David Bowie 1987 – Glass Spider Era
The David Bowie Glass Spider Tour began on 30 May 1987 and concluded on 28 November 1987.
It featured 86 shows across 3 legs, making it one of Bowie’s most ambitious tours of the 1980s.
Tour band
- David Bowie – vocals, guitar
- Peter Frampton – guitar, vocals
- Carlos Alomar – guitar, backing vocals, music director
- Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
- Alan Childs – drums
- Erdal Kızılçay – keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin, backing vocals
- Richard Cottle – keyboards, saxophone, tambourine, backing vocals
Tour dancers
- Melissa Hurley
- Constance Marie
- Spazz Attack (Craig Allen Rothwell)
- Viktor Manoel
- Stephen Nichols
- Toni Basil (choreography)
Tour design
- Allen Branton – lighting design
- Mark Ravitz – set design
- Christine Strand – video director
40th Birthday & Theatrical Blueprints – January 1987
📅 1987-01-08
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: 40th Birthday Celebration
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie celebrates his 40th milestone privately at his Swiss home. He views this birthday as a pivotal moment to launch his most ambitious theatrical project, transitioning from his recent cinematic focus back to a high-profile rock frontman persona.
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: 40th Birthday Celebration
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie celebrates his 40th milestone privately at his Swiss home. He views this birthday as a pivotal moment to launch his most ambitious theatrical project, transitioning from his recent cinematic focus back to a high-profile rock frontman persona.
📅 1987-01-15
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Isolar Office / EMI America
🎸 Event: Creative: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Music Video Strategy
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie meets with director Julien Temple to finalize the storyboard for the lead single’s music video. He insists on a gritty, social-realist visual style to emphasize the song’s lyrical commentary on urban poverty and social neglect.
🏛️ Isolar Office / EMI America
🎸 Event: Creative: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Music Video Strategy
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie meets with director Julien Temple to finalize the storyboard for the lead single’s music video. He insists on a gritty, social-realist visual style to emphasize the song’s lyrical commentary on urban poverty and social neglect.
📅 1987-01-27
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Home Studio / Planning Office
🎸 Event: Creative: Finalizing ‘Glass Spider’ Band Lineup
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially secures Peter Frampton as lead guitarist and Carlos Alomar as rhythm guitarist for the upcoming world tour. This lineup signals a commitment to a powerful, guitar-driven rock sound to balance the heavy theatrical elements of the stage production.
🏛️ Home Studio / Planning Office
🎸 Event: Creative: Finalizing ‘Glass Spider’ Band Lineup
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially secures Peter Frampton as lead guitarist and Carlos Alomar as rhythm guitarist for the upcoming world tour. This lineup signals a commitment to a powerful, guitar-driven rock sound to balance the heavy theatrical elements of the stage production.
📅 1987-01-31
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Strategic Shift Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes January with the visual and musical foundations for 1987 firmly established. His focus shifts entirely to the immense logistical challenges of the ‘Glass Spider’ stage, designed to be one of the largest and most complex touring sets in rock history.
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Strategic Shift Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes January with the visual and musical foundations for 1987 firmly established. His focus shifts entirely to the immense logistical challenges of the ‘Glass Spider’ stage, designed to be one of the largest and most complex touring sets in rock history.
Skid Row Visuals & Global Strategy – February 1987
📅 1987-02-09
📍 Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Skid Row / Various Exterior Locations
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Music Video Production
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie films the gritty, social-realist music video for his lead single with director Julien Temple. The video’s stark portrayal of urban decay, poverty, and homelessness leads to immediate censorship challenges with major broadcasters like the BBC and MTV.
🏛️ Skid Row / Various Exterior Locations
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Music Video Production
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie films the gritty, social-realist music video for his lead single with director Julien Temple. The video’s stark portrayal of urban decay, poverty, and homelessness leads to immediate censorship challenges with major broadcasters like the BBC and MTV.
📅 1987-02-18
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Isolar Office / EMI America
🎸 Event: Creative: Final Marketing Review for ‘Never Let Me Down’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie approves the final, intentionally cluttered and theatrical cover art. The visual aesthetic is meticulously designed to mirror the expansive, stage-managed feel and the “theatrical rock” concept of the upcoming world tour.
🏛️ Isolar Office / EMI America
🎸 Event: Creative: Final Marketing Review for ‘Never Let Me Down’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie approves the final, intentionally cluttered and theatrical cover art. The visual aesthetic is meticulously designed to mirror the expansive, stage-managed feel and the “theatrical rock” concept of the upcoming world tour.
📅 1987-02-24
📍 London / Los Angeles, UK/USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸
🏛️ Post-Production / Editing Suites
🎸 Event: Creative: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Censorship & Re-edit
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Due to the controversial nature of specific scenes, Bowie oversees the creation of a censored cut to ensure international airplay. Despite these required edits, he remains vocal in interviews about the track’s message regarding the failure of the American dream.
🏛️ Post-Production / Editing Suites
🎸 Event: Creative: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Censorship & Re-edit
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Due to the controversial nature of specific scenes, Bowie oversees the creation of a censored cut to ensure international airplay. Despite these required edits, he remains vocal in interviews about the track’s message regarding the failure of the American dream.
📅 1987-02-28
📍 Los Angeles, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Press Junket Planning Office
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Review and Press Tour Logistics
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes February by finalizing the logistics for the upcoming “Glass Spider Press Tour.” His transition back to a high-profile rock frontman is complete, with a private jet prepared for a 9-city global promotional blitz starting in March.
🏛️ Press Junket Planning Office
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Review and Press Tour Logistics
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes February by finalizing the logistics for the upcoming “Glass Spider Press Tour.” His transition back to a high-profile rock frontman is complete, with a private jet prepared for a 9-city global promotional blitz starting in March.
The Spider Press Tour & Global Launch – March 1987
📅 1987-03-17
📍 Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ Diamond Club
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially launches his global press tour. Accompanied by Peter Frampton, he introduces the ‘Glass Spider’ concept to the North American media as part of a high-speed junket visiting 9 cities in 2 weeks.
🏛️ Diamond Club
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially launches his global press tour. Accompanied by Peter Frampton, he introduces the ‘Glass Spider’ concept to the North American media as part of a high-speed junket visiting 9 cities in 2 weeks.
