WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING IN APRIL - MONTHLY PLANNER
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Memories of MICK RONSON, who sadly passed away 32 years ago on this day in 1993.
Check out news and video footage from the Stockport Railway Station unveiling of the DAVID BOWIE plaque.
The plaque is located on Railway Road, (Edgeley entrance), facing Sainsbury's Local.
Check out the latest episode on the DAVID BOWIE AlbumToAlbum podcast which is available now.
In this first part of three episodes, ARSALAN MOHAMMAD talks with MARK REEDER about the "Heroes" album.
Manchester-born Berliner Mark Reeder has been obsessed with music ever since hearing Telstar at the age of 4. This passion led him to working in Manchester's Virgin Records on Lever Street.
In this episode, they wander gently towards a chat about "Heroes" with Mark taking us back to 1970s Manchester and his place at the heart of the city's punk scene and how he found his way to Germany, settling in Berlin in 1978 where he became the German representative for Joy Division and Factory Records from 1978-1983 and a member of synthpop bands Die Unbekannten and Shark Vegas.
Listen in here: audioboom.com.
Check out all the previous podcasts here or via your favourite streaming service.
• On this day, 33 years ago, DAVID BOWIE and IMAN were officially married having a private civil wedding ceremony at Lausanne registry office, Switzerland in 1992...
• On this day, 47 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at the Mecca Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA during his 1978 World Tour...
• On this day, 49 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at UKK Hall in Helsinki, Finland during his 1976 World Tour. He arrived via train and went to a press conference held at Hotel Hesperia. After the concert, it was reported that David partied at a nightclub with Iggy Pop and Marc Bolan...
• On this day, 59 years ago, DAVID BOWIE & THE BUZZ performed at the Marquee Club, Soho, London, England in 1966...
• On this day, 58 years ago, DAVIE JONES & THE MANISH BOYS perform at Bletchley, England in 1965. This is David's last ever performance with this band...
• Happy Birthday wishes to TONY VISCONTI have a fabulous day...
MAGGIOREONBOWIE has a new interview online 'Curating Bowie: Video Artist Nacho Talks Sound, Vision, and Legacy'.
John Maggiore interviews Nacho of Nacho's Videos is a self-taught British filmmaker whose restorations, reconstructions, and reimagining of David Bowie's visual work have drawn acclaim from fans, Bowie collaborators, and outlets like Rolling Stone and NME.
In this interview, he explains how he approaches the delicate task of honoring Bowie's intent while enhancing or creating videos that never existed - or existed only in compromised form. Nacho shares insights into his process, how he sources and restores rare footage, and why certain Bowie eras continue to captivate him.
They also talk about his role in the upcoming 'Back to Berlin' tour featuring Bowie's former bandmates, his collaborations with Carlos Alomar, and his thoughts on AI's role in video editing. The conversation includes clips from three of Nacho's videos and offers a wide-ranging look at music, memory, fandom, and creativity - told by someone who has brought new life to Bowie's legacy through painstaking work and deep personal connection.
Visit maggioreonbowie.com website for more content.
The DAVID BOWIE Record Store Day 2025 exclusive release of DAVID BOWIE - READY, SET, GO! (LIVE, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS '03) on double vinyl and CD audio has entered several official charts in various countries on its opening week.
Updated: Here are the initial official chart positions revealed so far:
Denmark ifpi Hitlisten Vinyl Top-40 - #5 / - /
Dutch Album Top 100 - #67 / - /
Dutch Album Vinyl 33 - #24 / - /
Finland Fyysinen Albumilista - #9 / - /
France: Top Albums Physiques - #52 / - /
Hungary: Album Top 40 - #24 / - /
Hungary: Album Top 40 (Physical) - #5 / #19 /
Scotland Official Albums Chart - #8 / - /
Spain Top 100 Vinilos - #88 / - /
Sweden Veckolista Album Fysiskt - #8 / - /
UK Official Albums Chart Top 100 - #44 / - /
UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart - #10 / - /
UK Official Record Store Chart - #7 / #15 /
UK Official Albums Chart Update - #12 / - /
UK Official Albums Sales Chart - #8 / #82 /
UK Official Physical Albums Chart - #8 / #76 /
USA Top Album Sales - #21 / - /
USA Top Current Album Sales - #16 / - /
This week (22 April) David Bowie has re-entered the US 'Billboard Artist 100' chart at #94.
This news piece will be updated as and when other countries release their chart information over the coming weeks.
