Bowie died at the age of 69 on Sunday after battling cancer for more than a year, his representative confirmed to ABC News.
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Bowie released 25 records over his career including legendary opuses like The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, Station to Station, and many others.
Producer Tony Visconti previously called the album Blackstar “his parting gift”.
Brit Awards chairman Max Lousada said Tuesday that the February 24 show at London’s O2 Arena would include “a fitting tribute to one of our greatest icons”.
“I just had a woman at the counter a moment ago who was crying and saying all of her fondest memories of the 80s were David Bowie music, ” Ms Broomfield said.
His official social media accounts had announced the shock news of his death at 69 on Monday: “David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous 18-month battle with cancer”, adding a request for privacy for the grieving family. If Bowie wasn’t your favorite musician, he was certainly your favorite musician’s favorite musician.
The latest available figures from iTunes show that all five top places on the United Kingdom album charts are occupied by Bowie, with his new album Blackstar in first position. “Like an oddball or a freak… his music was always inspiring but seeing him live set me off on a journey that for me I hope will never end”.
Speaking to Piers Morgan on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain, he said of Bowie: “Yes I would [call him a genius], but it is a word that’s bandied around a lot and it is misused a lot. I wasn’t, however, prepared for it”, he wrote on Facebook.
Most rock and pop musicians develop an interest in theatricality only after they get sick of expressing some youthful emotion of love or alienation in song after song. “I want you to know if I’m not available or not there, why it is.’ He asked us to keep it confidential”.
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“All hail, David Bowie, Star Man, Hero”. He will always be with us.
