TWO BOWIE RELEASES FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2026

“Moondust will cover you...”

Parlophone will release two Bowie discs for this year’s Record Store Day on 18th April.

Keep reading for the press release.

#BowieRSD2026 #BowieOutside #BowieHalloSpaceboy

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DAVID BOWIE - TWO SPECIAL RELEASES FOR RECORD STORE DAY 2026

HALLO SPACEBOY 12" NEON PINK EP - FEATURING MIXES BY PET SHOP BOYS, DAVE BALL AND INGO VAUK, AND A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED REMIX BY TIM SIMENON

EXCERPTS FROM OUTSIDE - HALF SPEED REMASTERED 1LP CLEAR VINYL OUT OF PRINT FOR OVER A DECADE & RELEASED BY PARLOPHONE EXCLUSIVELY FOR RECORD STORE DAY 18th APRIL, 2026

Parlophone Records is proud to announce two very special David Bowie releases for Record Store Day 2026, taking place on 18th April. Both releases relate to Bowie’s cult classic 1.OUTSIDE album, which reunited him with his Berlin-era collaborator, Brian Eno and celebrated its 30th anniversary in September last year.

The neon pink 12” single of ‘HALLO SPACEBOY’ features six remixes of the track, two by Pet Shop Boys, three by Soft Cell’s Dave Ball and Ingo Vauk, and a previously unheard remix by Tim Simenon of Bomb The Bass fame.

Initially released on 19th February, 1996 on CD and as a pink vinyl 7”, ‘HALLO SPACEBOY’ was the third and final single from the 1.OUTSIDE album. The day the single was released, Bowie received the Outstanding Contribution To Music honour at The Brit Awards, and performed the track with Pet Shop Boys, as well as ‘Under Pressure’ and ‘Moonage Daydream’ with his own band. Famously, at the show, David wore a pair of Katherine Hamnett kitten heels, shocking the somewhat conservative Brits’ audience.

The shoes, along with the Vivienne Westwood earring and Thierry Mugler suit, are available to view as part of the David Bowie Archive, V&A East Storehouse Order An Object service Suit & Heels and Earring.

Also released for Record Store Day is EXCERPTS FROM OUTSIDE, a half-speed cut utilising the 2021 Brian Eno approved remasters, pressed on clear vinyl. Released on 25th September 1995, 1.OUTSIDE was Bowie’s twentieth studio album, subtitled The Nathan Adler Diaries: A Hyper-cycle. The CD release was the full 75-minute song suite; however, the vinyl release was an abridged version of the record titled EXCERPTS FROM OUTSIDE. The full version of the album was finally released on vinyl as a definitive version in 2021 as part of the BRILLIANT ADVENTURES box set before being broken out, but this firm fan favourite has been out of print for over a decade.

DAVID BOWIE

RECORD STORE DAY 2026

HALLO SPACEBOY 12" NEON PINK EP

SIDE 1

1 Hallo Spaceboy (7” Remix) (4.27)*

2 Hallo Spaceboy (12” Remix) (6.44)*

3 Hallo Spaceboy (Lost In Space Mix) (6.34)**

SIDE 2

1 Hallo Spaceboy (Double Click Mix) (7.48)**

2 Hallo Spaceboy (Instrumental mix) (7.46)**

3 Hallo Spaceboy (Tim Simenon Mix) (5.09)***

***Previously unreleased

Original track produced by David Bowie & Brian Eno.

Co-Produced & engineered by David Richards.

*Produced by Pet Shop Boys.

**Produced by Pet Shop Boys with additional production and remix by Dave Ball & Ingo Vauk.

***Additional production and remix by Tim Simenon.

EXCERPTS FROM OUTSIDE

1LP CLEAR VINYL CUT AT HALF-SPEED

SIDE 1

Leon Takes Us Outside (Edited Version)

Outside

The Hearts Filthy Lesson

A Small Plot of Land

Segue - Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette)

Hallo Spaceboy

SIDE 2

The Motel (Edited Version)

I Have Not Been to Oxford Town

The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)

Segue - Ramona A. Stone / Am With Name

We Prick You

Segue - Nathan Adler

I'm Deranged

Produced by David Bowie & Brian Eno.

