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David Bowie Live - 1997-01-09 Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York

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  • Little Wonder
  • The Hearts Filthy Lesson
  • Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) [with Frank Black]
  • Fashion [with Frank Black]
  • Telling Lies
  • Hallo Spaceboy [with Foo Fighters]
  • Seven Years in Tibet [with Dave Grohl]
  • The Man Who Sold the World [rework]
  • The Last Thing You Should Do [with Robert Smith]
  • Quicksand [with Robert Smith]
  • Battle for Britain (The Letter)
  • The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)
  • I'm Afraid of Americans [with Sonic Youth]
  • Looking for Satellites
  • Under Pressure [with Gail Ann Dorsey]
  • Queen Bitch [with Lou Reed]
  • Waiting for the Man [Velvet Underground song; with Lou Reed]
  • Dirty Blvd. [Lou Reed song; with Lou Reed]
  • White Light/White Heat [Velvet Underground song; with Lou Reed]
  • Moonage Daydream
  • Happy Birthday to You [performed by Gail Ann Dorsey]
  • All the Young Dudes [with Billy Corgan]
  • The Jean Genie [with Billy Corgan]
  • Space Oddity
  • Little Wonder [Canal+, 1997-02-17]
  • Telling Lies [Canal+, 1997-02-17]

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25 Years Ago: David Bowie Shares 50th Birthday Stage With Friends

David Bowie 's 50th birthday concert was a lot like the man himself: glamorous, thrilling, fashionable and not soon forgotten.

“It’s my birthday — it’s my party," Bowie told  Rolling Stone   following the show, which was held on Jan. 9, 1997, a day after his actual birthday. Bowie had, at first, balked at the idea of the event becoming a star-studded affair, worrying that it would take a turn for the tacky. “I just didn’t want the thing to be heavily dotted with people who would cause it to become a nostalgia trip," he said.

So the likes of Mick Jagger or Iggy Pop were not included, but it was a move that only left more room for other, never-before-seen collaborations. Bowie took an opportunity to play songs with artists who had, compared to him, not been making albums for all that long, such as  Foo Fighters , Sonic Youth and  Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins . But he also took time to connect with one his strongest influences:  Lou Reed of the Velvet Underground , who joined him for several songs during the concert's first encore. (A full set list can be viewed below.)

Backed by a band of usual suspects – guitarist Reeves Gabrels, keyboardist Mike Garson, bassist Gail Ann Dorsey and drummer Zachary Alford –  David Bowie and Friends: A Very Special Birthday Concert , was also filmed for a pay-per-view TV special and released on DVD in 2005.

In order of original appearance, revisit the collaborations that marked Bowie's 50th birthday celebration — and the lasting impact the Starman had on his guests.

1. Frank Black of Pixies

"You've got to play my 50th now," quipped Frank Black, lead singer of the  Pixies and the first guest star of the evening, after singing the first of two songs with Bowie, " Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) ." "That's about 90 years, isn't it?" Bowie joked back, before launching into the next tune, "Fashion." Bowie had been a Pixies fan from the start: “I found [the Pixies] just about the most compelling music outside of Sonic Youth in the entire 1980s,” he said later. “I always thought there was a psychotic Beatles in them.” Bowie also ended up covering their song "Cactus" for his 2002 album  Heathen .

2. Foo Fighters

“I always promised myself that I wouldn’t be on a stage playing rock music when I’m 50,” Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl told  Rolling Stone  in 1997. “But when I see David Bowie so happy and alive, and still so creative, I’m like, ‘I don’t want to stop.'” Grohl, of course, broke his own promise, rocking well past the age of 50. At the birthday celebration, Grohl played drums behind Bowie and the rest of Foo Fighters for a rendition of "Hallo Spaceboy," a track from Bowie's 1995 album,  Outsider , which had been re-recorded in 1996 with Pet Shop Boys. Grohl then picked up a guitar and stepped to the mic to duet with Bowie on " Seven Years in Tibet ."

3. Robert Smith of the Cure

"Here's a friend," Bowie said casually while introducing Robert Smith, whose band, the Cure , Bowie described as "one of the best, I think, most eccentric British bands." When he was a teenager, Smith and his earliest groups often rehearsed with Bowie songs. "David Bowie was probably the first artist that I felt was mine. He was singing to me," Smith said in a later interview . "He was the first album I ever bought;  Ziggy Stardust  was the first vinyl album I ever bought. ... I love that idea of being an outsider and creating characters.” In 1995, Smith and Bowie informally interviewed one another in a conversation recorded at what was then Britain's  XFM  radio, discussing everything from the songwriting process to life in London, finding they had much in common. At Bowie's birthday show, the pair performed "The Last Thing You Should Do," a track from Bowie's then-newest album,  Earthling,  which was released a few weeks after the concert.

4. Sonic Youth

The members of Sonic Youth were astounded by Bowie's invitation to perform in 1997. "That he even knew who we were was amazing to us!" guitarist Thurston Moore recalled in a tribute penned shortly after Bowie's death in 2016. "We had been so inspired and influenced by his music for so long, and it was a huge thrill to join him in performance. Hanging out with him leading up to the concert, it was clear that he was still fully engaged and informed about all kinds of music and art going on around him, curious and open to new influences. Not many of his generation were tuned in to the kind of thing that we were doing, but he certainly was.” Bowie had even, at one point, considered setting up a record label for his favorite bands – “like Sonic Youth and the Pixies."

5. Lou Reed

For the first encore of the evening, Bowie brought out one of his oldest friends, "the king of New York himself, Mr. Lou Reed," for a mini-set that included Bowie's "Queen Bitch," Reed's own "Dirty Blvd." and two Velvet Underground songs, "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "White Light / White Heat." Bowie considered the Velvets a great influence of his — the performance of "I'm Waiting for the Man," which appeared on the Velvet Underground's debut album , held particular significance for him that night. “I think ‘Waiting For The Man’ is probably the most important of the four in a way,” he told PBS afterward . “My then-manager brought back an album, it was just a plastic demo of Velvet’s very first album in 1965-ish, something like that. ... He said, ‘I don’t know why he’s doing music, this music is as bad as his painting,’ and I thought, ‘I’m gonna like this.’ I’d never heard anything quite like it. It was a revelation to me.”

6. Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins

Rounding out the night as the final guest on the birthday bill was Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, performing two of Bowie's biggest hits, "All the Young Dudes" and "Jean Genie." Corgan and Bowie would continue to cross paths after the show: They were on the same record label for a short time in the late '90s, a period that Corgan later said "treated [Bowie] horribly." "What I’m trying to say in my own language is that he wasn’t treated with the respect he was due," Corgan  said at a 2016 pre-show event . "It’s one thing to say, ‘I don’t like it [Bowie's new music],’ but people treated him poorly like they forgot the guy who he was. So it was amazing he was able to go through that and persevere towards the end of his life and make this great music."

David Bowie 50th Birthday Concert, Jan. 9, 1997,  Madison Square Garden  1. "Little Wonder" 2. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" 3. "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" (with Frank Black) 4. "Fashion" (with Frank Black) 5. "Telling Lies" 6. "Hallo Spaceboy" (with Foo Fighters) 7. "Seven Years in Tibet" (with Dave Grohl) 8. "The Man Who Sold the World" 9. "The Last Thing You Should Do" (with Robert Smith) 10. "Quicksand" (with Robert Smith) 11. "Battle for Britain (The Letter)" 12. "The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)" 13. "I'm Afraid of Americans" (with Sonic Youth) 14. "Looking for Satellites" 15. "Under Pressure" (Queen cover) 16. "'Heroes'"

Encore: 17. "Queen Bitch" (with Lou Reed) 18. "I'm Waiting for the Man" (The Velvet Underground cover) (with Lou Reed) 19. "Dirty Blvd." (Lou Reed cover) (with Lou Reed) 20. "White Light/White Heat" (The Velvet Underground cover) (with Lou Reed) 21. "Moonage Daydream" (With band introductions)

Encore Two: 23. "Happy Birthday to You" (Performed by Gail Ann Dorsey) 24. "All the Young Dudes" (with Billy Corgan) 25. "The Jean Genie" (with Billy Corgan) 26. "Space Oddity"

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Live: Paramount Theatre, Seattle

David Bowie performed at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on 7 September 1997, as part of his Earthling Tour.

It was the 47th date of the tour, which began on 7 June 1997 in Lübeck, Germany.

Bowie’s guitarist was Reeves Gabrels, and Mike Garson played piano and keyboards. Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, vocals and keyboards, and Zack Alford played the drums.

Bowie performed at the Paramount Theatre on four other occasions. The first was on 1 November 1972 during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.

His second show there was on 9 April 1977 , when he played keyboards on Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life Tour. The third was on 20 December 1991 during Tin Machine’s It’s My Life Tour.

He performed there for a fifth and final time on 25 January 2004 , during A Reality Tour.

The setlist

  • ‘Quicksand’
  • ‘Queen Bitch’
  • ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’
  • ‘The Jean Genie’
  • ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
  • ‘Panic In Detroit’
  • ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
  • ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
  • ‘Seven Years In Tibet’
  • ‘Looking For Satellites’
  • ‘Under Pressure’
  • ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
  • ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
  • ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
  • ‘Little Wonder’
  • ‘Dead Man Walking’
  • ‘White Light/White Heat’
  • ‘O Superman’
  • ‘Look Back In Anger’
  • ‘All The Young Dudes’

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  • 1996: Live: Capital Ballroom, Washington, DC
  • 1991: Live: Tin Machine, Marriott, Minneapolis
  • 1987: Live: Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill
  • 1974: Live: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
  • 1973: David Bowie sees The Rolling Stones live
  • 1972: Live: Top Rank Suite, Stoke-on-Trent
  • 1969: Live: Three Tuns, Beckenham
  • 1965: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London

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David Bowie 1997 Earthling Tour

Superb Bowie Performance From The Earthling Tour. David Bowie’s 20th studio album was originally released in February 1997 on Arista Records.  Earthling  showcased an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s. It was the first album Bowie self-produced since 1974’s  Diamond Dogs .

The Earthling Tour started on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankensee in Lübeck, Germany, continuing through Europe and North America before reaching a conclusion in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 November 1997. On August 14, ‘97, Bowie performed at Hungary’s Student Island Festival in Budapest, where he put on a quite extraordinary show, accompanied as he was by Reeves Gabrels on guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass, Zack Alford on drums and Mike Garson on keyboards. Playing just a few tracks from the new record plus a fine selection of back catalogue gems, the entire show was broadcast, both across Eastern Europe and indeed in the US too on selected FM stations. Previously unreleased this remarkable gig is now available on this priceless CD for the first time.

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The David Bowie Earthling Tour opened on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankense – Lübeck, Germany continuing through Europe, North America before reaching a conclusion in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 November 1997.

Bowie and his band began rehearsing for the tour in April 1997, and expected the tour to last “from May through Christmas” (1997). Bowie expected it to be “really extensive, a long, long tour.

The original concept of the tour was to perform two separate set lists, one regular, and one dance-oriented set incorporating drum and bass. The two set-lists was abandoned, due to media critics and audience apathy, after the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg – Utrecht performance on 11 June 1997 with elements of each incorporated into the one set.

The 19 July 1997 Phoenix Festival performance, was billed as Tao Jones Index, in the BBC Radio 1 dance tent preceded the regular performance on the main stage the following day. The 14 October 1997 show at the Capitol Theatre – Port Chester, NY, broadcast on MTV’s Live from the 10 Spot, was added at short-notice due to cancellation by The Rolling Stones. The following show on 15 October 1997 at the Radio City Music Hall – New York City was as part of the GQ Awards. The set-list for the shows included a version of the Laurie Anderson work O Superman with lead vocals by Gail Ann Dorsey. Tour Publicist Tony Michaelides handled press, radio & television for Bowie.

