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Kaiser Chiefs have doubled down on their claim that they once turned down lyrics suggested to them by David Bowie.The Leeds band first spoke about their interaction with the rock icon in an interview with News of the World back in 2011, when drummer Nick Hodgson noted that they were able to contact Bowie through a mutual colleague, the legendary producer Tony Visconti.Visconti had co-produced their album ‘The Future is Medieval’, released in the same year, and was on close terms with Bowie, having collaborated on over ten of his albums, including classics such as ‘Low’, ‘Heroes’ and ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’.“Tony texted David asking for his suggestions to finish off a verse [on ‘Man On Mars’] and he came up with a couple of lines,” Hodgson recalled. “I’m such a big Bowie fan I can’t believe I’m saying this, but they just weren’t right, so I’ve missed out on a Hodgson/Bowie writing credit.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor  September 15, 2022 1:30 pm Bylines:By Pat Saperstein Brett Morgen went through a lot to make “Moonage Daydream.” It takes certain amount of obsession to capture on film the essence of the life of David Bowie, the shapeshifting music visionary, artist and actor. For Morgen, known for his work exploring another singular artist with “Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck,” as well as “The Kid Stays in the Picture” and “Jane,” crafting the first authorized Bowie documentary was a nearly seven-year process. Until it was time to create the encompassing sound mix with help from Bowie collaborator Tony Visconti, he worked mostly alone, weathering both the pandemic and a serious heart attack.

David Bowie is set to receive a stone on London's Music Walk of Fame in Camden. The late 'Starman' hitmaker - who died following a secret battle with cancer in 2016 aged 69 - will be honoured with the tribute on September 15 at Camden Town Tube station. The music legend's stone joins those for The Who, Soul II Soul, Madness, and late icon Amy Winehouse.

MixMag).The increase in rates, which amounts to 44 percent, follows a long battle with streaming platforms like Amazon Music, Spotify and YouTube.The percentage of label revenue (the TCC rate) has also been capped, meaning  publishers will only be able to receive a limited royalty rate.The president of The National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA), David Israelite said in a statement: “Today the court reaffirmed the headline rate increase we earned four long years ago, confirming that songwriters need and deserve a significant raise from the digital streaming services who profit from their work.“We will fight to increase the TCC, or percentage of label revenue, which amounts to an insurance policy for songwriters, in the next CRB and will also fight for stronger terms regarding bundles.”Artists will receive the backdated rates, although this could be months away according to Bart Herbison of the Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI). He said it is “still unknown when songwriters will receive their payments”.He added: “The bad news is that the definition of “bundled services” and of total content costs, one of the streaming rate tiers, were not what we wished.

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett says he believes the band warned people that streaming services “wouldn’t work” as a new form of business.“We warned everyone that this was gonna happen,” Hammett told Classic Rock in a new interview. “We warned everyone that the music industry was gonna lose 80 percent of its net worth, power and influence.

Ricky Gardiner, musician. Born: 31 August, 1948 in Edinburgh. Died: 13 May, 2022, aged 73The opening shots of Trainspotting, with Ewan McGregor and Ewen Bremner sprinting down Edinburgh’s Princes Street to the boppy strains of Iggy Pop’s Lust for Life, are among the most iconic in Scottish popular culture.

Moonage Daydream, a new documentary featuring the late David Bowie‘s personal archives and unseen performance footage, has been released.Helmed by Brett Morgen (Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, Jane), the docufilm promises to take viewers on an “immersive” journey through via “sublime, kaleidoscopic imagery, personal archived footage, unseen performances” that are anchored by Bowie’s music and words.In the teaser, Bowie speaks off-camera about the importance of life. “It’s what you do in life that’s important, not how much time you have,” he says as a montage of performance clips spanning his 50-year career and other behind-the-scenes imagery plays out.Moonage Daydream is the first film to be supported by the David Bowie Estate, which granted Morgen unprecedented access to its collection.