📅 1987-03-18
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Cat Club
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The New York leg of the press blitz. Bowie conducts interviews and explains the theatrical ambition of the upcoming shows, emphasizing a return to a more guitar-oriented rock sound.
🏛️ Cat Club
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The New York leg of the press blitz. Bowie conducts interviews and explains the theatrical ambition of the upcoming shows, emphasizing a return to a more guitar-oriented rock sound.
📅 1987-03-20
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ EMI Records / UK Distribution
🎸 Event: Release: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Single (UK Launch)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The lead single from ‘Never Let Me Down’ is officially released in the UK. Bowie continues his promotional flight across Europe while the track begins its ascent in the charts.
🏛️ EMI Records / UK Distribution
🎸 Event: Release: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Single (UK Launch)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The lead single from ‘Never Let Me Down’ is officially released in the UK. Bowie continues his promotional flight across Europe while the track begins its ascent in the charts.
📅 1987-03-21
📍 Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ La Locomotive
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie presents the tour concept to the French media. These club appearances are essential for building the massive anticipation surrounding his transition back to a full-time touring artist.
🏛️ La Locomotive
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie presents the tour concept to the French media. These club appearances are essential for building the massive anticipation surrounding his transition back to a full-time touring artist.
📅 1987-03-24
📍 Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
🏛️ Pacha (Halquera Plateaux)
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Continuing the European leg, Bowie meets the Spanish press to discuss the theatrical scale of the spider set, designed to be the largest touring structure of its time.
🏛️ Pacha (Halquera Plateaux)
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Continuing the European leg, Bowie meets the Spanish press to discuss the theatrical scale of the spider set, designed to be the largest touring structure of its time.
📅 1987-03-25
📍 Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Piper Club
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The Italian press junket. Bowie’s presence during these short club segments ensures that European stadium dates sell out almost instantly.
🏛️ Piper Club
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The Italian press junket. Bowie’s presence during these short club segments ensures that European stadium dates sell out almost instantly.
📅 1987-03-26
📍 Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Park Café Löwenbräu
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie unveils the tour plans to the German media, reinforcing the narrative of his artistic rebirth through the ‘Never Let Me Down’ project.
🏛️ Park Café Löwenbräu
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie unveils the tour plans to the German media, reinforcing the narrative of his artistic rebirth through the ‘Never Let Me Down’ project.
📅 1987-03-28
📍 Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
🏛️ Ritz
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The Scandinavian leg of the promotional flight. Bowie remains focused on the “theatrical rock” aspect of the upcoming production.
🏛️ Ritz
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The Scandinavian leg of the promotional flight. Bowie remains focused on the “theatrical rock” aspect of the upcoming production.
📅 1987-03-30
📍 Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Paradiso
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie visits the legendary Paradiso. The Dutch press is particularly enthusiastic about his return to a more conceptual and grand stage show.
🏛️ Paradiso
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Press Tour Showcase
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie visits the legendary Paradiso. The Dutch press is particularly enthusiastic about his return to a more conceptual and grand stage show.
📅 1987-03-31
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sebel Town House
🎸 Event: Promotion: Press Tour Conclusion (Australian Launch)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes the global press blitz in Sydney. After two weeks of intense travel across four continents, the ‘Glass Spider’ hype has reached a fever pitch worldwide.
🏛️ Sebel Town House
🎸 Event: Promotion: Press Tour Conclusion (Australian Launch)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes the global press blitz in Sydney. After two weeks of intense travel across four continents, the ‘Glass Spider’ hype has reached a fever pitch worldwide.
Album Launch & Glass Spider Logistics – April 1987
📅 1987-04-01
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ BBC Broadcasting House
🎸 Event: Promotion: ‘Never Let Me Down’ Radio Blitz
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie conducts a series of intensive interviews for BBC Radio 1. He discusses the theatrical rock direction of the new album and his desire to return to a more collaborative band environment following the solo-oriented ‘Tonight’ period.
🏛️ BBC Broadcasting House
🎸 Event: Promotion: ‘Never Let Me Down’ Radio Blitz
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie conducts a series of intensive interviews for BBC Radio 1. He discusses the theatrical rock direction of the new album and his desire to return to a more collaborative band environment following the solo-oriented ‘Tonight’ period.
📅 1987-04-04
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Music Video Channels (MTV/BBC)
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Music Video Premiere
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The cinematic music video directed by Julien Temple premieres. Its gritty depiction of urban violence and a controversial “censored” sequence generate significant media attention and debate ahead of the global album release.
🏛️ Music Video Channels (MTV/BBC)
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Day-In Day-Out’ Music Video Premiere
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The cinematic music video directed by Julien Temple premieres. Its gritty depiction of urban violence and a controversial “censored” sequence generate significant media attention and debate ahead of the global album release.
📅 1987-04-06
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ SIR Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Band & Choreography Start
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins intensive 12-hour-a-day rehearsals in New York. While the band, led by Carlos Alomar, refines the musical arrangements, Bowie starts rigorous training with five dancers to master the complex, avant-garde stage movements.
🏛️ SIR Studios
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Band & Choreography Start
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins intensive 12-hour-a-day rehearsals in New York. While the band, led by Carlos Alomar, refines the musical arrangements, Bowie starts rigorous training with five dancers to master the complex, avant-garde stage movements.
📅 1987-04-10
📍 London / Worldwide, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ EMI Records / Global Distribution
🎸 Event: Release: ‘Never Let Me Down’ Album
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie’s seventeenth studio album is released worldwide. Featuring prominent lead guitar by Peter Frampton and intricate multi-instrumental work by Erdal Kızılçay, the record marks his definitive shift back to a guitar-oriented, theatrical rock sound.
🏛️ EMI Records / Global Distribution
🎸 Event: Release: ‘Never Let Me Down’ Album
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie’s seventeenth studio album is released worldwide. Featuring prominent lead guitar by Peter Frampton and intricate multi-instrumental work by Erdal Kızılçay, the record marks his definitive shift back to a guitar-oriented, theatrical rock sound.
📅 1987-04-17
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Press Conference / Stadium Briefing
🎸 Event: Promotion: World Tour Announcement (The Glass Spider)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially unveils the full scale of his upcoming world tour. He reveals the 60-foot-high spider structure and the team of dancers, describing the production as a high-concept fusion of rock music and experimental theater.
🏛️ Press Conference / Stadium Briefing
🎸 Event: Promotion: World Tour Announcement (The Glass Spider)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie officially unveils the full scale of his upcoming world tour. He reveals the 60-foot-high spider structure and the team of dancers, describing the production as a high-concept fusion of rock music and experimental theater.
📅 1987-04-20
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Isolar Office
🎸 Event: Tour Preparation: Setlist Finalization
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie and Carlos Alomar finalize the core setlist for the tour. The selection is designed to balance the new material with deep cuts like ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ and ‘Sons of the Silent Age’, which had not been performed live in years.
🏛️ Isolar Office
🎸 Event: Tour Preparation: Setlist Finalization
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie and Carlos Alomar finalize the core setlist for the tour. The selection is designed to balance the new material with deep cuts like ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ and ‘Sons of the Silent Age’, which had not been performed live in years.
📅 1987-04-27
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Stadium De Kuip
🎸 Event: Logistics: European Base Selection & Survey
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Rotterdam is confirmed as the primary rehearsal and launch base for the European leg of the tour. Technical crews begin surveying De Kuip for the massive structural and electrical requirements of the spider stage.
🏛️ Stadium De Kuip
🎸 Event: Logistics: European Base Selection & Survey
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Rotterdam is confirmed as the primary rehearsal and launch base for the European leg of the tour. Technical crews begin surveying De Kuip for the massive structural and electrical requirements of the spider stage.
📅 1987-04-30
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Chart & Physical Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes April with the album reaching the top 10 in over a dozen countries. He prepares to leave Switzerland for the intensive physical rehearsals in Rotterdam required for the tour’s complex choreography and technical cues.
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Chart & Physical Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes April with the album reaching the top 10 in over a dozen countries. He prepares to leave Switzerland for the intensive physical rehearsals in Rotterdam required for the tour’s complex choreography and technical cues.
Rotterdam Rehearsals & The Spider’s First Stand – May 1987
📅 1987-05-11
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Logistics: Arrival in Rotterdam Rehearsal Base
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie and his production team arrive in the Netherlands to begin the final assembly of the stage. De Kuip is selected as the primary European base because it is one of the few stadiums capable of accommodating the massive 60-foot Glass Spider structure and its complex rigging.
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Logistics: Arrival in Rotterdam Rehearsal Base
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie and his production team arrive in the Netherlands to begin the final assembly of the stage. De Kuip is selected as the primary European base because it is one of the few stadiums capable of accommodating the massive 60-foot Glass Spider structure and its complex rigging.
📅 1987-05-18
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Technical Sound and Lighting Synchronization
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The full band, featuring Peter Frampton and Carlos Alomar, begins intensive technical rehearsals. This phase focuses on synchronizing the massive 435,000-watt sound system with intricate lighting cues and the spider’s internal video projection screens.
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Technical Sound and Lighting Synchronization
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The full band, featuring Peter Frampton and Carlos Alomar, begins intensive technical rehearsals. This phase focuses on synchronizing the massive 435,000-watt sound system with intricate lighting cues and the spider’s internal video projection screens.
📅 1987-05-25
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Full Theatrical Dress Rehearsals
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins the first full run-throughs in costume. These sessions are physically demanding, involving high-wire stunts and choreography with five dancers. Bowie practices the iconic descent from the spider’s belly on a golden chair for the show’s opening sequence.
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Full Theatrical Dress Rehearsals
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins the first full run-throughs in costume. These sessions are physically demanding, involving high-wire stunts and choreography with five dancers. Bowie practices the iconic descent from the spider’s belly on a golden chair for the show’s opening sequence.
📅 1987-05-27
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Public Dress Rehearsal ‘The Preview’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A complete dress rehearsal is performed before an invited audience of competition winners and guests. This serves as the first real-world test of the complex theatrical narrative and technical transitions in a stadium environment.
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Rehearsals: Public Dress Rehearsal ‘The Preview’
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A complete dress rehearsal is performed before an invited audience of competition winners and guests. This serves as the first real-world test of the complex theatrical narrative and technical transitions in a stadium environment.
📅 1987-05-30
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider World Tour Premiere
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The Glass Spider Tour officially premieres at De Kuip. The show opens with Bowie being lowered from the spider’s head while performing ‘Glass Spider’, marking his return to large-scale stadium performance with the most elaborate set in rock history.
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider World Tour Premiere
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The Glass Spider Tour officially premieres at De Kuip. The show opens with Bowie being lowered from the spider’s head while performing ‘Glass Spider’, marking his return to large-scale stadium performance with the most elaborate set in rock history.
📅 1987-05-31
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Second Night in Rotterdam
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The second performance at De Kuip takes place. While critics are divided over the complex theatrical elements, the show is a major commercial success, playing to a capacity crowd and solidifying the tour’s momentum.
🏛️ Stadion Feijenoord (De Kuip)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Second Night in Rotterdam
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The second performance at De Kuip takes place. While critics are divided over the complex theatrical elements, the show is a major commercial success, playing to a capacity crowd and solidifying the tour’s momentum.
📅 1987-05-31
📍 Rotterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱
🏛️ Production Office / Travel Hub
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Launch Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes May having successfully launched the most logistically challenging tour of his career. As the month ends, the production team begins the massive task of dismantling the spider for transport to the next tour stop in Brussels.
🏛️ Production Office / Travel Hub
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Launch Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes May having successfully launched the most logistically challenging tour of his career. As the month ends, the production team begins the massive task of dismantling the spider for transport to the next tour stop in Brussels.
European Stadium Blitz & The Berlin Wall – June 1987
📅 1987-06-02
📍 Werchter, Belgium 🇧🇪
🏛️ Rock Werchter Festival Site
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Tour
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs his first Belgian date of the tour. The massive scale of the production requires significant modifications to the festival infrastructure to safely anchor the 60-foot spider structure in an open-field environment.
🏛️ Rock Werchter Festival Site
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Tour
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs his first Belgian date of the tour. The massive scale of the production requires significant modifications to the festival infrastructure to safely anchor the 60-foot spider structure in an open-field environment.
📅 1987-06-06
📍 Berlin, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Platz der Republik (Reichstag)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Historic Berlin Wall Performance
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A landmark historical event with the stage positioned directly in front of the Reichstag. Bowie famously addresses fans in East Berlin, with the PA system partially directed over the Wall, contributing to emotional scenes and civil unrest on the eastern side.
