David Bowie 1983-06-08 Paris ,France Hippodrome d’Auteuil (Source 2 VHS) – SQ 7,5

David Bowie 1983-06-08 Paris ,France Hippodrome d'Auteuil (Source 2 VHS) - SQ 7,5

David Bowie 1983-06-08 Paris ,France Hippodrome d’Auteuil (Source 2 VHS) –
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01. JEAN GENIE INTRO.flac
02. STAR.flac
03. “HEROES”.flac
04. WHAT IN THE WORLD.flac
05. GOLDEN YEARS.flac
06. FASHION.flac
07. LET’S DANCE.flac
08. BREAKING GLASS.flac
09. LIFE ON MARS.flac
10. SORROW.flac
11. CAT PEOPLE.flac
12. CHINA GIRL.flac
13. SCARY MONSTERS.flac
14. REBEL REBEL.flac
15. WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT.flac
16. CRACKED ACTOR.flac
16. STATION TO STATION.flac
18. ASHES TO ASHES.flac
19. SPACE ODDITY.flac
20. BAND INTRODUCTION.flac
21. YOUNG AMERICANS.flac
23. FAME.flac
24. STAY.flac
25. JEAN GENIE .flac
26. MODERN LOVE.flac

Label : No label
Audio Source : audience
Lineage : DVD source
Total running time : 1:30:51
Sound Quality : Much noise ,dull ,but still good listened to
Attendance : 59.200
Artwork : JTB Art work
Note :Hang On To Yourself (missing)

This concert was a great succes
For the first time in this tour a screen was hung over the stage – as was sometimes done in ’74 – for simultaneous pro­jection of the concert. A perfect solution: now people did not have to depend so much on their binoculars.
At 6pm there was first some French band which was not much of a hit,and was soon whistled down. At 7pm Dexys Midnight Runners who did have some succes with the audience up to the moment when singer Kevin Rowland said : “David Bowie is full of shit!”. What a nerve to say such a thing before 60,000 fans of the idol! He called Bowie a bad copy of Bryan Ferry (!) and later he told the British press: “We only agreed to the show because France is an important market for us – not because I have any respect for Bowie”. Instantaneously the group were drowned in whistling and showe red with tins and other missiles and they left the stage.
At 9. 15pm at last the concert started; the three carneramen were doing a good job,but it was another thirty minutes before the daylight had gone and the projections on the screen became quite visible.
This concert was a great succes; like the shows in Lyon and Frejus it was much praised in the press. After the concert there was a party to celaebrate the succes. Bowie was seen with Grace Jones and many papers showed pictures of the pair.
In one week’s time 60,000 tickets were sold,according to promotor Albert Koski. Not really exceptional in comparison with other countries,but for France this was a record!

Of this concert Bowie must have been quite nervous ,for this was his first time to perform for such an immense crowd (apart from the US Festi­val).

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David Bowie Tour band 1983 – The Serious Moonlight World Tour :
David Bowie – lead vocals, guitar, saxophone
Earl Slick – guitar
Carlos Alomar – guitar, backing vocals, music director
Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
Tony Thompson – drums, percussion
Dave Lebolt – keyboards, synthesizers
The Borneo Horns:
Steve Elson – saxophones
Stan Harrison – saxophones, woodwinds
Lenny Pickett – saxophones, woodwinds
Backing vocals
George Simms – backing vocals
Frank Simms – backing vocals Frank Simms – backing vocals

David Bowie World Convention 1983
David Bowie – 1983 Souvenir Serious Moonlight Tour

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5 thoughts on “David Bowie 1983-06-08 Paris ,France Hippodrome d’Auteuil (Source 2 VHS) – SQ 7,5”

  1. Moi petit Québécois perdu a travers cette immense marée humaine réunis par la même passion de la musique de Bowie,
    . Mémorables Fantastique…

  2. Hello !
    Great memory for me. I attended the concert the next day, June 9, 1983, and indeed Dexys was not present.
    Bowie had so much energy … The show was perfectly tuned, and I really had a fantastic evening!

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