Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger has spoken out in honour of his late, great friend David Bowie - speaking of his upset as his death and his admiration for final album, Blackstar.
The pair had been friends and collaborators since the 1970s, most notably on the huge single 'Dancin' In The Street'. However speaking to The Mirror, Jagger said he hadn't seen The Thin White Duke in 'a long time' and that he was 'very upset' that he didn't vist him one last time when the pair were both in New York.
"I was listening to his album ['Blackstar'] before he died and ahead of it coming out," said Jagger. "I thought I must get in touch with him as I hadn’t seen him in long time. But he died almost immediately after that. I was very upset."
Speaking of Bowie's batte with cancer, he continued: "What he was going through must have been really wrenching. But working and doing such good work until the very end is really laudable."
And on Bowie's legacy, he concluded: "He had sense of what he wanted to project and what he wanted to be personality-wise... he was rather chameleon like in that respect. He chose rather good designers to work and had a tremendous sense of style and verve that took his stage act to another level.
"He was a bit like Grace Jones in some respects, she did the same sort of thing. In a certain way, that’s a lot of superficiality... but for someone like Lady Gaga or Bowie, it’s part and parcel of their sense of style and the projection of their inner self."
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Meanwhile, a series of beautiful David Bowie picture discs are set to be released for Record Store Day this year, while Glastonbury are set to honour Bowie by screening his classic set from the year 2000 in full on the Pyramid Stage.
