Family thanks fans for ‘overwhelming support’ after David Bowie’s death

While fans and commercial enterprises have planned tributes and concerts for Bowie, including one in New York’s Carnegie Hall in March, his family said on Thursday that “none are official memorials organized or endorsed by the family”. “And I was thrilled”, Visconti said for the edition of Rolling Stone, to be published next Wednesday, “and I thought, and he thought, that he’d have a few months, at least”.

“In many respects you don’t need a memorial or service to remember David by…”

The critically acclaimed album was the late musician’s 25th studio album and was released on his 69th birthday last Friday.

Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood held the Vevo one day viewing record before Adele after it was watched 20.1 million times in one day last May.

The star’s spokesman declined to confirm or deny the report.

They also gave a reminder that the various tribute concerts planned were not “official” or organised by the family – but they welcomed them, nonetheless. Best-sellers this week include Space Oddity (36,000 downloads), Under Pressure (31,000), Let’s Dance (27,000), Changes (21,000), Fame (19,000) and Heroes (18,000).

He then told moderator David Fricke: “It’s so wonderful”.

“His music has sound-tracked important events in the lives of many of us”. We don’t have to say anything about the music – it speaks for itself.

A special tribute to Bowie penned by United Kingdom music journalist Pete Paphides has been posted on Vevo’s blog site, along with links to several of David’s memorable video clips. “He was just all business about making the album”. “He kept [his illness] private in an age we’re living in with Twitter when everyone knows everything about everything – he kept it to himself”, he said. “We just want people, wherever they are, to listen to Starman at noon tomorrow as a way to celebrate his memory”.