David Bowie – vocals, guitar, alto & baritone saxophone

Reeves Gabrels – guitar

Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards

Zachary Alford – drums, percussion

Mike Garson – keyboards

 Date – City – Country – Venue

 Warm-up shows

17 May 1997 Dublin ,Ireland ,The Factory Studios

02 June 1997 London ,England ,Hanover Grand

03 June 1997  London ,England ,Hanover Grand

05 June 1997 Hamburg ,Germany ,Grosse Freiheit

07 June 1997 Lübeck ,Germany ,Flughafen Blankense

08 June 1997 Offenbach am Main,Germany ,Bieberer Berg Stadion

10 June 1997 Amsterdam ,Netherlands,Paradiso

11 June 1997 Utrecht ,The Netherlands Muziekcentrum,Vredenburg

13 June 1997 Essen ,Germany , (Cancelled) Essen Stadium

13 June 1997 Dortmund ,Westfale ,Germany ,Westfalehalle

14 June 1997 Paris ,France ,Parc des Princes

16 June 1997 Rezé ,France ,La Trocadiere

17 June 1997 Bordeaux ,La Medocquine

19 June 1997 Clermont-Ferran d,Maison des Sports

21 June 1997 Leipzig,Germany ,Go Bang Festival

22 June 1997 Munich,Germany

24 June 1997 Vienna,Austria,Sommer Arena

25 June 1997 Prague,Czech Republic,Congress Centre

28 June 1997 Oslo,Norway  Kalvoeya Festival

29 June 1997 Turku,Finland,Ruisrock Festival

01 July 1997 Zagreb,Croatia,Dom Sportova

02 July 1997 Pistoia  Italy,Piazza del Duomo

04 July 1997 Torhout,Belgium,Torhout Festival

05 July 1997 Werchter,Werchter Festival

06 July 1997 Ringe,Denmark,Midtfyns Festival

08 July 1997 Brescia,Italy,Stadio Mario Rigamonti

10 July 1997 Napoli,Neapolis Festival

11 July 1997 Arbatax,Rocce Rosse Festival

13 July 1997 Frauenfeld,Switzerland,Out in the Green

15 July 1997 Madrid,Spain, (Cancelled) Las Ventas

16 July 1997 Zaragoza,Pabellón Príncipe Felipe

17 July 1997 San Sebastián,Velodromo De Anoeta

19 July 1997 Stratford upon Avon,England,,Phoenix Festival

20 July 1997  Stratford upon Avon,England,,Phoenix Festival

22 July 1997 Glasgow,Scotland,Barrowlands

23 July 1997 Manchester,England,Manchester Academy

25 July 1997 Malmö,Sweden,Mölleplatsen

26 July 1997 Stockholm,Lollipop Festival

27 July 1997 Gdańsk,Poland, (Cancelled) Stadion Lechii

29 July 1997 Lyon,France,Fourvière

30 July 1997 Juan-les-Pins,Pinede Gould

01 August 1997 Birmingham,England,Que Club

02 August 1997 Liverpool,Royal Court

03 August 1997 Newcastle upon Tyne,Riverside

05 August 1997 Nottingham,Rock City

06 August 1997 Leeds,Town & Country Club

08 August 1997 Dublin,Ireland,Olympia Theatre

09 August 1997  Dublin,Ireland,Olympia Theatre

11 August 1997 London,England,Shepherds Bush Empire

12 August 1997 London,England,Shepherds Bush Empire

14 August 1997 Budapest,Hungary,Student Island Fest

North America

06 September 1997 Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada,Plaza of Nations

07 September 1997 Seattle, Washington ,US ,Paramount Theater

09 September 199 7 San Francisco, California,The Warfield

10 September 1997 Los Angeles, California,Hollywood Athletic Club

12 September 1997 Universal City, CA,Universal Amphitheatre

13 September 199 7 Universal City, California,Universal

15 September 1997 San Francisco, California,The Warfield

16 September 1997 San Francisco, California,The Warfield

19 September 1997 Chicago, Illinois,The Vic Theater

21 September 1997 Detroit, Michigan,State Theater

22 September 1997 Detroit, Michigan,State Theater

24 September 1997 Montreal, Quebec,Canada,Metropolis

25 September 1997 Montreal, Quebec,Canada,Metropolis

27 September 1997 Toronto, Ontario,Warehouse

28 September 1997  Toronto, Ontario,Warehouse

30 September 1997 Boston, Massachusetts ,US ,Orpheum Theatre

01 October 1997 Boston, Massachusetts ,US ,Orpheum Theatre

03 October 1997 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Electric Factory

04 October 1997 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,Electric Factory

07 October 1997 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,Chili Pepper

08 October 1997 Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,Chili Pepper

10 October 1997 Atlanta, Georgia,International Ballroom

12 October 1997 Washington, D.C.The Capitol Ballroom

13 October 1997 New York City,The Supper Club

14 October 1997 Port Chester, NY,Capitol Theatre (MTV 10-Spot)

15 October 1997 New York City,Radio City Music Hall (GQ Awards)

17 October 1997 Chicago, Illinois,Aragon Ballroom

18 October 1997 St. Paul, Minnesota,Roy Wilkins Auditorium

23 October 1997 Mexico City,Mexico,Foro Sol

South America

31 October 1997 Curitiba,Brazil,Paulo Leminski Concert and Entertainment Hall

01 November 1997 Sao Paulo,Ibirapuera Arena

02 November 1997 Rio de Janeiro,Citibank Hall

05 November 1997 Santiago,Chile,Estadio Nacional de Chile

07 November 1997 Buenos Aires,Argentina,Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri

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Forty five years ago I was sat anxious, fidgeting, watching the clock, willing the hours by, impossibly excited but frustrated as time seemed stood resolutely still.
I was on the drabbest caravan site imaginable somewhere on Lancashire’s Fylde Coast. No-one in my family can even remember where it was.
I was 14 years old, a tubby little schoolboy stuck in the middle of a mundane family holiday in the middle of nowhere.
But the night which followed that endless day changed my life.
It was May 31, 1973 and the biggest sensation in pop since The Beatles was about to be beamed down into my home town.
David Bowie and The Spiders From Mars brought the Aladdin Sane tour to the stage of King George’s Hall in previously grey, depressing, drab, dismal, monochrome cotton town Blackburn. It actually might have been quite a bright, sunny day to be honest.
It was my first live gig and in another four decades there would never be another to send my head into a whirl and my insides feeling like they were revolving around my body at Formula 1 speed for two hours.
If you had been allowed those years of hindsight you would have chosen that band, that frontman, that time to see rock’n’roll made flesh for the very first time.
Let’s set the scene. Ours wasn’t a particularly hip household. We had a record player – one of those suitcase Dansettes on legs  - and by the end of my third year at school I had a collection of singles and a handful of albums.
But Bolan and The Jackson 5 had to vie with Jack Jones and Helen Reddy for turntable time.
I’d been to a couple of those end-of-pier shows and perhaps the biggest names I’d seen to that point in terms of chart action were Dana and Frank Ifield.
Even at 12 and 13 you knew that wasn’t where it was at.
One of those same summers I’d sat in the TV lounge of a bed and breakfast in Scarborough and seen Marc Bolan on TOTP have a strange, unspoken effect on a bunch of slightly older holidaying teenage girls that I didn’t quite understand. I knew it was a direction you’d probably like to go in but hadn’t a clue how to set off, never mind arrive there.
It certainly wasn’t any reaction a middle-aged guy singing “I Remember You” in a suit provoked.
But the only time I’d ever sat in the stalls at King George’s Hall before that night was at tedious, interminable school speech nights, a mandatory but utterly dreaded annual event.
