David Bowie

14 May 2013

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has marked his upcoming departure from the International Space Station by singing a cover version of David Bowie's classic song Space Oddity recorded on the...

3:30AM

Talking points

23 Mar 2013

Dousing the lights for Earth Hour

2:55AM

Talking points

11 Mar 2013

The bodies of the nine Hongkongers killed in a hot-air balloon explosion in Egypt last month are expected to arrive in the city today at about 5.30pm and be transferred to Kwai Chung Public...

3:16AM

Bowie ends 10-year silence with a new single

9 Jan 2013

British rock icon David Bowie broke a decade-long musical silence yesterday, unveiling a new single to coincide with his 66th birthday and announcing that he will release an album in March.

4:19AM

Frame and fortune

15 Jun 2012

'If it makes a noise I'll shoot it,' says music photographer Mick Rock of his recent work with artists such as Janelle Monae, Cee Lo Green and Lady Gaga. During his many years in the business he...

5:35PM

Alien agenda

3 Jun 2012

Ziggy played guitar for the first time 40 years ago this week, beaming one of rock's most iconic albums down to earth in an explosion of glitter and eye-liner, and reshaping the way pop was...

4:31PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

3 comments

4:18AM

Jake Van Der Kamp

Ferry subsidies to push rents up further

4:27AM

Album (1977)

The Idiot
Iggy Pop
RCA

Few artists can claim to have created a new genre of rock through just one album. Iggy Pop, however, did it twice.

11:39AM

Agent of change

WHILE living in Berlin a few years ago, I found myself taking a David Bowie tour of the city. This wasn't an official tour; there were no guides or any semblance of organisation, and it took more...

9:33AM

ALBUM (1977)

David Bowie
Low
RCA

11:39AM

Six degrees

J.M. Barrie, author of Peter Pan, would be 150 today, if he were still with us. Inspired by the death of the Scottish writer's teenage brother in an ice-skating accident, the book was a...

6:41AM

Fashionista goes back to basics in her campaign to clear the air

A black T-shirt and jeans aren't normally the kind of ensemble a fashionista like Joanne Ooi would wear to her own party, unless it's for a good cause.

5:33PM

The Horrors

The Horrors
Primary Colours (XL Recordings)

Remember The Horrors as dandy-goths plying a near-comedic Hammer movie schtick with barely enough ability to hold a guitar, let...

1:34AM