David Bowie

Bowie exits stage left: "Blackstar" marks 10 years of riddles and hospital beds

Ten years after its release, David Bowie's parting shot, "Blackstar," performs as both requiem and riddle. Released just two days before his death, the album arrives cloaked in dense lyricism, jazz-inflected strangeness, and a theatrical finality that refuses sentimentality.

Its title track unfolds like a cryptic ritual, while "Lazarus" stages Bowie’s exit with unflinching theatricality—floating above a hospital bed, scribbling frantically, then vanishing. The Starman signs off not with answers, but questions dressed in cosmic drag.

Bowie’s Bromley Home to Channel 1955—Now Featuring Teens and Typewriters

David Bowie’s former childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove in Bromley is being reconstructed to match its original interior from 1955–1967. The space, once a suburban cocoon for Bowie’s creative stirrings, will host arts and communication workshops for youth by late 2027.

Revealed on what would’ve marked his 79th birthday, the project has backing from the Heritage of London Trust and includes input from Geoffrey Marsh. A £500,000 grant from the Jones Day Foundation jumpstarts the effort to preserve Bowie’s early roots.

Critic calls Bowie a “f***ing disgrace” for shapeshifting past and “tasteful” tunes

David Bowie once found himself eviscerated by music critic Jon Wilde, who labeled the shape-shifting performer a “f***ing disgrace.” The tirade appeared to take aim at Bowie’s mercurial identity changes, from glam alien to Berlin minimalist, moves some construed as dilettantism more than innovation.

At one point, Bowie’s attempts to rewrite musical conventions were ridiculed by peers and press alike. Wilde accused him of crafting “tasteful but boring music,” fit less for revolution than for the aspirations of property agents.

David Bowie’s 90,000-Item Archive Moves In—Yes, Even the Scribbles Made It

With 90,000 meticulously preserved artifacts spanning David Bowie’s career, the David Bowie Centre opens at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s East Storehouse on September 13. Visitors, ticket in hand, are granted access to everything from elaborate stage costumes to scribbled lyrics and early concept sketches.

Mini-displays tease themes from his career, while a study room offers private appointments to examine selected items. Dubbed revolutionary by its curators, the archive resists nostalgia and instead invites engagement, research, and personal interpretation.