• On this day, 30 years ago, DAVID BOWIE's first solo art exhibition 'David Bowie: New Afro/Pagan And Work 1975-1995' opened at Kate Chertavian Fine Art at The Gallery, Cork Street, Mayfair, London in 1995...
• On this day, 10 years ago, DAVID BOWIE released 'Changes'/'Eight Line Poem' 7" picture disc, 'Kingdom Come' Side by Side clear vinyl 7" disc and David Bowie 1966 white vinyl for Record Store Day 2015...
THE STOCKPORT MUSIC STORY are to unveil a plaque celebrating DAVID BOWIE at Stockport Train Station.
Commemorating fifty-five years since he slept the night at the station after his gig at the Poco A Poco club on Manchester Road in Heaton Chapel.
After the gig, he missed the last train back to London, and ended up sleeping in the waiting room.
The plaque and talk event is happening on Sunday 27th April at 1pm until 3pm. You need to claim a ticket to reserve your place.
To join the waiting list for tickets, please visit skiddle.com website.
• Happy 7th Birthday wishes to ZOWIE TALA MABSIE JONES...
• On this day, 21 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed the second of two gigs at the Berkeley Community Theatre in California, USA during his A Reality Tour in 2004...
• On this day, 35 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed his first of two gigs at Palaeur in Rome, Italy during his Sound+Vision Tour in 1990...
• On this day, 49 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland during The 1976 'On Stage!' World Tour...
• On this day, 52 years ago, DAVID BOWIE performed at Kousei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, Japan during his 1973 world tour...
• On this day, 59 years ago, DAVID BOWIE AND THE BUZZ perform at The Marquee Club in Soho, London, England in 1966. This was one of a series of six Sunday afternoon shows titled 'The Bowie Showboat'. The show was sponsored by Radio London...
Released today exclusively for RECORD STORE DAY 2025 is DAVID BOWIE - READY, SET, GO! (LIVE, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS '03) on a limited 14-track double vinyl LP, as well as on Audio CD.
On 8th September, 2003, David Bowie made history at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, with the biggest ever live and interactive music satellite event the world had seen to that point. The special one-off live concert was beamed simultaneously to fans in 86 cinemas in 26 countries, from Hong Kong to Helsinki, and 14 screens in Paris alone were dedicated to the show.
Bowie and his band unveiled the first-ever live performance of his new album Reality, released a week later.
Now, for the first time, the eleven-song main set, the Reality album in its entirety, plus three previously unreleased tracks from the encore, will be available on double vinyl and single CD exclusively for RSD 2025.
For more details on local record shops, check out the recordstoreday.com website.
• One of DAVID BOWIE's costumes he wore during The 1980 Floor Show NBC TV show is up for auction. The sale at SWANN GALLERIES Auction House in New York City takes place on 10th April. Provenance: from the collection of Joey Arias. The estimate: $60,000-$90,000, with the current bid currently at 60,000 USD. For more details on lot 246 visit swanngalleries.com website - [Update: Sold for $60,000 USD]...
• Taking place in London on 30th May is CELEBRATING DAVID BOWIE with Reinhard Kleist, Aidan Sadler and Arsalan Mohammad. Celebrate the sound and vision of classic David Bowie through comics and cabaret at The Century Club, 61-63 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 6LQ. Tickets and more info...
• The SUNDERLAND ECHO newspaper are asking for your memories of the DAVID BOWIE 1987 Roker Park Stadium gig on 21st June during his Glass Spider World Tour. Did you queue up for tickets? Can you recognise any fans from their photo archive? You can read the article over at sunderlandecho.com...
• This upcoming Saturday is RECORD STORE DAY 2025 - there is the exclusive release DAVID BOWIE - READY, SET, GO! (LIVE, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS '03) which is available on double vinyl LP and CD. RSD state the LP is limited to 6,400 copies and the CD 3,000 copies. For the Bowie completists, there is also the JOHNNY MARR release LOOK OUT LIVE! 2x LP is limited to 1,800 copies on orange vinyl. The live album is taken from the sold-out show at the Hammersmith Apollo, London in 2024. Included on the tracklist is the one-off rendition of David Bowie's 'Rebel Rebel' that Johnny performed that night with special guest NEIL TENNANT. For more details, visit recordstoreday.com website...
• ★ saxophonist DONNY McCASLIN is bringing the BLACKSTAR SYMPHONY to Detroit next month (22nd May). There are also upcoming shows in Nashville (18th June) and San Francisco (26th June). Tickets are available now via the donnymccaslin.com website...
