Five years after his death, the superstar famed for his restless reinvention continues to inspire and fascinate fans
By the time you read this, the David Bowie tribute concert will be over, and an unholy alliance of Ricky Gervais, Yungblud, Boy George and the guy from Slipknot – and roughly two dozen more performers – should have put their best Bowie impressions to bed.
There’s still time, though, to catch the real essence of Bowie – in a stream of Lazarus, the musical featuring some of the artist’s final output, filmed in 2016 and available this weekend only, as well as BBC radio’s Bowie Five Years On strand and, on the iPlayer, Bowie at the BBC.
