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Rock [legend / legendary] David Bowie has surprised the music world by releasing a new single on the Internet and [acceptance / accepting] pre-order sales for his first new album [in / on] a decade. The single is called “Where Are We Now?” from the album “The Next Day”. The [surprise / surprising] was that no one had an [inkling / inking] that Bowie was back in the studio recording new [materialism / material] , and had been for two years. Even the star’s longtime producer Tony Visconti had been [sworn / swearing] to secrecy. He said: “We [respected / respective] David's wishes….We didn't Tweet or put it on Facebook or even tell our best friends.…I couldn't tell them. I knew if I told one of them, somebody would [leak / leakage] it and it would be all over the world [on / in] a day. I didn't even tell my children what I was doing.”

Bowie, [birth / born] Robert David Jones, released the new album on his 66th birthday. It is his 30th studio album in a career that [spins / spans] almost five [decodes / decades] , in which he has sold 130 million albums. He is perhaps best known for pioneering what became [knowing / known] as glam rock - a pop music genre that [emergence / emerged] in Britain in the early 1970s. It was [characterized / characteristic] by singers and musicians who wore [outrageous / outrageously] clothes, makeup and hairstyles. Over the years, Bowie recorded many [iconic / icon] tunes, including “Ziggy Stardust,” “Heroes” and “Let’s Dance”. He has also [appearance / appeared] in 27 movies and was a modern art critic for a leading British newspaper. He had a heart attack in 2004, but his comeback [allies / allays] concerns about his health.

 


 
 

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