Tin Machine 1991-1992 “It’s My Life” World Tour Era
Tour band
- David Bowie – zang, gitaar, alt en tenor saxofoon
- Reeves Gabrels – lead gitaar, zang
- Tony Sales – basgitaar, zang
- Hunt Sales – drums, zang
- Eric Schermerhorn – slaggitaar, zang
The Silent Rebirth: Studio & Strategy – Jan/July 1991
📅 1991-01-15
📍 Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Victory Music Offices
🎸 Event: Strategic: Label Planning and Victory Music Deal
🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Following the departure from EMI, Bowie and the band finalize their contract with Victory Music, helmed by Phil Ramone. Bowie intentionally selects a smaller label to distance the project from his solo “superstar” persona, emphasizing Tin Machine as a collective unit.
🏛️ Victory Music Offices
🎸 Event: Strategic: Label Planning and Victory Music Deal
🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Following the departure from EMI, Bowie and the band finalize their contract with Victory Music, helmed by Phil Ramone. Bowie intentionally selects a smaller label to distance the project from his solo “superstar” persona, emphasizing Tin Machine as a collective unit.
📅 1991-03-10
📍 Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Mix Room / Private Studio
🎸 Event: Recording: Final Mastering of Tin Machine II
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band supervises the final audio mastering of the album. ‘You Belong in Rock n’ Roll’ and ‘Baby Universal’ are prioritized as singles, showcasing the blend of Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar work with a more structured songwriting approach compared to the first album.
🏛️ Mix Room / Private Studio
🎸 Event: Recording: Final Mastering of Tin Machine II
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band supervises the final audio mastering of the album. ‘You Belong in Rock n’ Roll’ and ‘Baby Universal’ are prioritized as singles, showcasing the blend of Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar work with a more structured songwriting approach compared to the first album.
📅 1991-05-15
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Southern Tracks Studios
🎸 Event: Strategic: It’s My Life Tour Concept Meetings
🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Bowie, the Sales brothers, and Reeves Gabrels meet to define the visual identity of the upcoming world tour. They pivot away from the theatricality of the Sound+Vision Tour, opting for a minimalist, high-energy club atmosphere and “anti-star” stage presentation.
🏛️ Southern Tracks Studios
🎸 Event: Strategic: It’s My Life Tour Concept Meetings
🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Bowie, the Sales brothers, and Reeves Gabrels meet to define the visual identity of the upcoming world tour. They pivot away from the theatricality of the Sound+Vision Tour, opting for a minimalist, high-energy club atmosphere and “anti-star” stage presentation.
📅 1991-06-20
📍 Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏛️ The Factory Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: Pre-Production Phase Start
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band commences intensive rehearsals in Dublin, seeking privacy from the international press. They begin reworking the new album tracks for a live setting, while also experimenting with cover versions like ‘Shakin’ All Over’ to anchor their set in classic rock and roll.
🏛️ The Factory Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: Pre-Production Phase Start
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band commences intensive rehearsals in Dublin, seeking privacy from the international press. They begin reworking the new album tracks for a live setting, while also experimenting with cover versions like ‘Shakin’ All Over’ to anchor their set in classic rock and roll.
📅 1991-07-25
📍 Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏛️ The Factory Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: Intensive Musical Arrangements
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: In the final weeks of preparation before the tour launch, Bowie enforces the band’s “democratic” structure. Hunt Sales takes over lead vocals on tracks such as ‘Stateside’ and ‘Sorry’, a move that would define the polarizing nature of the 1991-1992 performances.
🏛️ The Factory Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: Intensive Musical Arrangements
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: In the final weeks of preparation before the tour launch, Bowie enforces the band’s “democratic” structure. Hunt Sales takes over lead vocals on tracks such as ‘Stateside’ and ‘Sorry’, a move that would define the polarizing nature of the 1991-1992 performances.
Dublin Lockdown: The Factory Rehearsals – August 1991
📅 1991-08-10 to 1991-08-15
📍 Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏛️ Factory Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: Tour Preparation and Setlist Refinement
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band spends six intensive days in Dublin refining the setlist for the ‘It’s My Life’ tour. They focus on a raw, guitar-heavy sound, deliberately stripping away the polished production of Bowie’s previous solo work to emphasize the band’s collective identity.
🏛️ Factory Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: Tour Preparation and Setlist Refinement
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band spends six intensive days in Dublin refining the setlist for the ‘It’s My Life’ tour. They focus on a raw, guitar-heavy sound, deliberately stripping away the polished production of Bowie’s previous solo work to emphasize the band’s collective identity.
📅 1991-08-13
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ BBC Maida Vale Studios
🎸 Event: Radio: Mark Goodier’s Evening Session
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band records a live session for BBC Radio 1, performing ‘A Big Hurt’, ‘Baby Universal’, ‘Stateside’, ‘If There Is Something’, and ‘Heaven’s In Here’. This session captures the band’s raw energy and is later partially released on various CD singles to promote the second album.
