The secret final project of the late singer David Bowie has been revealed, having been found in his study.
It has emerged that David Bowie, who passed away in 2016, had spent his final 18 months working on a separate project, which has been described in his notes as an "18th century musical" named The Spectator.
Having been kept under wraps, the details of this project remained unknown even to his closest collaborators, until the notes were found in his study in 2016. The 'Blackstar' album was released just days before Bowie's death, and ultimately saw him face his own mortality as he battled his illness for 18 months.
The notes for this album were always kept locked, accessible only to Bowie and his personal assistant, which included all of handwritten notes, which were left undisturbed until it was later catalogued by archivists. Along with other Bowie memorabilia, the notes were later donated to the V&A Museum.
Had this project been released, The Spectator would have completed a lifelong ambition of Bowie's, having previously stated in 2002 that theatre writing was a burning desire for the late musician.
“I guess I could have just written for theatre in my living room – but I think the intent was to have a pretty big audience", Bowie told BBC Radio 4 in 2002.
Last month, Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme compared Ozzy Osbourne's "poetic" death to David Bowie's passing in 2016. Find out more on this story from Nova here.
