David Bowie (You Know)
Reeves Gabrels (Guitar)
Mike Garson (Keyboard)
Gail Ann Dorsey (Bass)
Mark Plati (Acoustic Guitar)
Sterling Campbell (Drums)
Holly (background vocals)
Lani (background vocals)
You can check out more on the line-up direct from the man himself in today's journal entry. Pics and all!
Virgin Music Group vice chairman Nancy Berry is proud to announce that the company has signed international superstar David Bowie to a worldwide recording agreement.
Comments Nancy Berry, "David Bowie is one of the world's most gifted artists. His music has inspired and continues to influence the work of many talented musicians, and helped shape our overall culture. Virgin Records America has had the privilege of working with David for several years, and now Virgin Music Group Worldwide will experience the same pleasure. I am absolutely delighted that David has decided to make Virgin his worldwide home."
David Bowie is currently putting the finishing touches on a new record "hours...," set for release October 5, his first to be handled by Virgin Music Group throughout the world. For the last several months, David Bowie has been in studio finishing the new record, which is very song-driven, a hark back to the "Hunky Dory" days of the early 1970s.
Comments David Bowie, "I am thrilled to continue my relationship with Virgin, now on an even larger scale than before. I have enjoyed my affiliation with Virgin Records America over the last four years, and look forward to working with the coordinated efforts of the Virgin Music Group on a worldwide basis."
To that end, Virgin Music Group Worldwide hosted a major listening session of the new album in London for over eighty of its Managing Directors and senior executives from around the world. At the conclusion of the event, David Bowie made a surprise appearance, thanking the group for their enthusiasm and commitment toward the new project and to express his own excitement about the new relationship with the company.
The group then assembled at Halkin Hotel for a special dinner hosted by Nancy Berry to fete the new agreement. Coincidentally, it was at the Halkin Hotel where David met with Ken and Nancy Berry to sign his agreement with Virgin Records America five years ago.
1. Daniel Simon from New York, New York
2. Macon Sunshine Jacobson from Astoria, NY
3. Myriam Santos-Kayda from Upland, CA
4. Thomas Moore from newtown square, PA
5. Ian Finlayson from Norwell, MA
6. Jamie Dihiansan from Chicago, IL
7. Lidia from Gainesville, Florida
8. Derek Donovan from Kansas City, MO
9. Amy Bloom from Margate, New Jersey
10. Karen Dawson from Sunderland, England
We will make these tickets available tonight in the chat room some time after 8:00 PM EST. We will be drawing from the SAME list of people who submitted ticket requests last week. Good Luck! See you there.
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AUGUST 1st - 15th, 1999 HIGHLIGHTS
8/13/99 VH-1 TICKET WINNER ANNOUNCED
8/12/99 THURSDAY'S CHILD VIDEO SHOOT
8/10/99 VH-1 TICKET GIVEAWAY
8/05/99 BOWIENET T-SHIRT CONTEST
8/04/99 BUILDING HOURS LAUNCHES
8/03/99 BOWIE NOMINATED FOR MTV AWARD
8/02/99 EMI BACK CATALOG
8/02/99 THURSDAYS CHILD MIX POLL
1. Local New York radio stations will soon begin holding ticket giveaways live on the air.
Here are 3 stations scheduled to give out tickets for the VH-1 Storytellers taping:
102.3 WBAB, Long Island
Q-104.3, New York
105.5 WDHA, North Jersey
We will keep you up to date.
2. A few BowieNet Ticket winners have regrettably declined their tickets due to personal reasons. We will make these tickets available to you next week, so hold tight!!
Saturday Aug 14 12:45A (premiere)
Saturday Aug 14 10:45P (premiere)
Thursday Aug 19 1:15A
Thursday Aug 19 10:30P
Story Synopsis for The Falling Man :
A briliant architect meets a beautiful woman and finds that fame and fortune come at a sinister price. A. Martinez, Ted Whittall.. Rated: R
Winners spanned the globe, from Argentina, Sweden, Canada, Denmark, The Netherlands, US, UK, Brazil, France, and Germany.
Here are the lucky winers:
1 Walter J. Magnuson III from Franklin Square, NY
2 Dropped from list
3 Scott Northup from Westland, Mi
4 Antonio Farruggio from Brooklyn, Ny
5 Adrienne B. Schorer from New Orleans, La
6 Liza Cochran from Normal, IL
7 Michael Coleman Mendelsohn from NY, NY
8 Dropped from list
9 Crystal Kemter from Redford, Michigan
10 Helen Gilbert from Mansfield, CT
11 Brandon Spall from Emmen, Netherlands
12 Jens Christensen from Copenhagen, Denmark
13 Helen Webber from Bury St Edmunds, UK
14 Brian M Cancellieri from New York, New York
15 Deborah Krier from Brooklyn, New York
16 Dropped from list
17 Gilly Rath from Essen, Germany
18 Susan Kastan from New York, NY, USA
19 Dirk Gijsemans from GENT, BELGIUM
20 Dropped from list
21 Dropped from list
22 Michael E Mccarthy from New York, NY
23 Dropped from list
24 Candace Hardesty from Kingston, Ohio
25 Dropped from list
26 Mike Syms from Montreal, Canada
27 STEPHEN KELLY from PHILADELPHIA, PA
28 Ton Van Der Horst from Varsseveld, Holland
29 Dropped from list
30 Stefan Brisland-Ferner from Sweden
31 Elsa Cornely from Paris, France
32 Steven Wilson from Chicago, Illinois
33 David Burdett from Portishead, Bristol, UK
34 Carl Linderholm from Worcester, Ma,Usa
35 Dean Wards from Acton, London, England
36 Mark Mccall from Reading, PA
37 James Frederick from Chicago, IL
38 Donna Surles from Mechanicsburg, PA
39 Laura Mcfarland from Zionsville, Indiana
40 Dropped from list
41 Ryan Benthuysen from Tacoma, WA
42 Laszlo Varga from Sao Paulo, Brazil
43 Lori Walch from Egg Harbor Twp, NJ
44 Dropped from list
45 Fraser Mitchell from Hamilton, Scotland, UK
46 Nick Schirripa from Palm Bay, Florida
47 Danielle Mcintyre from White Plains, MD
48 Dropped from list
49 James Williams from Bartlett, TN
50 Kimberly Eden from Clinton, CT
All winers will be notified via email. Winners MUST respond by Monday, August 16th at 6:00pm EST. to claim their prize.