🏛️ BBC Maida Vale Studios
🎸 Event: Radio: Mark Goodier’s Evening Session
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band records a live session for BBC Radio 1, performing ‘A Big Hurt’, ‘Baby Universal’, ‘Stateside’, ‘If There Is Something’, and ‘Heaven’s In Here’. This session captures the band’s raw energy and is later partially released on various CD singles to promote the second album.
Secret Gigs: The Irish Pub Tour – August 1991
📅 1991-08-16
📍 Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏛️ The Baggot Inn
🎸 Event: Live: Secret Warm-up Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: An unannounced performance in a small pub. Bowie enjoys the audience’s initial shock as the band delivers a high-volume, aggressive set. This gig serves as a crucial test of their “club band” ethos before the official tour launch.
🏛️ The Baggot Inn
🎸 Event: Live: Secret Warm-up Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: An unannounced performance in a small pub. Bowie enjoys the audience’s initial shock as the band delivers a high-volume, aggressive set. This gig serves as a crucial test of their “club band” ethos before the official tour launch.
📅 1991-08-19
📍 Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏛️ The Waterfront
🎸 Event: Live: Second Secret Warm-up Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A final low-key Irish performance to road-test new material from ‘Tin Machine II’. The set confirms the band’s readiness for the international stage, blending new tracks like ‘Amlapura’ with raw covers.
🏛️ The Waterfront
🎸 Event: Live: Second Secret Warm-up Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A final low-key Irish performance to road-test new material from ‘Tin Machine II’. The set confirms the band’s readiness for the international stage, blending new tracks like ‘Amlapura’ with raw covers.
The Airport Sessions: Los Angeles Industry Showcases
📅 1991-08-25
📍 Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Rockit Cargo (LAX Airport)
🎸 Event: Television: Filming for ‘ABC In Concert’
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band performs a high-energy set in a freight hangar at LAX specifically for the ABC television network. This professional filming, later broadcast on September 6, captures the band’s raw stage presence and serves as a major promotional tool for the ‘Tin Machine II’ album launch in the United States.
🏛️ Rockit Cargo (LAX Airport)
🎸 Event: Television: Filming for ‘ABC In Concert’
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band performs a high-energy set in a freight hangar at LAX specifically for the ABC television network. This professional filming, later broadcast on September 6, captures the band’s raw stage presence and serves as a major promotional tool for the ‘Tin Machine II’ album launch in the United States.
📅 1991-08-25 to 1991-08-27
📍 Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Rockit Cargo (LAX Airport)
🎸 Event: Live: Press & Trade Industry Showcases
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: In a unique promotional strategy, the band performs in a freight hangar at LAX. These shows are filmed for television (notably ABC’s ‘In Concert’) and attended by media and industry insiders. The contrast between the “low-key” pub gigs and this massive hangar performance highlights the band’s complex marketing strategy.
🏛️ Rockit Cargo (LAX Airport)
🎸 Event: Live: Press & Trade Industry Showcases
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: In a unique promotional strategy, the band performs in a freight hangar at LAX. These shows are filmed for television (notably ABC’s ‘In Concert’) and attended by media and industry insiders. The contrast between the “low-key” pub gigs and this massive hangar performance highlights the band’s complex marketing strategy.
US Media Blitz,Album release & Trade Shows – September 1991
📅 1991-09-02
📍 Global Release 🌍
🏛️ Victory Music / London Records
🎸 Event: Album Release: Tin Machine II
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band’s second and final studio album is officially released. Produced by Tin Machine and Hugh Padgham, it features a more melodic and sophisticated sound than its predecessor. The album’s cover art, featuring four Kouros statues, causes immediate controversy in the United States, leading to a censored version where the statues’ genitalia are airbrushed out.
🏛️ Victory Music / London Records
🎸 Event: Album Release: Tin Machine II
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band’s second and final studio album is officially released. Produced by Tin Machine and Hugh Padgham, it features a more melodic and sophisticated sound than its predecessor. The album’s cover art, featuring four Kouros statues, causes immediate controversy in the United States, leading to a censored version where the statues’ genitalia are airbrushed out.
📅 1991-09-01
📍 Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Rockit Cargo (LAX Airport)
🎸 Event: Television: ‘ABC In Concert’ TV Taping
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The final performance at the airport hangar is recorded for national television. This professional filming provides the band with massive US exposure just as ‘Tin Machine II’ is released, capturing their aggressive and unpolished live aesthetic for a mainstream audience.
🏛️ Rockit Cargo (LAX Airport)
🎸 Event: Television: ‘ABC In Concert’ TV Taping
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The final performance at the airport hangar is recorded for national television. This professional filming provides the band with massive US exposure just as ‘Tin Machine II’ is released, capturing their aggressive and unpolished live aesthetic for a mainstream audience.
📅 1991-09-07
📍 Minneapolis, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Marriott Hotel
🎸 Event: Strategic: Industry Trade Show Performance
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A specialized performance for music industry professionals and retailers, specifically for Warehouse Entertainment. Bowie utilizes these intimate events to solidify the band’s relationship with the Victory Music label and to present Tin Machine as a working club act.
