David Bowie breaks his silence

David Bowie has broken years of silence to release his first single in a decade.

The legendary singer celebrated his 66th birthday on Tuesday by releasing new track Where Are We Now? on iTunes, while new album The Next Day will be available from March.

Produced by long-term collaborator Tony Visconti and written by Bowie, the single was recorded in New York and is accompanied by a video directed by Tony Oursler.



The glam-rock singer has not performed live since 2006, and has rarely been seen in public since then.

A spokesperson for the star said of his return: 'Throwing shadows and avoiding the industry treadmill is very David Bowie despite his extraordinary track record that includes album sales in excess of 130million not to mention his massive contributions in the area of art, fashion, style, sexual exploration and social commentary.

'It goes without saying that he has sold out stadiums and broken ticket records throughout the world during this most influential of careers.'

Bowie famously turned down of the chance to appear at the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony last summer, despite a personal plea by director Danny Boyle.

The spokesperson added: 'In recent years radio silence has been broken only by endless speculation, rumour and wishful thinking ....a new record...who would have ever thought it, who'd have ever dreamed it!

After all David is the kind of artist who writes and performs what he wants when he wants...when he has something to say as opposed to something to sell. Today he definitely has something to say.'

The news of his new releases was initially announced on Bowie's official website, while his son, film director Duncan Jones, revealed all on Twitter.

In a series of tweets, he said: 'So... First off, its midnight in NY. That means, a HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY is in order to my very lovely, very talented dad!




'Been ten years since his last album....

'Would be lovely if all of you could spread the word about da's new album. First in ten years, and its a good 'un! (sic)"

Bowie shot to fame in the late 60s with his hit track Space Oddity, before re-emerging in 1972 during the height of the glam rock era with his androgynous alter ego, Ziggy Stardust.

The star achieved success in the US in the mid 70s and scored a string of number one singles in the UK throughout the 80s, before experimenting with a series of musical styles in the 90s.

source : Daily Mail