Facebook after being informed by Gardiner’s widow Virginia Scott.Iggy Pop wrote a touching tribute to his friend on Twitter upon hearing of his death. “Dearest Ricky, lovely, lovely man, shirtless in your coveralls, nicest guy who ever played guitar. Thanks for the memories and the songs, rest eternal in peace.”Gardiner was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1948 and became a self-taught musician from a young age.

Iggy Pop has led the tributes to the guitarist Ricky Gardiner, who has passed away at the age of 73.The Scottish musician’s death was confirmed last night (May 15) by Tony Visconti, who told his Facebook followers that he was informed of Gardiner’s passing by his wife Virginia.“Another guitar genius and personal friend passed into the next world last night,” Viscontii wrote. “Ricky Gardiner, who joined David Bowie for the albums ‘Low’ and Iggy Pop’s ‘The Idiot’, ended a long battle with Parkinson’s.

David Bowie claimed that the ghost of his dad phoned him every day for a week after he died.The singer was “convinced” it was his father on the line from beyond the grave because the phone rang at the exact same time each day.Bowie’s drummer pal John Cambridge revealed it happened after Bowie and his band moved into a country house in Derbyshire.He said: “Haddon Hall was certainly an old and atmospheric place and had a spooky kind of Gothic feel with a dark, sweeping staircase and big, stained glass windows.“I personally never felt there was anything supernatural about it, even though [producer] Tony Visconti seems convinced there was a ghost there.“David confided in me that the telephone rang at 5.30pm every day for a week just after his father died, on 5 August 1969.“He said nobody ever answered when he said ‘Hello’, and he was convinced that it was his dad, letting him know that everything was okay.”Bowie’s dad Haywood ‘John’ Jones was just 56 when he died, while the Starman passed away in January 2016 two days after his 69th birthday.Haywood is said to have died of pneumonia at their family home in Bromley, with David previously speaking to writer Hanif Kureishi about the loss of his father.He said in 1993: "It was at a point where I was just beginning to grow up a little bit and appreciate that I would have to stretch my hand a little for us to ever get to know each other."He just died at the wrong damn time, because there were so many things I would have loved to have said to him and asked him about."David tragically died years later in January 2016 after suffering from liver cancer for 18 months.He died two days after the release of his 26th studio album, Blackstar, which was released on his 69th birthday.For more

BMG has announced more details about new David Bowie film ‘Moonage Daydream’, described as “a definitive new portrait of David Bowie”, and the first film to be officially sanctioned by Bowie’s estate.It’s directed by Brett Morgen who has, and I quote, “synthesised David Bowie’s music and art into a sublime kaleidoscopic experiential cinematic odyssey that explores Bowie’s creative, spiritual, and philosophical journey”.“With never-before-seen footage, performances, and music”, the official pitch goes on, “the film is guided exclusively by Bowie’s narration. The motion picture features 47 musical tracks, mixed from their original stems.

David Bowie film Moonage Daydream – the first to receive official approval from the late star’s estate – have been revealed.It was reported back in November that Brett Morgen, who directed Kurt Cobain documentary Montage of Heck, had spent four years working on a film project that involved compiling thousands of hours of archival performance footage of Bowie, majority of which has never before been seen.Now, Bowie’s estate has confirmed those details and the film’s title (lifted from lifted from Bowie’s 1972 ‘Ziggy Stardust’ track of the same name). The estate has also revealed that Moonage Daydream – described as a feature film, concert documentary and “experiential cinematic odyssey” – is nearing completion.Though there is no confirmation of a theatrical release date, according to Variety, sources suggest that the film may premiere at Cannes Film Festival next month.

A bold new documentary about the life and music of David Bowie has found a distributor, with The Hollywood Reporter reporting it’s been picked up Neon, Universal and HBO Documentary Films.

