The BRIT Awards has confirmed it will stage a tribute to David Bowie at next month’s event.
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From his birthplace in London to his adopted home in New York, David Bowie fans around the world gathered Monday to mourn a star who many said had shaped their lives.
David Bowie won a Brit Award as recently as 2014, picking up the award for Best British Male for his album The Next Day.
A memorial concert, which had initially been organized as a tribute show, is also being planned for New York’s Carnegie Hall in March.
Like many famous personalities and members of the music industry, Jimmy Fallon took the time to pay tribute and give a message to the late David Bowie.
Figures from global streaming service Spotify show there was a jump of 2,822% in Bowie songs played in the hours after his death was announced.
Figures from global streaming service Spotify show there was a jump of 2,822% in Bowie songs played in the hours following the announcement that he had died from cancer.
Fans have interpreted the timing of the release, as well as the melancholy and even morbid themes of the album’s music, as the artist’s way of foreshadowing his imminent death.
Bowie will have of course known that he was quite sick, but did he know that Blackstar was going to be his final ever album release? That’s more than double the number-two album on the chart. I’ve got scars that can’t be seen. An icon. Irreplaceable loving friend. “He said that because he knew that he may not always be able to be around”, Hove told NOS.nl station.
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With no official comment available, Bowie’s place of death remained a mystery, as did funeral arrangements. His star will shine in the sky forever. There are countless tales of people from the 80s – the Romantic era, guys wearing make-up and all that – they all say it wouldn’t have been anything, it all came from David Bowie.
