David Bowie to make posthumous return on 75th birthday
DAVID Bowie’s estate is to release a posthumous album and more to mark the late music legend’s 75th birthday next year.
The Suffragette City hitmaker died two days after his 69th birthday in 2016, following a private battle with cancer, and would have been turning 75 on January 8.
According to papers filed by the estate of the Heroes star’s firm, Jones/ Tintoretto Entertainment Company, there are various releases in the pipeline. As well as music and videos, Bowie’s widow Iman and children Alexandria and Duncan, are looking at releasing merchandise and other items of memorabilia to mark the milestone.
What’s more, a new logo with the Starman musician’s iconic lighting bolt and Bowie 75 was submitted for trademarking and copyright approval.
A source told the newspaper: “David’s 75th birthday would have been a big deal, and the estate wants to mark it. There is still a huge appetite for more material, recordings and all things Bowie. It’s a perfect time to release some.
“Obviously they want to be careful to keep to stuff they feel David would have approved of.”
Just recently, it was announced that Bowie’s lost 2001 album Toy will be released later this year.
The Space Oddity hitmaker had “revisited and re-examined” his past material for the record – which combined new tracks with fresh versions of lesser-known tunes from 1964 and 1971 – and the collection will drop on November 26, alongside other posthumous releases.
There will also be an expanded edition released on January 7, 2022, which ends with a song put together from a jam at the end of a live version of I Dig Everything. The package will also come with previously unseen snaps taken by Frank Ockenfels, as well as mixes and unheard B-sides.