Spotify has revealed that it paid $7billion (£5.3billion) to artists last year.The news was published via its Loud And Clear website, which aims to “increase transparency” around payments.The streaming giant said that 56,200 musicians received more than $10,000 (£7,500) from Spotify last year and 130 of these were paid more than $5m (£3.8m).However, the figures shared don’t include the final figure the artist receives once labels and publishers have taken their share, which means the money they receive is often much lower. Songwriters and session musicians receive even less.The service has come under fire previously for its low artist payments, with the likes of David Byrne, producer Tony Visconti and David Crosby all criticising the platform recently.Visconti described the streaming service as “disgusting” over its low payments to artists.

Tony Visconti has shared his views on Spotify, criticising the streaming service as “disgusting” over its low payments to artists.Visconti, best known for his lifelong work with David Bowie, was asked by The Independent about a tweet in January in which he asked followers to help him delete his Spotify account.It came during backlash around podcaster Joe Rogan, whose show on the platform was criticised for sharing misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine, and which led to artists including Neil Young and Joni Mitchell removing their music.Visconti clarified that he did not eventually delete his account. “I thought about it, but I use Spotify as a tool,” he said.

David Bowie expressed his gratitude to Glenn Gregory for his renditions of classic songs before his tragic death.The iconic musician, who died in 2016, has had almost everybody cover his music but admitted that Glenn Gregory and the Best of Bowie Tour production sang his songs "the way they should be sung".Bowie's former bassist and producer Tony Visconti and Glenn Gregory, alongside the musicians of Holy Holy, will perform hits from David's back catalogue across the country for dedicated fans.Despite the initial call being nerve-wracking, Glenn explained that David was happy with the decision before his death.The Sheffield native told the Daily Star: "One of the nicest things, this happened before David's death and so we were doing it with David's consent."He was excited about the whole idea of it and I was in the studio one day and Tony Visconti phoned me up and said 'I just want to say something to you, I'm in my studio in Brooklyn with David and he's listening to The Width of a Circle, he's dancing around and he's so excited."'He's just said 'It's so nice to hear someone sing my songs the way they should be sung'.

David Bowie tribute band Holy Holy have announced that they have removed drummer Woody Woodmansey from an upcoming tour due to his unvaccinated status.The band, which also features Bowie’s longtime producer Tony Visconti, are set to tour the UK for a series of ‘Best Of Bowie’ shows in March.Woodmansey, who played drums for Bowie in his Spiders From Mars era, told fans in a statement on Friday (January 28) that he was no longer in the band, as the other members didn’t feel it was safe to tour with a member not protected against COVID.“It is with deep regret that I have to announce I will no longer be a part of the band Holy Holy,” he wrote.“Due to my medical exemption regarding the C19 vaccination, the band do not feel safe having me involved and have replaced me in the band. Therefore, you will not be seeing me on the upcoming tour in March 2022.”Woodmansey added: “I have no negative feelings towards the band, they are doing what they believe is best for them, whilst I am doing the same.“I am sad not to be part of the band and I will miss connecting with all the fans.

David Bowie's album The Man Who Sold The World celebrates its 49th anniversary on November 25.The title track of the same name has been covered by huge artists across the globe including Lulu and Midge Ure.

Kurt Cobain biopic Montage of Heck, has reportedly been enlisted for an upcoming David Bowie film project.According to Variety, Morgen has spent the last four years working on the project, which has involved looking through thousands of hours worth of performance footage, the majority of which has never been circulated.A source described the work to Variety as “neither documentary nor biography, but an immersive cinematic experience built, in part, upon thousands of hours of never before seen material”.Bowie’s longtime producer Tony Visconti has also signed on to the project, acting as its music producer.

Tony Visconti cried as he recalled the late David Bowie telling him he had cancer. The veteran producer was working with the 'Let's Dance' hitmaker - who lost an 18-month battle with liver cancer in January 2016 - on his final album 'Blackstar' when the legendary singer took off his hat to reveal some of the side effects of his treatments.

A musician who worked with David Bowie on his final album before his death has hinted there could be a ‘lost album’ of work that the late star was working on.