18th David Bowie Bash moves to London

“Screaming above central London”

Daniele Pensavalle has been in touch with details of his annual David Bowie Bash for 2016.

For the first time ever, the event (which normally takes place in Italy), is happening in London.

This year it’s on January 7th, the day before the release of ★ and Bowie’s birthday.

The party starts at 7.30pm at THE DRURY CLUB in Covent Garden.

Go here for ticket links and the full schedule for the evening’s entertainment of live tributes and other Bowie related excitement.

#18thDavidBowieBash #BowieBirthday2016 #BowieParty

Hear ★ at Bowie Birthday Party in Berlin

“Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming”

Details of Bowie fan parties for January next year are coming in. First up is this one in Berlin on Bowie’s 69th birthday, celebrating both that and the release of ★ on the same day.

The event will take place in the Meistersaal of Hansa Studios Berlin, Go here for ticket links and the schedule for the evening.

#BowieBerlin #BowieBirthday2016 #BowieParty

Bowie vinyl singles top 2015 charts

“There’s been many others, so many times”

Strong feeling of déjà vu the day after thanksgiving, with the Daily Mirror’s recent announcement that David Bowie is the most popular vinyl singles artist of the year in the UK.

On the same day last year we reported the fact that Bowie fans in the UK had created the perfect thanksgiving gift for their man, with the news that Nothing has changed - The Very Best of David Bowie was at #1 on the Official UK Vinyl Album Chart.

Bowie’s success on the Official Vinyl Singles Chart will not be news to regular visitors to this page. Just last Friday, we announced that the Golden Years 40th anniversary disc had claimed the #1 spot.

And back when the Official Charts Company (OCC) in the UK announced the first ever Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 (12 April 2015 - 18 April 2015), we ran a piece about Bowie’s success on the chart. (BOWIE DOMINATES NEW OFFICIAL VINYL SINGLES CHART)

As the Mirror confirms, the four singles pictured here (Changes, Fame, Space Oddity and Golden Years), have all reached #1 in 2015.

However, what the article doesn't mention is that just the week before the chart was published publicly (there were hidden versions of the chart in the preceding weeks), Young Americans was also at #1.

Either way, since the chart's public launch on April 12th, these are the best performing artists on the Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 10.

10 MOST SUCCESSFUL VINYL ARTISTS

Artist - Weeks in the top 10 (Weeks at No.1)

1) David Bowie - 41 (6)

2) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - 25 (3)

3) Paul Weller - 15 (2)

4) Tom Verlaine - 9 (0)

4) Rolling Stones - 9 (2)

6) The 1975 - 8 (0)

7) Bob Dylan - 8 (1)

8) Beta Band - 7 (0)

9) Elvis Presley - 6 (1)

9) Slaves - 6 (1)

Bowie also has fifty percent of the Top 8 most successful Official Vinyl Singles Chart placings.

EIGHT MOST SUCCESSFUL VINYL SONGS

Artist, Song - Peak Position (Weeks in top 10)

1) David Bowie, Fame - 1 (13)

2) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Riverman - 1 (12)

=3) Rolling Stones, (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - 1 (9)

=3) David Bowie/Tom Verlaine, Side By Side/Kingdom Come - 2 (9)

=4) Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, Lock All The Doors - 1 (8)

=4) David Bowie, Young Americans - 6 (8)

=5) Paul Weller, Saturns Pattern - 2 (7)

=5) David Bowie, Space Oddity - 1 (7)

Thanks again to all of you that made this happen. Read the Mirror piece here.

#DavidBowie #OCCvinyl45s

Friday Music Outside and Earthling out now

“I’ve got Friday on my mind”

Did you strike lucky with today’s RSD/Black Friday issue of Earthling on translucent green vinyl?

Also released by the Friday Music label today was the white vinyl double album version of 1. Outside and last Friday the label issued 'hours...' on translucent blue wax, as they used to say in olden days.

Here are the release dates of all five Bowie albums Friday Music have issued in 2015:

Heathen (translucent blue) - August 7

Reality (transparent) - September 25

'hours...' (translucent blue) - November 20

Earthling (translucent green) - November 27 (Black Friday/RSD release)

1. Outside (white) - November 27 (Black Friday release)

Check out the Friday Music David Bowie store here.

