7 h. ago ‘The Ziggy Stardust suit sparked my adolescent awakening’: Moby, Goldie, Natalie Merchant and more delve inside Bowie’s archives

As a huge new public collection opens this weekend, famous fans pick out their touchstones – from the game-changing wardrobe that gave birth to glam to the synthesiser that drove his Berlin years• Alexis Petridis goes inside Bowie’s mind-boggling 90,000-item archiveBowie was probably the most inspiring individual I’ve spent any time with. He came to my Blue Note club night in London a few times when it was very underground and he could be left alone. Then he’d come to the studio, where he’d sing through a haze of cigarette smoke like a gorilla in the mist, or I’d take him to see Dillinja in Brixton to hear drum’n’bass, or we’d spend time in his trailer on the Isle of Man set for the film Everybody Loves Sunshine and he’d sit there doing crochet. His thinking was that of an alchemist – he wanted to saturate himself in everything because he knew that inspiration could come from anywhere. He once said to me: “Golds, did you know Michelangelo said that when you blow the dust off a piece...

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21 h. ago David Bowie fans can explore his legacy at close quarters at an unusual new archive in London

David Bowie fans can explore his legacy at close quarters at an unusual new archive in London  npr.org

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54 h. ago From Little Richard to Strauss: David Bowie’s favourite tunes revealed as new exhibition opens

Influential musician was a fan of Jeff Beck, Sonic Youth and The Beatles

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55 h. ago David Bowie’s favourite songs revealed on note in new exhibition

Influential musician was a fan of Jeff Beck, Sonic Youth and The Beatles

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55 h. ago David Bowie’s unrealised projects among items at new dedicated centre

David Bowie’s unrealised projects among items at new dedicated centre  South China Morning Post

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60 h. ago London's David Bowie Centre to open with 200 treasures from a 90,000

London's David Bowie Centre to open with 200 treasures from a 90,000-item archive  yahoo.com

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3 d. ago Margot Robbie Revives Archival Thierry Mugler at London Photocall

Margot Robbie Revives Archival Thierry Mugler at London Photocall  Red Carpet Fashion Awards

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3 d. ago Mark Nicholas: Pride in 2005 Ashes mixed with sadness at missed opportunity

Nicholas led Channel 4’s coverage of an unforgettable series as England lifted the urn for the first time in 18 years.

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3 d. ago David Bowie Centre opens in London this weekend (but you'll have to wait for tickets)

David Bowie Centre opens in London this weekend (but you'll have to wait for tickets)  Shortlist

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3 d. ago I went to the V&A’s new David Bowie Centre in Stratford before it opens to the public this weekend – here’s what it’s like

I went to the V&A’s new David Bowie Centre in Stratford before it opens to the public this weekend – here’s what it’s like  Time Out Worldwide

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3 d. ago David Bowie's legendary Major Tom identity revealed after 56 years

The identity of David Bowie's Major Tom has been revealed for the first time after 56 years, as a handwritten synopsis for a film called Young Americans sheds new light on the character

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3 d. ago David Bowie Archive With 90,000 Items Opens To Public In London

David Bowie Archive With 90,000 Items Opens To Public In London  MiNDFOOD

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3 d. ago Identity of David Bowie's Major Tom is revealed for the first time after 56 years

Details of David Bowie's famous Major Tom from Space Oddity and Ashes to Ashes have been unearthed in a treasure-trove of 90,000 objects from the late Starman singer’s archive

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4 d. ago A personal dealer on the staff and a terrifying alter ego even he was scared of... this is what it was really like to live with David Bowie

The last surviving member of David Bowie's Spiders from Mars band says the singer was a 'strange bloke who you could not discuss the football scores with'.

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4 d. ago David Bowie archive opens in London chronicling five decades of icon’s restless creativity

David Bowie archive opens in London chronicling five decades of icon’s restless creativity  The Seattle Times

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4 d. ago David Bowie's archive opens to the public. Fans can see and touch 1000s of his items

David Bowie's archive opens to the public this week, revealing a treasure trove of unrealized projects and personal items

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4 d. ago Cronos: The New Dawn review – survival horror is dead on arrival

PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch 2; Bloober TeamAn intriguing setup sees an unnamed protagonist time-travel to discover the origins of a devastating outbreak, but a stingy inventory and one-sided battles lead to frustrationBloober Team, the Polish developer behind 2021’s hugely underrated psycho-thriller The Medium and last year’s excellent Silent Hill 2 remake, clearly understands that there is an established, almost comforting rhythm to survival horror games. It’s baffling, then, to see this latest game excel in so many areas while failing spectacularly on several of the genre’s most basic tenets.You play an unnamed traveller, the latest of many, sent to gather information about a devastating outbreak that transformed the citizens of a town called New Dawn into the sort of misshapen monsters that have become the staple of sci-fi-adjacent survival horror: contorted of limb, long of fang, and ample of slobber. As you explore the stark, often beautifully devastated aftermath of the outbreak, yo...

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4 d. ago V&A David Bowie Centre to feature entire section on ‘unrealised’ projects

The centre in Stratford will house more than 90,000 objects from the late Starman singer’s archive.

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4 d. ago Hollywood bosses in bidding war for biopic about David Bowie's raunchy private life

Hollywood bosses are in a bidding war to create a huge big-budget movie on David Bowie's life, including his raunchy private life and one night stand while he was married

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4 d. ago David Bowie at the V&A East Storehouse review: This archive is utter stardust for Ziggy fans

This new centre will let fans get up close with some of the singer’s most iconic costumes, instruments and more

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