Co-Produced & engineered by David Richards.

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GOODBYE FLOYD VIVINO

“Twinkle twinkle Uncle Floyd...”

Musician Jerry Vivino has announced the death of his brother, Floyd Vivino, on socials. Here’s his message...

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With a heavy heart I am sad to announce the passing of my brother and everybody's favorite uncle, Floyd Vivino. After a 2 and a half year battle with ongoing health issues his curtain peacefully closed at 6:05pm on Thursday January 22nd. Rest in peace big brother. You will be missed, but always remembered by friends, family and your loving fans.... 10/19/1951 - 01/22/2026 🎶❤ ✝️❤🎹 The family will be holding a private funeral with a memorial celebration of life to be announced at a future date.

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Our thoughts are with his family and friends.

David was a big fan of The Uncle Floyd Show to the point of using around one minute and twenty seconds of dialogue from it for the TOY track, Uncle Floyd. That version never saw the light of day officially, but it did morph into Slip Away when it was reimagined for Heathen in 2002.

The image we’ve used is of David on A Reality Tour during a performance of Slip Away.

We’ll leave you with Uncle Floyd’s own tribute to David Bowie, which he made following David’s passing. He talks about David being recommended the show by John Lennon along with this perfect observation: “He loved everyone who was off the path”.

Watch the full thing here.

📸 @BlamSnap 2004

#RIPUncleFloyd

STATION TO STATION 50TH ANNIVERSARY VINYL OUT NOW

“Such is the stuff from where dreams are woven...”

On 23rd January 1976, fifty years ago this very day, David Bowie’s Station To Station LP was released.

As the headline suggests, to commemorate its Golden Jubilee, the album is issued today as a limited-edition, half-speed mastered LP and a picture disc LP (both pressed from the same master), with a poster reproduction of the UK music press advert used to advertise Bowie’s latest masterpiece at the time.

Purchase here.

Read the press release here.

#StationToStation50

David Bowie: January 8th 1947 - January 10th 2016

(Image by Masashi Kuwamoto, 1980)

#BowieForever

BOWIE’S CHILDHOOD HOME TO OPEN TO PUBLIC

“You were a talented child, You came to live in our town...”

David Bowie’s childhood home at 4 Plaistow Grove in Bromley, South London will be restored and opened to the public in late 2027.

The terraced house will be used for creative and skills workshops for young people, who will hopefully soak up some of the inspiration that served Bowie from ages 8 to 20 (1955–1967).

Keep reading for the full press release and go here for more information and to watch a video regarding the project:

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The house where David Jones became David Bowie.

Heritage of London Trust has today announced the landmark acquisition of the family home of David Robert Jones - the modest south London terrace where the boy became David Bowie. Located at 4 Plaistow Grove in Bromley, the property served as Bowie’s creative sanctuary from ages 8 to 20 (1955–1967). The property marks the site where Bowie’s musical journey began; it was here that he wrote his formative songs and regularly returned in the following years, as he wrote his breakthrough smash hit Space Oddity, which rocketed him to pop fame.

The heritage project, due for completion in late 2027, will restore the "two up, two down" railway workers’ cottage to its original early 1960s appearance. Working alongside curator Geoffrey Marsh (co-curator of the Victoria and Albert museum’s David Bowie Is exhibition - the definitive Bowie exhibition which was displayed globally) and utilising a never-before-seen archive, the restoration will recreate the interior layout exactly as it was when Bowie’s father commuted to work at charity Dr Barnado’s and his mother worked as a waitress. This immersive experience will center on Bowie’s 9 ft x 10 ft bedroom - the specific site where his "trailblazing spirit" was forged.

