NEWS: DAVID BOWIE RELEASES NEW SINGLE

 

Yesterday something rather exciting happened, and that was that not only was it David Bowie's 66th birthday, he turned around and surprised us all by launching a brand new single complete with video as well as whisperings of a new album. Erm, what? Incredible.

The song entitled "Where Are We Now?" is the first hint at his new album due out in March, called "The Next Day. It's a soft, melancholy affair, referencing heavily to Bowie's Berlin years. The album is said to have 14 tracks on and follows up a decade after the release of his last album "Reality" from 2003.

Since then Bowie has kept a very low profile, stopping his silence today to release the following statement on his official website:

"In recent years radio silence has been broken only by endless speculation, rumour and wishful thinking ....a new record...who would have ever thought it, who'd have ever dreamed it! After all David is the kind of artist who writes and performs what he wants when he wants...when he has something to say as opposed to something to sell. Today he definitely has something to say."

As of 8th January, Bowie's single hit number one almost immediately in the iTunes chart.