I heard the news today…* Bowie’s Waterloo Sunset streaming; Uncut Bowie posterzine; Kate Moss to host Bowie podcast, Ziggy charts again, plus reflections, profiles, lists AND MORE!
Welcome to my weekly roundup of Bowie news! Click on the bolded article titles to read the originals. Read on for summaries of Bowie-related stories that posted this past week, and click on the bolded story names to link to the original articles…
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NEWS
WATERLOO SUNSET NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM! Bowie’s 2003 recording of the Kinks’ classic “Waterloo Sunset,” first released as a bonus track on Reality, has been issued this past week as a digital single and is now available to stream.
Bowie’s Masterpiece Is A Bestseller Again. Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars has reentered three U.K. charts, led by a No. 29 spot on the Vinyl Albums list, with Legacy, Labyrinth, and the Brilliant Adventure EP also charting.
ZIGGYFEST is announced – A New One Day Bowie Festival in Heddon Street. ZIGGYFEST, a new annual Bowie festival launching September 6, 2025 at Ziggy Green on Heddon Street in London, will feature live music, talks, art, Bowie collaborators, and a major look-alike contest, with proceeds benefiting charity.
Queen Anne’s “Let’s Dance” (Song Review). This happens to be a brief review of the song that I also selected as “cover of the week” (see below).
Sleep Nation Blast Off With New Song “The Spaceman – Ground Control.” Sleep Nation’s “The Spaceman – Ground Control” blends brooding and pulsing alternative rock with a spaceman metaphor for alienation and ambition, drawing on influences that could appeal to fans of Bowie.
SOFY’s Teenage Kicks playlist. SOFY’s Teenage Kicks playlist includes Bowie’s “Changes,” recalling singing it in her mum’s car on the way to school because her mother was a big Bowie fan.
Dead Rockers Ball to raise funds for New Zealand playground. A fundraiser in Waitati, New Zealand, called the Dead Rockers Ball will feature costumes inspired by icons like Bowie, with proceeds going toward building a new playground for toddlers in the community.
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REFLECTIONS
Outfits Only David Bowie Could Wear. A photo feature celebrated Bowie’s fearless fashion, showcasing the outrageous outfits that only he could transform into iconic statements of style and identity.
The 70s Classic Rock Supergroup We’d Want To See (If We Could). An imagined 1970s supergroup pairs Bowie and Ozzy Osbourne as co-lead singers with Fleetwood Mac as the backing band, combining glam, darkness, and polished musicianship into a lineup envisioned as one of the decade’s most legendary.
Bowie And Queen’s Duet Faced Chaos Behind The Scenes. Brian May recalled that the 1981 recording of “Under Pressure” was marked by creative clashes between Queen and Bowie over writing style, mixing, and even the title, yet the chaotic process ultimately produced one of Bowie’s most celebrated collaborations. We’ve seen similar stories like this popping up in recent weeks, and I don’t think the essence of the story is even relatively new.
First space wedding. On August 10, 2003, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko married American Ekaterina Dmitriev via satellite link from the International Space Station, with Dmitriev walking down the aisle in Texas to a Bowie song beside a life-size cutout of her groom.
Bowie’s failed movie. An Ongoing History Daily post recalls Bowie’s mid-70s attempt to develop a 750-page film project called The Traveler, in which he would drift through his various characters in different settings, but the idea was abandoned after a few meetings.
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PROFLIES
Coco Schwab. A bonus episode of the Behind The Song podcast explores Coco Schwab’s 46-year friendship with Bowie, her role in saving his life, and the song he wrote for her.
Delilah Holiday and They Hate Change. Delilah Holiday and They Hate Change said that recording their collaborative singles in the moment, as Bowie often did, helped them capture a sense of creative freedom and genre-blending energy.
Michael T. Michael T. debuted his multimedia show “Bowie: 80” at Joe’s Pub, celebrating Bowie’s prolific 1980 with live performances, visuals, and theatrical staging that reflected his personal connection to that era.
Devo. In a new interview ahead of their Netflix documentary, DEVO recall Bowie calling them “the band of the future,” discuss working with him and Brian Eno in Germany on tracks like “Uncontrollable Urge” and “Jocko Homo,” and reflect on his influence alongside their own unconventional legacy.
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LISTS
3 Iconic Male Singers Who Hit No. 1 in 1983. In 1983, Michael Jackson, Bowie, and Billy Joel each topped the Billboard Hot 100, with Bowie hitting No. 1 for the second time in his career with “Let’s Dance.”
The Greatest Nirvana covers. Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance famously included a haunting cover of Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World,” which Cobain infused with his own sense of disillusionment, helping introduce the song to a new generation.
The 40 Best Alien Movies of All Time. The Man Who Fell to Earth was praised as a standout alien film in which Bowie’s portrayal of Thomas Jerome Newton turns the story into a commentary on how human distractions and excess can derail even the noblest mission.
10 Famous Singers You Didn’t Know Were Left-Handed. A Left Handers Day feature notes that Bowie was among a select group of left-handed singers, highlighting his genre-defying music, distinctive style, and lasting influence on the music industry.
9 abandoned albums that could have changed rock history. A list of nine abandoned albums that might have changed rock history includes Bowie’s Toy, noting it was finished in 2001 but shelved over label disputes, potentially missing the chance to connect his late ’90s experimentation with his later career resurgence. (The list acknowledges that the album was posthumously released).
5 Albums I Can’t Live Without. Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols named Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars as one of the five albums he can’t live without, praising its glam style, band chemistry, and lasting inspiration.
3 Classic Rock Songs Meant for Rowdy Weekend Celebrations. A list of weekend celebration anthems highlighted Bowie’s 1973 track “Drive-In Saturday” from Aladdin Sane, noting its futuristic narrative and transformative energy as perfect for letting loose.
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FAR OUT MAGAZINE
The online magazine always manages to post Bowie stories. Their stories typically draw from previously published interviews, well-known anecdotes, or public quotes, reshaped into themed articles such as “the one performance that defined him” or “albums he later disavowed.” While the pieces can be engaging and accessible, especially for newer fans, longtime Bowie followers will usually find that they recycle familiar material rather than breaking new ground. This week featured:
(1) The unsung hero behind David Bowie’s rise to stardom
(2) The five best covers of ‘I Got You Babe’
(3) The nine masterpieces David Bowie managed in three years
(4) The moment David Bowie stopped an interview to write a song about Led Zeppelin
(5) Five covers of Bruce Springsteen that match the original
(6) The 10 most beautiful album covers ever made
(7) The genre David Bowie said created a “new force” in music
(8) The “throwaway” David Bowie song it would take years to become a classic
(9) The Sylvester Stallone movie David Bowie refused to star in
(10) The bizarre British mystery that inspired David Bowie’s memento mori
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THIS WEEK IN THIS BLOG
August 10: Last week’s news
August 11: David Bowie Cover of the Week: Queen Anne covers “Let’s Dance”
August 12: Drive In Saturday Tuesday Movie Review: Freakier Friday (2025)
August 13: A New DoM Mashup: Bowie and T-Rex, together at last!
August 16: Pushing Ahead with Chris O’Leary
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And with that, “we’ve finished our news…”*
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*“I’ve heard the news today” is Bowie’s adaptation of the Beatles lyric, which is heard in “Young Americans.” **“We’ve finished our news” is a line from, “Oh You Pretty Things”