• Showing on Italian TV next week is DAVID BOWIE Serious Moonlight on Rai 5 channel at 21.38 CET on Tuesday 15th. See what else is happening in the BW Monthly Planner for April...
• The UK OFFICIAL CHARTS report that two DAVID BOWIE albums made their Top Forty Vinyl best-sellers list of the last ten years, both claiming places in the top ten. According to Official Charts Company data, Bowie's UK 3x Platinum selling greatest hits compilation LEGACY came in at #5, along with his UK Platinum selling ★ which hit at #8. Check out the full list at officialcharts.com/chart-news/...
• Exclusive BOWIE'S GALAXY International Auction to be held on 6th June at 87000 Limoges, France. Check out the lots at interencheres.com website. The catalogue is also viewable online at drouot.com and invaluable.com websites...
Someone once wrote: 'The future belongs to those who have the courage to believe in the beauty of their dreams'.
Someone else once said: 'The future belongs to those who can hear it coming'.
Huge congratulations to LEXI JONES who has released her debut album titled: XANDRI.
The incredibly talented daughter of DAVID BOWIE and IMAN has written and produced all twelve tracks.
The tracklisting runs as follows:
01. Along The Road
02. Cracks Of Me
03. In The Almost
04. Let Me Go
05. Moral Compass
06. Standing Alone
07. The Edge
08. The Passage Unseen
09. The Rush of The Absurd
10. Through All The Time
11. Moving On
12. Glass
You can check out her music via Distrokid @ distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lexijones1/xandri-4
Spotify | Apple Music | YouTube | Instagram: iamxandri
Instagram | alexandriazahrajones.com
• Memories of David's mother MARGARET MARY JONES (née Burns) who sadly passed away on this day 24 years ago in 2001, (born 2nd October 1913)...
• On this day, 4 years ago, DAVID BOWIE At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) was released on 2LP and 1CD in 2021...
• Tomorrow evening there is a double header of DAVID BOWIE. First up is the immortal THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH movie showing on SKY ARTS TV channel (Freeview 36) at 21.00, followed by Bowie: The Man Who Changed The World documentary, which celebrates the life and career of the musician, combining footage from interviews with the man himself and contributions from those who knew him personally. TMWFTE also gets a repeat showing on the same channel on Sunday 6th April at 23.40...
Published this Thursday is the latest in the series of BOWIE ODYSSEY books by SIMON GODDARD.
Both the hardback and paperback versions contain 192-pages and are published the same day (3rd April).
Description: With his first starring role in a feature film and his first number 1s on both sides of the Atlantic, 1975 ought to be David Bowie's golden year. But away from the spotlight the suave soul boy of Young Americans is tumbling into a self-made hell of cocaine, witchcraft and the dark fantasies of his new fascist alter-ego, The Thin White Duke.
As David goes berserk in the Hollywood Hills, back in the Britain he's forsaken there's a Nazi-crazed murderer stalking the streets where he was born, a masked rapist at large and a power-mad grocer's daughter on the rise, while sappy nostalgia grinds pop to a standstill. But there are also restless scamps hanging around a certain King's Road clothes shop, and David's own drug-fuelled genius daring him to make the album of his life. The Seventies are about to reignite with a bang.
The sixth volume in Simon Goddard's epic adventure through Bowie's greatest decade, Bowie Odyssey 75 is an intricately plotted tour de force of rock 'n' roll, crime, punishment, politics, punk - and a cautionary tale of tragicomic addiction.
You can pre-order both the hardback and paperback editions of Bowie Odyssey 75 NOW! and receive 29% and 22% discounts. Be quick!
PRAISE FOR BOWIE ODYSSEY 74
"Almost hallucinatory in the telling, this book, like its predecessors, is unputdownable." - MOJO.
"Funny, poignant, intriguing, full of mischief, a brilliant piece of work. It might be my favourite Bowie book ever." - MARC RILEY, BBC 6MUSIC.
"It is Goddard's exquisite writing style that elevates his story ... massaging the facts into a beautifully written, transcendent tapestry embroidered with figures and events - political, societal and cultural - and examines the superstar's place within them." - CLASSIC POP.
The DAVID BOWIE 50th Anniversary YOUNG AMERICANS vinyl releases hit several official charts during the past two weeks.
Released on last month on half-speed master vinyl LP and picture disc LP, the album claimed the following positions over the last three weeks...
