Calum Bowie (born 28 December 2000) is a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

singer-songwriter from Banchory, Aberdeenshire, now based in

Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...

. He began playing guitar at the age of eight. Bowie's music is influenced by artists such as

Sam Fender Samuel Thomas Fender (born 25 April 1994) is an English singer, songwriter, and musician. Born and raised in North Shields (near Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle), Fender discovered his passion for music during his teenage years and released sev ...

Ed Sheeran Edward Christopher Sheeran ( ; born 17 February 1991) is an English singer-songwriter. Born in Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk, he began writing songs around the age of eleven. In early 2011, Sheeran independently r ...

, and

Nina Nesbitt Nina Lindberg Nesbitt (born 11 July 1994) is a Scottish singer and songwriter. She is best known for her UK singles chart, UK and Scottish Singles and Albums Charts, Scottish top 40 hit singles "Stay Out" and "Selfies (song), Selfies". She also ...

. In 2023, he performed at several UK festivals, including The Great Escape,

TRNSMT TRNSMT (pronounced as "Transmit") is a music festival staged at Glasgow Green in Glasgow, Scotland, organised by DF Concerts. History An early line-up for the first TRNSMT festival was revealed in January 2017, two months after the announceme ...

Kendal Calling Kendal Calling is a music and arts festival, held annually at Lowther Deer Park in the Lake District, Cumbria in the North West of England. It has grown from a two-day, 900 capacity event in 2006 to a 40,000 capacity 4-day music festival. Kend ...

, and Y Not1. His 2024 performances include appearances at

Glastonbury Glastonbury ( , ) is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated at a dry point on the low-lying Somerset Levels, south of Bristol. The town had a population of 8,932 in the 2011 census. Glastonbury is less than across the River ...

, Boardmasters, and

Belladrum Belladrum is a small community in the Mahaica-Berbice Region of Guyana, on the Atlantic coast, about east of Mahaicony. Geography Belladrum is a rural area close to the sea wall on the northern coast of Guyana. It is below sea level and is ric ...

festivals, as well as tours with Dylan Gossett,

Myles Smith Myles Michael Smith-Thompson (born 3 June 1998) is a British singer and songwriter from Luton, England. He is best known for his 2024 singles " Stargazing" and " Nice to Meet You". In 2025, he was considered as one of the most influential peop ...

and Arthur Hill. He has also supported established artists such as

James Arthur James Andrew Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's " Impossible", was released by Syco Music aft ...

and

Cian Ducrot Cian Ducrot (born 30 August 1997) is a Grammy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence with his single " All for You", which gained popularity in 2022 via TikTok and reaching number 2 in the Irish Singles Chart and peaked at n ...

. He will also be opening the main stage at TRNSMT 2025. As of December 2024, Bowie has over 85,000 monthly listeners on

Spotify Spotify (; ) is a List of companies of Sweden, Swedish Music streaming service, audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. , it is one of the largest providers of music streaming services ...

, with his music accumulating more than 3 million global streams. He has gained popularity on social media platforms, particularly

TikTok TikTok, known in mainland China and Hong Kong as Douyin (), is a social media and Short-form content, short-form online video platform owned by Chinese Internet company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which may range in duration f ...

, where his videos have received millions of views. Bowie's music has been featured on

BBC Radio 1 BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It specialises in modern popular music and Contemporary hit radio, current chart hits throughout the day. The station provides alternative genres at night, including ...

's Future Pop, Future Alternative, and Future Artists shows. He has also been featured as 'Single of the Week' on

BBC Radio Scotland BBC Radio Scotland is a Scottish national radio network owned and operated by BBC Scotland, a division of the BBC. It broadcasts a wide variety of programmes. It replaced the Scottish BBC Radio 4 opt-out service of the same name from 23 N ...

and has been championed by Janice Forsyth on BBC Radio Scotland's Afternoon Show. In November 2024, Calum has also received the Scottish Breakthrough Artist of the Year award at the Scottish Music Awards. Despite sharing a surname with

David Bowie David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...

, Calum is not related to the late musician. Coincidentally, Calum's father is also named David, though he goes by Dave.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowie, Calum 2000 births Living people 21st-century Scottish male singers 21st-century Scottish singers