🏛️ Marriott Hotel
🎸 Event: Strategic: Industry Trade Show Performance
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A specialized performance for music industry professionals and retailers, specifically for Warehouse Entertainment. Bowie utilizes these intimate events to solidify the band’s relationship with the Victory Music label and to present Tin Machine as a working club act.
📅 1991-09-12
📍 San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Slim’s
🎸 Event: Live: West Coast Trade Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A high-energy showcase in a classic club setting. While the band’s musical chemistry is evident, the performance highlights the polarizing “democratic” nature of the group, with the Sales brothers’ prominent role continuing to divide critics.
🏛️ Slim’s
🎸 Event: Live: West Coast Trade Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A high-energy showcase in a classic club setting. While the band’s musical chemistry is evident, the performance highlights the polarizing “democratic” nature of the group, with the Sales brothers’ prominent role continuing to divide critics.
The French Connection: Tour Prep – September 1991
📅 1991-09-25 to 1991-09-30
📍 Saint-Malo, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Théâtre Chateaubriand
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: European Tour Pre-Production
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band relocates to Brittany for final production rehearsals. The choice of the intimate Théâtre Chateaubriand reflects Bowie’s desire for a stripped-back, theatrical yet gritty European tour experience, far removed from the stadium spectacles of his previous decade.
🏛️ Théâtre Chateaubriand
🎸 Event: Rehearsal: European Tour Pre-Production
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band relocates to Brittany for final production rehearsals. The choice of the intimate Théâtre Chateaubriand reflects Bowie’s desire for a stripped-back, theatrical yet gritty European tour experience, far removed from the stadium spectacles of his previous decade.
European Club Invasion – October 1991
📅 1991-10-01
📍 Saint-Malo, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Théâtre Chateaubriand
🎸 Event: Live: Final Tour Warm-up Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The final public rehearsal before the official tour launch. The band utilizes the intimate theater setting to perfect their atmospheric lighting and aggressive stage presence, emphasizing the club-band aesthetic Bowie sought for this era.
🏛️ Théâtre Chateaubriand
🎸 Event: Live: Final Tour Warm-up Show
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The final public rehearsal before the official tour launch. The band utilizes the intimate theater setting to perfect their atmospheric lighting and aggressive stage presence, emphasizing the club-band aesthetic Bowie sought for this era.
📅 1991-10-05 to 1991-10-06
📍 Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Teatro Smeraldo
🎸 Event: Live: Official ‘It’s My Life’ Tour Opening
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour officially commences with two nights in Milan. The Italian press is polarized by the loud, distorted sound and the democratic band structure. Bowie remains adamant about his role as a collective member, often stepping back to let the Sales brothers lead.
🏛️ Teatro Smeraldo
🎸 Event: Live: Official ‘It’s My Life’ Tour Opening
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour officially commences with two nights in Milan. The Italian press is polarized by the loud, distorted sound and the democratic band structure. Bowie remains adamant about his role as a collective member, often stepping back to let the Sales brothers lead.
📅 1991-10-08
📍 Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Palasport di Campo di Marte
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues through Italy, with the band delivering a high-decibel setlist that heavily features material from ‘Tin Machine II’ alongside raw covers such as ‘I’m Waiting for the Man’.
🏛️ Palasport di Campo di Marte
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues through Italy, with the band delivering a high-decibel setlist that heavily features material from ‘Tin Machine II’ alongside raw covers such as ‘I’m Waiting for the Man’.
📅 1991-10-09 to 1991-10-10
📍 Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Teatro Brancaccio
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two nights in Rome further solidify the band’s reputation for unpredictable, high-energy performances. The intimate venue choice allows for a direct connection with the audience, a stark contrast to the stadium shows of the previous year.
🏛️ Teatro Brancaccio
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two nights in Rome further solidify the band’s reputation for unpredictable, high-energy performances. The intimate venue choice allows for a direct connection with the audience, a stark contrast to the stadium shows of the previous year.
📅 1991-10-12
📍 Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Circus Krone
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the legendary Circus Krone, the band brings their abrasive sound to Germany. The venue’s unique acoustics amplify Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar work, which becomes a focal point of the European leg.
🏛️ Circus Krone
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the legendary Circus Krone, the band brings their abrasive sound to Germany. The venue’s unique acoustics amplify Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar work, which becomes a focal point of the European leg.
📅 1991-10-14
📍 Offenbach, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Stadthalle
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band delivers a disciplined yet loud performance at the Stadthalle. Setlists during this period begin to stabilize, usually opening with ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Goodbye Mr. Ed’.
🏛️ Stadthalle
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band delivers a disciplined yet loud performance at the Stadthalle. Setlists during this period begin to stabilize, usually opening with ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Goodbye Mr. Ed’.
📅 1991-10-15
📍 Stuttgart, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Forum
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The German leg continues with a show at the Forum. Despite mixed critical reception, the tour sees strong ticket sales among fans eager to see Bowie in these uncharacteristically small settings.
🏛️ Forum
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The German leg continues with a show at the Forum. Despite mixed critical reception, the tour sees strong ticket sales among fans eager to see Bowie in these uncharacteristically small settings.