The project transcends simple bricks and mortar; it is a living continuation of Bowie’s legacy of "free creative experimentation." Inspired by his 1969 Beckenham Arts Lab, which offered opportunities "for everybody," the site will host creative and skills workshops for young people. Through the Trust’s Proud Places and Proud Prospects programmes, the house will act as a "solid foundation for the next generation," teaching confidence and communication skills in the arts. A major £500,000 grant from the Jones Day Foundation, a charitable foundation funded by attorneys and staff of the Jones Day law firm, has already been secured to anchor the restoration, with a public fundraising campaign launching this month.

The house is near the Edwardian ‘Bowie bandstand’ – where the young musician performed in 1969 – which was restored by Bromley Council and Heritage of London Trust in 2024.

Geoffrey Marsh said: “It was in this small house, particularly in his tiny bedroom, that Bowie evolved from an ordinary suburban schoolboy to the beginnings of an extraordinary international stardom – as he said ‘I spent so much time in my bedroom. It really was my entire world. I had books up there, my music up there, my record player. Going from my world upstairs out onto the street, I had to pass through this no-man's-land of the living room.’”

Dr Nicola Stacey, Director of Heritage of London Trust, said: “David Bowie was a proud Londoner. Even though his career took him all over the world, he always remembered where he came from and the community that supported him as he grew up. It’s wonderful to have this opportunity to tell his story and inspire a new generation of young people and it’s really important for the heritage of London to preserve this site. We are thrilled to have already secured a major grant of £500,000 from the Jones Day Foundation towards the project, and hope that people everywhere will want to be involved.”

George Underwood, artist, musician and David Bowie's lifelong friend, said: “We spent so much time together, listening to and playing music. I’ve heard a lot of people say David’s music saved them or changed their life. It’s amazing that he could do that and even more amazing that it all started here, from such small beginnings, in this house. We were dreamers, and look what he became.”

Caitlin Moran, journalist, broadcaster and author said: "The most exciting place for any fan to visit is their hero's teenage bedroom - because that's the cocoon where they built themselves. All the world-changing started there. The chance for us all to walk through a newly-opened door, and see the suburban launch-pad from which David Bowie almost literally took off into space is beyond thrilling."

Greg Harris, President of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum said: “David Bowie is one of the most significant artists of all time and 2026 is the 30th anniversary of his induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, music's highest honor. Thank you to the Heritage of London Trust and the Jones Day Foundation for supporting the restoration of his childhood home in London – once completed it will provide context for the genesis of Bowie’s creativity and vision and inspire new generations to follow their dreams."

Chris Kelly, President of the Jones Day Foundation said: “ For the last five years, the Jones Day Foundation has been thrilled to support Heritage of London Trust’s Proud Places program, which has involved over 10,000 young Londoners in their local heritage and inspired in them pride in their history and surroundings. The Bowie House project is special because it combines music and heritage in London and will help to preserve the legacy of one of the legends of rock and roll. The Foundation has also been a supporter of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for decades now. We are looking forward to exploring ways we can assist these two wonderful organisations to work in partnership together."

Fundraising for the project will begin in January 2026 and the project is planned to open at the end of 2027.

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📸 David Bowie Estate

#BowiesHouse #BowieInBromley #HeritageOfLondonTrust

★ ALBUM IS TEN YEARS OLD

“We were born upside-down...”

Ten years ago today on 8th January 2016, David Bowie released his 28th studio album ★ (Blackstar) on his 69th birthday.

Today would have been his 79th birthday.

Here follows the text from the post we made back then, which was accompanied by another Jimmy King image from the same session as the one we’ve used today.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAVID BOWIE AND ★

“That’s the message that I sent...”

Why is this man so happy? Is it because it‘s his 69th birthday or that he has released his 28th studio album today and it’s a corker?

Who knows, but we’re sure you’ll want to join us in congratulating him on both.

Many happy returns of the day to David Bowie and ★

(Fashion fans may like to note that our man is wearing Thom Browne)

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📸 Jimmy King

#BowieBlackstar #BowieBlackstarAlbum

LAZARUS VIDEO IS TEN YEARS OLD

“Everybody knows me now...”

