David Bowie’s family thanks fans for their support, plans private memorial

“Visconti goes on to share his thoughts on Blackstar, which he is convinced his old pal deliberately conceived as a farewell to fans: “(I told him), ‘You canny (clever) b-tard! Tony told Rolling Stone that in the weeks before his death David had written and demoed five new songs.

“I have David Bowie to thank for that”, John said.

Vevo’s music catalogue contains more than 60 of Bowie’s music videos which includes hits such as “The Heart’s Filthy Lesson”, “The Jean Genie” and “Space Oddity”, Entertainment Weekly reported. On Sunday, he was feeling exhausted, took a nap, and never woke up. And his energy was still incredible for a man who had cancer.

Blackstar, released on 8 January to mark his 69th birthday, looks certain to hold on to the No 1 spot in the charts on Friday.

The British musician, who died of cancer on Sunday, was named Best British Male at the BRITs twice – in 1984 and 2014 – and received the Outstanding Contribution to British Music award in 1996.

Thousands of miles away, in NY, a tribute concert is planned at Carnegie Hall on March 31. As Radar was the first to report, Elton John, 68, did a one-off show on January 13 at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. The show was initially planned to introduced several songs off John’s upcoming album, Wonderful Crazy Nights.

“We are know how inspiring he is”, he said.

“His music has sound-tracked important events in the lives of many of us”.

“He was innovative, he was boundary-changing, and he danced to his own tune – which in any artist is really rare”. He had treatment for his illnesses without anyone knowing or anyone saying anything. According to the businessman, Bowie spoke to him a week before his passing to discuss making another record. Wherever you are, be it at home, in the auto, at work lets make this a moment to remember the most iconic artist of the past 100 years.