The DAVID BOWIE compilation album LEGACY has just achieved the honour of reaching PLATINUM x4 status in the UK BRIT Certified Awards Programme announced on Friday 8th May.

This album collects together a selection of David Bowie's most popular tracks and singles, from 1969's 'Space Oddity', through to the final singles 'Lazarus' and 'I Can't Give Everything Away'.

This 4x PLATINUM release, now equals the previous highest-selling compilation 'Best Of Bowie' released in 2008, which achieved 4x PLATINUM on 5th February 2016.

Legacy continues to appear in both the official UK and Irish album charts, this week placed at #58 (492 weeks total) and #66 (460 weeks total) respectively.

You can check out all the Legacy chart placements worldwide over in the Special Features section.

On this day, 56 years ago, DAVID BOWIE was awarded an Ivor Novello Award for 'Space Oddity' as Best Original Song at the Musical Festival '70 show at The Talk of The Town, London in 1970.

He performed 'Space Oddity' accompanied by the Les Reed Orchestra. The event was transmitted live via satellite to over 60 closed-circuit outlets in America, including New York's Carnegie Hall. It was also seen in France, Spain, Australia, Holland and Venezuela, but not Britain, where it was broadcast live on Radio One and Two at 10pm-11.30pm.

You can watch the performance below...

Taking place on Saturday 11th July is THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST reimaged starring David McAlmont, Brian Molko, Camille O'Sullivan, Peaches and Nadine Shah at the Royal Festival Hall, London SE1 8XX, England at 7.30pm.

DAVID BOWIE's defiant fifth album is reimagined in incandescent fashion by David McAlmont, Brian Molko, Camille O'Sullivan, Peaches and Nadine Shah.

Fiona Brice arranges and orchestrates Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars with a stellar line-up of guest vocalists.

Released in 1972, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars is Bowie's seminal glam rock concept album. It follows Ziggy Stardust, an androgynous, bisexual, extraterrestrial rock star sent to Earth as a messiah before an impending apocalypse.

The show features some of the album's greatest songs, performed in spectacular fashion, by a line-up including: remarkable art-pop vocalist, David McAlmont; the lead singer and guitarist of Placebo, Brian Molko; singer and master of musical reinterpretation, Camille O'Sullivan; the fearless musician, producer, director and performance artist, Peaches; and Mercury Prize-nominated songwriter and musician, Nadine Shah.

Fiona Brice is a British solo artist, classically trained composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist (violin, viola, piano and voice).

Beth Greenacre is the visual director of this event. Greenacre is a curator, advisor and consultant with over 20 years of experience collecting artworks for private and corporate collectors, commercial and non-for-profit organisations. Greenacre worked with David Bowie as curator of his art collection for more than 16 years.

For more details, information and tickets, please visit southbankcentre.co.uk website.

Updated 10/5/26: Here is the news... according to the latest world official chart releases for DAVID BOWIE...

The Record Store Day 2026 release EXCERPTS FROM OUTSIDE clear vinyl LP hit the following positions:

Denmark Vinyl Top-40 #9 / - /
France Top Album Physiques #118 / - /
Hungary Album Top 40 Chart (Physical) #9 / - /
Netherlands Vinyl 33 Charts #28 / - / - /
Greece Official IFPI Charts Top-100 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) #27 / #24 /
Scotland #16 / - / - /
UK Vinyl Albums Chart #15 / - / - /
UK Album Sales Chart #17 / - / - /
UK Physical Album Chart #17 / - / - /
UK Official Record Store Chart #17 / #16 / - /

The Record Store Day 2026 release HALLO SPACEBOY 12" neon pink vinyl EP hit the following positions:

Croatia Toplista Prodaje #7 / - /
Greece Official IFPI Charts Top-100 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) #72 / #69 /
Hungary Album Top 40 Chart (Physical) #20 / - /
UK Official Vinyl Singles Chart #4 / #6 / #5 /
UK Official Physical Singles Chart #5 / #6 / #6 /
UK Official Singles Sales Chart #5 / #19 / #68 /

• An event taking place later this month on 15th May is DAVID BOWIE, LINDSAY KEMP AND THE BIRTH OF ZIGGY STARDUST talk with NICHOLAS PEGG at Cranleigh Arts, 1 High Street, Cranleigh GU6 8AS, England at 7.30pm. Join Nicholas, author of The Complete David Bowie, as he takes us on a journey to discover some of the influences and inspirations behind the rock star's most famous creation. Discover in a colourful and fascinating talk illustrated with rare images and archive footage, followed by a Q&A session with the author - [More details/tickets]...

• BOWIE: LIVE ON THE LOCH charity two-day event with David Bowie's band from 2000 at Cameron House, Loch Lomond, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland G83 8QZ on 7th/8th November. In aid of Save The Children. For information and more details...

