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The death of Ziggy Stardust, 50 years on: Bowie’s greatest act of iconoclasm and why it matters

It was a night that became mythic, but fans and friends of the star remember it in many different ways

Evening Standard

David Bowie: A photographic memoir like no other

Geoff MacCormack, singer, songwriter and producer, shares his personal photos from his lifelong friendship with the starman

The Independent UK

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars review – Bowie bids farewell to an icon in legendary gig

DA Pennebaker’s documentary offers moving moments and raw immediacy as the musician takes on his final performance as Ziggy Stardust

The Guardian - UK

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"I never wanted to be just the bass player, plonking away. I played a lot of notes – too many sometimes!" Trevor Bolder and the low-end magic of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust was recorded in just one day. It made David Bowie a star. But bass players could only hear Trevor Bolder...

Guitar World

“David was furious: 'I won’t have that kind of disloyalty!’" The real reason David Bowie ended Ziggy Stardust and sacked the Spiders From Mars

50 years ago, David Bowie announced that he was playing his last ever show. It marked a split from the men who had revitalised his career – and it was all over money…

Louder

Liverpool's 70s music scene, lost nightclubs and 'Ziggy haircuts'

"I loved liverpool people from the start and that hasn't changed one bit"

Liverpool Echo

Moment David Bowie shocked world by killing off Ziggy Stardust set to get cinema release

Fifty years on, fans will finally get to see the entire legendary gig at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in a new digitally restored film

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'David Bowie gave me my break as a drummer and I'm still pinching myself'

Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey was a hard-up 19-year-old when he got a call from up-and-coming star David Bowie, who asked him to join his band to record the Aladdin Sane album

Daily Mirror

40 essential albums to hear before you die

Some records are so good that they can change your life. Our critics Helen Brown, Chris Harvey and Roisin O’Connor pick the albums you need to hear

The Independent UK

40 albums to listen to before you die, from Fleetwood Mac to Massive Attack

Some records are so good that they can change your life. Our critics Helen Brown, Chris Harvey and Roisin O’Connor pick the albums you need to hear

The Independent UK

Out with florals and paisley as Liberty marks 150 years with modernist twist

The FuturLiberty collection, a collaboration with Italy’s Federico Forquet, is inspired by artistic movements of the early 20th century

The Guardian - UK

Full list of 50 'best' choice baby names 2023 and their meanings, according to baby name specialist

There are some unusual choices in the list

Nottingham Post

Baby name specialist reveals 50 'best' choices for parents to pick in 2023

If you have a baby on the way this year, take a look at this list from an expert that contains some modern options as well as traditional monikers.

Daily Record

Baby name expert shares 'best' 50 names that should be on parents' lists in 2023

A baby name expert has shared the top 50 names you should be adding to your list of favourites if you're having a baby this year. It features names from popular culture as well as traditional monikers

Daily Mirror

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Wales Online

'World's first' mullet-only hair salon opens offering free cuts - as long as it's one style

Vicky Pattison is launching Dirty Gertie's Mullet Salon where you can have any style you want - as long as it's a mullet

Daily Mirror

Mullets really are a 'party in the back' - as those with the hairstyle have more fun

Adults with mullets believe they are mischievous and free-spirited - with Rod Stewart and David Bowie named as having the most iconic celebrity mullets

The Guardian - UK

Watch that man: V&A lands huge archive of David Bowie memorabilia

Public will have access to more than 80,000 items from the star’s handwritten lyrics to set designs in dedicated new centre

The Guardian - UK

First Contact: An Alien Encounter review – Ziggy Stardust was wrong. There is no starman in the sky

This dramatisation of what would happen if we encountered aliens is full of talking heads shooting down the idea that there’s intelligent life out there. Way to wreck the premise…

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David Bowie's handwritten 'Starman' lyrics sell for £203,000

LONDON: David Bowie's original handwritten lyrics for the pop classic "Starman", part of an album that catapulted him to international stardom, on Tuesday sold at auction in Britain £203,500.

Daily Mirror

Never-before-seen pictures of David Bowie show glam rock legend at his best

Unseen pictures of the Thin White Duke have been unveiled as part of the new David Bowie: Icon exhibition showing him in shots in his legendary Ziggy Stardust phase

The Conversation

Moonage Daydream: brilliant Bowie film takes big risks to create something truly new

Don’t fake it baby, lay the real thing on me

ABC News

David Bowie movie Moonage Daydream marries documentary with immersive collage, conjuring the feel of a concert

Using exclusive footage from Bowie’s estate, Moonage Daydream brings the transcendent and chameleonic quality of Bowie’s art to life through dazzling visual montages and remastered music.

Zenger

Express Yourself – Half Of Gen Zs Admit Social Media Is The Only Place They Can Truly Be Themselves

Half of Gen Z admit social media is the only place they can truly be themselves, according to research.

The Independent UK

‘Earth was really dying’: David Bowie and the birth of environmentalism

Coupled with its playful fascination for space technology, the Ziggy Stardust album also described a dread of the Pandora’s box that might be opened as a result of this progress, writes David Larsson Heidenblad

The Conversation

David Bowie and the birth of environmentalism: 50 years on, how Ziggy Stardust and the first UN climate summit changed our vision of the future

David Bowie released his seminal album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 50 years ago, on June 16, 1972. It was an artsy and ambitious rock album which captured the time’s sense of being on the cusp of new technological and cultural frontiers.

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