A Spotify spokesperson added to NME that that prior to the news of his death, Bowie had 4m monthly listeners on Spotify, which rose to 6.5m monthly listeners after the news broke – so 2.5m new people listened to his music on Spotify who had not done so in the previous month.
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Michael Dorf, who runs the City Winery bar and concert venue in NY, said he had been organizing the concert for six months.
On Monday, Bowie’s producer, Tony Visconti, wrote on Facebook: “He always did what he wanted to do”.
Only now, with hindsight, does the scope of Bowie’s oracular farewell become clear: His latest works were haunting, conflicted and not entirely subtle – both the off-Broadway show he cowrote and a new song are named “Lazarus”, for the biblical figure brought back from the dead.
“I haven’t seen him for so many years”, she says in the Diary Room after being told that David, 69, had died Sunday from cancer.
Three retrospectives of his work and three original albums have all broken into the Top 40.
The Music of David Bowie was billed as a tribute show featuring his songs, but has now been changed to a memorial. An icon. Irreplaceable loving friend.
He told the BBC he received an email from Bowie a week before his death which he now believes was a farewell message.
The likes of Mick Jagger, Sir Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John are said to be among the names invited to play in the tribute.
Madonna dedicated a song to the late musician as she performed in Houston, Texas, as part of her Rebel Heart tour on Tuesday evening.
“The man was always outstanding”, O’Brien said while introducing the clips.
“His star will shine in the sky forever”.
Sources close to David Bowie have revealed that the iconic singer died of liver cancer.
“He was so chic and handsome and elegant”. I can’t make a big drama out of it…
On The Daily Show, Trevor Noah saved his Bowie tribute for his “Moment of Zen”, which included these words of wisdom from the Thin White Duke: “If you feel safe in the area that you are working in, you’re not working in the right area”.
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“A true artist even in his passing, the world is more bright and mysterious because of him, and we will continue to shout prayers into the atmosphere he created”.
