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“Every magazine on every shelf”
Hot-on-the-heels of the latest French edition of Rolling Stone magazine, the March issue of German Rolling Stone has a ten-page cover feature with details regarding The Next Day and 10 key moments in the career of The Thin White Duke.
“What In The World”
Well, we did warn you that the worldwide release dates for The Next Day were subject to change and that‘s exactly what they‘ve done.
This latest list should please the Australians who are back to the 8th for their release date once again.
We should also point out that for the vinyl pressing of The Next Day you should add two weeks to the dates below. So the UK vinyl will be issued on the 25th, for example.
March 8:
Australia/New Zealand
Germany
Switzerland
Austria
Belgium
Czech Republic
Finland
Netherlands
Ireland
Sweden
Turkey Digital (physical one week later)
March 11:
UK
Croatia
Denmark
France
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Serbia
South Africa
Latin America (ex-Mexico, ex-Brazil)
Asia (ex-Japan, ex- Taiwan, ex-Korea)
March 12:
Brazil
USA/Canada
Mexico
Italy
Korea
Spain
Taiwan
March 13:
Japan – Japan Edition with Bonus Track
‘The Next Day’ is available as:
14-track standard download and CD
17-track deluxe download and CD (includes 3 bonus tracks)
17-track double vinyl album (includes 3 bonus tracks)
18-track Blu-Spec CD2 in Japan only (includes 4 bonus tracks)
‘The Next Day’ tracklisting
01. The Next Day
02. Dirty Boys
03. The Stars (Are Out Tonight)
04. Love Is Lost
05. Where Are We Now?
06. Valentine’s Day
07. If You Can See Me
08. I’d Rather Be High
09. Boss of Me
10. Dancing Out In Space
11. How Does the Grass Grow?
12. (You Will) Set the World On Fire
13. You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
14. Heat
Bonus tracks:
15. So She
16. Plan
17. I’ll Take You There
18. God Bless The Girl (Japan only)
“Every magazine on every shelf…Part 347”
The April issue of Q magazine has a 36-page cover feature including a two-page five-star-review of The Next Day.
Here‘s the blurb from qthemusic.com:
Our next issue, Q321 out on Tuesday (26 February), is a David Bowie special – Along with the review of new album The Next Day, we preview the V&A’s forthcoming exhibition with an exclusive look at what’s on show, plus take a career-spanning look at the icon.
“Got to keep searching and searching”
The March issue of the French Rolling Stone magazine has a sixteen-page cover feature on the search for and the return of David Bowie, with contributions from Tony Visconti and Earl Slick.
Half of those pages are given over to an 8-page portfolio of images from the forthcoming David Bowie is exhibition.
“All the next days of my life”
Be the envy of those who really want a quick and easy way of creating their very own version of The Next Day album cover, but have yet to hear about this great new app.
We’re very much looking forward to seeing how creative you folk can be with this and so without delaying you further, go here now.
“This chaos is killing me”
David Bowie’s Hallo Spaceboy single is seventeen-years-old today.
Credited to Bowie/Eno, the song was originally released on the 1995 “1. Outside” album.
The track was reworked and produced by the Pet Shop Boys for the single, giving David Bowie a #12 hit in the UK.
The chart placing was no doubt helped by a slew of remixes and various formats, including a pink vinyl 45.
Bowie had this to say of the original album version:
“I adore that track. In my mind, it was like Jim Morrison meets industrial. When I heard it back, I thought, ‘Fuck me. It’s like metal Doors,’ It’s an extraordinary sound. ”
The Pet Shop Boys diluted that sound somewhat to make Hallo Spaceboy a little more accessible to a wider audience.
Nevertheless, it‘s a wonderful version but if you‘ve not heard it previously, you can make up your own mind here.
And here‘s the original for comparison.
“The Stars (Are Out April)”
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) backed with Where Are We Now? is scheduled for a limited edition vinyl 7” 45 Record Store Day release on April 20th 2013.
Both tracks are from the forthcoming “The Next Day” album and this 7” joins the previously announced RSD 7” vinyl releases: the Drive-In Saturday picture disc and the Bowie 1965! EP.
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) will still be available digitally a week from now on February 26th, as we mentioned on Saturday.
“Like the video films we saw”
This is cool. Check it out here.
“The stars are out tonight”
Tomorrow morning‘s edition of The Mail On Sunday in the UK contains a four-page feature within the LIVE magazine wherein a cast of celebrities express: “What Bowie means to me”.
The list includes Simon Cowell, Tina Turner, Danny Boyle, Al Murray, Clive Owen, Jon Savage, Lady Gaga, Jeremy Deller, Camille Paglia, Boy George, Ian Rankin, Alan Yentob, Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Terry O’Neill and Tony Oursler.
We‘ll leave you with the first on the list, but you can view the whole feature online here.
Simon Cowell – Music mogul
‘I think if I could have anyone on The X Factor it would be David Bowie. It’s no secret I’ve asked him, and he hasn’t said yes yet, but I’ll keep extending the invitation. Why Bowie? He’s a legend. He’s a great songwriter, he has massive influence on music today and he’s 100 per cent credible. I’m a fan. Not just of his music but of him, the man. He’s cool. Most of us aren’t. Bowie is.’
“Secret secrets never seen”
The February 14th edition of the Italian L‘Espresso magazine has eight pages given over to an exclusive behind the scenes shoot at the V&A‘s ‘David Bowie is’ exhibition by photographer Mads Greve.
Featuring several shots of items from the exhibition (unpublished elsewhere), the article also has a brief interview with the Creative Director of the Italian fashion house Gucci, Frida Giannini, wherein she talks about the influence of David Bowie on her work.
Many iconic items of stage wear are among the items photographed, along with the 1983 Serious Moonlight Tour Cracked Actor skull, a salamander brooch from 1971, Vivienne Westwood skeleton earring worn at the Brit Awards in 1996 and other fascinating items.
L‘Espresso magazine is available now.