We can now confirm the rumor that David Bowie and Placebo will perform together at the upcoming Brit Awards 1999. The event is to be broadcast on the ITV network on the 17th February, from 8pm till 10. 
PlaceboPlacebo began in 1996 with the critically acclaimed 'Come Home' single in January '96, and toured Europe with David Bowie. Bowie was intrigued by Placebo, and at his request, Placebo supported him again on various dates throughout the 'Earthling' European summer tour in 1997. Placebo are also one of the nominees for best British Video with Pure Morning. David and Placebo will be teaming up for a duet, performing T-Rex's classic 20th Century Boy. 
David had this to say about performing the Marc Bolan Classic:"When Marc was living in LA in the mid-seventies we re-established our friendship significantly and spent a lot of time together. Above all, Marc had the life enhancing ability of humour.Nothing and no-one was sacred. We both shared the same passion for mimicry and impersonation leading to evenings of pure 'Stella Street' though in my memory, far funnier of course, as we were privy to far more 'inside' knowledge of our victims than most. And, yes, we jammed, on more than one occasion, '20th Cent: Boy' We also nailed a pretty funky 'Laughing Elf (or Alf in our case)"- David Bowie .
Riverside Reports In Today's Uk Press
And I, I could be King...
Riverside reports are coming thick and fast now, with reports in much of this morning's press here in the UK. Here are a few excerpts from some of the pieces:
The Guardian - An encore featuring a breathtaking version of 1979's Fantastic Voyage restores equilibrium. Bowie exits looking pleased, with good reason. After all, most of his 1970s peers would be hard pushed to fill a sporty hatchback with fans eager to hear their new material, let alone 68 cinemas.
The Daily Star (Includes Brian Rasic pic, see above) - King Of The World - BOWIE MAKES HISTORY AS HE WOWS 50,000 FANS - ROCK god David Bowie is back! The British legend has launched his new album Reality with a groundbreaking concert beamed live to cinemas all over the world. (Go
The Independent Review (Includes another Brian Rasic shot) - ...the magnitude of the audience is impressive. After this, Bowie's world tour almost seems like an unnecessary chore. (Blammo note: Shhhh. You'll give him ideas!)
Daily Mirror - (Includes yet another Brian Rasic pic) (Blammo note: Under the heading: Bowie won't do Bondage, this piece is mainly about how David explained his disinterest in all things post-Connery Bond, including turning down offers to record a Bond theme and an offer to play a Bond villain!)
The Sun - Anyone looking at rock legend David Bowie nowadays could be forgiven for thinking he's some kind of alien. Bowie, 56, resembles a Space Oddity - who just happens to dress like David Beckham's big brother.
But in Reality - his latest album - The Thin White Duke proves that he's still in sparkling form...On the whole Bowie looks great, sounds great and is more relaxed and confident than ever.
And The Winners Are
Over 500 entries came in for our "little" 24 hour 'Fly on the Wall' contest (though Lodger accounts for about 50 of them)! And believe it or not, ONLY 1 member got all 4 questions correct.
(answers below)
The real stumper was question # 4 - 72% of the answers that came in stated - "for design / packaging of Sound & Vision".
While 'Sound and Vision' did win a Grammy for packaging - David himself did not win the Grammy - Roger Gorman from Reiner Design walked away with the award (besides our overall winner, only 1 other member answered this question correctly - Kelly-Marie Norris).ÂÂ
We tried to throw you all off a bit in question # 1 - asking in what country did David "perform" (not PLAY) in 1995. David performed the role of DESIGNER for the poster of the Montreux Jazz Festival.ÂÂ
96% of the e-mails correctly answered questions 2 and 3.ÂÂ
OK - drum roll please.......and the first winner and only 4 right answer guru is
- MARCEL DE GROOT!!!