#BowieRSD #BowieBlackFriday #BowieFridayMusic

The day Bowie broke New Zealand

“I never thought I'd need so many people”

David Bowie’s concert at Auckland's enormous Western Springs (a speedway stadium) took place on this day in 1983.

The officially recorded attendance of 74,480 was the largest audience ever for an Australasian concert. The show was also believed to be the biggest single crowd gathering in the history of New Zealand.

The gig was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest crowd gathering per head of population anywhere in the world.

As with all Australasian-related Bowie things, BowieDownUnder.com is the place to read more about this incredible event.

#BowieLetsDance #BowieSeriousMoonlight #BowieDownUnder

★ street advertising...have you seen any?

“We’re choosing the path between the stars”

Lots of ★ street advertising going on around the globe in the last couple of weeks. First there were posters for the ★ single and now the ★ album is getting some exposure too.

Our montage shows posters for the single in New York and a huge billboard in London at the corner of Hammersmith Road / North End Road (next to Olympia exhibition centre).

Meanwhile, Jonathan Barnbrook talks about the creation of some of that imagery with Emily Gosling over on It’s Nice That.

#Blackstar #imablackstar #BlackstarSingle #BlackstarAlbum #BarnbrookBowie

David Bowie’s appearance on Cher 40 years ago

“Closer than others I was your, I was your man”

On November 23rd 1975, David Bowie appeared in a fifteen minute segment for CBS TV’s Cher show.

The Bowie performances commenced with him sporting slicked back hair (Thin White Duke colouring and style) in blue jacket and shirt with grey slacks, singing his first US #1 single, Fame, which had peaked a couple of months earlier in September.

Fame was followed by a moving rendition of Can You Hear Me, performed as a duet with Cher. Both Fame and Can You Hear Me were live vocals sung over a pre-recorded backing track.

Bowie wore the same outfit for Can You Hear Me as he had for Fame, while Cher wore a black number and a black bob, which may have been a wig. Cher was as famous for her wigs as Bowie was for his actual hairstyle changes.

The fifteen minute performance concluded with a six and a half minute medley duet, which featured snippets of no less than thirteen different songs, and it’s one of the strangest bits of Bowie TV of all time.

The pair wore all white for the duet, aside from Bowie’s tweed jacket and Cher’s red wig, echoing Bowie’s own hair colour.

It seemed the more conservatively Bowie dressed during this period, the more bizarre he looked. Though it has to be said that his apparel remained beautifully stylish without a trace of irony.

The same can be said of the medley itself. On paper it looks a little cheesy, but if you’ve not seen it we think you’ll agree that both singers’ performances are sincere and heartfelt.

It shouldn’t have worked, what with Cher’s house band performing the backing and the choice of snippets performed, but it did.

Here's a list of the songs featured in the medley.

Young Americans Medley

Young Americans

Song Sung Blue

One

Da Doo Ron Ron

Wedding Bell Blues

Maybe

Mabye Baby

Day Tripper

Blue Moon

Only You (And You Alone)

Temptation

Ain’t No Sunshine

Young Blood

Young Americans

You can watch the full thing here on YouTube:

Finally, here’s a great piece by Gavin Edwards on RollingStone.com from last year, wherein Gavin accuses Bowie and Cher of taking the medley to “someplace glorious and insane”. Fair cop.

#BowieCher

★ and more in Classic Pop magazine

“I can still hear some Classic Pop...popular musics”

The December 2015/January 2016 edition of Classic Pop magazine boasts a fair bit of Bowie.

First up there’s a double-page spread announcing the arrival of the ★ album on January 8th next year, then there’s a 4 out of 5 full-page review of it by Rudy Bolly, who describes the album thus: “Blackstar is a genre-hopping return to his experimental prime.”.

David Bowie and Tony Blair at The Brits in February 1996 are the focus of the mag’s regular Classic Pop Moments item, and Let’s Dance and Tonight are both listed in a TOP 100 ALBUMS OF THE 1980s special feature.

Also, the Bowie & Bing duet of Little Drummer Boy/Peace On Earth gets a favourable mention in a piece titled: The Classic Pop Of... Christmas.

Finally, the red vinyl iSELECT album is listed in the Buried Treasures section at £300 for a sealed copy. Blimey!

Classic Pop is on sale now.