📅 1991-10-17
📍 Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Neue Welt
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Returning to Berlin, Bowie opts for a gritier club environment. The performance is marked by industrial sonic textures that resonate with the city’s alternative rock heritage.
🏛️ Neue Welt
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Returning to Berlin, Bowie opts for a gritier club environment. The performance is marked by industrial sonic textures that resonate with the city’s alternative rock heritage.
📅 1991-10-19
📍 Copenhagen, Denmark 🇩🇰
🏛️ Falkoner Teatret
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The Scandinavian leg begins in Copenhagen. The theater setting provides an intimate backdrop for the band’s abrasive sound, highlighting the contrast between the venue’s elegance and the music’s raw power.
🏛️ Falkoner Teatret
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The Scandinavian leg begins in Copenhagen. The theater setting provides an intimate backdrop for the band’s abrasive sound, highlighting the contrast between the venue’s elegance and the music’s raw power.
📅 1991-10-21
📍 Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
🏛️ Circus
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the historic Circus venue, the band delivers a high-energy set. The acoustics of the circular hall amplify Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar experiments.
🏛️ Circus
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the historic Circus venue, the band delivers a high-energy set. The acoustics of the circular hall amplify Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar experiments.
📅 1991-10-22
📍 Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴
🏛️ Oslo Konserthus
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band continues through Norway, maintaining their “no hits” policy and focusing strictly on the new material from the two Tin Machine studio albums.
🏛️ Oslo Konserthus
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band continues through Norway, maintaining their “no hits” policy and focusing strictly on the new material from the two Tin Machine studio albums.
📅 1991-10-24
📍 Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Docks
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: After a rescheduling of the previous day, the band delivers an explosive set at Docks. The show is characterized by long, feedback-heavy instrumental jams.
🏛️ Docks
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: After a rescheduling of the previous day, the band delivers an explosive set at Docks. The show is characterized by long, feedback-heavy instrumental jams.
📅 1991-10-25
📍 Hanover, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Music Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Another German stop where the band emphasizes their collective identity. The setlist remains consistent, focusing on the raw energy of the second album’s tracks.
🏛️ Music Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Another German stop where the band emphasizes their collective identity. The setlist remains consistent, focusing on the raw energy of the second album’s tracks.
📅 1991-10-26
📍 Cologne, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ E-Werk
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing in a converted industrial plant, the E-Werk’s atmosphere perfectly complements the band’s sonic aesthetic.
🏛️ E-Werk
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing in a converted industrial plant, the E-Werk’s atmosphere perfectly complements the band’s sonic aesthetic.
📅 1991-10-28
📍 Utrecht, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The only Dutch appearance of the tour. The performance is noted for its dynamic shifts between heavy rock and more melodic, acoustic-driven segments.
🏛️ Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The only Dutch appearance of the tour. The performance is noted for its dynamic shifts between heavy rock and more melodic, acoustic-driven segments.
📅 1991-10-29
📍 Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A prestigious night at the Olympia. Bowie is seen enjoying the theatricality of the venue while keeping the stage setup minimal and focused on the four-piece band.
🏛️ L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A prestigious night at the Olympia. Bowie is seen enjoying the theatricality of the venue while keeping the stage setup minimal and focused on the four-piece band.
📅 1991-10-30
📍 Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Le Zenith
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A second night in Paris at a larger modern venue. The performance remains uncompromising, further establishing the band’s European tour as a statement of artistic independence.
🏛️ Le Zenith
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A second night in Paris at a larger modern venue. The performance remains uncompromising, further establishing the band’s European tour as a statement of artistic independence.
📅 1991-10-31
📍 Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
🏛️ Ancienne Belgique
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A high-intensity Halloween performance in Brussels. Often cited as a tour highlight for its sonic density and the band’s peak musical chemistry.
🏛️ Ancienne Belgique
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A high-intensity Halloween performance in Brussels. Often cited as a tour highlight for its sonic density and the band’s peak musical chemistry.
British Club Circuit – November 1991
📅 1991-11-02
📍 Wolverhampton, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Civic Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The UK leg of the tour kicks off in Wolverhampton. The band presents a unified front against a skeptical British press, delivering a loud, guitar-driven set that emphasizes their collective identity over Bowie’s solo stardom.
🏛️ Civic Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The UK leg of the tour kicks off in Wolverhampton. The band presents a unified front against a skeptical British press, delivering a loud, guitar-driven set that emphasizes their collective identity over Bowie’s solo stardom.
📅 1991-11-07
📍 Glasgow, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Barrowlands
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Widely considered a highlight of the UK tour. The raw energy of the Barrowlands crowd perfectly complements the band’s aggressive sound and minimalist stage setup, resulting in one of the most celebrated performances of the era.
🏛️ Barrowlands
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Widely considered a highlight of the UK tour. The raw energy of the Barrowlands crowd perfectly complements the band’s aggressive sound and minimalist stage setup, resulting in one of the most celebrated performances of the era.
📅 1991-11-10 to 1991-11-11
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Brixton Academy
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two high-profile nights in London. The band’s performance of ‘I Can’t Read’ during these shows is particularly intense, showcasing the dark lyrical depth and sonic experimentation that defined the ‘Tin Machine II’ live experience.
