| Drummer Sterling Campbell has worked with David Bowie for 20 years. Here he reveals what it was like to create the living legend’s surprise new album. David Bowie chose his 66th birthday on January 8th to surprise the world with the release of his first new music in 10 years – the previously unannounced single ‘Where Are We Now’. At the same time the news of a new album, The Next Day, to be released in March, has generated a surge of media interest. The sense of excitement can be explained in part by the unexpected nature of the news from someone who has been such an influential icon for the last 40-plus years. Bowie still has a massive fan base, many of whom had assumed that years of near silence meant that retirement was the order of the day. But with a star renowned for unpredictability, it should not be surprising that there will now be another chapter in his frequent quest for reinvention.   |
Bowie: Making the New Album
Bowie has a massive fan base, many of whom had assumed that years of near silence meant that retirement was the order of the day.
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Drummer Sterling Campbell plays on the new David Bowie album.
By Simon Miller
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