#Blackstar #imablackstar #BlackstarSingle #BlackstarAlbum

16-page MOJO cover feature plus art prints

“Had to cram so many things to store everything in there”

The January 2016 edition of MOJO magazine (Issue 266) contains 16-pages dedicated to David Bowie, not to mention the front cover and two quality A4 art prints, all housed in a rather tasty glossy card envelope.

Here’s how MOJO describes the Bowie content...

MOJO 266 / January 2016

The new MOJO magazine is a must-have for admirers of David Bowie. The cover story is the exclusive inside skinny on his new album, ★ (Blackstar), backed up with a 35th Anniversary celebration of his 1980 classic, Scary Monsters, while all print issues come equipped with two fabulous Bowie art prints by celebrated portraitists Mick Rock and Duffy, all inside a posh card sleeve.

DAVID BOWIE ★ EXCLUSIVE With his new album pending, MOJO enjoys exclusive access to David Bowie’s inner sanctum of collaborators and musicians as we tell the story of its creation, including an interview with Bowie’s trusted lieutenant Tony Visconti. (8 pages)

PLUS! SCARY MONSTERS To mark its 35th anniversary, we unveil the inside story of the album that invented the ’80s. (6 pages)

The remaining two-pages are taken up with a 4 out of 5 review for the ★ album by Keith Cameron. As ever, all of the new Bowie portraits in the magazine were taken by Jimmy King.

The January edition of MOJO magazine is on shelves tomorrow, November 24th.

#Blackstar #imablackstar #BlackstarSingle #BlackstarAlbum

★ album review in Q magazine

“Putting on the Blackstar cranking out the white noise”

The January 2016 edition of Q magazine has a double-page, 4 out of 5 ★ album review by Tom Doyle. Here are a couple of lines from it…

“Headgame-playing art-rock Sinatra” – “...it stands alone, unique in his catalogue” – “There are layers upon layers here which will go on revealing themselves, play after play.”

Mr Doyle concludes on a note of excited anticipation…

“And so, absolutely, the thrill remains and has now been intensified. We eagerly await – if it ever arrives – the next message beamed to us from our mysteriously remote and hidden star.”

Q magazine is available digitally now and is in shops from Tuesday, November 24th.

#Blackstar #imablackstar #BlackstarSingle #BlackstarAlbum

Nine-page ★ special in UNCUT magazine

“In the centre of it all”

The January 2016 edition of UNCUT magazine contains a 3-page, 8 out of 10 ★ album review by Michael Bonner and a fascinating six-page interview with Donny McCaslin (also by Bonner), on the making of the ★ album. Elsewhere there’s a half-page interview with Jonathan Barnbrook about working with Bowie on the look of ★.

And with phrases like: “Yet another marvellous reinvention for Bowie” and: “Welcome to Bowie’s (latest) YearZero”, you can perhaps get a hint of where the ★ album might take you...or not.

As you can see from our montage, the feature is peppered with lots of wonderful new Jimmy King portraits.

The January edition of UNCUT magazine is on shelves on November 24th.

#Blackstar #imablackstar #BlackstarSingle #BlackstarAlbum

★ single review in NME

“I’m not a popstar”

There are a couple of ★ single related bits in the latest NME. (November 20th issue)

First up, in the publication itself, the release is listed in the RADAR section among 'The Best New Tracks'.

While over on the NME blog pages, Mark Beaumont makes a convincing argument for “how David Bowie is upending Christmas” with the release of his ★ single, concluding thus...

“Whether a vision of Major Tom reincarnated as an occult deity, a statement on spirituality being twisted for dark human ends or just a screwdriver dropped into the works of the festive music machine, ‘Blackstar’ is a bold and gloriously out-of-step Grace Oddity, an anti-‘25’ just when we needed one. Have yourself an eerie little Christmas…”

You can read the full review here.

#Blackstar #imablackstar #BlackstarSingle

★ single released today – full lyrics

“Just go with me”

David Bowie’s ★ single is issued digitally worldwide today, with both iTunes and Amazon giving the release banner adverts.

The song has already entered both their download charts and to celebrate the fact we're posting the lyrics here so that you can sing and shake along with confidence.

Go here for video and listening links.

