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”.
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David Bowie’s latest album Blackstar has reached number one and several of his other hits have returned to the charts following his death.
The iconic singer’s death comes just days after the release of his 29th album, Blackstar, which coincided with his 69th birthday on January 8.
There has been speculation Bowie hinted at his illness with his album title, reported music magazine NME.
Bowie’s death will also be marked by a memorial concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall on March 31. The German government has paid tribute to David Bowie, thanking the late singer for helping to bring down the Berlin Wall. The event, which organisers spent the last seven months planning, will now memorialise Bowie’s life and his profound influence on music.
The organiser’s official website stated, “This year’s concert will certainly be remembered as a poignant celebration of his music by his friends, peers and fans”. We are all deeply saddened at this news, the timing of our public on-sale weird in its timing, and the show is taking on many more emotions.
“Because I can’t believe it. God, what do you want?”
The circle of people who knew about Bowie’s cancer battle was reportedly kept very small.
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Hove added, “The cast didn’t know all that time, and I suspect that the musicians with whom he recorded Blackstar didn’t know either”. My deepest condolences to Iman (Bowie’s wife) and the family. During his nearly 50-year career, Bowie managed to touch on a wide base of genres, including folk, psychedelic, glam rock, jazz and just about everything else you could imagine. I was just talking about him last week.