🏛️ Brixton Academy
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two high-profile nights in London. The band’s performance of ‘I Can’t Read’ during these shows is particularly intense, showcasing the dark lyrical depth and sonic experimentation that defined the ‘Tin Machine II’ live experience.
North America – November 1991
📅 1991-11-15 to 1991-11-17
📍 Philadelphia, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Tower Theater
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The North American leg begins in Philadelphia, a city with a long history of supporting Bowie’s experimental phases. The reception at the Tower Theater is warm, providing a positive start to the band’s US theater tour.
🏛️ Tower Theater
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The North American leg begins in Philadelphia, a city with a long history of supporting Bowie’s experimental phases. The reception at the Tower Theater is warm, providing a positive start to the band’s US theater tour.
📅 1991-11-16
📍 Washington DC, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ The Citadel
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing in a converted church, the band utilizes the unique acoustics of The Citadel. The set is high-decibel and uncompromising, further distancing Bowie from his 1980s pop persona.
🏛️ The Citadel
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing in a converted church, the band utilizes the unique acoustics of The Citadel. The set is high-decibel and uncompromising, further distancing Bowie from his 1980s pop persona.
📅 1991-11-19
📍 New Haven, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Toad’s Place
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A legendary performance in one of America’s most famous small clubs. The band thrives in this intimate, high-pressure environment, which allows for a direct, visceral connection with the audience and showcases their rawest sonic experiments.
🏛️ Toad’s Place
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A legendary performance in one of America’s most famous small clubs. The band thrives in this intimate, high-pressure environment, which allows for a direct, visceral connection with the audience and showcases their rawest sonic experiments.
📅 1991-11-20
📍 Boston, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Orpheum Theater
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band transitions back to a theater setting at the Orpheum. The performance is marked by intense guitar interplay between Reeves Gabrels and Bowie, particularly on tracks like ‘Heaven’s in Here’.
🏛️ Orpheum Theater
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band transitions back to a theater setting at the Orpheum. The performance is marked by intense guitar interplay between Reeves Gabrels and Bowie, particularly on tracks like ‘Heaven’s in Here’.
📅 1991-11-24
📍 Providence, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ New Campus Club
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Continuing their “club invasion,” the band delivers an aggressive set at the New Campus Club. The small capacity ensures a frenetic energy that suits the Sales brothers’ driving rhythm section.
🏛️ New Campus Club
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Continuing their “club invasion,” the band delivers an aggressive set at the New Campus Club. The small capacity ensures a frenetic energy that suits the Sales brothers’ driving rhythm section.
📅 1991-11-25
📍 New Britain, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ The Sting
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Another raw performance in a quintessential rock club. These smaller dates are essential to Bowie’s strategy of proving that Tin Machine is a genuine band rather than a solo vehicle.
🏛️ The Sting
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Another raw performance in a quintessential rock club. These smaller dates are essential to Bowie’s strategy of proving that Tin Machine is a genuine band rather than a solo vehicle.
📅 1991-11-27 to 1991-11-29
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ The Academy
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two pivotal residency nights in New York City. The shows are characterized by abrasive guitar duels and extended jams, cementing the band’s reputation within the US alternative scene and providing a high-profile platform for the ‘Tin Machine II’ material.
🏛️ The Academy
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two pivotal residency nights in New York City. The shows are characterized by abrasive guitar duels and extended jams, cementing the band’s reputation within the US alternative scene and providing a high-profile platform for the ‘Tin Machine II’ material.
The American Club Road – December 1991
📅 1991-12-01 to 1991-12-02
📍 Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ La Brique
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A double night in Montreal. The band’s French-Canadian reception is notably warmer and more enthusiastic than in the English-speaking provinces, reflecting a strong local appreciation for the band’s avant-garde leanings.
🏛️ La Brique
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A double night in Montreal. The band’s French-Canadian reception is notably warmer and more enthusiastic than in the English-speaking provinces, reflecting a strong local appreciation for the band’s avant-garde leanings.
📅 1991-12-03
📍 Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ The Concert Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the historic Masonic Temple, the band continues their high-decibel tour of North America. The show is marked by intense instrumental interplay and a raw, stripped-back stage presentation.
🏛️ The Concert Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the historic Masonic Temple, the band continues their high-decibel tour of North America. The show is marked by intense instrumental interplay and a raw, stripped-back stage presentation.
📅 1991-12-04
📍 Detroit, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Clubland
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band brings their aggressive sound to Detroit, performing in the intimate confines of Clubland. The setting perfectly complements the Sales brothers’ driving rhythm section and the band’s collective rock-and-roll ethos.
🏛️ Clubland
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band brings their aggressive sound to Detroit, performing in the intimate confines of Clubland. The setting perfectly complements the Sales brothers’ driving rhythm section and the band’s collective rock-and-roll ethos.
📅 1991-12-06
📍 Cleveland, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Agora Metropolitan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A powerful performance at the legendary Agora. The band delivers a dense setlist focusing on ‘Tin Machine II’ material, maintaining their refusal to perform Bowie’s past solo hits.
