Bowie Coachella/Album Rumours False

David Bowie would like you to know that he's not playing this year's Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival... and he doesn't Twitter either.

"The story goes that David Bowie was in talks to perform his Ziggy Stardust album at the festival this year, the rumour really took hold and the 'news' was reported online around the globe and in the English press," a message posted on Bowie's website reads.

"You may have already seen the denial over at NME.com, but I'm sure the majority of you saw this for what it was anyway: poppycock!"

The message concludes by saying Bowie doesn't have a Twitter account.

Rumours that Bowie would headline Coachella and play his classic 1972 The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars album in its entirety surfaced earlier this week. With them came what's now known to be a fake Bowie Twitter page, on which someone pretending to be the artist wrote that "Bowie" was working on a new album in Berlin.