David Bowie’s final years to be celebrated in huge new box set ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016)’

9 July, 2025

David Bowie 'I Can't Give Everything Away (2002-2016)' box set

The final years of David Bowie‘s career are set to be celebrated in a huge new box set, ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016)’ – check out all the details below.

Set for release on September 12, the new box set is the sixth in a reissue series which has so far included: ‘Five Years’ (1969–1973)’, ‘Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)’, ‘A New Career in a New Town (1977–1982)’, ‘Loving The Alien’ (1983–1988)’ and ‘Brilliant Adventure (1992–2001)’.

The CD box set will include faithfully reproduced mini-vinyl versions of the original albums where possible, with the CDs gold-plated as opposed to the usual silver. The vinyl box set contains the same content as the CD set, and will be pressed on audiophile 180g vinyl.

Fans are advised to stay tuned for pre-order links.

Created alongside Bowie’s co-producer Tony Visconti, the box set is named after the closing track of ‘Blackstar‘, Bowie’s final studio album. Released only days before he died in 2016, the record had hinted at the star’s ill health prior to his passing, and has long since been a subject of fascination for fans convinced it served as his official farewell, with many claiming that its lyrics can be interpreted as the singer tackling his own mortality.

The latest instalment consists of 12 CDs, 18 vinyl records and a digital download and streaming format. There’s also an accompanying book for the physical box sets, featuring previously unpublished notes, drawings and handwritten lyrics by Bowie.

It’ll also include photographs by Sukita, Jimmy King, Frank W. Ockenfels 3 and more, as well as memorabilia and technical notes on the albums by co-producer Visconti, with design notes coming from Jonathan Barnbrook.

As detailed in a press release about the box set, 2002’s ‘Heathen’ was the first record Bowie and Visconti had worked on together in 22 years. Reflecting on working on it together in a New York studio, Visconti said it reminded him of the Berlin years. “There was no control room,” he said.

“The console was at one end of the studio and the band was placed at the other end. The acoustics were quite live and from my experience of making ‘Heroes’ at Hansa Studios in Berlin, in the huge Grand Hall, I wanted to make these acoustics work for us.”

It’s 2003 follow-up ‘Reality’ saw Bowie writing and recording with his new touring band, giving the record a more “thrusty” sound, as Bowie was said to have put it at the time. They then hit the road on ‘A Reality Tour’, which is reflected in the box set for the first time in a re-sequenced order, to better reflect the set lists of the Dublin shows.

After a decade away from the studio, session for huge comeback album ‘The Next Day‘ then took place in secret. “We vowed not to tell a soul that David and we were making a new album – and that even included our domestic partners,” said Visconti of the time. “His two-fold purpose was to write and create without pressure from the outside, plus he wanted its release to be a complete surprise.

“It all worked out great, except when he was spotted a few times walking to and from The Magic Shop studio in Noho, Manhattan, raising quizzical eyebrows. I was stopped once by a fan who recognised me and asked, ‘Is David Bowie making a new album?’ I said, ‘Absolutely not!’ Later, when we had rough mixes of our efforts, I was walking around Manhattan with a big smile on my face. No one could possibly know that I was listening to new Bowie songs on my earbuds.”

The ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away (2002-2016)’ CD and digital tracklisting is:

‘HEATHEN’

1. ‘Sunday’
2. ‘Cactus’
3. ‘Slip Away’
4. ‘Slow Burn’
5. ‘Afraid’
6. ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’
7. ‘I Would Be Your Slave’
8. ‘I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship’
9. ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’
10. ‘Everyone Says ʻHiʼ’
11. ‘A Better Future’
12. ‘Heathen (The Rays)’

‘MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL’

CD1
1. ‘Sunday’
2. ‘Life On Mars?’
3. ‘Ashes To Ashes’
4. ‘Cactus’
5. ‘Slip Away’
6. ‘China Girl’
7. ‘Starman’
8. ‘I Would Be Your Slave’
9. ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’
10. ‘Stay’
11. ‘Changes’
12. ‘Fashion’
13. ‘Fame’
14. ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
15. ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’