🏛️ Agora Metropolitan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A powerful performance at the legendary Agora. The band delivers a dense setlist focusing on ‘Tin Machine II’ material, maintaining their refusal to perform Bowie’s past solo hits.
📅 1991-12-07
📍 Chicago, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Riviera Theatre
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to Chicago’s Riviera Theatre. The performance is characterized by an abrasive sonic energy, with Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar work taking center stage during extended jams.
🏛️ Riviera Theatre
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to Chicago’s Riviera Theatre. The performance is characterized by an abrasive sonic energy, with Reeves Gabrels’ avant-garde guitar work taking center stage during extended jams.
📅 1991-12-09
📍 Dallas, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Bronco Bowl
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the gritty Bronco Bowl, the band finds an ideal atmosphere for their loud and unpolished live sound. The set remains uncompromisingly rock-oriented.
🏛️ Bronco Bowl
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the gritty Bronco Bowl, the band finds an ideal atmosphere for their loud and unpolished live sound. The set remains uncompromisingly rock-oriented.
📅 1991-12-10
📍 Houston, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Back Alley
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Another raw club performance in Houston. These intimate shows are central to the band’s mission of being seen as a working unit rather than a vehicle for David Bowie’s celebrity.
🏛️ Back Alley
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Another raw club performance in Houston. These intimate shows are central to the band’s mission of being seen as a working unit rather than a vehicle for David Bowie’s celebrity.
📅 1991-12-12 to 1991-12-13
📍 Hollywood, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Hollywood Palladium
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two high-profile Los Angeles shows attended by numerous celebrity guests. Despite the fame of the attendees, Bowie insists on a minimalist band profile, delivering a performance focused on the raw energy of the four-piece ensemble.
🏛️ Hollywood Palladium
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two high-profile Los Angeles shows attended by numerous celebrity guests. Despite the fame of the attendees, Bowie insists on a minimalist band profile, delivering a performance focused on the raw energy of the four-piece ensemble.
📅 1991-12-14 to 1991-12-15
📍 San Diego, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Spreckels Theater
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The North American tour concludes with two performances at the historic Spreckels Theater. The shows end a dense year of touring, leaving the band prepared for their transition to the Japanese leg in early 1992.
🏛️ Spreckels Theater
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The North American tour concludes with two performances at the historic Spreckels Theater. The shows end a dense year of touring, leaving the band prepared for their transition to the Japanese leg in early 1992.
📅 1991-12-17 to 1991-12-18
📍 San Francisco, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ The Warfield
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two nights at the historic Warfield Theatre. The band delivers a highly energized performance, with the San Francisco crowd particularly receptive to the improvisational guitar duels between Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.
🏛️ The Warfield
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two nights at the historic Warfield Theatre. The band delivers a highly energized performance, with the San Francisco crowd particularly receptive to the improvisational guitar duels between Bowie and Reeves Gabrels.
📅 1991-12-20
📍 Seattle, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Paramount Theatre
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: As the band moves into the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle performance at the Paramount reflects the raw, alternative energy beginning to dominate the local music scene.
🏛️ Paramount Theatre
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: As the band moves into the Pacific Northwest, the Seattle performance at the Paramount reflects the raw, alternative energy beginning to dominate the local music scene.
📅 1991-12-21
📍 Vancouver, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ Commodore Ballroom
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour Finale 1991
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The final North American date of the year takes place in the legendary Commodore Ballroom. The band concludes 1991 in peak musical form, with Reeves Gabrels pushing his guitar work into increasingly experimental and improvisational territory, setting the stage for the Japanese leg in early 1992.
🏛️ Commodore Ballroom
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour Finale 1991
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The final North American date of the year takes place in the legendary Commodore Ballroom. The band concludes 1991 in peak musical form, with Reeves Gabrels pushing his guitar work into increasingly experimental and improvisational territory, setting the stage for the Japanese leg in early 1992.
Winter Hiatus & The Pacific Crossing – January 1992
📅 1992-01-01 to 1992-01-25
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭 / London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Private Residences
🎸 Event: Strategic: Winter Break & Tour Planning
🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band takes a three-week hiatus. Bowie spends time in Switzerland and London, preparing for the final leg of the world tour. Behind the scenes, internal dynamics become increasingly strained, yet the commitment to the upcoming Asian dates remains a priority for the collective.
🏛️ Private Residences
🎸 Event: Strategic: Winter Break & Tour Planning
🎤 Artist: David Bowie / Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band takes a three-week hiatus. Bowie spends time in Switzerland and London, preparing for the final leg of the world tour. Behind the scenes, internal dynamics become increasingly strained, yet the commitment to the upcoming Asian dates remains a priority for the collective.
📅 1992-01-29
📍 Kyoto, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Kaikan Dai Ichi Hall
🎸 Event: Live: Japanese Tour Premiere
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The ‘It’s My Life’ tour resumes in Kyoto after the winter break. The Japanese audience, known for its deep appreciation of Bowie’s technical transitions, warmly receives the band’s abrasive sound and Bowie’s prominent saxophone contributions throughout the set.