Since we had 100's of members with 3 correct answers - we threw all the names in a big pile and picked out our 2nd winner
- NEILL MILTON!!!ÂÂ
Congratulations. We want to thank everybody who helped us with our contest/experiment. Dr. Vic is working away at upgrading the camera. Any additional feedback is welcome. We will be using the BowieCam more and more - so any features/improvements you can think of will only help us in our quest to have the coolest 360 degree camera anywhere on the Web.
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1 - In what country did David perform the 1995 show depicted on the poster?
DAVID PERFORMED THE ROLE OF DESIGNER IN 1995 FOR THIS POSTER OF THE MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVALÂÂ
 2 - What body part from David's video "I'm Afraid of Americans" can be seen in Mad Dr. Vic's office?
THE SKULL
3 - Find the magazine cover that David is on - tell us the name of the publication and what year the issue came out?ÂÂ
TIME MAGAZINE - JULY 18, 1983 ÂÂ
4 - There is a photo of an award David received - what is the name of the award and in what category did he win?
GRAMMY AWARD - 1984 - BEST VIDEO, SHORT FORM
"fly On The Wall" Contest
As we reported to you on December 14, 1998, Bowie producer Ken Scott ( Ziggy Stardust and Hunky Dory) had talks with Nick and Warren of Duran Duran last week and will be in the studio with them for their next album very shortly.
"fly On The Wall" Contest
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: As of noon today, we have received hundreds and hundreds of answers to the Fly on the Wall contest.
UNFORTUNATLY, nobody has answered all 4 question correctly. Break out those Bowie history books and get cracking. You still have till 9:00 p.m. EST TONIGHT to get the right answers in!
you can email your best guesses to info@davidbowie.com Good Luck to all.
"fly On The Wall" Contest
The Questions:
1 - In what country did David perform the 1995 show depicted on the poster?
 2 - What body part from David's video "I'm Afraid of Americans" can be seen in Mad Dr. Vic's office?
 3 - Find the magazine cover that David is on - tell us the name of the publication and what year the issue came out?
 4 - There is a photo of an award David received - what is the name of the award and in what category did he win?
The URL: http://www.fullview.com/panoapplet.html.
The Time of the Event:
Tonight from 9:00 p.m. till 9:15 p.m. EST
The Quest:
3 or 4 Mystery Memorabilia Items with some Historical Bowie Significance need to be identified.
The Answers:
e-mail your best guesses to info@davidbowie.com
We will accept answers for the next 24 hours. Good Luck to all.
Vh-1 Special
VH1 is airing a program today at 1:00 pm EST called "Act Like A Singer" that will feature celebrities that have done thesinging and acting thing. David Bowie will be one of the people featured.
Synopsis:
Includes clips on actors who sing and singers who act: John Travolta, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Don Johnson, Will Smith, Brandy, Adam Sandler, Mike Myers, Courtney Love, Danny Devito, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Madonna, David Bowie and more.
Get the details at the VH1 website.
After The Brit Awards
After the Brits tonight, at 10:40 PM onITV, there is a documentary entitled "Walk On The Wild Side" which chartsthe theatrical and exotic side of pop music. This show features clips of David's videos "Jean Genie" and "Life On Mars" plus "Starman" from Top Of The Pops.
"fly On The Wall" Contest
In conjunction with BowieNet's official launch of the Lucent 360 degree BowieCam ? we are proud to bring you the "Fly on the Wall Scavenger Hunt".
Lucent's mission with this new video technology is to blaze the trail in the creation and delivery of electronically steerable video ? particularly of high-resolution, seamless, 360° video. One of the most interesting features of this technology is that it utilizes Java applets rather then a plug-in.
A preview can be seen at http://www.fullview.com/panoapplet.html. You might even catch Dr. Vic in the lab working.
Here's how it will work:
Thursday, February 18th, at 8:45 p.m. EST, Dr. Vic will turn off the servers and strategically place 3 or 4 Mystery Memorabilia Items throughout his lab. These items will have some Historical Bowie Significance. From 9:00 p.m. EST till 9:15 p.m. EST, you will have access to Vic's laboratory to search for the Bowie Items.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to search the room, identify the objects, and e-mail your best guesses to info@davidbowie.com, ALL WITHIN A 15-MINUTE TIME FRAME ! The servers will be shut down at 9:15 p.m. EST.
