• The Three Tuns public house in Beckenham formerly the home of The Arts Lab in 1969, co-founded by DAVID BOWIE and Mary Finnigan is now an Italian and pizza restaurant called Zizzi. Hopefully the David Bowie celebratory plaque purchased by the Beckenham Town Centre Residents Association and unveiled in December 2001 by Mary Finnigan and Christina Ostrom will be put back in it's rightful place...)
MARC JOHN (MJ Publications) is to publish a DAVID BOWIE book in May 2005 entitled Beaming David Bowie (ISBN 0-9549040-0-1). Marc was the person responsible for setting up the live global cinema Reality gig David did in September 2003, which was a pioneering, world first event that played to 50,000 fans in sold out cinemas across five continents. And the adventure of it all is the thrust of the book, told in the context of how the experience affected his spirituality and actually helped him rediscover it.
Sad news to report the death of US night-time chat show host legend JOHNNY CARSON aged 79 years.)
More than 22,000 guests appeared on the NBC 'The Tonight Show' during Johnny Carson's 30-year tenure as host including DAVID BOWIE who appeared back in 1980 on the 5th September (recorded two days previously) to promote his newly released 'Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)' album.)
French comic artist THIERRY GUITARD who's artwork features every month in DAVID BOWIE's long time supporter music magazine Rock & Folk - will shortly have a solo exhibition at the Art's Factory in Paris, France.)
The show is titled 'Rock 'n' Roll Circus' and will show among others two beautiful portraits of David Bowie and Iggy Pop.)
Glamdammit... Twig The Wonderkid and The Astronettes will put their arms around your head whilst spinning early-Seventies glam accompanied with video-projections...
Two new DAVID BOWIE books have just published by GOPHER PUBLISHERS entitled 'Never Get Old - David Bowie: Man of Ch-Ch-Changes' (ISBN 9051791860) by author WIM HENDRIKSE.
'Never Get Old' is published in two A4 sized books containing over a thousand pages, with stunning cover art by Caro Rigter.)
Back in 1966, thirty-nine years ago to this very day saw DAVID BOWIE release his first ever single 'Can't Help Thinking About Me' as 'David Bowie with The Lower Third', backed with 'And I Say To Myself'.)
Released on the Pye label (Pye 7N 17020) in the United Kingdom , the single reached number 34 in the Melody Maker chart and peaked at number 14 on 20th February in the Radio London Fabulous Forty chart.)
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Six years later in October 1972, the song was re-released as an EP in the United Kingdom (Pye 7NX.8002) and New Zealand (Pye 7NX 8002).)
The following year in March 1973, saw a 7" release in Spain (Pye 11.603) backed with 'I Dig Everything', complete with as you can see a rather nice picture sleeve.)
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SPACE ODDITY - the tribute to DAVID BOWIE will be returning to Los Angeles this month for two special shows.)
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The current issue of THE VOYEUR is out now. As always The International David Bowie fanclub 'The Voyeur' have created another beautiful fanclub magazine filled with interesting stories and previously unpublished photographs. In this issue of 'The Voyeur':)
A brand new production "ZIGGY'S BAND" is all set to hit the Southampton stage next month.)
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2005 TO EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE
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