Bowie bidding begins?

According to the Mirror newspaper, Live Nation have made a multi-million pound offer for David Bowie to play East London's Olympic Park. The paper reports the UK's two biggest promoters, Live Nation and AEG, have embarked in a bidding battle to persuade the iconic singer to make a return to the live stage after an eight year hiatus. Bowie is also rumoured as a possible Glastonbury headliner although Michael Eavis has recently said he had lined up three big acts who had never headlined the Somerset 177,500 capacity festival before – Bowie headlined the Pyramid Stage in 2000. Any live dates next year would tie in with the singer's 50th anniversary of his first single 'Liza Jane' released under the name Davie Jones with the King Bees when he was just 17. This year the 66 year old released his first new album in a decade 'The Next Day' sparking hopes of live dates although Bowie has not toured since a heart attack on stage in Germany in 2004.

Bowie Back at No 1

David Bowie has scored his first UK number one album in 20 years - The Next Day, his first new material in nearly a decade, is his first chart topper since 1993's 'Black Tie White Noise', the Official Charts Company said. It's also the UK's fastest selling of the year so far - 'The Next Day' racked up 94,000 sales this week, beating Biffy Clyro's Opposites which sold 71,600 copies in its opening week in January.

Bowie Back

Veteran music star David Bowie has broken years of silence and speculation to release his first single and album in a decade. The glam-rock singer, who has not performed live since 2006,  has released Where Are We Now? on iTunes to coincide with his 66th birthday. A follow-up album called The Next Day is set to be released in March. The new track has been produced by long-term collaborator Tony Visconti, and the video for it can be seen here