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"David Bowie fans woke up to some pretties shocking news this morning: a new album entitled &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Next Day&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; was coming out in March. It&amp;apos;s been over nine years since he last released a studio album, and he hasn&amp;apos;t done a concert since a heart attacked prematurely ended his &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Reality&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; world tour. There&amp;apos;s no word on whether or not he plans on hitting the road in 2013.&amp;#xA0;\r\nBowie&amp;apos;s 2003/04 tour was absolutely stellar, though it had somewhat of a rough ending. At an Oslo show on June 18th, 2004, a fan threw a lollipop that hit him right in the eye &amp;#x2013; causing Bowie to scream out in pain and rage. Just five days later, Bowie called short a concert in Prague. He claimed he had a pinched nerve in his shoulder. What he didn&amp;apos;t realize that was on the verge of having a massive heart attack. Some think his health problems are what caused him to leave the limelight all these years, but he returned to the stage a year after the heart attack and kept popping up through late 2006. A comeback concert was scheduled for New York in 2007, but he called it off.&amp;#xA0;\r\nAll has been quiet on the Bowie front since then, making the news of a new album all the more shocking. Here&amp;apos;s a look back at his decade of reclusiveness.\r\nBy Andy Greene"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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