Mick Jagger 'very upset' he didn't get to see Bowie before his death
The two stars, who had been close friends throughout their careers, hadn't met in a long time.
Mick Jagger has spoken of his regret at not getting in touch with David Bowie shortly before he died.
The Rolling Stones singer says he hadn’t reached out to his friend for a “long time” and was just about to contact David after hearing ‘Blackstar’ but it was too late.
"I was listening to his album ('Blackstar') before he died and ahead of it coming out," Jagger is quoted as saying.
"I thought I must get in touch with him as I hadn’t seen him in long time. But he died almost immediately after that. I was very upset."
Reflecting upon Bowie’s cancer battle, Jagger added: "What he was going through must have been really wrenching. But working and doing such good work until the very end is really laudable."
Close friends over the decades, Jagger and Bowie recorded a version of ‘Dancing In The Street’ together in 1985 complete with an infamous accompanying music video.
Vocal fans of each others’ music, Bowie said that during his teenage years he “used to dream of being Mick Jagger."
Jagger said in his Daily Mirror interview: "(David) had sense of what he wanted to project and what he wanted to be personality-wise... he was rather chameleon like in that respect.
“He chose rather good designers to work and had a tremendous sense of style and verve that took his stage act to another level.”
The Rolling Stones are playing a historic gig in Havana, Cuba this Friday (25th March).
The infamous 'Dancing In the Street' video: