David Bowie 2002-08-10 Denver ,Pepsi City Of Lights Arena – Live in Denver 10-08-2002 –
Sound Quality Rating
101. Life On Mars.flac
102. Ashes To Ashes.flac
103. Breaking Glass.flac
104. Cactus.flac
105. China Girl.flac
106. Slip Away.flac
107. Fame.flac
108. I’m Afraid Of Americans.flac
109. I’ve Been Waiting For You.flac
110. 5.15 The Angels Has Gone.flac
111. “Heroes”.flac
112. Heathen.flac
101. A New Career In A New Town.flac
102. Fashion.flac
103. Everyone Says Hi.flac
104. Lets Dance.flac
105. Ziggy Stardust.flac
Label : FROM THE COLLECTION OF SMORES
Audio Source : Audience
Lineage : DAT Master
Taping Gear : Mic > MBHO KA200N
Taper: Unknown
Recording Location: Unknown
Total running time : 1:24:43
Sound Quality : very good. Equals record or radio/TV apart from a slight noise and some dullness.
Attendance : Unknown
Artwork : No
The Rocky Mountain News were not quite so quick off the mark, but they did have a story Friday covering a telephone interview David gave recently from New York. With reference to some of his past work, he talked about “trying to widen the vocabulary of rock by utilizing other aspects of the arts,” but had this to add when discussing the current tour, “There’s no art involved in this one. It’s just a bloke singing songs – a nice pair of trousers and a bloody good band.” And on being nominated for the Mercury Prize:- “..I was thrilled. All the other nominees are 13 years old. Hey, look at this old guy go! I was really chuffed about that.”
The same paper did catch up this morning however, with this review of the show, which was well worth waiting for. They said:- “both Moby and David Bowie easily gave some of the peak performances of their careers… Bowie opened with an exuberant Life On Mars, delivered in superb voice to an ecstatic crowd. He chose wisely from his new album, Heathen, delivering those songs with ultimate confidence… Charming and effusive, he worked through a swath of his career, from a crunching, hard-edged Fame to a loping, energetic Heroes to the final cut, the definitive live version of Ziggy Stardust that left the crowd breathless and stunned. I’m Afraid Of Americans took on an otherworldly air in light of the past year, with fans cheering the lines “I’m afraid of Americans / I’m afraid of the world.”
Once again, David was joking with the crowd and telling stories about his days on the road. It seems he had the tour bus stop in Nebraska to try and get hold of a “Jackalope” for the hood of the bus. Unfortunately they were all out. Maybe he should have tried Jackalope Junction. 😉 He praised Denver for its famous bookstore, ‘The Tattered Cover’ where he said he spent 19 hours. When drinking from his mug, he announced that his mouth was so dry he could lay down carpeting with his tongue, then said he wasn’t sure quite what that meant but it “sounded good”. The crowd were very hot for David last night, with great choruses of ‘Bowie’, ‘Bowie’, ‘Bowie’ going up to persuade him to come back for encores. When he returned to the stage to grant their wish, he opened the encores with ‘A New Career In A New Town’, and told the audience it was “pre-Dance Tent”.
David Bowie Tour band 2002 Heathen Tour
The David Bowie Heathen Tour was a 2002 concert tour in support of the album, Heathen, and was also notable for the performances of all songs from the 1977 Low album.
Start date 11 June 2002
End date
23 October 2002
The Tour band
• David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Earl Slick – lead guitar
• Mark Plati – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, clarinet, vocals
• Sterling Campbell – drums, percussion
• Mike Garson – keyboards, piano
• Catherine Russell – keyboards percussion backing vocals
SEVEN TIMES DAVID BOWIE PLAYED IN DENVER
Today, music fans across the world mourn the loss of a legend. Simply put, there aren’t enough superlatives to describe David Bowie.
Sadly, Bowie never performed live here in Wyoming. However, he came to Denver seven times during his illustrious career. Here’s a look back at each of those shows.
Feb. 15, 1976, at McNichols Sports Arena – Bowie was already a star when he first came to Denver on the Isolar Tour. Still in the process of shedding his iconic Ziggy Stardust character, the set list that night featured five songs from the recently released “Station to Station” album, including the title track and “Golden Years”.
The show also included Bowie classics like “Changes,” Suffragette City,” “Rebel Rebel” and “Fame” along with a cover of the Velvet Underground’s “I’m Waiting for the Man.”
Aug. 12, 1987, at Mile High Stadium – The biggest tour of Bowie’s career was the Glass Spider Tour, which sold out stadiums across the world. Hot on the heels of his album Never Let Me Down, Bowie performed a career spanning 29 song set in Denver.
Highlights of the show included “China Girl,” “Fashion,” “Scary Monsters,” “Young Americans,” and “Heroes,” The evening ended with a encore featuring a cover of Iggy Pop and the Stooges “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” followed by “Modern Love.”
June 1 – 2, 1990 at McNichols Sports Arena – Bowie’s Sound + Vision tour would mark his only two-night-stand in the Mile High City. The set list was determined, in part, by a fan poll conducted earlier that year.
In addition to favorites such as “Space Oddity,” “Fame,” “Fashion” and “Let’s Dance,” Bowie also mixed in several covers, including Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel,” Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” and Van Morrison’s “Gloria”
Oct. 16, 1995, at McNichols Sports Arena – Although Bowie’s co-headlining trek with the Nine Inch Nails was dubbed “The Outside Tour,” the Denver date took place indoors at Big Mac.
During the tour, Bowie joined the Nine Inch Nails during their encore, performing “Subterraneans,” “Hallo Spaceboy” and a duet of “Hurt.” Bowie’s band then took the stage with “The Man Who Sold the World.” His set would also include “Andy Warhol,” “Diamond Dogs” and “Under Pressure.”
Aug. 10, 2002, at Pepsi Center – The Heathen tour stood out for two reasons. It featured several selections from Bowie’s latest release “Heathen” and was the first tour to feature the 1977 album Low, performed in its entirety.
In addition to all eleven songs from Low, Bowie mixed in three tracks from his iconic album “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars,” along with Hunky Dory’s “Life on Mars” and Earthling’s “I’m Afraid of Americans”.
Jan. 19, 2004, at the Fillmore Auditorium – 2004’s Reality Tour was Bowie’s last, and also his most intimate tour in decades. Nearly 4,000 fans in attendance were treated to covers of The Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night,” Mott the Hoople’s “All the Young Dudes” and the T-Rex classic “Bang a Gong (Get It On).”
The night featured tracks ranging from 1970ss “The Man Who Sold the World” up to his 2003 album “Reality.” Fittingly, the final song Bowie ever played live in Denver was “Ziggy Stardust.” If you were there, it was a night you’ll never forget.