Belgium (Wallonie) Albums Top 200 - #139 / - / - /
Denmark Vinyl Top-40 - #36 / - /
Hungary Album Top 40 - #36 / - / - /
Hungary Album Top 40 Physical - #7 / - / - /
Scotland Official Albums Chart - #37 / #65 / - /
Spain Top 100 Vinilos - #39 / - / - /
UK Official Vinyl Albums Chart - #16 / #20 / - /
UK Official Record Store Chart - #19 / - / - /
UK Official Albums Sales Chart - #29 / #57 / - /
UK Official Physical Albums Chart - #28 / #53 / - /
• CARLOS ALOMAR presents THE D.A.M. TRILOGY Tour 2025 begins 7th November with performances in Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Belgium, England, Scotland and Ireland - more details
• COLLABORATION: FRANK OCKENFELS 3 x DAVID BOWIE by FRANK OCKENFELS 3, hardcover and Kindle, 256-pages - to be published on 6th November - more details
• The DAVID BOWIE CENTRE opens on 13th September at V&A East Storehouse, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, London E20 - more details
• DAVID BOWIE IS: FOREVER AND EVER by VICTORIA BROACKES and GEOFFREY MARSH, paperback, 320-pages - to be published on 11th September - more details
• DAVID BOWIE RAINBOWMAN 1967-1980 by JÉRÔME SOLIGNY paperback edition, 704-pages, English version - to be published on 11th September - more details
• FAR ABOVE THE WORLD: THE TIME AND SPACE OF DAVID BOWIE by PAUL MORLEY, hardcover, Kindle, 320-pages - to be published on 4th September - more details
• BOWIE'S BACK by RON GOTT, paperback, 60-pages - to be published on 2nd September - more details
• DAVID BOWIE BY DENIS O'REGAN: With Rare and Unseen Images from His Official Tour Photographer, hardcover, 276-pages, special edition limited to 100 copies, signed by the author, slipcased and includes a giclee print - to be published on 5th August - more details
• DAVID BOWIE BY DENIS O'REGAN: FROM THE MAN WHO PHOTOGRAPHED HIM MOST by DENIS O'REGAN, hardcover, 276-pages - to be published on 22nd July - more details
• 13th ANNUAL BOWIE FAN CHARITY EVENT a night of live music plus auction and raffle at The Water Rats, 328 Grays Inn Road, Kings Cross, London WC1X 8BZ, England on 14th June - more details
• DAVID BOWIE - THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER luxury collector's book from MAYAK PUBLISHING covering the 1974 period - coming soon - mayakpublishing.co.uk
• CANVAS TO CANVAS: DAVID BOWIE PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEOFF MacCORMACK exhibition at Canvas Gallery, 169 High Street, Winchester SO23 9BQ, England opens 25th May-31st May - more details
• TONY VISCONTI and WOODY WOODMANSEY - HOLY HOLY featuring GLENN GREGORY - A Celebration of Bowie, gigs at O2 Academy venues in London, Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle, Oxford, Bristol, Liverpool, Bournemouth between 15th May and 6th June - more details
• CANVAS TO CANVAS: DAVID BOWIE PHOTOGRAPHS BY GEOFF MacCORMACK exhibition at Canvas Gallery, 17 Haven Road, Canford Cliffs, Poole BH13 7LE, England opens 9th May-17th May - more details
Record Store Day 2025 - DAVID BOWIE - READY, SET, GO! (LIVE, RIVERSIDE STUDIOS '03) Double Vinyl LP and CD releases for RSD 2025 on 12th April - more details
BOWIE ODYSSEY 75 by SIMON GODDARD, hardback and paperback versions, 192-pages, published 3rd April - hardback (23% discount) and paperback (25% discount)
AN ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF DAVID BOWIE'S RECORDS by Shinko Music Entertainment, 251-pages, Japanese / bilingual, out now! - more details
BOWIELAND: WALKING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF DAVID by PETER CARPENTER, hardcover 320-pages - published 27th March - more details
STYLES CODES: DAVID BOWIE: A Guide to Dressing Like a Fashion Icon by NATALIE HAMMOND, hardcover, 192-pages, published 25th March - more details
Photo Exhibition: DAVID BOWIE, MR JONES' LONG HAIR opened 22nd March, runs until 22nd June at Galerie MR8, 8 Rue des Francs-Bourgeois, 75003 Paris, France - more details
YOUNG AMERICANS 50th Anniversary limited edition vinyl releases - half-speed master vinyl LP and picture disc LP - both released 7th March.
Exclusive DAVID BOWIE lino-cut print available to PURCHASE - don't hang around, these are ALL the remaining original left-over stock from 41 years ago, once they've gone, they've gone!
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