Donny Maccaslin: Last News

David Bowie World Fan Convention is due to take place across multiple venues in Liverpool next summer.Scheduled for June 17-19, 2022, the inaugural event will see a host of Bowie collaborators and affiliates presenting panels, live performances, and a “Bowie Ball” to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the artist’s classic album ‘The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars’.Former band members and musical collaborators including Carlos Alomar, Robin Clark, Gail Ann Dorsey, Donny McCaslin, and ‘Spiders From Mars’ drummer Woody Woodmansey are all confirmed for events at the convention, which is being organised by the David Bowie Glamour fanzine and Liverpool music festival producers Sound City.In a press statement, Dorsey said

David Bowie was "planning on doing more" albums before his death. Musician Donny McCaslin - who worked with the late singer on his final record 'Blackstar', which was released just two days before his death in January 2016 - has dismissed the idea the LP was a "farewell".

David Bowie‘s last collaborators has dismissed the idea that ‘Blackstar’ was intended to be the singer’s farewell record.Bowie’s final album was released only two days before he died from cancer in January 2016 – with many claiming that its lyrics can be interpreted as the singer tackling his own mortality.However, Donny McCaslin – who leads the New York jazz ensemble featured on the album – instead claims that Bowie was planning on more work prior to his death.“There is the narrative of ‘Blackstar’ being this farewell, which I totally get. But that coexists with the fact that he was just so creative.