The museum British Victoria and Albert acquired an archive of 80,000 items belonging to the heritage of david bowie. Among the documents are manuscripts, letters, clothing, costumes, instruments, photographs, music videos and other items belonging to Bowie’s project and his alter ego. Ziggy Stardust. Most of these pieces have never been seen by the public. Even so, some of the items mentioned were part of David Bowie’s traveling museum.
The main objective of this collection is to exhibit them in the museum David Bowie Center for the Study of the Performing Arts, located at Stanford. The museum is expected to be available by 2025.
On the other hand, the museum received a donation from 12 million euros Since Bavatnik Foundation and Warner Music, the purpose of this donation is to document and preserve all materials for later display in the museum.
Bowie’s album that will be 50 years old in 2023
And April 13, 1973 arrived sane aladdin, a change in personality, another in the British career, a kind of Ziggy influenced by everything he had seen spinning on Earth in recent months. With a vaguely familiar cover, he publishes his new album only ten months after the famous The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders of Mars.
david bowie created his alter ego in 1972 and, just a year later, he was ready to try to improve and evolve. This was the origin of sane aladdinAmong the best songs on the album are hits like Panic in Detroit and The Jean Genie.
April 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of this essential album in the White Duke’s career. To celebrate, it will be released in two commemorative limited editions: a half-speed remastered vinyl LP and a Picture Disc LP pressing of the same master.