I was only allowed to go to the Bowie gig because an adult was taking me.
Fortunately it wasn’t my dad, who might have been utterly outraged by the spectacle.
His workmate John, it had emerged, was a huge fan, which at least lent my pre-occupation with Ziggy some adult-endorsed credibility.
I had bought the Ziggy album after an unexpected windfall. After seeing the Bolan effect and placing a personal ad in “Disco Songwords” or some such publication stating “Boy, 13, into T Rex, wants girl penfriend” I received about 400 replies.
With almost more bags of letters from pre-pubescent females than the beleaguered postman could carry, I launched the one entrepreneurial success of my life and sold them for 2p a time at school.
“The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” cost me £2.18 from Reidys in Blackburn. I still have it with the sticker on somewhere.
But dad came home one night with some sage advice: “John at work reckons you should get an LP called Hunky Dory. Says it’s even better.”
My letter-selling profits allowed for that and that Christmas of ’72 I got the Space Oddity and Man Who sold The World re-issues and by the time Aladdin Sane came out in April of 1973 – delivered to my house by an RCA rep at tea-time on release day in a van after insufficient copies were available to satisfy pre-orders – I was in a frenzy over the fact that Bowie was playing not one but two Lancashire dates.
John had bought his wife and myself tickets for both shows  and consented to take me, to allay any parental fears that I would be whisked away from the venue by a make-up wearing gay cult who sang lyrics like “I’ve got eyes in my backside that see electric tomatoes” (“Go on then, what on earth does that mean?”  I was regularly quizzed) never to return.
He was a cool guy, John. Maybe about 30 then, beautiful wife, great house, posh car and the most fabulous huge stereo system I’d ever seen in the huge modernised cottage I waited in, having been transported from Knott End or wherever, to be taken to the show.
I wish I could remember the journey there and the crowd but the next thing I can remember is sitting in the front row balcony waiting for the lights to go out.
They eventually did and Beethoven’s “Ode To Joy” as distorted through A Clockwork Orange (which of course I hadn’t seen or read) played...
Here’s the best thing. There was no support act that night. No hammy pub-rock band in jeans and t-shirts cranking out blues licks or Chuck Berry licks. No Fumble or Stealers Wheel or any such.
As the hall darkened and Ode came to mad climax, strobe lights – something else I’d never seen – flashed and momentarily illuminated figures walked across the stage with great coloured Ziggy/Aladdin flashes briefly visible then invisible on the backdrop behind.
Two of the first three guys I saw walk on that stage, Mick Ronson and Trevor Bolder, are no longer with us but along with Woody Woodmansey  there could have been no more striking, futuristic prelude to the drama to come as a maelstrom of spangly tights, stack heels, hair spikey or platinum and enormous Dickensian sideburns flashed in and out of vision in a blur of white light and bacofoil costumes.
Ducks Deluxe sauntering on an hour and a half before the main act just wouldn't have been the same.
A nano-second of silence and darkness and then...
“Bam-bam-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-Bam-Bam....” Ronno thrashed the intro to “Hang  Onto Yourself” out on his Les Paul, all billowy blouse and black sparkly matador pants and your eyes turned to centre stage where Bowie stood in a Japanese costume practically impossible to move in, bright orange barnet and pale face, arms extended...
“Well she’s a tongue-twisting storm...”
Of course what I can actually recollect is mixed up with what I’ve seen many times from the Hammersmith film by Don Pennebaker, basically the same show.
But what I can remember is the gulping, gasping slack-jawed feeling of awe to be in the moment, the presence, the time.
a pair of girls - future Mrs ronson and Bowie hairstyle creator Suzi Fussey one of them - came oput in black cat type costumes and pulled from either side to reveal that the ensemble was velcroed together down the front and suddenly Bowie was posed there in a silky white tunic with matching thigh-length boots.
It was often said that hitherto macho/straight builders fancied him and though not many would have admitted it in 1972 East Lancashire at that juncture, it's still possible to imagine why.
"Ziggy Stardust" was freed from his Yansai Kamamoto wardrobe restrictions and free to gyrate as he wished in a series of numbers which even today in display cases at the V and A museum people are paying good money to gaze in wonder at.
By the fourth number, “Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud (segued into “All The Young Dudes” and “Oh you Pretty Things” ) I had got my breath back and recall the astonished wonderment of seeing these songs I knew so well played by the people who created them in the same bloody room I was sat in!
The mirrorball shimmering as David strummed the 12-string intro to “Space Oddity” ...I hadn’t noticed that at school prize night....the strobey guitar fight with Ronno in “Width Of a Circle” ...the mimed “gap in the wall” routine...myriad costume changes while Mick solo’ed .....Garson’s insane jazz stylings....”Suffragette City” practically blowing the roof off....the closing “Gimme your hands” set-piece of “Rock’n’Roll Suicide.”
Incredible. Simply incredible to see that at 14, before you saw any other live band in the whole wide world..
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Heathen Tour, Hammersmith Apollo London, 2nd October 2002

The stage was surprisingly bare, and industrial by previous concert stages where my brother and I had seen David Bowie, but the starkness meant that the five truss lighting towers across the back of the stage stood out all the more. Even unlit it was obvious the letters made up out of many lamps at the top of each tower spelt out 'B' 'O' 'W' 'I' 'E', and below each of the letters (about half way up each truss) were a smaller double bank of lamps as well.

I was pretty excited to see this even before it was lit-up, I mean you could only get away with that if you're as famous as David Bowie, and as my brother and I hadn't seen Bowie in concert since the Sound & Vision tour over ten years previous this looked like a real statement of 'I'M BACK'!

I could write on about the many other lighting effects that we're being used, the layout of the stage, positioning of the other musicians and their part but I really should get to the man himself...

David Bowie entered the stage to a very long piano intro to Life on Mars, and what a great show opener, and we wouldn't have been the only ones delighted seeing as on the Sound & Vision tour (1990) he said he would not be performing the old 'favourites' anymore (he was tired of them) but, fortunately for us this was not the first time that 'true to form'(his words) he had broken his promise.

