"WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING" - APRIL 2026

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Back to March			1	2 David's mother Margaret Mary Jones (née Burns) passed away on this day 25 years ago David Bowie At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99), 2LP and 1CD, released 5 years ago today Lexi Jones released her debut album Xandri 1 year ago today	3 OPENING DAY: (runs until 30th August) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details	4 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details
5 Black Tie White Noise album released 33 years ago today Spying Through A Keyhole 7" Vinyl Box Set released 7 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details	6 Guy Peellaert birthdate (born 1934-17th Nov 2008) Dennis Davis passed away 10 years ago today (born 1949-2016) DAVID BOWIE: LEGACY: THE ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY by CAROLYN McHUGH, hardcover, 160-pages More details	7 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details	8 The Man Who Sold The World UK 'dress cover' album released 55 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details	9 BOWIE ODYSSEY 76 (SPECIAL EDITION) by SIMON GODDARD, hardcover, 200-pages More details BOWIE ODYSSEY 76 by SIMON GODDARD, paperback, 200-pages More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details	10 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details	11 Eric Schermerhorn birthdate (born 1960) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details OPENING: DAY (runs until 30th August) Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details
12 Ready, Set, Go! (Live, Riverside Studios '03) double vinyl and CD released 1 year ago today for RSD 2025 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	13	14 Let's Dance album was released 43 years ago today Aladdin Sane 50th Anniversary Limited Edition Half-Speed Master LP and Picture Disc LP released 3 years ago today BLACKSTAR RISING AND THE PURPLE REIGN: The Sonic Afterlives of David Bowie and Prince by DAPHNE A. BROOKS, hardcover, 520-pages More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	15 Aladdin Sane 40th Anniversary Edition released 13 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	16 TVC15 40th Anniversary Edition 7 Inch Picture Disc, TMWSTW German Mercury Round Cover Picture Disc LP and I Dig Everything: The Pye Years 1966 Vinyl LP, all released 10 years ago today for RSD 2016 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	17 Zowie Tala Mabsie Jones 8th birthday (daughter of Duncan and Rodene Jones) (born 2018) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details OPENING: (runs until 12th July) Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 (Closed Mondays) More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	18 David Bowie's first solo art exhibition 'David Bowie: New Afro/Pagan and Work 1975-1995' opened at The Gallery, Cork St, Mayfair, London, 31 years ago today in 1995 Changes/Eight Line Poem 7" pic disc and Kingdom Come Side by Side clear vinyl 7" disc and David Bowie 1966 white vinyl released 11 years ago today for RSD 2015 RECORD STORE DAY 2026 two DAVID BOWIE releases scheduled: Hallo Spaceboy (30th Anniversary Edition), 12" neon pink EP and Excerpts From Outside Half-Speed Remastered 1LP clear vinyl More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details Zoolander, ProSieben Fun, Germany, 15.05 CET
19 Aladdin Sane album was released 53 years ago today CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details Bowie v Bolan! 1971-1974, NOW 70s, UK, 13.00 GMT Music Map: A Journey to Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf, features Bowie, BBC Radio 3, 13.30 GMT	20 Never Let Me Down album released 39 years ago today Drive-In Saturday 40th Anniversary 7", David Bowie 1965! EP and The Stars (Are Out Tonight) 7" all released 13 years ago today for RSD 2013 Aladdin Sane 45th Anniversary silver vinyl limited edition released 8 years ago today Waiting In The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth) 11-track vinyl LP released 2 years ago today for RSD 2024 Ken Scott birthdate (born 1947)	21 Starman 7 inch Limited Edition Picture Disc released 14 years ago today for RSD 2012 No Plan EP 12" black vinyl released 9 years ago today Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) 3-LP, Let's Dance full demo, Bowie Now LP, all released 8 years ago today for RSD 2018 Iggy Pop birthdate (James Newell Osterberg Jr.) (born 1947) CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	22 Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles 1974) 3-LP set, No Plan EP 12" clear blue vinyl and Without You I'm Nothing (Placebo) 12" Picture Disc Vinyl all released 9 years ago today for RSD 2017 Laughing With Liza - The Vocalion and Deram Singles 1964-1967 Plus 5x7" box, released 3 years ago today for RSD 2023 Peter Frampton birthdate (born 1950) DAVID BOWIE: YOU'RE NOT ALONE opens at Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square, Kings Cross, London, England N1C 4DY More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	23 Brilliant Adventure E.P. and Toy E.P. "You've Got It Made With All The Toys" both released on vinyl and CD, 3 years ago today for RSD 2022 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	24 David and Iman's 34th Wedding Anniversary of their private civil wedding ceremony which took place at Hôtel de Ville (Town Hall) in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1992 Tony Visconti birthdate (born 1944) PETER & THE WOLF narrated by DAVID BOWIE, limited edition, yellow vinyl, 180g LP, reissued by Music On Vinyl More details CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	25 Ken Pitt officially became David Bowie's manager on this day in 1967 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details
26 CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY exhibition Cosmic Voyager - A Tribute to David Bowie at the Nathan and Fannye Shafran Planetarium, shows daily at 4pm (except Mondays) More details Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details Uz Bowieja - Prica o Micku Ronsonu (Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story), DokuTV, Croatia, 16.00 CET Twin Peaks - Der Film, Kinowelt TV, Germany, 22.20 CET	27 Uz Bowieja - Prica o Micku Ronsonu (Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story), DokuTV, Croatia, 5.00 CET	28 Starman single released 54 years ago today Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	29 Mick Ronson passed away on this day 33 years ago (born 1946-1993) Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	30 Photo Exhibition: BOWIE MIO FRATELLO di David Lawrence at Spazio Musa, Via della Consolata, 11, 10122 Torino, Italy. Open 11.00-18.00 More details Exhibition: BOWIE BY SUKITA in Sweden, Gothenburg, at the former Konsthallen, Gotaplatsen 7 More details	May

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