....As previously reported, Bowie had to cut short a concert in Prague last month because of unbearable shoulder pain. His spokesman played down the injury at the time and he went ahead with his set at the German Hurricane Festival. But shortly after that event it was announced Bowie would have to pull out of his other summer festival commitments.

Bowie's people yesterday announced that the singer had undergone an emergency heart operation at a hospital in Germany after becoming ill following the Hurricane Festival. The surgery treated what has been described as "an acutely blocked artery".

The singer left hospital this week and is now convalescing at home in New York...

This bit of Bowie news comes via CMU.