#Blackstar #imablackstar #BlackstarSingle #BlackstarAlbum

★

(David Bowie)

IN THE VILLA OF ORMEN

STANDS A SOLITARY CANDLE

AH AH AH AH

IN THE CENTRE OF IT ALL

YOUR EYES

ON THE DAY OF EXECUTION

ONLY WOMEN KNEEL AND SMILE

AH AH AH AH

AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL

YOUR EYES

AH AH AH

IN THE VILLA OF ORMEN

STANDS A SOLITARY CANDLE

AH AH AH AH

AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL

YOUR EYES

AH AH AH

OO OO OO OO

OOO

OO OO OO OO

OOO

OO OO OO OO

SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE DAY HE DIED

SPIRIT ROSE A METRE THEN STEPPED ASIDE

SOMEBODY ELSE TOOK HIS PLACE AND BRAVELY CRIED:

I’M A BLACKSTAR

HOW MANY TIMES DOES AN ANGEL FALL?

HOW MANY PEOPLE LIE INSTEAD OF TALKING TALL?

HE TROD ON SACRED GROUND HE CRIED ALOUD INTO THE CROWD

I’M A BLACKSTAR

I’M NOT A GANGSTAR

I CAN’T ANSWER WHY

I’M A BLACKSTAR

JUST GO WITH ME

I’M NOT A FILMSTAR

IMMA TAKE YOU HOME

I’M A BLACKSTAR

TAKE YOUR PASSPORT AND SHOES

I’M NOT A POPSTAR

AND YOUR SEDATIVES BOO

I’M A BLACKSTAR

YOU’RE THE FLASH IN THE PAN

I’M NOT A MARVELSTAR

I’M THE GREAT I AM

I’M A BLACKSTAR

I’M A BLACKSTAR I’M WAY UP, ON MONEY, I’VE GOT GAME

I SEE RIGHT, SO WIDE, SO OPEN-HEARTED PAIN

I WANT EAGLES IN MY DAYDREAMS, DIAMONDS IN MY EYES

I’M A BLACKSTAR

SOMETHING HAPPENED ON THE DAY HE DIED

SPIRIT ROSE A METRE THEN STEPPED ASIDE

SOMEBODY ELSE TOOK HIS PLACE AND BRAVELY CRIED:

I’M A BLACKSTAR

I’M A STARSTAR

I’M A BLACKSTAR

I CAN’T ANSWER WHY

I’M NOT A GANGSTAR

BUT I CAN TELL YOU HOW

I’M NOT A FLAMSTAR

WE WERE BORN UPSIDE DOWN

I’M A STARS STAR

BORN THE WRONG WAY ROUND

I’M NOT A WHITESTAR

I’M A BLACKSTAR

OO OO OO OO

I’M NOT A GANGSTAR

I’M A BLACKSTAR

OO OO OO OO

I’M NOT A PORNSTAR

I’M NOT A WANDERING STAR

OO OO OO OO

I’M A BLACKSTAR

IN THE VILLA OF ORMEN

STANDS A SOLITARY CANDLE

AH AH AH AH

AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL

YOUR EYES

ON THE DAY OF EXECUTION

ONLY WOMEN KNEEL AND SMILE

AH AH AH AH

AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL

YOUR EYES

AH AH AH

Golden Years 40th anniversary disc is #1

“Don't let me hear you say life's taking you nowhere, angel”

The Golden Years 40th anniversary 7" picture disc (released worldwide last Friday the 13th), is at #1 on the official UK chart.

This fulfils a 40-year-old wish from November 1975, when the UK press advert for Golden Years (hot on the heels of recent chart success for Fame and Space Oddity), made the following bold prediction:

October No. 1...Fame...USA

November No. 1...Space Oddity...UK

December No. 1...Golden Years...WORLDWIDE

In the event, Golden Years didn’t make it to #1, instead peaking at #8 in the UK. Now however, with Golden Years finally at #1, all is right with the world.

As if this wasn't enough, Bowie currently has five singles in the Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40 in the UK, three of which are in the top 10.

Official Vinyl Singles Chart Top 40

20 November 2015 - 26 November 2015

#01 Golden Years

#05 Space Oddity

#10 Fame

#26 Young Americans

#32 Rebel Rebel

Thanks to all of you who have made this series of anniversary picture discs such a success.

#DavidBowie #GoldenYears40 #OCCvinyl45s

★ album available for pre-order now

“It’s happening now”

David Bowie’s new album ★ (pronounced Blackstar) is now available for pre-order in various formats, including CD/Vinyl/Digital and a limited clear vinyl version. There are also special configurations including exclusive lithograph artwork.

