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Following the controversial London Earls Court gig, Charles Shaar Murray and photographer Joe Stevens check out Bowie on tour – and find a riot goin' ...

David Bowie, Marianne Faithfull: The TV Monsters: The Bowie Special

Report by Marty Cerf, Phonograph Record, April 1974

AS THE first network music special produced by the featured rock star, the David Bowie Midnight Special bears closer examination. ...

David Bowie, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Generation X, Marc Bolan: Bowie and Bolan Get It On

Report by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, September 1977

"OH THAT'S REALLY Polaroid! You've gotta keep the ending!" David Bowie rocked with laughter and Marc Bolan wiped away the tears that had threatened to ...

David Bowie: The star looks very different today

Report by Robert Sandall, Sunday Times, 31 August 2003

David Bowie, widely considered the most influential pop icon ever, was once written off by his record label, reveals Robert Sandall. ...

David Bowie: Station to Station – A Report

Report by Ben Edmonds, Phonograph Record, January 1976

A YEAR AGO, David Bowie's public face was a mess. The Diamond Dogs tour he'd recently completed had certainly been successful enough, but it was ...

David Bowie: Who is David Bowie? A Guide to the V&A retrospective

Report by Sean O'Hagan, The Observer, 16 February 2013

As a blockbuster exhibition, David Bowie is, gets under way at the V&A, Sean O'Hagan dissects the pop icon's influences – and reveals the ideas ...

David Bowie: Virgin/EMI To Issue David Bowie: Live Santa Monica '72 On July 8th

Report by Harvey Kubernik, Rock's Backpages, July 2008

VIRGIN/EMI Records on July 8th will release David Bowie: Live Santa Monica '72 in limited edition CD and numbered 180-gram double vinyl LP packages culled ...

David Bowie: Bowie-ing Out at The Chateau

Report by Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 4 August 1973

CHARLES SHAAR MURRAY WITH THE MAIN MAN IN FRANCE. WORK ON NEW PROJECTS, REPORTS MURRAY, IS GOING AHEAD DELICIOUSLY IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT ...

David Bowie in the USA

Report by Nick Kent, NME, 21 April 1973

THE MAN from the customs – a surly-looking Negro – eyed me suspiciously for a full ten minutes, and checked and rechecked my baggage and ...

David Bowie: Who Will I Be Now?

Report by Ron Ross, Circus Raves, February 1975

TWO YOUNG black men with Afros and Yes T-shirts gazed at the art-deco murals and shrugged their shoulders. As they awaited the debut of David ...

David Bowie, Humble Pie, Judge Dread, Slade, Wizzard: The Bouncers

Report by Andrew Tyler, Disc, 30 June 1973

ANDREW TYLER Investigates the growing thuggery in concert halls the world over. And gets points of view from the stars, bouncers and the companies who ...

Elvis Presley, David Bowie, Rolling Stones, The: I Was A Pop Star's Arse-wiper!

Report by Martin Aston, Q, January 2000

For as long as there have been rock stars, there have been rock star "support systems", from the Memphis Mafia to "Spanish" Tony Sanchez to ...

David Bowie: A Rock 'n' Roll Suicide: A live art event by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard: ICA London

Report by Nick Coleman, The Independent, July 1998

"OF ALL THE SHOWS on this tour, this particular show will remain with us the longest. Not only is it the last show of the ...

Blood Sweat & Tears, David Bowie, Judy Collins, Harry Nilsson, Peter, Paul & Mary, Elvis Presley, Mark Radice, Simon & Garfunkel, Sandy Bull: A Week In the Life Of a Critic

Report by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 25 June 1972

"DEAR LILLIAN: It sure must be nice to be a rock critic. I really envy you. Can you tell me something about your life? ...

David Bowie, Dana Gillespie, Gilbert O'Sullivan, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Wings: Musical Memories Of London

Report by Lillian Roxon, New York Sunday News, 30 July 1972

LONDON — ONE year, when I was in London, 1966 I think, I saw the Beatles and the Rolling Stones on the same bill as ...