And no doubt everyone was equally delighted with his dandy get-up - a very shiny (silk apparently) bright blue tonic type suit of a cutaway single breasted (single button) jacket with peak lapels, the trousers, perhaps a little too narrow for my liking sat well with the black Chelsea boots. His white shirt had unusual cuffs as much as I could make out, the black waistcoat not matching the suit was a nice twist and a bright silver (pocket watch?) chain from lapel buttonhole to breast pocket added a bit of sparkle.

I cannot remember the whole setlist (especially in order) though I can write about the most memorable ones that left the greatest impression upon me, and the overall impression that so many numbers from my favourite David Bow album 'LOW' were being included made me feel so lucky as I had been too young to see him performing these live in 1977 - What a bonus in addition the the 'Heathen' album being such a fantastic new album in itself. And other songs from his Berlin period too, 'Heroes' and 'Alabama Song' which in particular I had not heard him perform live before and was even more entertaining than the version I was familiar with from CD.

David took to the keyboard for 'Speed of Life', and played a harmonica for 'A new career in a new town' and on another number he picked up a Stylophone to play out the ending on. That too was surprise!

I remember thinking at the time 'WOW, if the concert was being recorded for another live album this concert would be even better that the 'Stage' album which I have played so much over the years not being able to go to the tour at that time. I mean 'Stage' is damned good BUT this band for 'Heathen' tour were brilliant, the sound was so full but perfectly clear with individual parts being discernible and all played with so much energy.

I do not have the words to describe how exciting it was being in the audience for that show, and the lighting added to that (yes, the lighting again - so simple, so effective) throughout the performance, the letters illuminating in sequence, or running in a frenzy, flashed on and off or slowly brought up and faded down to suit the song.

He sang the songs from the new album with much emotion, so much so that you thought he was going to cry at one point whilst singing the title track 'Heathen'. '5:15 and 'Sunday' may have been written specifically for his vocal range now and might be why those in particular sounded so good, his singing voice sounding smooth and crooning but still able to rise to belt it out when impact was needed.

Amongst the other surprises that night was 'The Bewlay Brothers' which David said he had never performed live before - Marvelous.

Altogether the concert was nearly three hours long (in two sets) and in the second half the band really picked up the pace - the audience often on their feet so the good old Hammersmith Odeon (as it will always be to me) was literally rocking, and you could sense the adulation from the audience for him. We were all enthralled.

The songs that really rocked were 'Look back in Anger', 'Hallo Spaceboy', 'I'm afraid of Americans', and of course 'Ziggy Stardust' the final song of the night. After which David and his band all held hands at the front of the stage for the final applause, and, when they left the stage the only lights left one were the one's that spelt 'B' 'O' 'W' 'I' 'E'.

David Bowie is a legend and a was true rockstar... as a newspaper critic said at the time "Whatever he had, he has still got it", and as I said at the time "For a man of fifty (plus), that should give us all hope".

I was fortunate to see David Bowie in concert several times over the years, but this one, the Heathen tour, will always be the one I remember as being the greatest with the man at the height of his powers.

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My biggest regret to this day (5 December 2018), and that includes, family, friends, love, food, travel, culture, cars, football and shopping - is not seeing David as Ziggy in 1973. I was that close, and I mean close, to getting a ticket for Salisbury City Hall on the now legendary tour. Trouble was, I was 14, didn't have transport (I didn't live in Salisbury), but I did have the £1.70 ticket price. I thought 'Oh Well, there'll be other times'. Well there weren't - not for Ziggy - he was dead, put to bed by his Master at the end of that tour - Oh Dear!

Still, I've made up for it since, having seen 'The Master' at work on many occasions. 'The first time is always the best time', they say, and so it was for me. Having missed the Diamond Dogs Tour in 1974, coz he only did it Stateside, I was waiting with eager anicipation, each time I got the NME on a Thursday during those Bowie-obsessed days.

Then in late '75 an announcement was made - 'David Bowie to Play Six Nights at Wembley'. Whooppee! I thought, let's get tickets! So, being the decent chap that I am, I proceeded to get twenty, yes, twenty, tickets for all my school mates (and fellow Bowie nuts).

My cheque was duly sent back by the box office saing that there weren't twenty tickets for the Saturday (May 8) available.

I had to hurriedly re-apply for the Thursday (May 6), and hope we could get in. In the post they landed, twenty brown & white tickets, each for £2.75. (I'm ashamed that, these days, tickets are horrendously priced, plus the dreadful booking fee on top!)

I decided to hire a coach to take us from my school, to Wembley, on a weekday afternoon. The Headmaster wasn't thrilled, but let us go with his semi-permission! 'Wembley, here we come!' We arrived in plenty of time to survey the scene outside the Empire Pool (as the SSE Arena was then called). An array of punks, new romantics and beautiful people were milling about, all there for a common goal - to see the Thin White Duke. Once inside, the lights dimmed, but not for any support band; instead we were 'treated' to a showing of the Bunuel/Dali film 'Un Chien Andalou'. Everyone gasped at the eye-cut scene! This was Bowie's World after all!

Cue another period of heart-beating excitement, before the lights dimmed once again, and this time, the air was filled with a shrill feedback-laden guitar screech, emitting the opening chords of Station to Station, followed by the distinct sound of the two-bar motif of eletric piano, bass guitar, and so on. Then, from behind the bright bars of vertical white light came His Nibs marching onto stage - it was a Wow! moment! The place erupted, with eight thousand screaming, adoring Bowiephiles all baying to the Master! This was the only place to be in London, nay, the World tonight! Station to Station became Suffragette City, through Fame, Word on a Wing, Stay, then the Velvets cover Waiting for the Man, which was a nice surprise. Back to his own stuff with Queen Bitch - I couldn't believe he was doing this one, a real sucker punch! Then a tear came to my eye for Life On Mars? which segued into Five Years - I was at Ziggy after all! An enormous drum solo during Panic in Detroit during which Bowie had a coffee and a fag! The band introduction during Changes, followed by TVC15, and finishing with three standout tracks in Diamond Dogs, Rebel Rebel and The Jean Genie. What a Show, What a Man, What a Night - the greatest moment - my life had been transformed forever!

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The phenonaminal and talented David Bowie had decided that he wanted to do one more tour, the 'Hours Tour' before the this millemimnum came upon us. The tour only had eight shows. It would be his last English concert that century. I had to go.