CD2
1. ‘Heroes’
2. ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
3. ‘Everyone Says ‟Hi”
4. ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
5. ‘Let’s Dance’
6. ‘Ziggy Stardust’
7. ‘Warszawa’
8. ‘Speed Of Life’
9. ‘Breaking Glass’                                                                                                      10. ‘What In The World’
11. ‘Sound And Vision’
12. ‘Art Decade’
13. ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
14. ‘Be My Wife’
15. ‘A New Career In A New Town’
16. ‘Subterraneans’

‘REALITY’

1. ‘New Killer Star’
2. ‘Pablo Picasso’
3. ‘Never Get Old’
4. ‘The Loneliest Guy’
5. ‘Looking For Water’
6. ‘She’ll Drive The Big Car’
7. ‘Days’
8. ‘Fall Dog Bombs The Moon’
9. ‘Try Some, Buy Some’
10. ‘Reality’
11. ‘Bring Me The Disco King’

‘A REALITY TOUR’

CD1
1. ‘Rebel Rebel’
2. ‘New Killer Star’
3. ‘Reality’
4. ‘Fame’
5. ‘Cactus’
6. ‘Sister Midnight’
7. ‘Afraid’
8. ‘All The Young Dudes’
9. ‘Be My Wife’
10. ‘China Girl’
11. ‘The Loneliest Guy’
12. ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
13. ‘Fantastic Voyage’
14. ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
15. ‘Sunday’
16. ‘Under Pressure’
17. ‘Life On Mars?’
18. ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’

CD2

1. ‘Fall Dog Bombs The Moon’
2. ‘Ashes To Ashes’
3. ‘The Motel’
4. ‘Loving The Alien’
5. ‘Breaking Glass’
6. ‘Never Get Old’
7. ‘Changes’
8. ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
9. ‘Heroes’
10. ‘Bring Me The Disco King’
11. ‘Slip Away’
12. ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
13. ‘Five Years’
14. ‘Hang On To Yourself’
15. ‘Ziggy Stardust’

‘THE NEXT DAY’

1. ‘The Next Day’
2. ‘Dirty Boys’
3. ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’
4. ‘Love Is Lost’
5. ‘Where Are We Now?’
6. ‘Valentine’s Day’
7. ‘If You Can See Me’
8. ‘I’d Rather Be High’
9. ‘Boss Of Me’
10. ‘Dancing Out In Space’
11. ‘How Does The Grass Grow?’
12. ‘(You Will) Set The World On Fire’
13. ‘You Feel So Lonely You Could Die’
14. ‘Heat’

‘THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.’

1. ‘Atomica
2. ‘Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)’
3. ‘Plan’
4. ‘The Informer’
5. ‘I’d Rather Be High (Venetian Mix)’
6. ‘Like A Rocket Man’
7. ‘Born In A UFO’
8. ‘I’ll Take You There’
9. ‘God Bless The Girl’
10. ‘So She’

‘★’ (Blackstar)

1. ★
2. ‘’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore’
3. ‘Lazarus’
4. ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’
5. ‘Girl Loves Me’
6. ‘Dollar Days’
7. ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’

‘NO PLAN EP’

1. ‘Lazarus’
2. ‘No Plan’
3. ‘Killing A Little Time’
4. ‘When I Met You’

‘RE:CALL 6’

CD1

1. Slow Burn (Single Edit)
2. Wood Jackson
3. When The Boys Come Marching Home
4. Safe
5. Sunday (Moby Remix)
6. A Better Future (Remix By Air)
7. Slip Away (SACD Mix)
8. Slow Burn (SACD Mix)
9. I’ve Been Waiting For You (SACD Mix)
10. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (SACD Mix)
11. A Better Future (SACD Mix)
12. Safe (SACD Mix)
13. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Radio Edit)

CD2

1. Sunday (Tony Visconti Mix)
2. Everyone Says ‘Hi’ (Metro Remix Radio Edit)
3. Heathen (The Rays) (Live In Berlin, 22/09/02)
4. Hop Frog — Lou Reed Featuring David Bowie
5. Saviour — Kristeen Young Featuring David Bowie
6. Isn’t It Evening (The Revolutionary) — Earl Slick Featuring David Bowie
7. Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix) — David Bowie Featuring Maynard James Keenan And John Frusciante (Taken From The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8. New Killer Star (Radio Edit)
9. Love Missile F1-11
10. Fly
11. Queen Of All The Tarts (Overture)
12. Never Get Old (Single Edit)
13. Waterloo Sunset
14. Rebel Rebel (2003 Re-Record) (Taken From The Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack)
15. New Killer Star (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03)

