EPISODE · Oct 11, 2024 · 40 MIN
Hello Spaceboy
from Documentary on One Podcast · host RTÉ
25 years ago David Bowie became the first major artist to release an album as a download. Around the same time, one of Bowie’s super fans, Irishman Dara O’Kearney, began to receive emails from a mysterious figure who simply signed off his communications as DB. Could this have been David Bowie himself? Could one of the most famous rockstars on the planet have been secretly communicating with one of his fans? We set out to find the truth about this bizarre story and prove what really happened. Narrated by David Coughlan. Produced by David Coughlan and Tim Desmond. (2024)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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25 years ago David Bowie became the first major artist to release an album as a download. Around the same time, one of Bowie’s super fans, Irishman Dara O’Kearney, began to receive emails from a mysterious figure who simply signed off his communication
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