Publication: Billboard [US]
Date: January 25, 1997
Section: The Beat
Length: 727 Words
Title: "Garth Brooks To Play Central Park? Bowie Rings In His 50th With Panache"
Written By: Melinda Newman

SAY WHAT? Fans of were momentarily stymied at his Roseland Theater show Jan. 11 in New York when they didn't know what to shout to bring the artist formerly known as Prince back for an encore, as he's still using that godforsaken unpronounceable glyph for a name. However, some quick thinkers got the crowd going when they began cheering "I Would Die 4 U" after, of course, one of 's biggest hits. is wrapping up a club tour to benefit his children's charity, Love 4 One Another. In April, he will begin a world tour to support his NPG/EMI release, "Emancipation."