🏛️ Platz der Republik (Reichstag)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Historic Berlin Wall Performance
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A landmark historical event with the stage positioned directly in front of the Reichstag. Bowie famously addresses fans in East Berlin, with the PA system partially directed over the Wall, contributing to emotional scenes and civil unrest on the eastern side.
📅 1987-06-07
📍 Nürburgring, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Rock am Ring Festival
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Rock am Ring Performance
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie headlines the prestigious German festival. The performance is noted for its high energy despite the immense logistical challenge of transporting and reassembling the entire spider stage overnight from Berlin.
🏛️ Rock am Ring Festival
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Rock am Ring Performance
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie headlines the prestigious German festival. The performance is noted for its high energy despite the immense logistical challenge of transporting and reassembling the entire spider stage overnight from Berlin.
📅 1987-06-09
📍 Florence, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Stadio Comunale (Artemio Franchi)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Italian Leg Premiere
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The first of several major Italian stadium dates. The theatrical, avant-garde nature of the production receives a warm reception from the Italian audience, who embrace the visual complexity of the show.
🏛️ Stadio Comunale (Artemio Franchi)
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Italian Leg Premiere
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The first of several major Italian stadium dates. The theatrical, avant-garde nature of the production receives a warm reception from the Italian audience, who embrace the visual complexity of the show.
📅 1987-06-10
📍 Milan, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Stadio San Siro
🎸 Event: Live Concert: San Siro Performance
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A massive turnout at Milan’s iconic football stadium. The musical interplay between Bowie and lead guitarist Peter Frampton during the extended guitar duels becomes a central highlight of the performance.
🏛️ Stadio San Siro
🎸 Event: Live Concert: San Siro Performance
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: A massive turnout at Milan’s iconic football stadium. The musical interplay between Bowie and lead guitarist Peter Frampton during the extended guitar duels becomes a central highlight of the performance.
📅 1987-06-13
📍 Hamburg, Germany 🇩🇪
🏛️ Festwiese Am Stadtpark
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Hamburg Open Air
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to Germany for a large-scale open-air performance. Significant technical adjustments are made to the 435,000-watt sound system to optimize audio clarity across the vast outdoor park grounds.
🏛️ Festwiese Am Stadtpark
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Hamburg Open Air
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to Germany for a large-scale open-air performance. Significant technical adjustments are made to the 435,000-watt sound system to optimize audio clarity across the vast outdoor park grounds.
📅 1987-06-15
📍 Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Stadio Flaminio
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Rome First Night
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The first of two nights in the Italian capital. Between rehearsals and the performance, Bowie spends time visiting historical sites, maintaining a high media profile during the peak of the tour’s European leg.
🏛️ Stadio Flaminio
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Rome First Night
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The first of two nights in the Italian capital. Between rehearsals and the performance, Bowie spends time visiting historical sites, maintaining a high media profile during the peak of the tour’s European leg.
📅 1987-06-16
📍 Rome, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Stadio Flaminio
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Tour (Rome Night 2)
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Rome confirms the massive commercial success of the tour’s Italian leg. Bowie maintains his high energy despite the intense summer heat and the physical demands of the theatrical choreography.
🏛️ Stadio Flaminio
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Tour (Rome Night 2)
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Rome confirms the massive commercial success of the tour’s Italian leg. Bowie maintains his high energy despite the intense summer heat and the physical demands of the theatrical choreography.
📅 1987-06-19
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Wembley Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Wembley Homecoming
🗒️ Notes: Bowie’s grand return to London is a massive media event. The scale of the production is at its peak here, with the 60-foot spider structure dominating the Wembley pitch before a capacity crowd.
🏛️ Wembley Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Wembley Homecoming
🗒️ Notes: Bowie’s grand return to London is a massive media event. The scale of the production is at its peak here, with the 60-foot spider structure dominating the Wembley pitch before a capacity crowd.
📅 1987-06-20
📍 London, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Wembley Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Wembley Night 2
🗒️ Notes: The second sold-out night at Wembley Stadium. This performance is heavily documented by the British press, cementing the tour’s status as the most ambitious theatrical rock show of the decade.
🏛️ Wembley Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Wembley Night 2
🗒️ Notes: The second sold-out night at Wembley Stadium. This performance is heavily documented by the British press, cementing the tour’s status as the most ambitious theatrical rock show of the decade.
📅 1987-06-21
📍 Cardiff, Wales 🏴
🏛️ Cardiff Arms Park
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Welsh Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Wales to a massive stadium crowd. The logistics of moving the entire “Spider” stage from London to Cardiff in under 24 hours are successfully executed by the 150-person road crew.
🏛️ Cardiff Arms Park
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Welsh Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Wales to a massive stadium crowd. The logistics of moving the entire “Spider” stage from London to Cardiff in under 24 hours are successfully executed by the 150-person road crew.
📅 1987-06-23
📍 Sunderland, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Roker Park
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider North East England
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the historic home of Sunderland AFC. The show is marked by heavy rain throughout the evening, but the theatrical performance continues without technical failure, much to the appreciation of the drenched audience.
🏛️ Roker Park
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider North East England
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the historic home of Sunderland AFC. The show is marked by heavy rain throughout the evening, but the theatrical performance continues without technical failure, much to the appreciation of the drenched audience.
📅 1987-06-27
📍 Gothenburg, Sweden 🇸🇪
🏛️ Eriksbergsvarvet (Shipyard)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Eriksberg Festival
🗒️ Notes: Originally scheduled for the Ullevi Stadium, the concert is moved to the Eriksberg shipyard site due to structural concerns at the stadium caused by vibrating crowds during previous concerts. The industrial backdrop provides a unique setting for the show.
🏛️ Eriksbergsvarvet (Shipyard)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Eriksberg Festival
🗒️ Notes: Originally scheduled for the Ullevi Stadium, the concert is moved to the Eriksberg shipyard site due to structural concerns at the stadium caused by vibrating crowds during previous concerts. The industrial backdrop provides a unique setting for the show.
📅 1987-06-28
📍 Lyon, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Stade de Gerland
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Lyon Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Lyon as the European tour continues its high-speed schedule. The performance is noted for the tight musical interplay between the band and the dancers during the ‘Never Let Me Down’ segment.
