BOWIENET NEWS : MARCH 2002

Here is the BowieNet news summary for March 2002. Please click on the link to be taken to the relevant page.

Concert rumours are rife..
- click here for clarification 30 years ago Mick Rock meets David for the first time..
..and we see 2 previously unpublished photos of Ziggy! David shares the lyrics to 'I Would Be Your Slave' David writes a heartwarming new welcome message for BowieNet Columbia sign David to a multi-record deal through ISO Records.
'Heathen' is set for release on 11th June!
- click for press release details and a larger colour version of this photo

03/01/02 NEWS: WE HAVE A WINNER! - The last pre-Tibet show LAW cd is won with this lovely message board submission
03/01/02 SNIPPET: BOWIEPHILES - Iman is quoted in a supermodels article in the 'Independent'
03/02/02 NEWS: BOWIENET/EBAY BIDDING GOES BESERK! - 'Survive' reaches a staggering $330.00 with two days left to go
03/02/02 NEWS: ANOTHER MINOTAUR ON THE LOOSE - the ultra-rare Minotaur Box is up for sale on ebay!
03/02/02 NEWS: BOWIENET NEWS ARCHIVE IS UPDATED - and now includes crummie summaries from 2001 onwards
03/04/02 NEWS: 'SURVIVE' PICTURE DISC ON EBAY PASSES $500! - bidding is at $520 with an hour to go!
03/04/02 NEWS: MOULIN ROUGE OUT ON DVD TODAY - but there is no original db music on this release. Region 2
03/05/02 NEWS: 8TH BOWIENET AUCTION OFF TO A GREAT START - & proceeds are to go to the Chernobyl Childrens Life Line Charity
03/06/02 NEWS: REX RAY BOWIENET T-SHIRT IN THE BOWIESTORE NOW - and in six different sizes
03/06/02 NEWS: MEMBERS PAGES FOR TIBET HOUSE BENEFIT UPDATED - the first update is ready to view
03/06/02 NEWS: BETA TEST TEAM - 20 BNet members are to be asked to join to Splash Beta test team
03/07/02 SNIPPET: 25 YEARS AGO TODAY - BLAMMO MEETS BOWIE! - Blammo gets nostalgic and gives us this rather lovely shot of db
03/07/02 NEWS: BOWIE GETS ENORMOUS BUZZ! - David writes a touching new BNet welcome message - 'I sincerely love this community'..
03/07/02 NEWS: EMM GRYNER IN CHAT - Emm to join BNet chat next Wednesday
03/07/02 NEWS: FRENCH BOWIE FAN CONVENTION ON SATURDAY - Two Bowie tribute bands to play at the French db fan convention
03/08/02 SNIPPET: BOWIEPHILES - The Best of Baltimore 2001....the 'Best Disembodied Head' title is awarded to....db??
03/09/02 NEWS: STOP SLAVING, BOWIE TO THE RESCUE! - David posts the studio lyrics to 'I would Be Your Slave'!!
03/11/02 NEWS: EXTRA SPECIAL ITEM IN 9TH BOWIENET AUCTION - Purchase a shirt WORN and signed by db!
03/12/02 NEWS: EMM GRYNER IN CHAT TOMORROW - A reminder to join Emm in chat and there is a link to her site
03/12/02 NEWS: REGION ONE ZOOLANDER DVD OUT TOMORROW - catch David's stylish cameo appearance in this new DVD
03/13/02 NEWS: EMM GRYNER IN CHAT TONIGHT - Emm will be giving away CD's and the chat is to be unmoderated
03/13/02 NEWS: READ IT HERE FIRST - BNet responds to the all the concert rumours...
03/14/02 NEWS: CLARIFICATION ON DAVID'S LIVE DATES - an official update including a quote from David's booking agent
03/14/02 NEWS: GO GET SOME GAD NOW! - listen to Gail's performance on KCRW FM here
03/14/02 NEWS: NEW WORK AT BOWIEART WINDOW PAIN PROJECT II - The 'Band of One' is to be launched at Tower Records, Piccadilly
