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“You asked for the latest party”

The next leg of the record-breaking David Bowie Is exhibition at Museu Del Disseny De Barcelona (http://smarturl.it/DBisBarcelona), kicks off with a rather special launch party.

Exhibition Opening Party. Razzmataz 2

May 25th: Official Exhibition Opening Party at Razzmatazz 2 with live concerts and Dj sets.

Go here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Read more about the exclusive limited edition red vinyl of I’m Afraid Of Americans, released exclusively at the exhibition venue only on the same day.

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“Music is sublime”

Hot on the heels of David Bowie being celebrated as the most successful star in Record Store Day's 10-year history in the UK, the BPI has announced today that he has also beaten the likes of Adele and Drake to be named the UK's most popular artist of 2016.

Bowie clocked up 1.65m album equivalent sales, a measurement developed by UK music industry body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) that combines physical and digital sales of CDs and albums (along with streams), to give the overall sales popularity of an artist.

“(Ears tell me) turn it around...”

You may have seen John Carroll and Leo Rodia’s Facebook page regarding that most undervalued of Bowie collector formats, the humble cassette tape. They’ve been teasing their new site on the page and at last, it’s ready to view.  

The cassette had fallen from favour since being usurped by the CD, but, like vinyl, it’s a format that is coming back into vogue. After all, as John and Leo point out, Tony Visconti reckons “A well-recorded chrome cassette sounds better than a compressed digital format”.

The BOWIEONTAPE site joins several other collector