Screams from the 20-odd fans came when the bus finally pulled up to the nightclub and out of it came a surprisingly small man, wrapped stylishly in a leather coat and topped with a green felt fedora.

However, the sheen of pop stardom faded after the mega-excess of the Glass Spider tour. "Being shoved into the Top 40 scene was an unusual experience," Bowie admitted during an interview with the ...

Many rock and roll heroes from the 1960s and ’70s made overt moves to get back in pop music’s good graces in the second half of the ’80s. Ever the contrarian, David Bowie zigged when everybody else ...