The album’s title track and first single will be released globally tomorrow, November 20, 2015 on all digital retailer and streaming platforms. The single and film will premiere worldwide today.

Swipe/scroll (or click on little dots) for more images and keep reading for further information.

#Blackstar #imablackstar

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DAVID BOWIE ★ NEW ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW

★ SINGLE AVAILABLE GLOBALLY FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20

★ SHORT FILM DIRECTED BY JOHAN RENCK PREMIERES TODAY

★ ALBUM OUT JANUARY 8, 2016

David Bowie’s new album ★ (pronounced Blackstar) is now available for pre-order HERE. http://smarturl.it/blackstar_amazon

The ★ album will be released January 8, 2016 on ISO/Columbia Records in formats including digital, CD, and a stunning die-cut vinyl LP package – a video of the vinyl LP can be seen HERE. http://smarturl.it/blackstar_unboxing

The album’s title track and first single will be released globally tomorrow, November 20, 2015 on all digital retailer and streaming platforms.

The single and film will premiere worldwide today in venues ranging from special theatrical premiere screenings presented in cooperation with Noisey at the Nitehawk Cinema in Brooklyn to a U.S. broadcast premiere on Palladia. Details and RSVP information HERE. http://smarturl.it/BlackstarScreeningNY

The full ★ short film will be available online from 16:10 ET HERE. http://smarturl.it/blackstar_video

Watch the ★ video teaser trailer HERE. http://smarturl.it/blackstartrailer

Music from the ★ single has been featured in the opening title credits and trailers for new TV series The Last Panthers. The series, also directed by Johan Renck, began airing across Europe in late-October and will premiere in the U.S. on SundanceTV in Spring 2016.

Pre-order links:

CD: http://smarturl.it/blackstar_amazon

Vinyl LP: http://smarturl.it/blackstar_vinyl

Limited edition clear vinyl LP exclusively at Barnes&Noble: http://smarturl.it/blackstar_clearvinyl

Special configurations including exclusive lithograph artwork: http://smarturl.it/blackstar_dbstore

To receive the lithograph(s) by the Christmas holiday (and before the January 8 release date of the music product), please place your order by December 8.

Digital album: http://smarturl.it/blackstar_itunes

★ is here

“He trod on sacred ground he cried aloud into the crowd”

imablackstar.com

#Blackstar #imablackstar

Lazarus previews start tonight

“If we can sparkle he may land tonight”

Good luck to all involved with the production of Lazarus.

Preview performances begin this evening at the New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) and the play will commence the run proper from December 7th through to January 17th.

A limited number of last-minute tickets for select performances will be released by the theatre. Check for availability by following NYTW on Twitter @NYTW79 and by keeping an eye on the NYTW website.

#Lazarus #LazarusNYTW #TJNewton #TMWFTE

Sue released one year ago today - see TMSO on tour

“We are the best jazz you've ever heard”

The 10" Parlophone pressing of David Bowie’s Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) was released in the UK a year ago today. (The record was issued eleven days later by Columbia in the US as part of RSD’s Black Friday on November 28th 2014.) Bowie was backed by The Maria Schneider Orchestra (TMSO) on the recording.

Coincidentally TMSO perform a rare show in London this evening as part of their current European Tour.

Here’s a bit from her tour page...

“On this tour we will be playing a variety of music, featuring songs from our latest album “The Thompson Fields” The Maria Schneider Orchestra will be featuring Steve Wilson, Dave Pietro, Rich Perry, Donny McCaslin, Scott Robinson, Greg Gisbert, Augie Haas, Frank Greene, Mike Rodriguez, Keith O’Quinn, Ryan Keberle, Marshall Gilkes, George Flynn, Ron Oswanski, Lage Lund, Frank Kimbrough, Jay Anderson and Johnathan Blake.”

Most of those musicians who will be playing tonight, also played on Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime).

Earlier this year Maria gave an interview for Jazz Times, regarding working with David. Titled: David Bowie and Maria Schneider's Enigmatic Collaboration, the article/interview discusses the creation of the track, from inception to completion. Here’s an excerpt...