Following the release of the digital single on 18th December 2015 and an exclusive Christmas Day teaser of a Jimmy King still from the set of Lazarus, the Johan Renck-directed video became available ten years ago today on 7th January 2016, the day before the release of Bowie’s 28th album ★ (Blackstar).

Renck, who also directed the 10-minute short film for the album’s title track, commented on the experience of visually interpreting that song and Lazarus:

“One could only dream about collaborating with a mind like that; let alone twice. Intuitive, playful, mysterious and profound... I have no desire to do any more videos knowing the process never ever gets as formidable and fulfilling as this was. I’ve basically touched the sun.”

Watch Lazarus here.

📸 Jimmy King

#BowieBlackstar #LazarusBowie #LazarusSingle #LazarusVideo

‘HEROES’ - THE FINAL SONG IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS

DAVID BOWIE ‘HEROES’ - THE POWERFUL & EVOCATIVE FINAL SONG IN THE SERIES FINALE OF NETFLIX’S STRANGER THINGS

‘HEROES’ IS AVAILABLE TO STREAM NOW ON PARLOPHONE

WATCH THE HD REMASTERED 'HEROES' VIDEO

New Year’s Day saw the broadcast on Netflix of the final episode of the phenomenally successful and critically lauded Stranger Things. Ten years in the making, the final song of the entire series is ‘Heroes’ by David Bowie, one of music’s boldest innovators and most enduring visionaries.

After the final scene of Series 5 Episode 8 plays, the show doesn’t jump to its typical credits sequence. Instead, it rolls into a nostalgic animated end-credits segment and lets Bowie’s “Heroes” play all the way through.

The decision to end the show with the iconic track was suggested by actor Joe Keery, who plays Steve Harrington on the show and records music under the name Djo. Speaking to Netflix Tudum, the show’s co-creator Ross Duffer says, “Once Joe said that, we immediately knew that was the right song to end the show on because it is, in some ways, an anthem for Stranger Things. To use the original Bowie version just felt right and fitting for the conclusion.”

Initially released in September 1977, ‘Heroes’ is the title track of the second instalment of Bowie’s hugely influential ‘Berlin Trilogy’ of albums produced by Bowie and Tony Visconti and featuring Brian Eno. Recorded at Hansa Studios in West Berlin, which was situated only 150 metres away from the Berlin Wall and co-written with Eno, the song references the East German soldiers that could be seen from the studio’s control room and a love affair between a couple kissing in the shadow of the Wall.

The song, which has become an iconic anthem, was recorded by Bowie in English, German and French and has been covered by artists such as Oasis, Prince, Coldplay, Yungblud, Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode, Blondie, Neil Finn, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Bon Jovi, Motorhead, Miley Cyrus, Aurora, Moby, David Byrne & St Vincent and The Wallflowers, who took it into the US top 10.

A decade after the 1977 release of ‘Heroes’, Bowie brought his Glass Spider Tour to Berlin during the Summer of 1987. He performed as part of a series of shows at the Reichstag, a poignant symbol of the divided city just metres away from the Wall. The concert was held near the border, where many East Berliners crowded along to listen to music forbidden by the Soviet government, allowing the two halves of the city to hear the same show, with ‘Heroes’ as the emotional highlight for both sides.

Bowie later remarked, “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 concert 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’d never done anything like that in my life, and I guess I never will again.”

During the shows, the East German authorities cracked down on the fans, attacking them with water cannons and arresting hundreds. The shows helped change the mood around the Wall, which had stood for over a quarter of a century, and was now seen with renewed anger. Within two years, the Wall came down, and it has long been believed that the Concerts For Berlin were a turning point in the East. When Bowie died in 2016, the German Foreign Office confirmed as much by posting a live version of ‘Heroes’ on social media and declaring, ‘Good-bye David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping bring down the #wall’

#StrangerThings #BowieHeroes