🏛️ Kaikan Dai Ichi Hall
🎸 Event: Live: Japanese Tour Premiere
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The ‘It’s My Life’ tour resumes in Kyoto after the winter break. The Japanese audience, known for its deep appreciation of Bowie’s technical transitions, warmly receives the band’s abrasive sound and Bowie’s prominent saxophone contributions throughout the set.
📅 1992-01-30
📍 Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Festival Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour (Night 1)
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The first of two consecutive nights in Osaka. These performances are professionally recorded for potential live release. The band demonstrates a high level of precision, delivering a comprehensive setlist that spans both studio albums.
🏛️ Festival Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour (Night 1)
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The first of two consecutive nights in Osaka. These performances are professionally recorded for potential live release. The band demonstrates a high level of precision, delivering a comprehensive setlist that spans both studio albums.
📅 1992-01-31
📍 Osaka, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Festival Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour (Night 2)
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The second night in Osaka is a highlight of the Japanese leg. The performance of ‘Shakin’ All Over’ from this evening is later selected for the live album ‘Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby’, capturing the raw, improvisational energy of the tour’s final phase.
🏛️ Festival Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour (Night 2)
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The second night in Osaka is a highlight of the Japanese leg. The performance of ‘Shakin’ All Over’ from this evening is later selected for the live album ‘Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby’, capturing the raw, improvisational energy of the tour’s final phase.
The Final Bow: Japan – February 1992
📅 1992-02-02 to 1992-02-03
📍 Fukuoka & Hiroshima, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Kouseinenkin Kaikan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves through southern Japan. The musical interplay reaches a creative peak, particularly during the improvised sections of ‘Heaven’s in Here’, where the band’s collective chemistry is most evident.
🏛️ Kouseinenkin Kaikan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves through southern Japan. The musical interplay reaches a creative peak, particularly during the improvised sections of ‘Heaven’s in Here’, where the band’s collective chemistry is most evident.
📅 1992-02-05 to 1992-02-06
📍 Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ NHK Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two prestigious nights at the NHK Hall. These performances are recorded for high-definition television broadcast in Japan, capturing the band’s raw, uncompromising stage aesthetic for a broader audience.
🏛️ NHK Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Two prestigious nights at the NHK Hall. These performances are recorded for high-definition television broadcast in Japan, capturing the band’s raw, uncompromising stage aesthetic for a broader audience.
📅 1992-02-07
📍 Yokohama, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Bunka Taiikukan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band delivers a powerful set in Yokohama. As the tour nears its end, the performances become increasingly loose and experimental, showcasing the group’s confidence in their live arrangements.
🏛️ Bunka Taiikukan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band delivers a powerful set in Yokohama. As the tour nears its end, the performances become increasingly loose and experimental, showcasing the group’s confidence in their live arrangements.
📅 1992-02-10 to 1992-02-11
📍 Sapporo, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Kouseinenkin Kaikan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band continues North to Sapporo for two nights. Despite the grueling schedule, the performances remain high-energy, with the setlist heavily leaning on the abrasive material from ‘Tin Machine II’.
🏛️ Kouseinenkin Kaikan
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band continues North to Sapporo for two nights. Despite the grueling schedule, the performances remain high-energy, with the setlist heavily leaning on the abrasive material from ‘Tin Machine II’.
📅 1992-02-13
📍 Sendai, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Sunplaza Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A high-decibel performance at the Sunplaza Hall. The band maintains their unified “club band” aesthetic even in these larger Japanese venues, continuing to distance the project from Bowie’s solo stadium history.
🏛️ Sunplaza Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: A high-decibel performance at the Sunplaza Hall. The band maintains their unified “club band” aesthetic even in these larger Japanese venues, continuing to distance the project from Bowie’s solo stadium history.
📅 1992-02-14
📍 Omiya, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Sonic City Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the Sonic City Hall on Valentine’s Day, the band delivers a disciplined yet raw set. This marks one of the final opportunities for fans to witness the Sales/Gabrels/Bowie line-up in action.
🏛️ Sonic City Hall
🎸 Event: Live: ‘It’s My Life’ World Tour
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: Performing at the Sonic City Hall on Valentine’s Day, the band delivers a disciplined yet raw set. This marks one of the final opportunities for fans to witness the Sales/Gabrels/Bowie line-up in action.
📅 1992-02-17
📍 Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
🏛️ Nippon Budokan
🎸 Event: Live: The Final Tin Machine Performance
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: This historic night at the Budokan marks the definitive end of Tin Machine’s live career. Bowie delivers an emotional performance, concluding the ‘It’s My Life’ world tour. With this final bow, he clears the path for his return to solo artistry and his upcoming marriage to Iman in April.
🏛️ Nippon Budokan
🎸 Event: Live: The Final Tin Machine Performance
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: This historic night at the Budokan marks the definitive end of Tin Machine’s live career. Bowie delivers an emotional performance, concluding the ‘It’s My Life’ world tour. With this final bow, he clears the path for his return to solo artistry and his upcoming marriage to Iman in April.
