Today is David Bowie’s 66th birthday. I went on his website yesterday to see what he was up to for his birthday, if he was going to announce something big, but his website was down for maintenance. I’m thinking to myself, “Oh man, what is Bowie up to?” Out of no where, Bowie changed his official website, and announced a new album titled, “The Next Day”, which will be released on, March 12th. He also released a new single, titled, “Where Are We Now”, you can listen in the video below. This is his first studio album in 10 years since, “Reality”, released in 2003.

After years of speculation of his retirement, Bowie finally squashes those rumors for good, by announcing a new album. I guess, he wanted to give his fans a birthday present too!

His new song, is beautiful! Bowie still has it, and I hope he goes on tour in support of his new album. He probably will. Maybe, not a full fledged tour, but a few shows. I’ll keep an eye on the news. People thought he would never be back, but I knew he would. Musicians don’t give up what they do. Remember that, people. 🙂

Happy Birthday, David, and thanks for finally come back to us.

Kev

While David Bowie, still wants nothing to do with the music industry anymore, the man is still alive and well. He was just spotted in NYC walking the streets, all smiles. Wearing a flat hat, wraparound glasses, and a hooded sweatshirt so he wouldn’t get recognized by rabid fans and paparazzi. The man is a full time resident in NYC, the big Apple, and it appears that he still lives there.

Read this interesting article, on David’s so called retirement from the music business, here.

Whether he is retired or not, I’ll support him on whatever he does. I still have hopes that he will come out of retirement for new album and tour. He is looking really good, though.

Kev

So Bowie turning down the Olympics Closing Ceremony, got the internet talking on where this legendary singer is. He keeps people questioning if he is really retired or not. While I too am disappointed that he maybe done with music, I give him props for keeping quiet about it. When most rock stars and famous bands call it quits, they announce it publicly. Not David. I think publicly announcing retirement is a silly thing to do, so it’s a smart thing to do to be tight lipped about quitting. So why did David vanish from the music industry? He hasn’t released a new album since 2003 and hasn’t toured since 2006.

As I said plenty of times before, David is a helluva rich man. Probably a billionaire for doing all the music and acting in movies over the years, so he really doesn’t need to work anymore if he doesn’t want to. He does have a young daughter with his wife Iman, so he might be putting his family first. Plus, his health isn’t all that great, because he had a heart attack. Another reason he could be done with music is maybe he’s just sick of it? He’s been doing the music thing for way too long that he wants to take it easy for himself and enjoy life. The man deserves it.

I’m sure he is still writing songs all the time, though. He probably writes songs for himself and not release them publicly. Why? Because he’s a musician like most of us, that’s what he does. I’ve explained this stuff on my site before and don’t mind doing it again. Also, as I said before, Bowie was going to release a new album called “Toy” in 2001, but the album got leaked in 2011. Why did the album get leaked? It’s because Bowie hasn’t released a new record in a long time and this is what people want. Him to release a new album.

I’m sure he will release a new album sometime, when he feels the time is right. It is amazing to me how he is keeping quiet on everything and leaving people wondering. His last couple of albums, “Heathen” and “Reality” didn’t sell very well, maybe that’s another reason for being done. Because what if David releases a new album and it flops in record sales? Whatever he is doing though, I wish him well.

It’s understandable why he doesn’t want to do it anymore. Every time a rumor came out that he is either going to release a new album or collaborate with another artist, he denies it every time. I wish he would say something so he can end speculation and rumors.

Kev

Some of you may know that David Bowie is one of my favorite singer/songwriters. He is such an inspiration to me that he really influenced my own music as well. I’ve been listening to Bowie’s music for years, I just love his music too much.

It seems that Bowie quietly retired from the music business ’cause he hasn’t released a new album since 2003’s, “Reality”. He never announced a retirement, he just kind of vanished, all of a sudden. The latest thing he did in the music business was that he provided back up vocals for Scarlet Johansson’s debut solo album. That was pretty much it.

David is still alive and well, as he has been making public appearances out there. I’m not the only one that want David Bowie to make a comeback to the music business. A lot of his fans wants him to come back as well.

I wish he would do a new album. I’m sure he’s still making music and writing songs all the time, ’cause he’s a musician, that’s what he does. He just won’t release an album for whatever reason. Even if he doesn’t make a new album, he should at least do a small tour and perform a bunch of his hits live, just do something at least.Come on David, come back for the fans! We know you’re out there somewhere!

Every record that David does, he changes genres. He’ll go to rock, acoustic, electronica, pop, etc. So you’ll never know what genre of music he’ll decide to do next if he does come out with a new album. I’m sure he’ll come back. Hopefully, he’ll release a new album before he gets older and dies. I just want more music from, David Bowie.

Maybe he’s staying away from music for a long while, and not actually retired. Just enjoying life with family. I’m pretty sure he’s a hella rich guy after all the money he made from his legendary career from the past, so I understand that he doesn’t need to do much anymore. He had a legendary career. He has a wonderful singing voice and wrote great songs. I even loved all of his newer music.

Whatever David is doing right now and where ever he is, Happy 65th, David. I’m sure he’s spending his birthday special with his family.

Kev