Mick Jagger: Bowie’s death was ‘awful and unexpected’

Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has described the death of his friend and fellow musician David Bowie as “awful and unexpected”. Speaking in New York, he told Sky News that he did not know the 69-year-old, who died from cancer following an 18-month illness, was unwell. Jagger’s tribute was made on the red carpet for his new TV show Vinyl, which is about the music business in 1970s New York.

It was a really interesting time in New York, it was a very interesting time everywhere.

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The drama is seen through the eyes of record label president Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) as he battles to save his company. It is described as a “ride through the sex and drug-addled music business at the dawn of punk, disco, and hip-hop”. It has been created by Jagger, Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter and also stars Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, PJ Byrne, JC MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid, James Jagger and Paul Ben-Victor.

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