Adam Lambert ready to shake up pop world with CD

During rehearsals for his outlandish American Music Awards performance, amid a thundercloud of throbbing theater lights and special-effects fog, Adam Lambert effortlessly governs the sprawling stage while gripping a microphone in his gloved hands and donning a tight T-shirt slathered with an image of David Bowie's face. Complete Story...

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Killers slay audiences with live show experience

When the Killers started out, they wanted to raise a ruckus like their favorite rock stars did on the road: Frontman Brandon Flowers heard of the legendary exploits of Led Zeppelin and David Bowie and wanted to emulate those experiences.

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Biography tracks the rise and fame of David Bowie

"Bowie: A Biography" (Crown, 448 pages, $26.99) by Marc Spitz: David Bowie knows what he's singing about when he performs "Changes." After making a big splash in the early 1970s as Ziggy Stardust, he went on to become the Thin White Duke, an artsy Berlin angst rocker, the "straight" Bowie of "Let's Dance" and more recently the distinguished rock elder who goes to fashion events with his model wife, Iman.

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5Top: Five singers who ruined pop music

Sure, he could sound like John Lennon on one album and Luther Vandross on the next. But that was the problem with David Bowie — in his heyday he seemed more of a theatrical chameleon who tried on personas than an impassioned rock singer. Bowie’s restless experimentalism allowed him to pull off being coolly distant and affected. Sadly, others copped his affectations without his intelligent approach. For a while in the 1980s, it seemed as if nearly every singer drew more from Bowie’s European theater tradition of singing than the tradition of rock singing itself (which came from R&B and gospel sources). Those who succumbed to Bowie-itis included everyone from Ric Ocasek of the Cars to David Byrne of Talking Heads to Robert Palmer to even Cyndi Lauper and Madonna. In short, anytime anyone tries on a vocal persona instead of singing from the heart, they’re channeling the Thin White Duke.

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‘The Escapist’ travels a riveting route

If you think the only possible endings to a prison-escape movie are “They get away” or “They don’t get away,” then you haven’t seen “The Escapist,” a new British nail-biter about convicts busting their way out to freedom.

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Rocker Donates to Jena 6 Defense Fund

David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena.

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10 Random Songs -- Weekend Playlist #2

1. "Black Milk" by Massive Attack on the album Mezzanine: Massive Attack's third album was a success internationally, but peaked at only number 60 in the US. You'll know these guys as the group which created the opening music to the TV show House.

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A German spider specialist told the Observer newspaper he named the new species after Bowie — whose album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was a huge hit in 1972 — because he wanted to raise awareness about the discovery.

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A German spider specialist told the Observer newspaper he named the new species after Bowie — whose album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was a huge hit in 1972 — because he wanted to raise awareness about the discovery.

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Congratulations to everyone on the Fox News team. Obviously, it takes a total team effort to be the Leader on cable news. The best way Americans can honor the men and women serving overseas is to be informed about the issues confronting our country.

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Singer David Bowie has denied rumours he is to resurrect his Ziggy Stardust alter ego. It had been reported that the star was to revive the character for this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California.

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David Bowie is one of the most iconic rock musicians of the 20th century. Releasing chart-topping solo tracks as well as successfully collaborating with Lou Reed, Queen and John Lennon, Bowie has reinvented himself and his music a number of times throughout the last five decades.

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An archaeological dig through David Bowie's astonishingly varied career as a musician and cultural provocateur eventually reveals three sharply distinguished phases: the 1970s Glam Androgyny Era, the 1980s Mainstream-Chasing Era, and the Return to Respectability begun in the '90s …

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Singer David Bowie has denied reports he has given permission for his songs to be used in a musical version of his 1976 film The Man Who Fell To Earth. The Sun said last week Bowie was teaming up with "top director" Peter Schaufuss on the project.

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Actress Scarlett Johansson says Tom Waits has given the thumbs-up to her debut album, which features covers of 10 tunes written by the notoriously persnickety musician.

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Old Album Review - David Bowie, The Man Who Sold the World

It seems to me that everyone has a different favorite David Bowie album. Sure, we all love Ziggy - but the magic of Bowie seems to be that he is able to speak to each of us in our own language.

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The reluctance and refusal of activists that shouted until they were hoarse for "freedom for the Jena 6" to back up the call with cash for Bell is only part of the reason why Bell sat in a jail cell during the march.

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David Bowie has donated $10,000 to a legal defense fund for six black teens charged in an alleged attack on a white classmate in the tiny central Louisiana town of Jena.

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David Bowie has made a $10,000 (£4,981) donation to a legal defence fund for six black teenagers charged with assault on a white student in the US.

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#53 David Bowie reveals his bisexuality in Melody Maker , #27 The Beatles smoke pot, #Prince poses in black undies, #11 Suge Knight bails out Tupac

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TV On The Radio have told of their friendship with David Bowie. The mutual appreciation society led to the singer duetting with the band on 'Province', a track from the band's acclaimed 2006 album 'Return To Cookie Mountain'.

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Announcing ProgVine Group

You may be interested in joining one of the newest groups here on Newsvine. It's called "ProgVine," and it focuses on Progressive and Art Rock. So, visit us and join if you enjoy the music of artists such as:

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BONO and DAVID BOWIE were among friends, students and fans who left rocker LOU REED visibly touched as he was honoured by New York's Syracuse University.

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Find out how Jim Henson and his puppeteers worked before such advanced technology as CGI and green screens and who else was considered to play the Goblin King.

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David Bowie has selected comedian Ricky Gervais and The Arcade Fire to perform at the inaugural High Line Festival in Manhattan. The festival will include music, performance, film, comedy and visual art.

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Love, death, religion, war: Arcade Fire explore such epic themes in so thrilling a fashion that critics, fans and their rock star peers find themselves united in wonder.

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Lynsey Hanley reviews The Autobiography: Bowie, Bolan and the Brooklyn Boy by Tony Visconti.

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Rock star Paul Weller turns down an honour from the Queen, becoming the latest in a long line of celebrities to reject such an honour. Meanwhile, Keith Richards speaks out against Mick Jagger for his acceptance of a knighthood.

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To mark the 60th birthday of David Bowie, here are 60 facts about the iconic singer, actor and artist.

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Happy Birthday David Bowie Born in Brixton, south London, David Bowie turns 60 today. (slideshow)

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David Bowie, NIN I'm afraid of Americans, I'm afraid of the world. I'm afraid I can't help it.

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