CD3

1. Days (Live)
2. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone (Live)
3. Rebel Never Gets Old (Radio Mix)
4. (She Can) Do That — David Bowie With BT (Taken From The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack)
5. Life On Mars? (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05)
6. Wake Up (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
7. Five Years (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
8. Arnold Layne (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) — David Gilmour Featuring David Bowie
9. Love Is Lost (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA Edit)
10. Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime) (2014 Version)
11. ’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore (2014 Version)
12. Lazarus (Radio Edit)
13. I Can’t Give Everything Away (Radio Edit)

‘DAVID BOWIE 6. I CAN’T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY (2002 – 2016)’ LP TRACKLISTING

‘HEATHEN’

Side 1
1. ‘Sunday’
2. ‘Cactus’
3. ‘Slip Away’
4. ‘Slow Burn’
5. ‘Afraid’
6. ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’

Side 2
1. ‘I Would Be Your Slave’
2. ‘I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship’
3. ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’
4. ‘Everyone Says ʻHiʼ’
5. ‘A Better Future’
6. ‘Heathen (The Rays)’

MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL
Side 1
1. ‘Sunday’
2. ‘Life On Mars?’
3. ‘Ashes To Ashes’
4. ‘Cactus’

Side 2
1. ‘Slip Away’
2. ‘China Girl’
3. ‘Starman’
4. ‘I Would Be Your Slave’

Side 3
1. ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’
2. ‘Stay’
3. ‘Changes’
4. ‘Fashion’

Side 4
1. ‘Fame’
2. ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
3. ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’
4. ‘Heroes’

Side 5
1. ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
2. ‘Everyone Says ‟Hi”
3. ‘Hallo Spaceboy’

Side 6
1. ‘Letʼs Dance’
2. ‘Ziggy Stardust’
3. ‘Warszawa’

Side 7
1. ‘Speed Of Life’
2. ‘Breaking Glass’
3. ‘What In The World’
4. ‘Sound And Vision’
5. ‘Art Decade’

Side 8
1. ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
2. ‘Be My Wife’
3. ‘A New Career In A New Town’
4. ‘Subterraneans’

REALITY
Side 1
1. ‘New Killer Star’
2. ‘Pablo Picasso’
3. ‘Never Get Old’
4. ‘The Loneliest Guy’
5. ‘Looking For Water’
6. ‘She’ll Drive The Big Car’

Side 2
1. ‘Days’
2. ‘Fall Dog Bombs The Moon’
3. ‘Try Some, Buy Some’
4. ‘Reality’
5. ‘Bring Me The Disco King’

A REALITY TOUR
Side 1
1. ‘Rebel Rebel’
2. ‘New Killer Star’
3. ‘Reality’
4. ‘Fame’
5. ‘Cactus’
6. ‘Sister Midnight’

Side 2
1. ‘Afraid’
2. ‘All The Young Dudes’
3. ‘Be My Wife’
4. ‘China Girl’
5. ‘The Loneliest Guy’
6. ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
7. ‘Fantastic Voyage’

Side 3
1. ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
2. ‘Sunday’
3. ‘Under Pressure’
4. ‘Life On Mars?’
5. ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’

Side 4
1. ‘Fall Dog Bombs The Moon’
2. ‘Ashes To Ashes’
3. ‘The Motel’
4. ‘Loving The Alien’
5. ‘Breaking Glass’
6. ‘Never Get Old’

Side 5
1. ‘Changes’
2. ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
3. ‘Heroes’
4. ‘Bring Me The Disco King’

Side 6
1. ‘Slip Away’
2. ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
3. ‘Five Years’
4. ‘Hang On To Yourself’
5. ‘Ziggy Stardust’

THE NEXT DAY
Side 1
1. ‘The Next Day
2. ‘Dirty Boys
3. ‘The Stars (Are Out Tonight)’
4. ‘Love Is Lost’

