Does David Bowie still sing, what's the deal there?

Motley Crue

In 2004 I bought a ticket to see David Bowie at Oxegen. As most of us know he cancelled that performance, along with a chunk of his European tour, because of a heart problem. I say that because I taught he had had a minor heart attack but it may have been that a scan detected something.

In any case, I have been wanting to see him live since then, and was wondering whether he has released any studio albums or done any touring? I do know that he announced a sort of semi retirement in the wake of the European Tour cancellation but is that it, has Bowie retired, or can be expect him to perform at some stage again?

All I can seem to find is his performance of Comfortably Numb in 2007 with Roger Waters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM0Pl80Zf00

delbertgrady

When Peter Gabriel recorded his last album, a collection of cover versions called Scratch My Back, the idea was that the artists who wrote the songs would record one of his songs in return. Since he did a version of "Heroes", Gabriel asked Brian Eno to act as go-between to see if Bowie would reciprocate, Eno having worked with both Bowie and Gabriel before.
I think Bowie agreed to do something, but there was an article about the album in the Sunday Times, wherein Eno made some comment that "[Bowie]'s not interested in music anymore", which is obviously a sweeping generalisation, but certainly suggests that we're unlikely to see another album or tour from him.

senordingdong

The way I see it is that the man has done his bit.
He came, he saw, he rocked.
He can't keep flogging a dead horse*, and is, atleast entitled to a retirement.


*Many will belive that with the new directions, his career went on too long as it is.