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David Bowie: (Spaceboy)
The alien who swapped faces like clothes-elf one year, duke the next. Ziggy, Aladdin, Hallo Spaceboy, Thin White, every persona a glitter bomb. Wrote All the Young Dudes, gave Lou Reed Transformer, dressed Roxy in synths, then vanished. Voice like glass and velvet. Posts multiplying faster than his personas.


Dana Gillespie: "Bowie's First Girlfriend" Feature (1974)
Dana Gillespie’s "Bowie's First Girlfriend", a one-page feature in Disc, February 16, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 16, 19741 min read


Lulu: "LuLu's Back" Feature (1974)
Lulu’s "LuLu's Back", a two-page feature article in Disc, February 16, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 16, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "A Valentine Release" Advert (1974)
David Bowie’s "Rebel Rebel", a one-page advert in Melody Maker, February 16, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 16, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Rebel Rebel" Single (1974)
David Bowie’s "Rebel Rebel" backed with "Queen Bitch" , was released as a 7-inch vinyl single in the UK by RCA Records (catalog number...

David Bowie
Feb 15, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Back in Town Lulu" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Back in Town Lulu", a one-page article in Disc, February 16, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 15, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Bowie's Dystopian Triumph Diamond Dogs!" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Bowie's Dystopian Triumph Diamond Dogs!", an article on Bowie and producer Tony Visconti wrapping up work on the album at...

David Bowie
Feb 14, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Bowie Set For West End" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Bowie Set For West End", a one-page article in Music Scene, February 1, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 12, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Dour-Faced Bowie" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Dour-Faced Bowie", a one-page article in New Musical Express, February 9, 1974. THIS CANDID snaperoo shows dour-faced...

David Bowie
Feb 9, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Bowie's Album" Advert (1974)
David Bowie’s "Bowie's Album" , a one-page advert in New Musical Express , February 9, 1974. The Man Who Sold The World includes the...

David Bowie
Feb 9, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Rebel Rebel is Released" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Rebel Rebel is Released", a one-page article news in Sounds, February 2, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 2, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "The Rebel - The 1980 Floor Show" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "The Rebel - The 1980 Floor Show", a one-page article in Sounds, February 2, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 2, 19741 min read


Dana Gillespie: "Weren't Born A Man" Advert (1974)
Dana Gillespie’s "Weren't Born A Man", a one-page advert in Melody Maker, February 2, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 2, 19741 min read


Lulu: "Lulu's Man" Advert (1974)
Lulu’s "Lulu's Man", a one-page advert in Music Scene Magazine, February 1, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 1, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "The Rock Lovers" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "The Rock Lovers", a one-page article in Circus Magazine, February 1, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 1, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Rock Theatre, Lindsay Kemp" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Rock Theatre, Lindsay Kemp", a one-page article in Music Scene Magazine, February 1, 1974.

David Bowie
Feb 1, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Bowie Unfazed" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Bowie Unfazed", a Diamond Dogs photo session article, January 30, 1974. Terry O'Neil says of that days session "I had shot...

David Bowie
Jan 30, 19741 min read


U.S. Stay to Set Up Revue Article: 1974
Bowie's 1980 Floor Show NYC Prep Published in the UK on January 26, 1974, New Musical Express’s one-page article “U.S. Stay to Set Up Revue” reported that David Bowie would leave Britain in mid-February to spend several months in New York, where he would work on preparations for his stage revue titled The 1980 Floor Show. This was the provisional name for his musical adaptation of George Orwell’s novel 1984, previously exclusively reported by NME as set to premiere in London’

David Bowie
Jan 26, 19742 min read


Bowie Fuels Ronson! Cover: 1974
cover article in Melody Maker, January 26, 1974. MICK RONSON is following in the footsteps of David Bowie and is set to do two dates at London's Rain-bow next month. He will play the theatre on February 22 and 23, and it's expected that Bowie, for whom he's been back-up man and guitarist in the past two years, will be on stage with him. Thus Ronson, who's managed by Mainman, the same company as Bowie, becomes the centre of a large campaign designed to establish him as a solo

David Bowie
Jan 26, 19742 min read


Lulu: "The Man Who Sold The World" Advert (1974)
Lulu’s "The Man Who Sold The World", a one-page advert in New Musical Express, January 19, 1974.

David Bowie
Jan 26, 19741 min read


David Bowie: "Hey! Bowie Gets Faces Approval" Article (1974)
David Bowie’s "Hey! Bowie Gets Faces Approval", an article on Studio 2, Olympic Studios, 117 Church Road Barnes, South West London,...

David Bowie
Jan 24, 19741 min read
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