Tag: Bowie
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Freddie Mercury ‘erased David Bowie vocals’ from track after clash | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] Freddie Mercury loved to playfully tease friends, colleagues and even journalists in public and in private – but he also loved to pick a fight. His PA and close friend Peter Freestone told Express Online that the star actually used to enrage people on purpose: “Freddie would provoke fights because that gave him the…
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David Bowie hit song chosen for King’s official Coronation playlist | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] The playlist of 27 songs has been hand-selected on behalf of His Majesty by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport and includes plenty of classic acts like Queen, The Beatles and Sir Tom Jones among the newer ones. And included among them as the fourth track on the Spotify playlist is Bowie’s Let’s…
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The best David Bowie quotes | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] GETTY David Bowie in concert at Earl’s Court, London during his 1978 world tour ALADDIN SANE Bowie’s alter ego, and star of the album of the same name, with the famous blue and red lightning flash on his forehead on top of pale make-up. The photograph was shot by Brian Duffy, with make-up by…
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Bowie estate sells rights to star’s music for £186m | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] The agreement covers songs from 26 studio albums made during Bowie’s life as well as the posthumously released Toy and two with his band Tin Machine. Among the tracks changing hands were Heroes, Changes, Space Oddity, Fame, Let’s Dance and Rebel Rebel. Guy Moot, chief executive of new owner Warner Chappell Music (WCM), said:…
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David Bowie was ‘disturbed’ by his biggest hit song: ‘He didn’t like where he was going’ | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] The legendary star’s career spanned six decades from 1962 until his untimely death in 2016. He was always at the forefront of music, art and fashion. Yet Bowie was very unhappy after one of his most successful singles topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic – the only one to do so.…
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John Lennon was branded a ‘spiteful socialist’ by David Bowie | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] The Beatles dominated the 1960s throughout the UK and onto the rest of the world, but when they split up in 1970 everything changed. A new era of rock and pop music was ushered in, with some extravagant acts including the likes of David Bowie making their way onto the scene. In 1995 Bowie…
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John Lennon wrote a David Bowie chart-topper and sang back-up on it | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] David Bowie and John Lennon first met in 1974 in New York City. After hitting it off, the pair planned another meet-up and a jam session to get their creativity flowing. A year later, in 1975, Bowie and the former member of The Beatles recorded one of the star’s biggest ever songs from his…
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Freddie Mercury: Queen and David Bowie wrote Under Pressure ‘when we were all drunk’ | Music | Entertainment
[ad_1] Bowie said: “Look, hang on a minute, why don’t we write one of our own?” Freddie remembered: “We were fooling around and then just sort of jamming with tracks and suddenly we said ‘Why don’t we just see what we can do on the spur of the moment?’” While producer Reinhold Mack added: “Then…