Cat People
Releases Cat People with Giorgio Moroder for the film of the same name.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
David Bowie Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow David Bowie through 63 dated historical records for Great Britain.
David Bowie, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
63Distinct records
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1982–2016Years on this page
1982
1983
Let's Dance
Releases Let's Dance, a Nile Rodgers-produced album that gives him his biggest commercial success.
Serious Moonlight Tour
Begins the Serious Moonlight tour, turning his early-1980s commercial success into a major global concert event.
Let's Dance
Releases the album Let's Dance.
1984
Blue Jean
Releases Blue Jean, one of the major singles from Tonight.
Tonight
Releases the album Tonight.
1985
Live Aid
Performs at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium, appearing during one of the decade's most watched charity concerts.
Dancing in the Street
Records Dancing in the Street with Mick Jagger for the Live Aid charity organisation.
1986
Labyrinth
Stars as Jareth the Goblin King in Labyrinth and contributes songs to the film soundtrack.
1987
Never Let Me Down
Releases Never Let Me Down, followed by the large-scale Glass Spider tour.
1989
Tin Machine
Releases the first Tin Machine album, presenting himself as part of a hard rock band rather than a solo star.
Tin Machine
Founder Member of Tin Machine
1990
Sound and Vision Tour
Begins the Sound and Vision tour, promoted as a final outing for many of his older hits.
1992
Marriage
David Bowie and model Iman hold their wedding ceremony in Florence.
1993
Black Tie White Noise
Releases the album Black Tie White Noise.
1995
Outside
Releases Outside, reuniting with Brian Eno for a dark concept album about art, crime and identity.
1997
Earthling
Releases Earthling, incorporating drum and bass and electronic music into his late-1990s sound.
1999
Hours
Releases Hours, an album connected to music written for the video game Omikron: The Nomad Soul.
2002
Heathen
Releases Heathen, his first album on ISO Records and a strong late-career critical success.
2003
Reality
Releases Reality and begins what becomes his final major concert tour.
2013
The Next Day
Releases The Next Day after a long absence from new albums, surprising listeners with a sudden comeback.
2016
Blackstar
Releases Blackstar on his sixty-ninth birthday, a final studio album made with Tony Visconti and jazz musicians.
Death of David Bowie
Dies in New York two days after the release of Blackstar, closing one of popular music's most influential careers.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.