• DAVID BOWIE: YOU'RE NOT ALONE now open at Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square, London, United Kingdom, N1C 4DY. Be transported into the many worlds of David Bowie. Through iconic performances, rarely-seen interviews and never-before-exhibited material, discover the creative mind, spirit and soul of one of the world's greatest, most visionary artists. Featuring Bowie himself as its sole voice, You're Not Alone is both a multimedia spectacle and an intimate and revealing self-portrait. Whether you're reliving the magic or discovering it for the very first time: this is your ticket to the landmark Bowie performances that changed culture forever. Tickets on sale NOW. For more details and information, please visit: lightroom.uk website...

Updated: HOLY HOLY have announced their 2026 Tour - The Final Tour - 'A Celebration of Bowie'.

More gigs have now been announced at the following venues:

SEPTEMBER
3rd: Glasgow O2 Academy
4th: Leeds O2 Academy
5th: Liverpool O2 Academy
8th: Oxford O2 Academy
9th: Southampton 1865
10th: London O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
11th: Bristol O2 Academy
12th: Manchester O2 Ritz
16th: Birmingham XOY
17th: Newcastle-upon-Tyne O2 City Hall
19th: Hull Connexin Live
20th: Lytham St Annes Lowther Pavilion
21st: Salisbury City Hall
23rd: Netherlands Haarlem, PHIL
24th: Belgium, Lueven Het Depot
27th: Ireland Dublin The Academy
28th: Ireland Dublin The Academy
29th: Belfast The Limelight 1

More details and tickets available via the Ticketmaster.co.uk website.

For those of you who use FACEBOOK - check out the private DAVID BOWIE WONDERWORLD Group.

Feel free to join in with the other 105,500 plus members, add yourself and invite your Bowie fan friends. You never know what might get posted, or who you might meet...

• BOWIE: LIVE ON THE LOCH charity two-day event with David Bowie's band from 2000 at Cameron House, Loch Lomond, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland G83 8QZ on 7th/8th November. In aid of Save The Children - more details

• DAVID BOWIE: MUSIC LOVER: The Inside Story of David Bowie's Record Collection by GEOFF MacCORMACK and JÉRÔME SOLIGNY, hardcover, 224-pages - to be published on 15th September - more details

• HOLY HOLY 2026 Tour - The Final Tour - 'A Celebration of Bowie' gigs in September - tickets on sale now - more details

• THE RISE AND FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST reimaged starring David McAlmont, Brian Molko, Camille O'Sullivan, Peaches and Nadine Shah at the Royal Festival Hall, London SE1 8XX, England on Saturday 11th July at 7.30pm - more details

• HEROES: DAVID BOWIE AND BERLIN by TOBIAS RÜTHER, paperback, 184-pages - to be published on 1st July - more details

• BOWIE FRANCE CONVENTION 2026 takes place on 14th June at La Java, 105 rue du Faubourg du Temple, 75010 Paris, France from 15h00-20h30 - more details

• DAVID BOWIE: FOREVER AND EVER: An Illustrated Biography by CLAUDIO FABRETTI, hardcover, 208-pages - to be published on 28th May - more details

• BOWIE TAKES AMERICA: The Making of a Rock Icon by MICK WALL, hardcover, 304-pages - to be published on 21st May - more details

• Event: BOWIE.FEST.COV at Priory Visitor Centre, 6 Priory Row, Coventry CV1 5EX, England on 16th May from 7pm until 11.30pm - more details

• DAVID BOWIE: FROM BERLIN WITH MODERN LOVE by LIAM COLNER, paperback, 144-pages - to be published on 15th May - more details

• Event: DAVID BOWIE, LINDSAY KEMP AND THE BIRTH OF ZIGGY STARDUST talk with NICHOLAS PEGG at Cranleigh Arts, 1 High Street, Cranleigh GU6 8AS, England on 15th May at 7.30pm - more details

PETER & THE WOLF narrated by DAVID BOWIE, limited edition, yellow vinyl, 180g LP, released on 24th April reissued by Music On Vinyl - more details

DAVID BOWIE: YOU'RE NOT ALONE opened on 22nd April at Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square, Kings Cross, London - more details

Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence, features photographs by Philippe Auliac, Denis O'Regan and more at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Opened 17th April until 12th July, open 11.00-18.00, closed Mondays - more details

Photo Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 opened 11th April until 30th August - more details

BOWIE ODYSSEY 76 (SPECIAL EDITION) by SIMON GODDARD, hardcover, 200-pages - published on 9th April - more details

BOWIE ODYSSEY 76 by SIMON GODDARD, paperback, 200-pages - published on 9th April - more details

CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition 'Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie' opened 3rd April until 30th August in the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) - more details

DAVID BOWIE: LEGACY: THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by CAROLYN McHUGH, hardcover, 160-pages - published on 6th April - more details

All numbered copies SOLD OUT! Handful of unnumbered copies remaining. DAVID BOWIE - THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER luxury collector's book from MAYAK PUBLISHING covering the 1974 period - available to purchase now - to claim your exclusive £10 discount use WONDER10 at checkout, 710-pages - mayakpublishing.co.uk

Exclusive DAVID BOWIE lino-cut print available to PURCHASE - don't hang around, these are ALL the remaining original left-over stock from 42 years ago, once they've gone, they've gone!