in my twenties - and I was drunk and stupid there was no TMZ. Thank God." David Bowie's supermodel wife, Iman, 53, is thankful internet bloggers weren't so popular when she was on the party scene.
21st November 2008
Fact: THE Rolling Stones, David Bowie and Amy Winehouse are among the stars who have loaned concert memorabilia to a new exhibition at London's O2 Arena charting the history of British pop music.
20th October 2008
Quote: "I was so respectful when Bowie was in the room; I wanted to help him to his seat like he was the Pope - not that he needs it; he looks better than me." Comedian Ricky Gervais gave rocker David Bowie the VIP treatment when he made a guest appearance on his hit show EXTRAS.
28th July 2008
Quote: "David Bowie is a fashion icon. There aren't many people you can say that about, but he is one. I love the way he totally constructed his look over the years." Alice Cooper reveals his style favourite.
23rd July 2008
Quote: "I always try to get something in about how fat and stupid I look. In my head I look like a young David Bowie. Then I catch a glimpse of myself in the window and I go, 'Who's Fatty looking at? Oh...'" British funnyman Ricky Gervais likes to poke fun at himself.
15th May 2008
Quote: "(I sneaked) out of the house to see a David Bowie concert and it charged my life. I was grounded for the summer... It was so worth it." Madonna credits DAVID BOWIE with changing her life.
1st May 2008
Quote: "I can't think of anything else he's done that would make my hair stand up on end." Rolling Stones star Keith Richards insists that CHANGES was David Bowie's only memorable song.
15th April 2008
Quote: "David Bowie lives down the street from me... Do you know how f**king rad that is?" Actress Mila Kunis.
13th February 2008
Fact: David Bowie provides backing vocals on Scarlett Johansson's upcoming Tom Waits covers album. Bowie sings on the tracks Falling Down and Fannin' Street.
3rd February 2008
Fact: David Bowie is set to return to acting as part of the cast of new movie WILL. The rocker is in talks to join Lisa Kudrow and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL star Vanessa Hudgens in the quirky romance about teenage misfits falling in love.
12th January 2008
Fact: David Bowie's police mugshot from a marijuana possession arrest in New York in 1976 was sold on auction website eBay.com for over $2,500 (GBP1,250) last month (Dec07). The never-before-seen photo of a serious-looking Bowie was discovered in a retired cop's attic.
16th October 2007
Fact: Rocker David Bowie's style has inspired a new clothing line at U.S. budget store Target. The Bowie range has been created by designer KEANAN DUFFTY.
2nd October 2007
Quote: "We walked in the studio, David and I, and there were the musicians; they'd learned the song... They got it right perfectly. Start to finish, like, five minutes and two takes just for luck. Finished." Mick Jagger admits his DANCING IN THE STREETS duet with David Bowie was the product of a speedy recording session.
10th September 2007
Fact: The former manager of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed is releasing a tell-all autobiography. Tony Defries promises his memoirs, titled GODS AND GANGSTERS, will include "candid revelations and private insights".
31st May 2007
Fact: Odd couple Marilyn Manson and Evan Rachel Wood have matching black heart tattoos, but the actress has a lightning bolt through hers - to represent her love for David Bowie.
26th April 2007
Fact: Rocker David Bowie has treated his long-serving assistant to a $3,800 (GBP1,900) white gold and diamond ring for her 60th birthday.
16th March 2007
Quote: "A record shop was just about the coolest place one could hang out in back then - perhaps not quite as cool as a coffee bar or the burger-selling innovation known as the Wimpy Bar, but it ran a very close second." David Bowie reminisces about the good old days.
16th January 2007
Quote: "My first instrument was a Stylophone - a little hand organ played with a pen that you hear on David Bowie's SPACE ODDITY." The Clash star Mick Jones on his early musical talents.
11th January 2007
Fact: Music legends including David Bowie, THE White Stripes and Led Zeppelin are re-living their favourite gigs for a new book. The recollections appear in THE SHOW I'LL NEVER FORGET: 50 WRITERS RELIVE THEIR MOST MEMORABLE CONCERT-GOING EXPERIENCE, to be published in paperback later this month (JAN07).
21st September 2006
Quote: "He's a very funny, dry, erudite bloke. I imagine him in a nuclear bunker in New York surrounded by television screens like The Man Who Fell to Earth. But most of all he is very sweet." David Bowie remains an enigma for fan-turned-friend RICKY GERVAIS.
8th July 2006
Quote: "The best way I can describe that song is, say, David Bowie and (former Talking Heads star) David Byrne decided to do a cover of James Brown's Sex Machine." Justin Timberlake has high expectation for his new single SEXYBACK.
4th May 2006
Fact: TWIN PEAKS star Kyle MacLachlan beat out competition from Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer and David Bowie to land the lead role in 1984 sci-fi epic DUNE.
31st January 2006
Fact: <p>THE LORD OF THE RINGS star Andy Serkis is set to go from playing King Kong to David Bowie's assistant in Batman BEGINS director Christopher Nolan's new movie THE PRESTIGE. </p>
27th September 2005
Fact: <p>British actor Clive Owen was such a fan of colourful rocker David Bowie he once dyed his hair five different colours. </p>
31st August 2005
Fact: <p>David Bowie has confirmed he'll be making a return to New York's live stage next month (08SEP05), when he performs with Canadian rockers Arcade Fire at the Fashion Rocks concert. </p>
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