Gareth Roberts Gareth Roberts

David Bowie was not authentic

The messianism around him misses what he was all about

David Bowie (Credit: Getty images)

The death of the Queen has led to a host of peculiar postponements. Perhaps the strangest was the announcement that the launch of ‘Bowie On The Blockchain’, a sale of NFT artworks inspired by the deceased pop star, has been delayed ‘out of respect for the people of the UK and Queen Elizabeth II’.

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