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AND THE BITS FLEW FAR AND WIDE...
7th February 2010

• DAVID BOWIE is name dropped in the lastest episode of BEING HUMAN the excellent BBC 3 vampire drama. Episode 5 contains a sixties flashback which features Josie - a single girl living in a flat who Mitchell falls in love with. In one scene Josie states: "I should be married to David Bowie." You can watch via the BBC iPlayer [19:24]...

• JEFF BECK is interviewed on the Times Online about his forthcoming album. Beck mentions working with DAVID BOWIE in 1973 at the Hammersmith Odeon on July 3rd. One snippet states: The glorious downside was Bowie's failure to tell Beck that the show was being filmed, meaning the guitarist wore "the most disgusting pair of dirty-white stack-heeled shoes you’ve ever seen". For a while, he actually refused to allow the footage to be used. "And Bowie rang me about 10 times and said, 'Look, man, I understand about the shoes, 'cos I didn't like what I was wearing either'" [Read here]...

• SHARLEEN SPITERI has covered the DAVID BOWIE / GIORGIO MORODER track 'Cat People (Putting Out Fire)'. The song appears on her forthcoming album 'Sharleen Spiteri - The Movie Songbook' which as the title suggests features covers on her favourite movie songs. Her album is scheduled for release by Mercury on 1st March - [More details]...

• CLASH MUSIC also have a competition running to win a signed DAVID BOWIE guitar. The competition ends on 19th March. Please visit clashmusic.com to enter...

'HUTCH' GIGS LINED UP THIS MONTH
1st February 2010

Former DAVID BOWIE collaborator JOHN HUTCHINSON has several gigs lined up this and next month.

Hutch is performing two gigs in Scotland and his Sunday evening resdency at the Cellars in Scarborough kicks back in from on Valentines Day (14th), followed by a solo gig in Lincoln in March.

     5th February: The Northern Lights, Hatton of Fintray, Inverurie, Scotland.
     John Hutchinson with old friends, local fiddles, guitars and banjos.

     6th February: Inverurie Town Hall, The Square, Inverurie, Scotland.
     The memorial concert for Paddy Byrne.

     14th February: Cellars, Valley Road, Scarborough, England.
     Recommencing Valentines Day, every Sunday evening.
     John Hutchinson plus guest guitarist i.e. Jesse Hutchinson or Sam Forrest or John Watton or Rich Hodgson etc etc.

     6th March: The Jolly Brewer, Lincoln, England.
     Solo gig, south of the Humber again.

More details and information can be found over at myspace.com/johnhutchhutchinson

Hutch has also just agreed to perform at the forthcoming MICK RONSON birthday gig in June.

AND THE BITS FLEW FAR AND WIDE...
1st February 2010

• 'Moon' directed by DUNCAN JONES has been nominated in both the 'Outstanding British Film' and 'Outstanding Debut By British Writer, Director or Producer' categories in the forthcoming 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA). The awards show takes at London's Royal Opera House on Sunday 21st February...

• X Factor finalists twins John and Edward Grimes - aka 'Jedward' - have signed a record deal with Sony Music. Their first single just released is 'Under Pressure' (Ice Ice Baby) and is provisonally placed at number two in the downloads charts. 'Ice Ice Baby' was a number one hit for Vanilla Ice, with the track based on a riff from 'Under Pressure', which was previously a number one hit for Queen and DAVID BOWIE. The single is available to download from 31st January - [iTunes]...

• ONLY AFTER DARK is a DAVID BOWIE / Roxy / Blitz Club / Rum Runner themed disco/club night. The next do takes place on 5th February at The Red Lion, Stratford Road, Shirley, Solihull, England - [More details]...

• Only a few days left to enter the fuse.tv competition to win a guitar signed by DAVID BOWIE. Enter the sweepstakes and you could win an autographed Eastwood Airline® Twin Tone Guitar, a new model reissue of the guitar Bowie used on the Reality Tour. Simply fill in the form details to participate here. Sweepstakes is open to persons who are 13 years or older at the time of entry and are a legal resident of the 50 United States. Sweepstakes ends at 11:59 PM EST on February 5th...

