Normally the presents would go to the birthday boy - then again, David Bowie has never been one to do things by the book, so it's not all that surprising he would flip the script.
As The Thin White Duke celebrates his 69th birthday - and felicitations, Mr. B! - he's decided we should be the ones receiving a gift, and has duly dropped his new album, Backstar.
The title track and second cut 'Lazarus' had already been unveiled, but the whole thing is now here - and we mean here. The album, in full, is streaming below.