Side 2
1. ‘Where Are We Now?’
2. ‘Valentine’s Day’
3. ‘If You Can See Me’
4. ‘I’d Rather Be High’

Side 3
1. ‘Boss Of Me’
2. ‘Dancing Out In Space’
3. ‘How Does The Grass Grow?’
4. ‘(You Will) Set The World On Fire’

Side 4
1. ‘You Feel So Lonely You Could Die’
2. ‘Heat’
3. ‘So She’
4. ‘Plan’
5. ‘I’ll Take You There’

THE NEXT DAY EXTRA E.P.
Side 1
1. ‘Atomica’
2. ‘Love Is Lost’ (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA)
3. ‘The Informer’

Side 2
1. ‘I’d Rather Be High’ (Venetian Mix)
2. ‘Like A Rocket Man’
3. ‘Born In A UFO’
4. ‘God Bless The Girl’

★ BLACKSTAR
Side 1
1. ‘★’
2. ‘’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore’
3. ‘Lazarus’

Side 2
1. ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’
2. ‘Girl Loves Me’
3. ‘Dollar Days’
4. ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’

NO PLAN EP
Side 1
1. ‘Lazarus’
2. ‘No Plan’
3. ‘Killing A Little Time’
4. ‘When I Met You’

Side 2
‘Etching’

RE:CALL 6
Side 1
1. ‘Slow Burn’ (Single Edit)
2. ‘Wood Jackson’
3. ‘When The Boys Come Marching Home’
4. ‘Safe’
5. ‘Sunday’ (Moby Remix)

Side 2
1. ‘A Better Future’ (Remix By Air)
2. ‘Slip Away’ (SACDMix)
3. ‘Slow Burn’ (SACD Mix)
4. ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’ (SACD Mix)
5. ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’ (SACD Mix)

Side 3
1. ‘A Better Future’ (SACD Mix)
2. ‘Safe’ (SACD Mix)
3. ‘Everyone Says ‘Hi’’ (Radio Edit)
4. ‘Sunday’ (Tony Visconti Mix)
5. ‘Everyone Says ‘Hi’’ (Metro Remix Radio Edit)

Side 4
1. ‘Heathen (The Rays)’ (Live In Berlin, 22/09/02)
2. ‘Hop Frog’ — Lou Reed Featuring David Bowie
3. ‘Saviour’ — Kristeen Young Featuring David Bowie
4. ‘Isn’t It Evening (The Revolutionary)’ — Earl Slick Featuring David Bowie
5. ‘Bring Me The Disco King (Loner Mix)’ — David Bowie Featuring Maynard James Keenan And John Frusciante (Taken From The Underworld Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Side 5
1. ‘New Killer Star’ (Radio Edit)
2. ‘Love Missile F1-11’
3. ‘Fly’
4. ‘Queen Of All The Tarts’ (Overture)
5. ‘Never Get Old’ (Single Edit)
6. ‘Waterloo Sunset’

Side 6
1. ‘Rebel Rebel’ (2003 Re-Record) (Taken From The Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2. ‘New Killer Star’ (Sessions @ AOL Live Version, 23/09/03)
3. ‘Days’ (Live)
4. ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’ (Live)
5. ‘Rebel Never Gets Old’ (Radio Mix)
6. ‘(She Can) Do That’ — David Bowie With BT (Taken From The Stealth Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Side 7

1. ‘Life On Mars?’ (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05)
2. ‘Wake Up’ (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
3. ‘Five Years’ (Live At Fashion Rocks, 08/09/05) — David Bowie With Arcade Fire
4. ‘Arnold Layne’ (Live At The Royal Albert Hall, 29/05/06) — David Gilmour Featuring David Bowie
5. ‘Love Is Lost’ (Hello Steve Reich Mix By James Murphy For The DFA Edit)

Side 8

1. ‘Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime)’ (2014 Version)
2. ’’Tis A Pity She Was A Whore’ (2014 Version)
3. ‘Lazarus’ (Radio Edit)
4. ‘I Can’t Give Everything Away’ (Radio Edit)

A special edition of Bowie’s ‘Ready, Set, Go!’ live album was also released for Record Store Day 2025, while his old childhood home in Bromley has been put on the market. His work is also due to feature in London’s brand-new ‘Live Odyssey’ immersive experience.

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