🏛️ Stade de Gerland
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Lyon Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Lyon as the European tour continues its high-speed schedule. The performance is noted for the tight musical interplay between the band and the dancers during the ‘Never Let Me Down’ segment.
📅 1987-06-30
📍 Marseille, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Stade Vélodrome
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Stadium Endurance Review
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes a grueling month of 14 major stadium performances across Europe. The tour is now a proven commercial juggernaut, having played to over a million fans in 30 days, despite the immense physical toll on Bowie and the production crew.
🏛️ Stade Vélodrome
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Stadium Endurance Review
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes a grueling month of 14 major stadium performances across Europe. The tour is now a proven commercial juggernaut, having played to over a million fans in 30 days, despite the immense physical toll on Bowie and the production crew.
European Summer Blitz & The Slane Castle Milestone – July 1987
📅 1987-07-01
📍 Vienna, Austria 🇦🇹
🏛️ Praterstadion
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Austrian Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs his first-ever concert in Austria. The massive Praterstadion provides the necessary scale for the 60-foot spider structure, though local critics remain divided on the avant-garde, theatrical nature of the production.
🏛️ Praterstadion
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Austrian Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs his first-ever concert in Austria. The massive Praterstadion provides the necessary scale for the 60-foot spider structure, though local critics remain divided on the avant-garde, theatrical nature of the production.
📅 1987-07-03
📍 Paris, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Parc départemental de La Courneuve
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Paris Open Air
🗒️ Notes: A major event in the French capital. The performance is noted for its high-energy delivery of ‘Never Let Me Down’ tracks, with Peter Frampton’s intricate guitar work serving as a standout feature for the Parisian audience.
🏛️ Parc départemental de La Courneuve
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Paris Open Air
🗒️ Notes: A major event in the French capital. The performance is noted for its high-energy delivery of ‘Never Let Me Down’ tracks, with Peter Frampton’s intricate guitar work serving as a standout feature for the Parisian audience.
📅 1987-07-04
📍 Toulouse, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Stadium Municipal
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: French Stadium Run
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues its journey through Southern France. This show is marked by extreme summer heat, which Bowie later recalls as a significant physical challenge for the dancers and the technical road crew.
🏛️ Stadium Municipal
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: French Stadium Run
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues its journey through Southern France. This show is marked by extreme summer heat, which Bowie later recalls as a significant physical challenge for the dancers and the technical road crew.
📅 1987-07-06
📍 Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
🏛️ Vicente Calderón Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Spanish Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie lands in Madrid for one of the tour’s most anticipated performances. The Spanish audience’s reception is overwhelmingly positive, solidifying the tour’s massive commercial success in Southern Europe.
🏛️ Vicente Calderón Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Spanish Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie lands in Madrid for one of the tour’s most anticipated performances. The Spanish audience’s reception is overwhelmingly positive, solidifying the tour’s massive commercial success in Southern Europe.
📅 1987-07-07
📍 Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸
🏛️ Mini Estadi C.F.
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Barcelona Night One
🗒️ Notes: The first of two nights in Barcelona. Despite the “mini” in the stadium’s name, the full Glass Spider production is successfully staged, including the complex aerial stunts and the ‘Time Will Crawl’ choreography.
🏛️ Mini Estadi C.F.
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Barcelona Night One
🗒️ Notes: The first of two nights in Barcelona. Despite the “mini” in the stadium’s name, the full Glass Spider production is successfully staged, including the complex aerial stunts and the ‘Time Will Crawl’ choreography.
📅 1987-07-08
📍 Barcelona, Spain 🇪🇸
🏛️ Mini Estadi C.F.
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Barcelona Night Two
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes his Spanish stay. This show is noted in production logs for its flawless technical execution despite the logistical pressure of maintaining back-to-back stadium dates in high temperatures.
🏛️ Mini Estadi C.F.
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Barcelona Night Two
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes his Spanish stay. This show is noted in production logs for its flawless technical execution despite the logistical pressure of maintaining back-to-back stadium dates in high temperatures.
📅 1987-07-11
📍 County Meath, Ireland 🇮🇪
🏛️ Slane Castle
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Historic Slane Festival Performance
🗒️ Notes: A legendary moment in Bowie’s touring history. Playing to over 80,000 people, this is his first-ever performance in Ireland. The event is marked by a massive, enthusiastic crowd and is considered a creative peak of the European leg.
🏛️ Slane Castle
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Historic Slane Festival Performance
🗒️ Notes: A legendary moment in Bowie’s touring history. Playing to over 80,000 people, this is his first-ever performance in Ireland. The event is marked by a massive, enthusiastic crowd and is considered a creative peak of the European leg.
📅 1987-07-14
📍 Manchester, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Maine Road Football Ground
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Manchester Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie brings the spider back to the UK. The Manchester audience receives the show with high energy, particularly during the older classics like ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ and ‘All The Madmen’.
🏛️ Maine Road Football Ground
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Manchester Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie brings the spider back to the UK. The Manchester audience receives the show with high energy, particularly during the older classics like ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ and ‘All The Madmen’.
📅 1987-07-15
📍 Manchester, UK 🇬🇧
🏛️ Maine Road Football Ground
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Manchester Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second sold-out performance at Maine Road. This date coincides with the official UK chart entry of the second single from the album, ‘Time Will Crawl’, which features prominently in the tour’s second act.
🏛️ Maine Road Football Ground
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Manchester Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second sold-out performance at Maine Road. This date coincides with the official UK chart entry of the second single from the album, ‘Time Will Crawl’, which features prominently in the tour’s second act.
📅 1987-07-17
📍 Nice, France 🇫🇷
🏛️ Stade de l’Ouest
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Riviera Performance
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to the Mediterranean coast for a high-profile outdoor show. Bowie utilizes the local scenery and climate to capture additional film footage for ongoing tour documentaries and promotional reels.
🏛️ Stade de l’Ouest
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Riviera Performance
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to the Mediterranean coast for a high-profile outdoor show. Bowie utilizes the local scenery and climate to capture additional film footage for ongoing tour documentaries and promotional reels.
📅 1987-07-18
📍 Turin, Italy 🇮🇹
🏛️ Stadio Comunale di Torino
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Italian Finale
🗒️ Notes: A massive turnout in Turin marks the conclusion of the tour’s highly successful European stadium run. Bowie’s interaction with the Italian audience is described as electric, providing a high-energy transition point before the North American leg.