The Final Echoes of the Machine – March/December 1992
📅 1992-03-15
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Private Residence
🎸 Event: Strategic: Solo Career Resumption
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Following the conclusion of the Japanese tour, Bowie privately informs his management that Tin Machine is on an indefinite hiatus. Personal tensions and the erratic behavior of certain band members make further collaboration untenable, leading Bowie to shift his focus toward his upcoming marriage and new solo material.
🏛️ Private Residence
🎸 Event: Strategic: Solo Career Resumption
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Following the conclusion of the Japanese tour, Bowie privately informs his management that Tin Machine is on an indefinite hiatus. Personal tensions and the erratic behavior of certain band members make further collaboration untenable, leading Bowie to shift his focus toward his upcoming marriage and new solo material.
Public Tributes & Personal Milestones – April/July 1992
📅 1992-04-20
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Wembley Stadium
🎸 Event: Live: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
🎤 Artist: David Bowie (with Queen)
🗒️ Notes: In a powerful return to the global stage, Bowie performs ‘Under Pressure’ with Annie Lennox and Queen. He also delivers ‘All the Young Dudes’ and ‘Heroes’. The set concludes with Bowie reciting the Lord’s Prayer, a polarizing and deeply personal gesture in front of a worldwide audience of millions.
🏛️ Wembley Stadium
🎸 Event: Live: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert
🎤 Artist: David Bowie (with Queen)
🗒️ Notes: In a powerful return to the global stage, Bowie performs ‘Under Pressure’ with Annie Lennox and Queen. He also delivers ‘All the Young Dudes’ and ‘Heroes’. The set concludes with Bowie reciting the Lord’s Prayer, a polarizing and deeply personal gesture in front of a worldwide audience of millions.
📅 1992-04-24
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Registry Office
🎸 Event: Personal: Civil Marriage to Iman Abdulmajid
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David and Iman are legally married in a private civil ceremony. This union marks a definitive shift in Bowie’s personal life, providing the stability and inspiration that would profoundly influence his musical output for the next two decades.
🏛️ Registry Office
🎸 Event: Personal: Civil Marriage to Iman Abdulmajid
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David and Iman are legally married in a private civil ceremony. This union marks a definitive shift in Bowie’s personal life, providing the stability and inspiration that would profoundly influence his musical output for the next two decades.
📅 1992-06-06
📍 Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Saint James Episcopal Church
🎸 Event: Personal: Wedding Inscription & Celebration
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A high-profile wedding blessing and celebration is held at the Villa la Massa. The event is attended by many celebrity friends and family. The music for the ceremony, composed by Bowie himself, would later form the basis for tracks on his next solo album, ‘Black Tie White Noise’.
🏛️ Saint James Episcopal Church
🎸 Event: Personal: Wedding Inscription & Celebration
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A high-profile wedding blessing and celebration is held at the Villa la Massa. The event is attended by many celebrity friends and family. The music for the ceremony, composed by Bowie himself, would later form the basis for tracks on his next solo album, ‘Black Tie White Noise’.
📅 1992-07-02
📍 Worldwide Release 🌍
🏛️ Victory Music / London Records
🎸 Event: Album Release: ‘Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby’
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band’s sole official live album is released, featuring recordings from the ‘It’s My Life’ tour in Northport, Chicago, and Tokyo. The album receives a lukewarm commercial and critical reception, signaling the end of the public’s interest in the project.
🏛️ Victory Music / London Records
🎸 Event: Album Release: ‘Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby’
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The band’s sole official live album is released, featuring recordings from the ‘It’s My Life’ tour in Northport, Chicago, and Tokyo. The album receives a lukewarm commercial and critical reception, signaling the end of the public’s interest in the project.
📅 1992-08-10
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Various Studios
🎸 Event: Recording: ‘Black Tie White Noise’ Sessions
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially begins recording his first solo studio album since 1987. Although Reeves Gabrels is brought in to contribute guitar, the project is strictly a solo endeavor, marking the definitive public conclusion of the Tin Machine collective.
🏛️ Various Studios
🎸 Event: Recording: ‘Black Tie White Noise’ Sessions
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially begins recording his first solo studio album since 1987. Although Reeves Gabrels is brought in to contribute guitar, the project is strictly a solo endeavor, marking the definitive public conclusion of the Tin Machine collective.
📅 1992-11-23
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Victory Music HQ
🎸 Event: Release: The Final Single ‘Amlapura’
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The atmospheric ballad ‘Amlapura’ is released as a single in limited territories. It fails to make an impact on the charts, serving as a quiet and largely overlooked coda to the band’s recording career as Bowie fully transitions into his 1990s solo era.
🏛️ Victory Music HQ
🎸 Event: Release: The Final Single ‘Amlapura’
🎤 Artist: Tin Machine
🗒️ Notes: The atmospheric ballad ‘Amlapura’ is released as a single in limited territories. It fails to make an impact on the charts, serving as a quiet and largely overlooked coda to the band’s recording career as Bowie fully transitions into his 1990s solo era.