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The film focuses on Bowie's final projects: the albums The Next Day and Blackstar and the musical Lazarus, which was co-written with Irish playwright Enda Walsh

'Landmark film' about Bowie's final years on the way

BBC Two has announced that it will screen a new "landmark film" about the last five years of music icon David Bowie's life in January, featuring previously unheard music.

Headlines • 04 Nov 16

Boy George - "losing him was like losing a family member"

Boy George pays Bowie tribute at Stand Up To Cancer gig

Boy George paid tribute to David Bowie during a performance of the late musician's hit Starman, at last night's Stand Up To Cancer event.

Entertainment • 22 Oct 16

Skepta was named the winner of the Mercury Music Prize on Thursday (Pic: BBC Music)

Skepta scoops this year's Mercury Music Prize

Skepta has been named as the winner of the 25th Mercury Music Prize, beating off strong competition from the favourite David Bowie, who was widely tipped to receive the honour posthumously.

Headlines • 16 Sep 16

Chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature

More Bowie bonanza - listen to rare take of TVC15

Ahead of the new David Bowie box set to be released on September 23, a rare version of TVC15 from the late star's Station to Station album has been released and you can hear it right here.

Entertainment • 11 Sep 16

Late musician David Bowie had planned to cover Bruce Springstein

Bowie scrapped plans to cover Springsteen after meeting

David Bowie scrapped plans to cover a Bruce Springsteen song, after a meeting between the two in the early 1970s.

Entertainment • 20 Aug 16

Duncan Jones and his late father, David Bowie.

Duncan Jones names newborn son after dad David Bowie

David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, has named his newborn child in memory of the late musician.

Entertainment • 02 Aug 16

Re:Call Bowie here - listen to an exclusive rare song

In the run-up to the release of a new David Bowie box set this September, RTÉ Entertainment has an exclusive chance for you to hear a rare Bowie track.

Entertainment • 28 Jul 16

chameleon, comedian, Corinthian and caricature: The many faces of David Bowie

Bowie bonanza on the way - including The Gouster

A previously unreleased album entitled The Gouster features in a new David Bowie box set due out this September.

Entertainment • 27 Jul 16

Lazarus was one of Bowie's last collaborations

Enda Walsh's Bowie musical Lazarus to open in London

Lazarus, the stage musical featuring the songs of David Bowie which was co-written by the late musician and Irish playwright Enda Walsh is to open in London this autumn.

david bowie • 25 Jul 16

Prince's iconic yellow guitar fetched $137,000

Prince's guitar and Bowie's hair auctioned for $150,000

An iconic yellow guitar owned by Prince and a lock of David Bowie's hair fetched $150,000 at an auction in the United States.

Entertainment • 27 Jun 16

David Bowie is still producing surprises for fans months after his passing

Even in death, Bowie reveals a galaxy of surprises

Even in death, the magic lives on with David Bowie. The great man, who passed away last January, has another sleight of hand to reveal - a very cool and very Bowie visual trick involving the vinyl edition of his last album, Blackstar.

Entertainment • 04 May 16

'Bowie says we can use his music? Deadly!'

Fanboy Bowie offered music to Peaky Blinders

David Bowie was a big fan of Cillian Murphy's Pinky Blinders and granted the creator of the show permission to use his music just days before he died.

Entertainment • 26 Apr 16

David Bowie: Instagram miniseries set to begin

Bowie's Blackstar being made into Instagram mini series

David Bowie’s last album, Blackstar, is to be made into an Instagram miniseries beginning this Thursday.

Entertainment • 23 Feb 16

Wham bam! Music stars line up for Bowie tribute

Following the mixed reaction to Lady Gaga's tribute at the Grammys earlier this week, Blondie, The Roots and The Pixies are among the acts confirmed to take part in two concerts for the late David Bowie in March and April in New York.

Entertainment • 19 Feb 16

Bowie's Berlin days and nights charted expertly by Tobias Rüther.

Tobias Rüther Heroes - David Bowie and Berlin

First published in English in 2014, reprinted last year, and inevitably this year, this compelling 184-page account comes hot off the presses, as the German journalist explores Bowie’s time in Berlin in the mid-70s.

Book Reviews • 15 Feb 16

Elton's 40-year falling out with Bowie revealed

Elton John has revealed that he and his friend David Bowie fell out 40 years ago and never patched it up.

Entertainment • 15 Feb 16

David Bowie's widow Iman sends "love and gratitude"

David Bowie's widow Iman Abdulmajid has broken her silence on social media for the first time since his death.

Entertainment • 07 Feb 16

Gaga - Working with Let's Dance producer Nile Rodgers on tribute

Let's Dance: Gaga to pay tribute to Bowie at Grammys

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.

Entertainment • 02 Feb 16

Wogan found Bowie interview one of the toughest

Terry Wogan once admitted that talking to David Bowie on his BBC chat show was one of the toughest interviews ever.

Entertainment • 02 Feb 16

David Bowie - document specifying details of his will filed in New York yesterday (Friday).

Bowie leaves $100m to wife Iman and two children

David Bowie left an estate valued at approximately $100m to his wife, Iman, and his two children, and requested in his will that he be cremated and his ashes scattered in Bali.

Entertainment • 30 Jan 16

Bowie was nearly the man who fell to Middle Earth

The return of the thin grey and then white duke - David Bowie proved his fantasy chops as the extravagantly-coiffured Jareth, the Goblin King in Labyrinth but now there is speculation that he also auditioned for the role of Gandalf in Lord of The Rings

Entertainment • 29 Jan 16

Bowie refused to give it away to Red Hot Chili Peppers

The late David Bowie repeatedly rejected requests from The Red Hot Chili Peppers to work with them, according to the band's lead singer Anthony Kiedis. Producer and muscian Brian Eno also turned the band down eight times.

Entertainment • 28 Jan 16

Bono pictured with David Bowie, image via Twitter

Bono says Bowie was his idea of a rock star

Bono has paid tribute to the late David Bowie, saying that he is his idea of a rock star, describing him as "so vivid. So luminous. So fluorescent."

Entertainment • 28 Jan 16

Bowie's first posthumous release due in 2017

David Bowie is said to have planned a number of musical releases to take place following his death, with his first posthumous release expected before the end of next year.

Entertainment • 25 Jan 16

David Bowie as a goblin king in Labyrinth

Bowie's Labyrinth getting the reboot treatment

Labyrinth, the 1986 fantasy film which starred David Bowie, is to receive the reboot treatment.

Entertainment • 23 Jan 16