🏛️ Stadio Comunale di Torino
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Italian Finale
🗒️ Notes: A massive turnout in Turin marks the conclusion of the tour’s highly successful European stadium run. Bowie’s interaction with the Italian audience is described as electric, providing a high-energy transition point before the North American leg.
📅 1987-07-25
📍 London / New York, UK/USA 🇬🇧🇺🇸
🏛️ Isolar Logistics Office
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Logistics: Transatlantic Equipment Move
🗒️ Notes: Following the final European dates, the technical crew manages the massive task of shipping the primary Glass Spider stage components across the Atlantic. This logistical feat involves coordinating three separate stage sets to ensure the tour schedule remains uninterrupted.
🏛️ Isolar Logistics Office
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Logistics: Transatlantic Equipment Move
🗒️ Notes: Following the final European dates, the technical crew manages the massive task of shipping the primary Glass Spider stage components across the Atlantic. This logistical feat involves coordinating three separate stage sets to ensure the tour schedule remains uninterrupted.
North America: The Spider Lands – July 1987
📅 1987-07-28
📍 Philadelphia, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Veterans Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Chronology: US Launch Readiness & Press Review
🗒️ Notes: Bowie arrives in Philadelphia to oversee the final setup for the North American opening. With the European leg declared a record-breaking commercial success, anticipation in the US media reaches a fever pitch.
🏛️ Veterans Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Chronology: US Launch Readiness & Press Review
🗒️ Notes: Bowie arrives in Philadelphia to oversee the final setup for the North American opening. With the European leg declared a record-breaking commercial success, anticipation in the US media reaches a fever pitch.
📅 1987-07-30
📍 Philadelphia, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Veterans Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: North American Tour Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The Glass Spider Tour officially opens its US leg at the Veterans Stadium. The performance introduces the elaborate theatrical production to American audiences, featuring the iconic descent from the spider and Peter Frampton’s lead guitar work.
🏛️ Veterans Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: North American Tour Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The Glass Spider Tour officially opens its US leg at the Veterans Stadium. The performance introduces the elaborate theatrical production to American audiences, featuring the iconic descent from the spider and Peter Frampton’s lead guitar work.
📅 1987-07-31
📍 Philadelphia, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Veterans Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Philadelphia Second Night
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive night in Philadelphia. Bowie concludes the month of July by successfully establishing his theatrical rock concept in the US market, with ‘Time Will Crawl’ receiving significant radio support across North America.
🏛️ Veterans Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Philadelphia Second Night
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive night in Philadelphia. Bowie concludes the month of July by successfully establishing his theatrical rock concept in the US market, with ‘Time Will Crawl’ receiving significant radio support across North America.
North American Stadium Invasion – August 1987
📅 1987-08-02
📍 East Rutherford, NJ, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Giants Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider US East Coast Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs the first of two nights at Giants Stadium. Following intensive final rehearsals at the Staten Island Armory, the massive scale of the production is fully realized for the New York area audience, featuring the full 60-foot spider structure.
🏛️ Giants Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider US East Coast Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs the first of two nights at Giants Stadium. Following intensive final rehearsals at the Staten Island Armory, the massive scale of the production is fully realized for the New York area audience, featuring the full 60-foot spider structure.
📅 1987-08-03
📍 East Rutherford, NJ, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Giants Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Giants Stadium Second Night
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive performance in New Jersey. The show attracts significant media attention from the New York press, focusing on the high-concept theatricality and the return of Peter Frampton as lead guitarist.
🏛️ Giants Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Giants Stadium Second Night
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive performance in New Jersey. The show attracts significant media attention from the New York press, focusing on the high-concept theatricality and the return of Peter Frampton as lead guitarist.
📅 1987-08-07
📍 San Jose, CA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Spartan Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider West Coast Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to California. Bowie continues to refine the intricate theatrical cues, with the dance troupe choreographed by Toni Basil performing at peak synchronization during the complex ‘Never Let Me Down’ segments.
🏛️ Spartan Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider West Coast Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to California. Bowie continues to refine the intricate theatrical cues, with the dance troupe choreographed by Toni Basil performing at peak synchronization during the complex ‘Never Let Me Down’ segments.
📅 1987-08-08
📍 Anaheim, CA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Anaheim Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Anaheim Night One
🗒️ Notes: A massive stadium performance in Southern California. The setlist remains focused on the “theatrical rock” concept, blending 1980s hits with new material and deep cuts like ‘Sons of the Silent Age’.
🏛️ Anaheim Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Anaheim Night One
🗒️ Notes: A massive stadium performance in Southern California. The setlist remains focused on the “theatrical rock” concept, blending 1980s hits with new material and deep cuts like ‘Sons of the Silent Age’.
📅 1987-08-09
📍 Anaheim, CA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Anaheim Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Anaheim Night Two
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes the Anaheim run. This show is noted in industry reports for its high attendance figures, confirming the tour’s status as a major commercial juggernaut in the United States market.
🏛️ Anaheim Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Anaheim Night Two
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes the Anaheim run. This show is noted in industry reports for its high attendance figures, confirming the tour’s status as a major commercial juggernaut in the United States market.
📅 1987-08-11
📍 Los Angeles / Worldwide, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Music Video Channels (MTV)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Never Let Me Down’ Music Video Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The music video for the title track, directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, is officially released. The dreamlike, highly stylized visuals stand in sharp aesthetic contrast to the gritty social-realism of the ‘Day-In Day-Out’ video.
🏛️ Music Video Channels (MTV)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Never Let Me Down’ Music Video Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The music video for the title track, directed by Jean-Baptiste Mondino, is officially released. The dreamlike, highly stylized visuals stand in sharp aesthetic contrast to the gritty social-realism of the ‘Day-In Day-Out’ video.
📅 1987-08-12
📍 Denver, CO, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Mile High Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider High Altitude Performance
🗒️ Notes: The tour arrives in Colorado. Performing at high altitude proves a significant physical test for Bowie and the dancers during the high-energy acrobatic segments of the two-hour theatrical show.
🏛️ Mile High Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider High Altitude Performance
🗒️ Notes: The tour arrives in Colorado. Performing at high altitude proves a significant physical test for Bowie and the dancers during the high-energy acrobatic segments of the two-hour theatrical show.