The two worked closely together, exchanging and trying out new ideas—but freely rejecting them as well. “He was very good at saying, ‘No, I don’t like that. Yes, I love that.’ And that made it really easy, that he didn’t hem and haw around things he didn’t like,” says Schneider. The music came first; the words followed and reshaped the music around them. The opposite was also true, with Bowie’s final lyrics adapted to what he and Schneider had written. Schneider and Bowie then called in the orchestra’s rhythm section to workshop the tune—along with McCaslin and Keberle, whom Bowie had handpicked to solo. After further refinement they went into the studio in July. It took only a few takes, with the band laying down their parts before Bowie added the vocal; Schneider had imagined that he would sing in between the orchestral figures she had arranged, but his delivery instead crossed bar lines and overlapped organically with the ensemble. “It was kind of mind-blowing,” she says. “He automatically heard the unexpected.”

Read the full online version over at JazzTimes.

#BowieSue #TMSO #MariaSchneider

Classic Rock mag "Heroes" feature

“And the shame, was on the other side”

The new issue of Classic Rock magazine (#217) has a double-page article on the creation and recording of "Heroes", in their regular The Stories Behind The Songs feature.

The piece is peppered with archive Bowie interview segments and here he recalls the day he performed "Heroes" live at the Platz der Republik Festival on June 6th, 1987, in front of the Reichstag in Berlin, right across from the studio where the song was conceived.

“I will never forget that. It was one of the most emotional performances I've ever done. I was in tears. They backed up the stage to the wall itself so that it was acting as a backdrop. We kind of heard that a few of the East Berliners might actually get the chance to hear the thing, but we didn't realise in what numbers they would. And there were thousands on the other side that had come close to the wall. So it was like a double concept, where the wall was the division. And we would hear them cheering and singing along from the other side. God, even now I get choked up. It was breaking my heart. I've never done anything like that in my life. And I guess I never will again.”

Read the full thing in the current issue of Classic Rock.

#BowieHeroes #ClassicRockMagazine

Watch ★ video teaser online now

“In the Villa of Ormen”

DAVID BOWIE ★ (Single) SHORT FILM BROADCAST PREMIERE 19th NOVEMBER 8.50pm ON SKY ATLANTIC

★ (pronounced Blackstar) video trailer live now: http://smarturl.it/BlackstarVidTease

★ the new single by David Bowie will receive its broadcast premiere on Sky Atlantic on November 19th at 8.45pm.

Taken from the forthcoming new Bowie album of the same name ★ is featured in the opening credits of the Sky/Canal+ drama 'The Last Panthers’, directed by Johan Renck.

The short film for the track, also directed by Renck, will debut on Sky Atlantic just prior to the second episode of the show airing.

This is the first time that the full ten-minute track will be heard in the UK and Europe.

DAVID BOWIE's ★ (Album) will be released on RCA 8th January 2016.

#Blackstar #LastPanthers #imablackstar

Sky to broadcast world premiere of David Bowie’s brand new music video, ★

13 November 2015

Sky customers across Europe will be the first in the world to see the short film for David Bowie’s brand new single, ★ (pronounced Blackstar).

The ten-minute video will be simultaneously released to Sky’s 21 million customers in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria at 8:45pm (GMT) on Thursday 19 November.

The track was written for the opening credits of brand new crime drama, The Last Panthers, which launched across Europe on Sky Atlantic last night and the video was directed by the series director, Johan Renck.

Zai Bennett, Director of Sky Atlantic, said: “Hosting the world premiere of David Bowie’s short film for ★ on Sky channels is very exciting. It means Sky customers will be the first people in the world to see this video and enjoy the song in full, following a unique collaboration between Sky, David Bowie and Sony Music.”

Sky customers in the UK can watch the video and hear the full track on Sky Atlantic and Sky Arts at 8:45pm (GMT), Thursday 19 November, ahead of the second episode of The Last Panthers.

The six part series, a joint pan-European commission from Sky and CANAL+ in France, stars Academy Award nominee and BAFTA winner Samantha Morton alongside double Cesar award winner Tahar Rahim, Croatian star Goran Bogdan and two time Academy Award Nominee, three-time BAFTA winner and Golden Globe winner John Hurt.

The series is produced by France's Haut et Court TV ('The Returned') and the UK's Warp Films ('This is England') and directed by the acclaimed Johan Renck (Bloodline, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead as well as videos by Madonna, New Order, Beyoncé and Lana Del Rey) and was filmed in Marseille, Belgrade, Montenegro and London.