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David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails get “Hurt”

David Bowie one of the best live collaborations has got to be and Nine Inch Nails’ co-headlining tour in 1995. From both artists each date included a full set, beautifully bridged together when Bowie and his band mates appeared from the surrounding darkness to join NIN in a dynamite moment in music history. All in support of Bowie’s Outside and NIN’s The Downward Spiral, the epic tour wrapped around the states and also featured both artists covering an assortment of Bowie and NIN songs.
You’d think a performance as epic as this would have been properly recorded. Sadly, that wasn’t the case. Well, until now that is.
For years fans have been searching frantically for high quality footage from the trek and now, they can finally be satisfied. Per the NIN Hotline and 24B, quality footage of the Bowie/NIN tour was recently added to Vimeo by David Williams and is now available for streaming!
Below you’ll find just one of four pro shot clips from the tour. It’s a beautiful and serene cover of NIN’s “Hurt”, that’s magnificently shot and features some wonderful close ups of Trent Reznor sweating like a pig and singing his heart out, never ceasing to smile. So hurry up and start watching kiddies. This is definitely something you don’t want to miss!

David Bowie: David Bowie tribute album in works for charity

In the form of 2 disc David Bowie will be getting the tribute treatment compilation to be released during the beginning of this upcoming fall. The release will be called We Were So Turned On and will hold thirty three Bowie covers between its sleeves from various sources. Many a strange band has come out of the woodwork for this project, including Duran Duran. John Fruscanti and more than thirty other Bowie inspired groups and artists. MGMT, along with Soulwax, was supposed to make an appearance on the album but as Ultimate Guitar News reports, scheduling and recording have interfered in the band's name gracing the album. The compilation is due out on September 6, and all of the profits made from the album will be going directly to the charity Warchild, which is described on the charity:"A small international charity that protects children living in the world's most dangerous war zones"

David Bowie: Takes Break From Touring

David Bowie says he does not plan on going on tour any time soon. A heart attack after surviving in 2004 and producing new records Heathen and Reality in 2002 and 2003, the "Ziggy Stardust" take a break from the fast paced life of the road star has decided. "I'm not thinking of touring," he said in a New York Times profile of his supermodel wife, Iman. "I'm comfortable."Bowie, who is ranked as the number 39 artist among Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Rock Artists of All Time, has not released any new material in seven years. Bowie's son Duncan Jones has made a name for himself, though, while his father has taken it easy. Duncan rose to prominence as one of the U.K.'s top independent film directors with his 2009 release Moon. The film won best work by new director at the 2010 British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards.

David Bowie tribute album tracklisting announced

The tracklisting for a forthcoming David Bowie tribute album has been announced, reports StrangeGlue.com

Featuring the likes of MGMT, A Place To Bury Strangers, Soulwax and Duran Duran, the album also includes a Spanish version of 'Sound + Vision' by Devendra Banhart's Megapuss, and also 'Red Money' by Swahili Blonde and John Frusciante.
Set for release in May, the record boasts a 28-song tracklisting, with all proceeds going to charity Warchild.

The tracklisting for the yet-to-be-named album is as follows:

'Space Oddity' (Exitmusic)

'John, I'm Only Dancing' (Vivian Girls)

'Sound + Vision' (Megapuss)

'Absolute Beginners' (Carla Bruni)

'World Falls Down' (Lights)

''Heroes'' (VOICEsVOICEs)

'Boys Keep Swinging' (Duran Duran)

'TBA' (MGMT)

'Always Crashing In The Same Car' (Charlift)

'African Night Flight' (Aska w/ Moon & Moon)

'Suffragette City' (A Place to Bury Strangers)

'Theme From Cat People' (The Polyamorous Affair)

'Life on Mars' (Keren Ann)

'Red Money' (Swahili Blonde feat. John Frusciante)

'Art Decade' (Marco Benevento)

'Be My Wife' (Corridor)

'The Superman' (Aquaserge)

'Ashes To Ashes' (Warpaint)

'Quicksand' (Rainbow Arabia)

'Afraid of Americans' (We Are The World)

'Within You' (Laco$te)

'Ziggy Stardust' (Ariana Delawari)

'Modern Love' (Pizza!)

'Secret Life Of Arabia' (St Clair Board)

'Starman' (Caroline Weeks)

'The Man Who Sold The World' (Amanda Jo Williams)

'Ashes To Ashes' (Mick Karn)

'TBA' (Soulwax)

Introduction To David Bowie

David Bowie was born David Robert Jones in January 8, 1947 in Brixton, London, England, United Kingdom. He is an iconic English singer, songwriter and musician. After five decades of popular music and often reinventing his music and image, Bowie is extensively regarded as an leader, specially for his work in the 1970s. He has been quoted as an power by many musicians and is known for his distinctive voice and the thinker depth of his work.

Bowie is one of the most powerful rock musicians from the 1970s to the present. He has sold an approximated 136 million albums in his career and has been introduced into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Due to his broad spread into different genres, it could be said that he influences most modern bands at least on an indirect level