Date 08/01/2016 - News People
LONDON David Bowie marked his 69th birthday on Friday with the release of a new album, "Blackstar", with critics giving the thumbs up to the latest work in a long and innovative career. The singer, songwriter, actor and artist returns to the music scene after 2013's chart-topping "The Next Day", itself released after a 10-year gap. The album is part jazz but full of what NME describes as "warped showtunes, skronking industrial rock, soulful balladeering, airy folk-pop, even hip-hop". The singer this week premiered the video for single "Lazarus", in which he is seen lying in what appears to be a hospital bed with his eyes bandaged.