He decided to play a small venue, the legendary 'Astoria Theatre' in Londona on 2nd Dember 1999. I desperately wanted to go because I had seen him several times, all in Arenas, having been too young to see his 'Ziggy Stardust tour'. I felt, to see him in in a relatively small venue which was basically a nightclub, would be the next best thing.

I could not believe my luck when I scored two tickets, the venue had a capacity of 2000, ironically!

My younger sister, influenced by my continually playing Bowie's records in my room, virtually her whole life, was also a massive fan, it was a no brainier that I would have to take her and treat her to the concert. The day arrived for the concert, I decided to leave work early and get to the venue quickly in the the hope of getting a good standing position, it was a toss up as to who was the more excited sibling? I remember struggling to sleep the night before due to excitement of seeing my 'hero' the next day.

We got into the club and managed to stand about two rows from the front, slightly left of centre stage. Debate began about what would be the opening song, my thought process was 'Changes', it had to be with the end of the 20 century looming, I was right. The man was on immaculate form, he sang as good as I have ever heard, no pretensions, no elaborate custome just him and his music, pure Bowie and pure magic.

Hit after hit came, the atmosphere was electric, it was one of those concerts where everything gelled, the arist was just so happy to be performing and the 'small' audience were beyond extactic to be there. It was clear from the sancranised lips that everyone who was lucky enough to get a ticket seemed to have deserved it. Bowie sensed the crowd were 100 percent fans and seemed to up his game to give, in my option, the performance of his life.

I have never been to a concert were there was a feeling of harmony and contentment between artist and audience which washed over all of us from beginning to end, the last time I felt that was at Wembley with Live Aid.

The high light for me was hearing and seeing him, as if he was in my living room, perform my personally favourite song 'Life on Mars'. For me it was was not a "God awful small affair" but the biggest love story a fan could have for an artist.

I do not know if it was the fact that not only could I see his two different coloured eyes , without the aid of a video screen, but the tears in them that made this concert so special and so unique to me, this concert made this 'Lad Insane' for more Bowie and very very grateful I got to be in that intimate moment with one of the greatest artists of any centuryif not all time.

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I've always considered Bowie's 2000 headline set my favourite Glastonbury performance and it comfortably ranks as one of my top three shows of all time. Bowie hadn't played the festival since an unpaid 4 am acoustic set in 1971, so his return was long overdue. The press had been banging on about how he never played the old 70's hits anymore and he'd been doing drum 'n' bass heavy tours in support of 'Earthling' around this time, so the prospects weren't great. He came out in a fabulous Alexander Mcqueen long coat reminiscent of the Hunky Dory era and was backed by a great band including Earl Slick on guitar and Gail Ann Dorsey on bass. He kicked off with a song I didn't know (Wild Is The Wind', as it turned out) and I was thinking 'here we go...I'm not going to know any of this', but then went into 'China Girl', 'Changes' and 'Life On Mars?', at which point I knew we were in for a real treat. I know you could waste hours trying to make the perfect Bowie setlist, but in the moment, this felt just about as good as it gets - 'Rebel Rebel', 'Ashes to Ashes', 'Fame', 'All the Young Dudes', 'The Man Who Sold The World' all played in quick succession. I was hoping for some Ziggy material and was delighted when 'Starman' put in an appearance and he closed the set with a remarkable run through 'Under Pressure' with Gail doing an outstanding job with the Freddie Mercury part - a really breathtaking climax to the show. There then followed one hell of an encore, opening with a rocking 'Ziggy Stardust' before going into "Heroes", which was another incredible moment - Slick absolutely nailed the guitar part and the crowd were totally blissed-out for it. Soon everyone was going nuts again for 'Let's Dance' and then he closed with an obscure track from 'Earthling' called 'I'm Afraid of Americans'. I find it hard to convey how amazing this show was, but it has stuck with me ever since and one of the first things I did when I heard of Bowie's death was to look up old clips of this performance, as it will always be my abiding memory of this incredible artist. Rather fittingly, this remains the last show I ever saw at Glastonbury, as there was no festival in 2001 and I never got back into the habit of going after that - not a bad final memory from this iconic festival. #competition

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When Bowie formed Tin Machine with some of his music pals some folk wondered when he was going to cut it out and give them another greatest hits show. On November 11th 1991 in a packed Brixton Academy hard rock fans and Bowie fans alike gathered for a Bowie unemcumbered by a curated persona and his back catalogue baggage. One of the crowd at least was in their own bar-room brawl as they lobbed a bottle at the stage and hit David in the face. Recovering after some first aid, the professional returned bandaged. In jeans and tee shirt David sent his voice soaring over his urgent guitar, throwing in a smattering of sax. The seasoned Tin Machine mates belted out tight, honest, thoughtful rock, while a doll baby tied to the drumkit bounced along, listlessly underscoring the darker tunes like 'I Can't Read' and 'Under the God'. It was a truly joint enterprise with Hunt, Gabrels and Hunt also taking the mics for a spin. David danced with his shirt off, relaxed and goofing about. The band were enjoying it so much they played a second set, taking this epic to two hours, during which they played one of Bowie's best, simple love songs 'Amazing', and it was. David grinning, bouncing off other musical pros and digging the jam session was perhaps the closest to the man David Bowie that it was possible for an audience to get. Leaving the crowd on a high after a headbanging 'Crack City', with an extended version of 'Heaven in Here', it certainly was a slice of rock heaven that Bowie gave us that night. #competition

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West Point Arena, November 26, 1995.

It was a cold and wet November evening, the parking fields had turned to mud and the organisers were struggling to get everyone into the venue in time for the show. Though we had turned up at the gates nice and early, by the time we were parked we had missed Morrissey do his support turn, that did not worry us though, we were here for David tonight.

You could have cut the air with a knife, the level of anticipation as the audience waited for him to take to the stage, and when he did the place erupted, a release of a joint excitement and an outpouring of love at the man who had already given us so much.

Launching in Motel, David worked through a set list that featured tracks from his latest work 'Outside' quite heavily, but he also did not disappoint the hardened fans, with Look Back in Anger coming in second and Scary Monsters being played fourth.

David was alive tonight, the venue was far from ideal, but that did not stop him from making it his own. By the time he bought the set to a close with Under Pressure followed by Moonage Daydream, any who had doubted him at the start of the evening were converted.

Me I never doubted, unfortunately this was the only time I ever got to see David live, but what a night it was, any anyway how many people can truly say that they saw David Bowie play in a cow-shed.

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Barrowland, Glasgow, 22 July 1997. Earthling Tour.

