David Bowie always seemed to be everywhere. From the moment he dyed his hair orange, cut it into a spikey pre-mullet and adopted the persona of Ziggy Stardust, Bowie became an international superstar.
For the next 30 years, through an endless number of guises and creative left turns, Bowie was hardly ever out of the spotlight. That is until ill health—and an apparent onstage heart attack— forced him to all but retire from live performance in July 2004.
Then, suddenly, in January 2013, Bowie dropped a surprise release, and roared back into the public consciousness with the single, “Where Are We Now?,” and, in March of that year, a stunning new album, The Next Day. Still, there was no new tour. Sure, Bowie could be seen walking around New York City’s SoHo, and lunching with friends and fo