Longtime fan Lady Gaga is to pay tribute to music icon David Bowie with a special performance at the Grammy Awards in the US later this month.
The awards take place in Los Angeles on February 15, and the musical director for the tribute is Chic's Nile Rodgers, who produced and played on Bowie's 1983 album Let's Dance.
Ken Ehrlich, Executive Producer of the Grammy Awards, told the New York Times that Gaga had already been booked to perform at the ceremony when Bowie passed away after an 18-month battle with cancer on January 10.
"When David passed - almost in a single moment - we knew we had to change direction," he said.
"We immediately spoke and agreed that she should be the one to honour David. She's perfect for it. So I reached out to Nile and, before long, we were on our way to creating what we believe will not only make a great Grammy moment, but one fitting of David."
Nile Rodgers
Ehrlich described the three-to-four-song tribute as "a true homage to who David was, particularly musically, but not ignoring his influence on fashion and pop culture in a broader way".
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In another Bowie tribute, this month's Berlin International Film Festival will honour the city's former resident with a special screening of his starring role in Nicolas Roeg's 1976 classic The Man Who Fell to Earth on Friday February 12.
"David Bowie was a tremendous musician, an avant-garde artist who expressed his creativity in many disciplines," said festival director Dieter Kosslick.
David Bowie in The Man Who Fell to Earth Copyright: Rialto Pictures/StudioCanal
The Man Who Fell to Earth was Bowie's most famous film role and told the story of an alien's experiences when he crash-landed on Earth. Lazarus, the recent play written by Bowie and Irish writer Enda Walsh, was based on Walter Tevis' source novel.