After we receive your entries via e-mail, we will randomly select 2 winners. Winners will receive an autographed David Bowie CD. We would also welcome any feedback on the quailty and speed of the video.
Good Luck to all.
Barnes And Noble Review Pt.2
Bowie has posted his next review on BarnesandNoble.com.
Most Art Sucks: Coagula Art Journal & the Art of the 1990's by Walter Robinson, Tom Patchett
Here is a sampling of the review:
"Art is art is art. Once you've stood in front of it only the un-minded can drift away with no altered frame of reference than the one they walked in with. You like/get it. You don't like/get it. On rare and sublime occasions 'love' comes into play. Ultimately it's my thing, your thing. But there are always a trillion books straining at the leash to educate, put you right, or more usually, to baffle with art-speak." --David Bowie
Click here for the complete review.
You Can Alter The Future!
Here is another letter we received from one of our "Original" BowieNet members. We thought you'd like to see it!
Just a reminder:
In tune with Tybalts letter, we would like to encourage our members to check out and populate our "Members Database" - The entire project including programming, coding, development, scripting and design was completely done by BowieNet members! . As Tybalt states in his letter:"I can voice my thoughts and alter the future of BowieNet". The element of BowieNet that make us unique is our members participation. Keep it up guys!
Creativity Award
Last month, David asked that we give a "Special Creativity Award" to the creator of The Bowie Remix/Recreation Project website for going "above and beyond"!
BowieNet would like to personally thank Derek Donovan for his extraordinary entry in the song contest. Thanks Again Derick!
Brit Awards
FYI, The BRIT AWARDS 99 will be shown on UK TV at 8.00pm - 10.00pm on ITV stations on Wednesday 17th February.
The Brit Awards will also be aired in the United States on ABC TV on Saturday, 6th March in a 90 minute special program.
ALSO: The Irish pop stars BOYZONE will also be part of the 1999 BRIT Awards.
For all the details, check out the Brit Awards 99 website.
Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Valentine's Day from BowieNet. Enjoy a sonnet on this special day.
Womad Festival
Two of David Bowie and Beezy Baileys well known collaborations "Vomit NakedEarth" and "Talk is Cheep Cheep" are going to be on show at Beezy Bailey's"Popping Stars" exhibition at the Womad Music Festival in Johannesburg thisweekend.
The Festival was started by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Brooman in 1982and has become a great success. Rolling Stones said of WOMAD:
"The Festival has a wonderful sense of the unexpected. A bizarre melding ofmusical and cultural styles and a euphoric sense of peace and goodwill"
For Festival Information visit www.womad.co.za.For information on the Collaborations please email Kate Chertavian
Star Man
Did you know that 2 years ago this week(February 12th, 1997), David Bowie was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Eddie Izzard Chat
Last night Eddie Izzard chated with BowieNet Members for LA. If you weren't able to attend the chat session, you can read the transcript here!
"fly On The Wall" Contest
As BowieNet approaches the official launch of the Lucent 360 degree BowieCam - the Lucent engineers have asked us to do some testing outside their firewalls. So as a quick down and dirty event - BowieNet will be giving away 2 signed CD's (by Bowie himself) for the person's who answer the "Fly on the Wall" question.
The question and instructions will be posted on Wednesday, February 17th. Then between 9:00 PM and 9:15 PM EST on the same night, you can e-mail your answer to info@davidbowie.com. Good Luck!
Check back for more detail.
Did You Know: 22 Years Ago Today
- On February 11, 1977 RCA released 'Sound And Vision' / 'A New Career in a NewTown', the first single from 'Low'
Eddie Izzard Chat Today
Just a reminder, Eddie Izzard will be chatting with us TODAY February 11th at 2:00 p.m. PST, 5:00 p.m. EST.
Have a look at Eddie's website: www.izzard.com for all the details on Eddie.See you at the Chat.