CALL HIM `DR. ZIGGY STARDUST' -- DAVID BOWIE TO GET DOCTORATE

CALL HIM `DR. ZIGGY STARDUST' -- DAVID BOWIE TO GET DOCTORATE

BOSTON (Wireless Flash) -- David Bowie is going through some new career ch-ch-ch-changes -- you'll soon have to call him "Dr. Bowie." On May 8, Bowie will receive an honorary doctor of music degree from the Berklee College of Music in Boston. The college says it's choosing Bowie for the honor because he's rock's first "post-modernist star" and has blazed a trail by combining unlikely forms of music in his work. During the ceremony, various student musicians will perform Bowie hits including "Young Americans," "Changes" and "Rebel Rebel." Bowie isn't the first star to get a musical honor from Berklee College. Sting, Patti LaBelle and Billy Joel all have honorary degrees from the school.

CONTACT: Sarah Godcher (Berklee College); Boston, MA; (617) 747- 2658 or Toni Ballard; (617) 747-2247