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“Throwing darts in lovers’ eyes“

As the Chicago Tribune correctly suggests, there couldn't be a better artist to close out the last day of the Museum of Contemporary Art's David Bowie Is exhibition this coming Sunday (Jan 4th) than Neil Gaiman.

Bowie fans will no doubt be aware of Gaiman’s references to Bowie in his work over the years, not least of all the unfinished short story, The Return Of The Thin White Duke, with illustrations by Yoshitaka Amano (see insert pix in accompanying montage), which was published in the Summer 2004 edition of V Magazine.

On Sunday at the MCA, Gaiman will

“You’re face to face“

Tony Visconti, Woody Woodmansey’s Holy Holy and Glenn Gregory perform David Bowie’s seminal The Man Who Sold the World album plus a new set of other classic Bowie songs from 1969-73, with very special guests.

Due to public demand following their very successful mini UK tour in September 2014, legendary Bowie bandmates, producer/bass player Tony Visconti and drummer Woody Woodmansey (pictured here soundchecking at Shepherd's Bush Empire in September), will be playing music together again in June, just as they originally did with David Bowie and Mick Ronson.

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“A couple of songs from your old scrapbook“

As revealed in the headline and accompanying image, MOJO magazine has given Bowie fans an early Christmas present in the shape of a 32-page article featuring The 100 Greatest Bowie Songs as voted by Mojo writers.

The piece features interviews with George Underwood, Carlos Alomar, Dana Gillespie, Robert Fripp, Tony Visconti, Rick Wakeman, Mike Garson, Reeves Gabrels, Ken Scott and Lindsay Kemp.

See DavidBowie.com for a further breakdown of the content and an introduction by Billy Corgan.

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