"WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING" - OCTOBER 2025

Monthly Look Ahead

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Back to September			1 Earl Slick birthdate (aka Frank Madeloni) (born 1952)	2 David's mother Margaret Mary Jones (nee Burns) born on this day in 1913 (1913-2nd April 2001) Space Oddity 40th Anniversary picture disc 7" single released 10 years ago today	3 Stevie Ray Vaughan birthdate (born 1954-27th August 1990) Louise Lecavalier birthdate (La La La Human Steps) (born 1958)	4 'hours...' physical album released 26 years ago today The Kenny Everett Video Show (Series 2, Ep 9, 1979), That's TV, UK, 2.40 GMT
5	6 David Bowie (1969-1980), NOW 70s, UK, 12.00 GMT Prestige - Die Meister der Magie, ARTE, Germany, 14.00 CET Atlantis SquarePantis-Special, stars Bowie as Lord Royal Highness, Nicktoons, UK, 21.31 GMT	7 Mick Wayne birthdate (Junior's Eyes guitarist) (born 1943-26th June 1994)	8 Available to pre-order NOW BOWIE '74 - THE YEAR OF THE SCAVENGER the third collector's guide from Mayak Publishing. Exclusive £10 discount WONDER10 at checkout. Strictly limited to #200 numbered copies, 710-pages More details	9 David appeared for the first time on Top Of The Pops performing Space Oddity in 1969, 56 years ago today John Lennon birthdate (born 1940-8th December 1980)	10	11 'hours...' Remix EP 6-track digital, released 1 year ago today
12 Space Oddity 40th Anniversary Edition album released in the UK, 16 years ago today Zoolander, ProSieben Fun, Germany, 2.30 CET Prestige - Die Meister der Magie, ARTE, Germany, 15.00 CET	13	14 "Heroes" album released 48 years ago today David and Iman's first ever date, Los Angeles in 1990, 35 years ago today Thomas Dolby birthdate (aka Thomas Robertson) (Live Aid Bowie band) (born 1958)	15 Biff Rose birthdate (born 1937-25th July 2023)	16 Cherry Vanilla birthdate (aka Kathleen Dorritie) (born 1943) BOWIE'S BACK by RON GOTT, paperback, 60-pages More details	17 OPENING DAY: (extended until 9th November) Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	18 Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details Also screening of 'The Long Way Home' plus talk and book signing More details
19 Pin Ups album released in 1973, 52 years ago today Mark Plati birthdate (born 1962) Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	20 Pin Ups 50th Anniversary limited edition Half-Speed mastered vinyl released 2 years ago today Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	21 Lazarus (Original Cast Recording) album released 9 years ago today Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	22 Zachary Alford birthdate (born 1966) Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	23 Blah-Blah-Blah album by Iggy Pop released in 1986, 39 years ago today DAVID BOWIE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by BRIAN FRESCHI, hardcover, 128-pages More details Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	24 German issue of ROLLING STONE magazine (November 2025) features Bowie free 7" black vinyl single I Can't Give Everything Away More details Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	25 Lazarus play by David Bowie and Enda Walsh, opened at King's Cross Theatre, London, 9 years ago today Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details
26 Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	27 Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	28 David joins the Actors Union Equity in 1967, 58 years ago today (Revised date: 6th April 2026) DAVID BOWIE: LEGACY: THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by CAROLYN McHUGH, hardcover, 160-pages More details Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	29 Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	30 Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	31 Photograph Exhibition TRAVELS WITH BOWIE by GEOFF MacCORMACK documenting his time and travels with DAVID BOWIE at Lilford Gallery, 3 Palace Street, Canterbury, Kent CT1 2DY, England More details	November

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Last Updated: 30/10/25