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

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