David Bowie has written the sleeve notes for a new Kinks compilation.
The 48-track double album, The Essential Kinks, will be released on October 14 in North America and is a celebration of the band's 50th anniversary.
In a statement on his website, Bowie has released an excerpt from the sleeve notes with an image of him with Ray Davies captioned, "I've never heard a Kinks song that I didn't like".
David Bowie will release career-spanning greatest hits album Nothing Has Changed in November, with a brand new song "Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)" included on the tracklist.
The new song - which has a running time of 7 minutes and 40 seconds - was recorded this year and produced by Tony Visconti. It is the only new material to be included on Nothing Has Changed, which begins with Bowie's first single "Liza Jane" and includes material from the subsequent decades, including "Life On Mars?", "Fashion" and "Let's Dance".
David Bowie Is - the retrospective exhibition first shown at London's V&A in 2013 – is to head to Australia.
The exhibition was originally shown in London from March 2013 and received a sell-out run during which time more than 300,000 people attended the show. Since then, it has moved around the world, being shown in Toronto, Chicago Sao Paulo and Berlin.
Mick Jagger, David Gilmour and Bryan Ferry are among a list of more than 200 famous faces who have signed an open letter urging Scottish voters to keep Scotland as part of the United Kingdom.
An independence referendum will be held on September 18 which could see Scotland break away from the rest of the UK. The letter, which was organised by historians Dan Snow and Tom Holland, aims to let people in Scotland know that those who have endorsed the message "value the bond of citizenship" with those north of the border.
David Bowie has teased a possible new album, confirming that there will be 'more music soon' but stopping short of giving a release date.
A statement from Bowie was read out on Saturday at a fundraising event in London, which was held to celebrate 50 years of the rock icon's music and raise money for the Terrence Higgins Trust.
The note read: "This city is even better than the one you were in last year, so remember to dance, dance, dance. And then sit down for a minute, knit something, then get up and run all over the place. Do it. Love on ya. More music soon. David."
Prince appeared as a special guest during Nile Rodgers' set at the Essence Music Festival on Friday [July 4].
The pair collaborated on a cover of David Bowie's "Let's Dance", which Rodgers co-produced.
You can watch fan footage below.
Prince was scheduled to appear at the New Orleans festival in his own right, but appeared unbilled on stage during Rodgers' set for the Bowie cover.
David Bowie has announced details of another 40th anniversary edition 7" picture disc.
"Knock On Wood (Live)" b/w "Rock 'N' Roll With Me (Live)" is released on Parlophone September 22, 2014.
Originally released in Autumn 1974 and taken from David Live, these two 2005 mixes by Tony Visconti are making their vinyl debut. The original single mix of "Knock On Wood" was a UK Top 10 hit.
David Crosby has been speaking about the forthcoming CSNY 1974 box set.
In an interview with Radio.com, Crosby cited one of his highlights of the box set: a rarely performed, never commercially released Neil Young song called "Pushed It Over The End".
David Bowie's long-term producer Tony Visconti and Mick "Woody" Woodmansey - the only surviving member of The Spider's From Mars - will perform Bowie's third album The Man Who Sold The World, from 1970, in full. They will be joined by an ensemble of ten musicians including Spandau Ballet saxophone player Steve Norman and Heaven 17's Glenn Gregory, The Guardian reports. The event will take place at The Garage on September 17.
