ContactMusic — Representatives for David Bowie have disputed reports suggesting the rock icon has granted permission for his songs to be featured in an upcoming fantasy musical based on the life of the superstar The legendary artist who has never allowed others to ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — ""Neither the David Bowie Organization, nor its co-publishers EMI Music and Chrysalis, has issued a license for a Bowie musical at the O2, as has been reported in the U.K. There are no negotiations pending for a long-running musical featuring... more info

411 Mania — A musical planned for March of 2012... more info

Guardian Music — Bowie's space-age fantasies will be used for the first time in showcase London performance next yearThere's a starman waiting in the sky, David Bowie sang. But he need wait in the sky no longer: plans have been announced this weekend for the first fu... more info

Guardian Music — Why should 'normal' folk behave like rock stars? Jarvis Cocker answers your questionsThe Second Coolest Person in the World (cf last week's NME) lopes into the offices of Rough Trade Records in cords and round-neck woolly, a stick insect wrapped in s... more info

Guardian Music — One of the amazing things about the Queen frontman was that he successfully evaded the rock world's gaydarHard rock and "sewing" seem incongruous bedfellows. Nevertheless, if you were a headbanger in the 70s and 80s, chances are you spent more than a... more info

Guardian Music — From Beethoven's letters to Bob Dylan's Chronicles, the musician chooses books that reveal the private lives behind the public melodiesSongwriter, arranger, producer and guitarist Nile Rodgers is one of the most influential pop musicians of the last ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kurt Christiansen Judas Priest @ Izod Center "Pop "retirements" prove to be about as reliable as political promises. Witness the "just kidding, folks" resurrections of briefly absent stars Barbra Streisand, David Bowie and Cher. So fans mig... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller keeps his solo career rolling with the upcoming release of The Interpreter: Live at Largo, a dozen live acoustic covers of some of his favorite songs by David Bowie, the Pixies, the Kinks, Elliott Smith and more. T... more info

Guardian Music — The singer and DJ talks about his familyI've got four brothers and one sister. I'm the middle, needy, child. The middle child is always deranged. My brother Kevin, who was born the year after me, was born with tapeworm and nearly died. For about two ... more info