Having seen Mr B on the polished Serious Moonlight tour, I was keen to experience his latest incarnation when he toured to promote Earthling. The gig was taking place on the day I arrived back in the UK from our family holiday in Spain. Only realised two weeks before the gig that we were flying into Manchester, and not Glasgow(where we live)! Arrived Manchester 2.30pm, grabbed the luggage, wife, and kids and zoomed home. Arrived home around 7 pm, left luggage, wife, kids outside the house and drove straight to Barrowland, still in shorts and t-shirt. Just made it in time to see David wander, smiling, on-stage as the entire packed crowd were singing along to Changes which was being played over the PA. What a gig. Usual varied back-catalogue set with almost half of the Earthling album played. Bowie was casually dressed in a smock-type top and was obviously enjoying himself. The crowd loved it though it was boiling hot. I even poured half a pint of lager over my head to cool off a bit. Highlight for me, apart from his excellent tight band, was seeing him stand on the monitor at the front of the stage conducting the crowd to a singalong of the end of 'Scary Monsters and Super Creeps. This was Bowie at the top of his game, -with a stripped down band playing hits and gems and showcasing new material.

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David Jones changed to David Bowie as he wanted to be distinct and individualistic from other music artists including his namesake from the “supergroup “ The Monkees”. His music is unique yet he had the imagination to continually experiment and still entertain. His immersion into his musical character(s) namely Ziggy Stardust made him box office gold with his stagecshows been well ahead of his peers especially in the 70’s & 80’s . His album back catalogue will open the eyes of new followers where they will hear the raw , maybe simple tunes of the Laughing Gnome to the progessive Space Oddity to Life on Mars ( tv hit!) to his Sound and vision. He , embraced the 80’s with two albums of note , Lets Dance to the Scary Monsters and Super Creeps.These with other Live Albums released through the decades and compilations too . Not to mention Sountrack contributions, to actually review and critique his work would be almost impossible to , you should just live his live by exploring his music and enjoy his creations!

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I’ve only ever seen David Bowie once in my lifetime, it was in 2003 when he was supported by the Dandy Warhols, another band I really like. I couldn’t get Bowie tickets for love or money, but I ended up with a spare Blur ticket (they were playing the Barrowlands that same month. Bowie, Dandy Warhols and Blur all playing in Glasgow at the same time, what a time to be alive), so I swapped my spare Blur ticket for a Bowie ticket.

It was a standing ticket and me and my friend managed to get close to the front to see Bowie for what would be my one and only time. He looked great, the songs were incredible and Bowie was just a fantastic performer; great on-stage banter that I still remember 15 years later (he told a story about drinking in a pub in Glasgow and seeing a drunken Scottish guy with blood all over his face just calmly walk in for a pint).

It really was a special moment that almost didn’t happen. I’ve been to hundreds of live shows over the years but Bowie was just something else.

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There is no doubt that 2020 was a lousy year for almost everyone who didn’t own stock in Amazon. But there was a sliver of light for David Bowie fans. That’s due to the release of three excellent, often dynamic, full Bowie concerts from the ‘90s, in pristine sound and streaming on your favorite service. This was on top of four other shows made available in the preceding 2017-’19 period, all providing a rare glimpse into how powerful Bowie was on stage even when albums such as 1995’s Outside and 1997’s Earthling didn’t exactly light the charts on fire.

Add another stunning show to the list with this one from the Phoenix Festival (in the UK, not Arizona) on the Earthling tour. As usual, Bowie mixes oldies and familiar material, much of it drastically rearranged, with new music and a few rarities he seldom performed live. The night kicks off with one of those as he strums an acoustic 12 string on “Quicksand,” a deep track from Hunky Dory . Even though he is playing with a stripped down bass/drums/guitar/keyboard quartet, the muscular sound seems like it’s emerging from a much larger outfit.

Bowie was in his synth/techno/jungle phase on Earthling . That’s immediately apparent in the radically revamped reading given “The Man Who Sold the World” which, with its blips, bloops, bubbling keyboard bass and Reeves Gabrels’ stun guitar, is nearly unrecognizable from its original recording. He then digs back to his blues roots for an acoustic snippet of Charles Brown’s classic “Driftin’ Blues” before the rest of the group joins, seguing into a rugged and thrilling “The Jean Genie.”

Bassist/singer Gail Ann Dorsey handles Freddie Mercury’s part for a captivating “ Under Pressure ” that also allows Mike Garson to shift from his electronic keyboards back to piano, injecting his usual bits of creative, avant-garde, jazzy noodling. The band kicks into a furious “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)” giving Gabrels room to go full Adrian Belew as he also does on a tough, thumping “Fashion.”  

Bowie reprises a full six tracks (over a half hour of the 90 minute show), from Earthling , all leaner and meaner but not altered substantially from the studio versions. The Velvet Underground’s “White Light/White Heat” gets a pulsating performance that rocks harder and with more abandon than the rest of the tightly arranged set. A closing nine minute cover of Laurie Anderson’s “Oh Superman” is a showcase for Dorsey who takes lead vocals. While it’s an interesting choice with an arrangement that features Garson’s skittering beats (which get repetitious over the song’s length) and displays Bowie’s dedication to experimental pop, he could have used that time to resurrect and/or reinvent and adapt some older work for this terrific band.

But a roaring closing “Stay,” clocking in at nearly eight minutes, ends the night on a spirited note as the band cranks out the funky yet artsy dance beats that defined Bowie’s Station to Station era. Even with the somewhat dated techno approach to some of the selections, overall it’s an energetic, exuberant performance from a largely neglected era of Bowie’s career.

(The Phoenix Festival ‘97 double CD is part of a six disc live album set titled Brilliant Live Adventures which includes the other 90’s shows and is available only from Bowie’s online store).           

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David Bowie wrote his 1971 classic “Queen Bitch” as a tribute to Lou Reed , and at his 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden in 1997, he finally had a chance to sing it with him. They followed it up with the Velvet Underground ‘s “I’m Waiting for the Man” before wrapping up with Reed’s 1989 comeback hit “Dirty Blvd.”

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Bowie is a huge Lou Reed fan and he even produced his 1972 solo LP Transformer (featuring the huge hit “Walk on the Wild Side”), but this show marked one of the few times they actually shared a stage. Lou Reed/Velvet Underground songs like “White Light/White Heat” were regular parts of Bowie’s concerts on his Ziggy Stardust tour, all the way up to his final outing in 2003-04. 