03/15/02 NEWS: CLARIFICATION ON DAVID'S LIVE DATES - a repeat posting for those that may have missed it yesterday
03/15/02 NEWS: INside 2001 - a new BowieNet members' feature looking back over the year 2001
03/15/02 SNIPPET: LUTHER VANDROSS REMEMBERS DB - some quotes from Luther on his work with David
03/17/02 NEWS: WHEN ROCK MET ZIGGY - The 30th anniversary of the Mick Rock/David meeting..and there are 2 unpublished Ziggy shots!
03/18/02 NEWS: MORE RARITIES IN 10TH BOWIENET AUCTION - 3 new items including another shirt WORN AND SIGNED by David!
03/19/02 NEWS: BAAL AT THE NFT IN LONDON - Almost 20 years after its Beeb showing, 'Baal' is to be screened at the 'NFT' in London
03/19/02 NEWS: 10TH BOWIENET AUCTION...OOPS - spot the 'deliberate' mistake?...;-)
03/20/02 NEWS: EMM GRYNER CHAT TRANSCRIPT - read the unmoderated chat summary
03/20/02 NEWS: EMMA B: FOR YOUR EARS ONLY, DAVID BOWIE - Radio 1 DJ, Emma B compiles a tape for db on TV
03/21/02 NEWS: BOWIE ALBUM IN COOL TOP 50 - Station to Station is in Rolling Stone's list of the 50 coolest records ever made
03/21/02 SNIPPET: VOYEUR FACELIFT - The Voyeur website now has a new homepage with regular news updates
03/22/02 NEWS: SPOOKY GHOST LIVE TONIGHT - details of Spooky Ghost dates at the 'Living Room'
03/22/02 NEWS: DAVID BOWIE 1962-1968 OUT NOW - details of how to purchase this limited edition 96 page publication
03/23/02 NEWS: JR, DB AND JR - a pic of 2 pale faced London boys ;-) and John Lydon praises db on the Jonathan Ross show
03/23/02 NEWS: BIRMINGHAM...WE WUZ RIGHT! - the doubters are silenced with a scan of an original Birmingham show ticket :-)
03/23/02 NEWS: NEW SYD BARRETT BIOGRAPHY - 'Madcap' by Tim Willis is due out as a hardback in October - published by 'Short Books'
03/25/02 NEWS: 11th BOWIENET AUCTION LIVE - a 3rd shirt WORN AND SIGNED by David goes up for auction
03/25/02 NEWS: PULP SINGLE DELAYED - The 'Bad Cover Version' single is put back until April 15th. Check out the db connections
03/26/02 NEWS: BOWIE IN STEVE STRANGE AUTOBIOGRAPHY - some nice quotes from Steve's book and a video interview link
03/27/02 NEWS: 'HEATHEN' DUE OUT ON ISO IN JUNE - David signs a multi-record deal through ISO! 'HEATHEN' is due out on June 11!
03/28/02 NEWS: WIN A SIGNED HEATHEN PROMO - select your top 5 db studio albums and you could win a signed 'Heathen' promo!
03/29/02 SNIPPET: BOWIEPHILES - 'Starman' is to be shown on TOTP2. Voted by viewers as one of the 20 all time favourite performances
03/30/02 NEWS: THIS MONTH'S DB PIC IN Q - 'Q' magazine uses a backstage 1996 shot of David and The Pet Shop Boys - April issue

This day in history ;-)
- 25 years ago..Blammo gets his first snap of db and...er..
 - 'Low's f****** brilliant' 'Zoolander', is released on DVD region 1 - watch out for David's cameo.. Access the new INside members' feature here 'Baal' is screened at the National Film Theatre in London Emm joins BNet for an unmoderated chat :-)
- read the transcript here what are your top 5 db studio albums?
- David wants to know :-)..
- and there is a signed 'Heathen' promo to be won!!

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