📅 1987-08-14
📍 Portland, OR, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Civic Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Oregon Performance
🗒️ Notes: A stadium date in the Pacific Northwest. Technical crews work around the clock to manage the complex logistics of transporting and reassembling the massive spider structure across state lines on a tight schedule.
🏛️ Civic Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Oregon Performance
🗒️ Notes: A stadium date in the Pacific Northwest. Technical crews work around the clock to manage the complex logistics of transporting and reassembling the massive spider structure across state lines on a tight schedule.
📅 1987-08-15
📍 Vancouver, BC, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ BC Place Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Canadian Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie enters Canada for the first of several stadium shows. The indoor environment of BC Place enhances the theatrical lighting effects and acoustics of the production, making it a highlight for both fans and the crew.
🏛️ BC Place Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Canadian Premiere
🗒️ Notes: Bowie enters Canada for the first of several stadium shows. The indoor environment of BC Place enhances the theatrical lighting effects and acoustics of the production, making it a highlight for both fans and the crew.
📅 1987-08-17
📍 Edmonton, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ Commonwealth Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Edmonton Performance
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues its journey through the Canadian prairies. Bowie’s vocal performance on ‘Time Will Crawl’ is frequently highlighted by local critics as a standout moment of the evening’s theatrical set.
🏛️ Commonwealth Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Edmonton Performance
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues its journey through the Canadian prairies. Bowie’s vocal performance on ‘Time Will Crawl’ is frequently highlighted by local critics as a standout moment of the evening’s theatrical set.
📅 1987-08-19
📍 Winnipeg, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ Winnipeg Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Winnipeg Performance
🗒️ Notes: A mid-week stadium performance that sees a high turnout. The complex theatrical narrative, featuring the troupe of dancers and avant-garde stage movements, remains the focal point of the production.
🏛️ Winnipeg Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Winnipeg Performance
🗒️ Notes: A mid-week stadium performance that sees a high turnout. The complex theatrical narrative, featuring the troupe of dancers and avant-garde stage movements, remains the focal point of the production.
📅 1987-08-21
📍 Rosemont, IL, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Rosemont Horizon
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Chicago Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour shifts from open-air stadiums to an indoor arena setting near Chicago. The relative intimacy of the venue compared to massive stadiums alters the dynamic and lighting focus of the theatrical segments.
🏛️ Rosemont Horizon
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Chicago Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour shifts from open-air stadiums to an indoor arena setting near Chicago. The relative intimacy of the venue compared to massive stadiums alters the dynamic and lighting focus of the theatrical segments.
📅 1987-08-22
📍 Rosemont, IL, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Rosemont Horizon
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Chicago Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance at the Horizon. This show is later noted for its excellent indoor acoustics and a particularly relaxed vocal performance by Bowie, making it a favorite among collectors of tour recordings.
🏛️ Rosemont Horizon
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Chicago Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance at the Horizon. This show is later noted for its excellent indoor acoustics and a particularly relaxed vocal performance by Bowie, making it a favorite among collectors of tour recordings.
📅 1987-08-24
📍 Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ CNE Stadium (Exhibition Stadium)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Toronto Return Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to Toronto, the city where he launched the press tour in March. The homecoming is a massive success, with over 50,000 fans filling the stadium to witness the full-scale Glass Spider production.
🏛️ CNE Stadium (Exhibition Stadium)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Toronto Return Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to Toronto, the city where he launched the press tour in March. The homecoming is a massive success, with over 50,000 fans filling the stadium to witness the full-scale Glass Spider production.
📅 1987-08-25
📍 Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ CNE Stadium (Exhibition Stadium)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Toronto Return Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive night at the CNE Stadium. Despite earlier skepticism in some sections of the music press regarding the ‘Never Let Me Down’ album, the ambitious live show receives widespread praise for its scale and execution.
🏛️ CNE Stadium (Exhibition Stadium)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Toronto Return Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive night at the CNE Stadium. Despite earlier skepticism in some sections of the music press regarding the ‘Never Let Me Down’ album, the ambitious live show receives widespread praise for its scale and execution.
📅 1987-08-28
📍 Ottawa, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ Lansdowne Park (Frank Clair Stadium)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Ottawa Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Canada’s capital. The setlist features a high-energy version of ‘Modern Love’ as the grand finale, which has become a celebratory staple of the 1987 world tour.
🏛️ Lansdowne Park (Frank Clair Stadium)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Ottawa Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Canada’s capital. The setlist features a high-energy version of ‘Modern Love’ as the grand finale, which has become a celebratory staple of the 1987 world tour.
📅 1987-08-30
📍 Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
🏛️ Olympic Stadium (Stade Olympique)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Montreal Performance
🗒️ Notes: A massive turnout at the iconic Olympic Stadium. This performance marks the conclusion of a significant and commercially successful run of Canadian stadium dates before the tour heads back to the United States.
🏛️ Olympic Stadium (Stade Olympique)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Montreal Performance
🗒️ Notes: A massive turnout at the iconic Olympic Stadium. This performance marks the conclusion of a significant and commercially successful run of Canadian stadium dates before the tour heads back to the United States.
📅 1987-08-31
📍 Montreal / Philadelphia, Canada/USA 🇨🇦🇺🇸
🏛️ Isolar Logistics
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End North American Momentum Review
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes August having performed 16 major shows across the US and Canada this month alone. The period is marked by a significant shift in media perception as the sheer scale and audacity of the tour become central cultural talking points.
🏛️ Isolar Logistics
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End North American Momentum Review
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes August having performed 16 major shows across the US and Canada this month alone. The period is marked by a significant shift in media perception as the sheer scale and audacity of the tour become central cultural talking points.
Madison Square Garden & The East Coast Sweep – September 1987
📅 1987-09-01
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Madison Square Garden
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider MSG Residency Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to the world’s most famous arena. The transition from massive outdoor stadiums to an indoor arena setting allows for a much more controlled and visually impactful lighting display for the complex Spider structure.
🏛️ Madison Square Garden
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider MSG Residency Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to the world’s most famous arena. The transition from massive outdoor stadiums to an indoor arena setting allows for a much more controlled and visually impactful lighting display for the complex Spider structure.
📅 1987-09-02
📍 New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Madison Square Garden
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider MSG Residency Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance at Madison Square Garden. The show is attended by numerous high-profile celebrities and musical peers, marking it as a significant social and cultural event in the NYC music calendar of 1987.
