The David Bowie Centre

16 January 2026

Leah Kardos and Tony Visconti examining David Bowie's Blackstar notes at the David Bowie Centre

Lucky little me got to spend an afternoon at the David Bowie Centre at V&A East Storehouse with Tony Visconti, Donny McCaslin, Arsalan Mohammad and others, looking at material from the archive. Instruments, equipment, and in the pic above, that's Tony and I poring over Bowie's working notes for ★.

Bit of a special day, one I won't forget anytime soon.

Tony Visconti pointing out an instrument from the archive

First photograph by Arsalan Mohammad, last one by me.

© Leah Kardos