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David Bowie has to read his lyrics on stage after years
of drug abuse left his memory full of holes. The singer said he has been
reading his songs from a book perched on a music stand.

Bowie – now clean of drugs but a heavy user in the 1970s – revealed
his need to be prompted to Jonathan Ross in an interview to be screened
on BBC1. The singer has often talked about how his memory has been left
like "Swiss
cheese". He suffered dramatic weight loss and was almost skeletal
at the height of his drug years.’  Who knew? from Ananova