SEATTLE ROCK ORCHESTRA BOWIE TRIBUTE
1st February 2010

The SEATTLE ROCK ORCHESTRA (SRO) will pay tribute to DAVID BOWIE last month on Friday 26th March at 8:00 pm at the Moore Theatre, Seattle, Washington, USA.

The performance will feature a seventy-piece orchestra, backing band, The Kindness Kind, and guest vocalists John Roderick (The Long Winters), Jon Auer (The Posies), David Terry (Aqueduct), Nouela Johnston (People Eating People), Alessandra Rose (The Kindness Kind) and many more. SRO is directed by bassist and orchestrator Scott Teske.

Tickets are priced as follows: $15.00 in advance, $18.00 day of show, not including applicable fees. Tickets go on sale Friday, January 22nd at 10am, in person at the Paramount Theatre box offices (M-F 10am-6pm), 24-hour kiosks located outside The Paramount and Moore Theatres, charge by phone at 877-784-4849, or online at STGPresents.org web site.

LIMITED EDITION BOWIE PRINTS
1st February 2010

ST. PAUL'S GALLERY are a publishing company based in the UK and have produced under license fine art limited edition prints of three of DAVID BOWIE's finest early album covers.

'Hunky Dory', 'The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars' and 'Aladdin Sane' prints have all been signed by both the original cover artists / designers and David Bowie himself.

They were produced from the original artwork with the involvement of both Henry Wrenn-Meleck and DAVID BOWIE himself, with only 195 prints of each available worldwide.

     Hunky Dory Limited Edition Signed Print - Pencil Signed By David Bowie and Terry Pastor
     Ziggy Stardust Limited Edition Signed Print - Pencil Signed By David Bowie and Terry Pastor
     Aladdin Sane Limited Edition Signed Print - Pencil Signed By David Bowie and Celia Philo

For more details and information please visit the St Pauls Gallery website to order and view.

NEW BW COLUMNISTS / BLOGGERS
1st February 2010

Three new columns have been submited their DAVID BOWIE columns (or blogs if you prefer that naming convention).

JIM WILKINSON writes about the newly arrived decade stood in Heddon Street and reflecting on his life as David Bowie fan since 1972 and what it all means to him now - [Read here].

JOHN POWNELL writes about the impact that David had on him from 1972 onwards - [Read here].

TERENCE RUFFLE recalls seeing David Bowie at the Hammersmith Odeon on 2nd July 1973, when he was a 16 year-old youth the day before Ziggy was killed off - [Read here].

Why not become a BW columnist? Are you a budding up and coming writer / blogger / journalist / cartoonist... or just want to be heard? As long as the subject matter relates to DAVID BOWIE in some way or other that's all that's required.

It's your column, you are totally free to write whatever you like, however you like, whenever you like.... you can even write under a pseudomyn, you know, like what some of them proper writers do ;)

If you want some ideas or just want to read what others have penned you can read through the previous BW columns here - alternatively there is a dropdown list at the top of this page.

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(Ed. Someone asked me the other week why are they called 'columnists' and not 'bloggers' on here? Simple answer really, blogs weren't invented when this service was first offered on here eleven years ago).

Last Updated: 7/2/10

DAVID BOWIE WONDERWORLD REMINDERS
DAVID BOWIE: THE DERAM ALBUM DELUXE EDITION BOX SET released 25th January - you can Purchase NOW

A REALITY TOUR Live 2 CD set released 25th January via Sony - you can purchase the UK release and the US release NOW.

BANDSLAM Blu-ray and DVD releases featuring David Bowie and Vanessa Hudgens - 7th December via E1 Entertainment - DVD PAL and Blu-ray version save 27% and 31% on each release.

Movie MOON directed by Duncan Jones released on DVD and Blu-ray - you can purchase Blu-ray version and receive a massive 36% discount or purchase DVD version and save a whopping 50%!

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