“We’re still friends after all these years,” Reed told Rolling Stone in 2004. “We go to the occasional art show and museum together, and I always like working with him. I really love what David does, so I’m happy he’s still doing it and that he’s still interested. I saw him play here in New York on his last tour, and it was one of the greatest rock shows I’ve ever seen. At least as far as white people go. Seriously.”

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  1. Earthling Tour

    Earthling Tour. The Earthling Tour was a concert tour by the English musician David Bowie, in promotion of his album Earthling, released in 1997, The tour started on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankensee in Lübeck, Germany, continuing through Europe, North America before reaching a conclusion in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 November 1997.

  2. David Bowie's 1997 Concert & Tour History

    David Bowie's 1997 Concert History. David Bowie (born David Robert Jones, in Brixton, London, on January 8, 1947) was a British singer-songwriter often regarded as one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He achieved his breakthrough with the 1969 song "Space Oddity," his first number-one hit single in the UK.

  3. David Bowie Concerts 1997

    The Earthling World Tour began on the 7th June 1997, after four warm-up shows. The band consisted of: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, alto & baritone saxophone), Reeves Gabrels (lead guitar), Gail Ann Dorsey (bass, vocals, keyboards), Zachary Alford (drums, percussion) and Mike Garson (keyboards). At some shows the band were named the "Tao Jones ...

  4. David Bowie Concert Setlist at Madison Square Garden, New York on

    Scary Monsters… and Super Creeps 2. "Heroes" 1. Aladdin Sane 1. David Bowie (aka "Man of Words / Man of Music" then "Space Oddity") 1. David Live 1. The Man Who Sold the World 1. The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars 1. Tour stats. Complete Album stats.

  5. David Bowie live at Capitol Ballroom, Washington D.C. 12 October 1997

    Let's remember and enjoy David Bowie!David Bowie 8 January 1947 - 10 January 2016Complete Concert from his Earthling Tour at Capitol Ballroom, Washington DC,...

  6. David Bowie Live

    David Bowie, ever the showman, decided to celebrate his 50th birthday in 1997 with a working concert in New York City. The setlist included seven songs off the upcoming album Earthling, but was notable for a huge variety of guests - plenty from the 90s, some working as Bowie's contemporaries - that contributed.Soundboard recording of an excellent show that contributed one of the most cursed ...

  7. 1997

    CONTRA COSTA TIMES (Walnut Creek, CA--outside San Francisco) Dave McCoy 9/11/97 ~~~ "BOWIE's no longer the young dude, but the currency of his new music and the relevance of his older stuff make him a still-formidable performer." CHICAGO TRIBUNE Greg Kot 9/22/97. categories: News.

  8. 25 Years Ago: David Bowie Shares 50th Birthday Stage With Friends

    Allison Rapp Published: January 9, 2022. YouTube/UCR. David Bowie 's 50th birthday concert was a lot like the man himself: glamorous, thrilling, fashionable and not soon forgotten. "It's my ...

  9. Live: Paramount Theatre, Seattle

    David Bowie performed at Seattle's Paramount Theatre on 7 September 1997, as part of his Earthling Tour. It was the 47th date of the tour, which began on 7 June 1997 in Lübeck, Germany. Bowie's guitarist was Reeves Gabrels, and Mike Garson played piano and keyboards. Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, vocals and keyboards, and Zack Alford ...

  10. David Bowie Concert Setlist at Radio City Music Hall, New York on

    Get the David Bowie Setlist of the concert at Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA on October 15, 1997 from the Earthling Tour and other David Bowie Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

  11. Outside Tour

    The Outside Tour was a tour by the English rock musician David Bowie, opening in September 1995 and lasting over a year.The opening shows preceded the release of the 1.Outside album which it supported. The tour visited stops in North America and Europe. The US leg of the tour was supported by Nine Inch Nails as part of their extended Self Destruct Tour, who segued their set with Bowie's to ...

  12. David Bowie Setlist at Phoenix Festival 1997

    Use this setlist for your event review and get all updates automatically! Get the David Bowie Setlist of the concert at Long Marston Airfield, Stratford-upon-Avon, England on July 20, 1997 from the Earthling Tour and other David Bowie Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

  13. Earthling

    February 20, 1997 If there was any doubt which artist made the biggest impression on the David Bowie/Nine Inch Nails tour, Bowie's new album offers a clue.

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  15. David Bowie 1997 Earthling Tour

    David Bowie's 20th studio album was originally released in February 1997 on Arista Records. Earthling showcased an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s. It was the first album Bowie self-produced since 1974's Diamond Dogs. The Earthling Tour started on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen ...

  16. David Bowie Tour Dates & Concert History

    List of all David Bowie tour dates and concert history (1966 - 2016). Find out when David Bowie last played live near you. Live streams; Chase City concerts. ... Barrowland, Glasgow, 22 July 1997. Earthling Tour. Having seen Mr B on the polished Serious Moonlight tour, I was keen to experience his latest incarnation when he toured to promote ...

  17. David Bowie's 'Earthling' 1997 Tour Finds The Iconic Musician In Fine

    David Bowie's 'Earthling' 1997 Tour Finds The Iconic Musician In Fine Form With a Stripped Down Outfit. by Hal Horowitz February 16, ... But there was a sliver of light for David Bowie fans ...

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  19. Lou Reed Plays 'Queen Bitch' With David Bowie in 1997

    June 27, 2013. David Bowie wrote his 1971 classic "Queen Bitch" as a tribute to Lou Reed, and at his 50th birthday concert at Madison Square Garden in 1997, he finally had a chance to sing it ...

  20. Earthling (album)

    Earthling (stylised as EART HL I NG) is the 21st studio album by the English musician David Bowie, released on 3 February 1997 through RCA Records in the United Kingdom, Virgin Records in the United States, and Arista Records/BMG in other territories. Mostly self-produced by Bowie, it was primarily recorded from August to October 1996 at New York City's Looking Glass Studios.

  21. David Bowie Setlist at Live 105 Green Christmas 1997

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  22. David Bowie Concert Setlist at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico

    Get the David Bowie Setlist of the concert at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, Mexico City, Mexico on October 23, 1997 from the Earthling Tour and other David Bowie Setlists for free on setlist.fm!

  23. Hours Tour

    David Bowie concert chronology; Earthling Tour (1997) Hours Tour (1999) Mini Tour (2000) The Hours Tour was a small-scale promotional concert tour by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie comprising a handful of live performances and numerous television appearances in support of the album Hours in late 1999.