If you cannot attend for any reason, you must contact UltraStar so we can put the ticket back "in the hat" to allow another member the chance of winning. We will keep you up to date right here on BowieNet.
The latest issue of the magazine ARTnews (summer 99), names David Bowie as one of the world's top 200 collectors of modern and contemporary British art.
The soundtrack for Detroit Rock City, a comedy about four teenagers in 1978 who try to scam their way into a KISS concert was released August 3 1999 by Mercury Records and has debuted at #68 on the Billboard charts.The soundtrack features the David Bowie track "Rebel Rebel."
The Video was Directed by Walter Stern. In Bowie's own words: "The video is a strange and slow moving piece that wanders between a present and a past in a bewildering fashion." Here are a few shots taken on location.
Enjoy this exclusive first look and listen from the forthcoming David Bowie album "Hours..."
As another BowieNet exclusive - members can now officially enter ourVH-1 Storytellers giveaway!
50 tickets to David Bowie's live Storytellers performance have fallen into our laps and since we like to share so much - we are giving members the chance to come to New York City and witness this once-in-a-lifetime event. The rules are simple: fill out the form below including your BowieNet Username (NOT your password). You may only enter ONCE - each entry will be assigned a number, at the end of the giveaway we will draw 50 random numbers and those numbers that correspond with the assigned entries win a ticket to the show.
Each member will only win one ticket. You may not give your ticket away, scalp it or put it on eBay - if you enter, you are stating that YOU will attend the show and supply your own transportation/lodging to the event. If you cannot attend for any reason, you must contact UltraStar so we can put the ticket back "in the hat" to allow another member the chance of winning.
The show is Monday, August 23rd - we will be handing out the tickets on Saturday, August 21st at 5:00PM (to be disclosed at a later date, but somewhere in New York City). You must be there at 5:00PM. You must have a copy of the return e-mail from UltraStar (stating that you won) and a picture ID. Anyone who is not personally and physically there to pick-up his/her ticket will not receive the ticket and they will go to a local radio station for giveaway.
The contest begins today and runs through Thursday, August 12th at 6:00PM EST. If you are one of the 50 winners selected, you must respond by Monday, August 16th at 6:00pm EST. Any questions can be forwarded to info@davidbowie.com
Good luck! CLICK HERE FOR YOUR CHANCE AT VH-1 TICKETS
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From Ziggy Stardust to the Thin White Duke, thisexclusive profile of rock's most inventive artist features acandid interview as well as performance clips fromevery stage of Bowie's career. (1:00)
Note: Get your VCR's ready!
Artists and Production Personnel Announce Intention to Withdraw from Gisborne 2000 Festival
Representatives of the creative and technical producers and principal performers engaged by Year 2000 Festival Company Ltd and Year 2000 Festival Entertainment Company Ltd, respectively, are announcing the intention of all concerned to withdraw from further preparations for the Gisborne 2000 "First Light" Festival scheduled for New Year's Eve.
Management representing Split Enz and David Bowie, who are scheduled to appear with Dame Kiri Te Kanewa and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra at the December 31 - January 1 concert, cite their conviction that the Promoters do not have the ability or financing to complete the necessary infrastructure, production and marketing arrangements required for a safe and successful Festival. It is a great disappointment to the Artists that Year 2000 Festival Entertainment Company Ltd. cannot meet its obligations. All concerned have postponed this decision to the last possible moment, in the hopes that the Promoters would be able to solve their internal problems. Unfortunately, they have not.
The Executive Producer, Project Director and management personnel who were hired by The Year 2000 Festival Company cited the Promoters' continuing failure to make necessary commitments to key production personnel, equipment providers, and creative and marketing specialists, as well as failure to make timely deposits on equipment and services previously ordered, despite repeated urgent requests to do so. This failure makes it impossible to complete the infrastructure and production arrangements necessary to mount the Festival.
Executive Producer Charles Gayton reiterated his own personal commitment to Mayor Clark and the City of Gisborne to support the effort to create a Millennium celebration.
The site,titled Jim Walker's Web World, offers a unique lookinto another side of Mike Garson's musical talents.There are plenty of sample recordings and somegreat photos of Mike, as well. Check it out at: http://www.jimwalkerflute.com
The Wired Awards are a people choice style vote, so get your votes in NOW.
Check it out atwww.wired.com. The polling ends Aug. 10th, with anaward ceremony on October 14th in San Francisco.