🏛️ Madison Square Garden
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider MSG Residency Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance at Madison Square Garden. The show is attended by numerous high-profile celebrities and musical peers, marking it as a significant social and cultural event in the NYC music calendar of 1987.
📅 1987-09-03
📍 Foxborough, MA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Sullivan Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Massachusetts Stadium Date
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the home of the New England Patriots. Despite the move back to a large open-air venue, the intricate theatrical choreography and stunt sequences remain precise and well-executed.
🏛️ Sullivan Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Massachusetts Stadium Date
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the home of the New England Patriots. Despite the move back to a large open-air venue, the intricate theatrical choreography and stunt sequences remain precise and well-executed.
📅 1987-09-06
📍 Chapel Hill, NC, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Dean Smith Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider North Carolina Night One
🗒️ Notes: The first of two nights at the Dean Smith Center. Bowie’s vocal performance during the mid-tempo ‘Never Let Me Down’ tracks is highlighted by critics as a creative peak of this leg of the tour.
🏛️ Dean Smith Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider North Carolina Night One
🗒️ Notes: The first of two nights at the Dean Smith Center. Bowie’s vocal performance during the mid-tempo ‘Never Let Me Down’ tracks is highlighted by critics as a creative peak of this leg of the tour.
📅 1987-09-07
📍 Chapel Hill, NC, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Dean Smith Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider North Carolina Night Two
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes the Chapel Hill residency. Immediately following the encore, the technical crew begins a rapid breakdown of the stage to move the massive production toward the Midwest.
🏛️ Dean Smith Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider North Carolina Night Two
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes the Chapel Hill residency. Immediately following the encore, the technical crew begins a rapid breakdown of the stage to move the massive production toward the Midwest.
📅 1987-09-10
📍 Milwaukee, WI, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Marcus Amphitheater
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Milwaukee Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour arrives at the Marcus Amphitheater for a two-show run. These outdoor amphitheater dates offer a distinct acoustic dynamic and a different visual perspective compared to the enclosed indoor arenas.
🏛️ Marcus Amphitheater
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Milwaukee Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour arrives at the Marcus Amphitheater for a two-show run. These outdoor amphitheater dates offer a distinct acoustic dynamic and a different visual perspective compared to the enclosed indoor arenas.
📅 1987-09-11
📍 Milwaukee, WI, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Marcus Amphitheater
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Milwaukee Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Milwaukee. Bowie continues to rotate minor setlist variations and improvisational moments to keep the band and the dance troupe agile during the long North American run.
🏛️ Marcus Amphitheater
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Milwaukee Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Milwaukee. Bowie continues to rotate minor setlist variations and improvisational moments to keep the band and the dance troupe agile during the long North American run.
📅 1987-09-12
📍 Pontiac, MI, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Pontiac Silverdome
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Detroit Area Stadium Show
🗒️ Notes: A massive indoor stadium performance in Michigan. The immense volume of the Silverdome requires the audio team to deploy the maximum speaker wattage available to the tour to ensure sound coverage for the large crowd.
🏛️ Pontiac Silverdome
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Detroit Area Stadium Show
🗒️ Notes: A massive indoor stadium performance in Michigan. The immense volume of the Silverdome requires the audio team to deploy the maximum speaker wattage available to the tour to ensure sound coverage for the large crowd.
📅 1987-09-14
📍 Lexington, KY, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Rupp Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Kentucky Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Rupp Arena in Lexington. The show is notable for a high level of audience participation, particularly during the celebratory performance of ‘Modern Love’.
🏛️ Rupp Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Kentucky Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Rupp Arena in Lexington. The show is notable for a high level of audience participation, particularly during the celebratory performance of ‘Modern Love’.
📅 1987-09-18
📍 Miami, FL, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Miami Orange Bowl
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Florida Stadium Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The tour heads south to the historic Orange Bowl. The extreme Florida humidity presents a significant technical challenge for the maintenance of the Spider’s pneumatic parts and the comfort of the performers in their elaborate theatrical costumes.
🏛️ Miami Orange Bowl
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Florida Stadium Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The tour heads south to the historic Orange Bowl. The extreme Florida humidity presents a significant technical challenge for the maintenance of the Spider’s pneumatic parts and the comfort of the performers in their elaborate theatrical costumes.
📅 1987-09-19
📍 Tampa, FL, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Tampa Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: The Tampa ‘Spider-Burn’ Incident
🗒️ Notes: Following the performance at Tampa Stadium, this date becomes famous in tour lore. Due to the high costs of transatlantic shipping, parts of one of the older rehearsal stage sets are reportedly ritualistically burned behind the stadium to simplify logistics.
🏛️ Tampa Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: The Tampa ‘Spider-Burn’ Incident
🗒️ Notes: Following the performance at Tampa Stadium, this date becomes famous in tour lore. Due to the high costs of transatlantic shipping, parts of one of the older rehearsal stage sets are reportedly ritualistically burned behind the stadium to simplify logistics.
📅 1987-09-21
📍 Atlanta, GA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Omni Coliseum
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Atlanta Night One
🗒️ Notes: The production moves back indoors to the Omni Coliseum. Bowie places a strong emphasis on his vocal delivery for the newer ‘Never Let Me Down’ material, aiming to win over the influential Southern US music press.
🏛️ Omni Coliseum
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Atlanta Night One
🗒️ Notes: The production moves back indoors to the Omni Coliseum. Bowie places a strong emphasis on his vocal delivery for the newer ‘Never Let Me Down’ material, aiming to win over the influential Southern US music press.
📅 1987-09-22
📍 Atlanta, GA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Omni Coliseum
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Atlanta Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Atlanta. The complex theatrical interactions between Bowie, the band, and the Toni Basil-led dance troupe are noted for their clinical precision during this mature phase of the North American leg.
🏛️ Omni Coliseum
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Atlanta Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Atlanta. The complex theatrical interactions between Bowie, the band, and the Toni Basil-led dance troupe are noted for their clinical precision during this mature phase of the North American leg.
📅 1987-09-23
📍 New York City / Worldwide 🇺🇸🌍
🏛️ EMI Records / Global Distribution
🎸 Event: Release: ‘Never Let Me Down’ (Third Single)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The title track of the album is officially released as the third single. Bowie promotes the track through localized radio interviews and press stop-overs between his demanding tour schedule.
🏛️ EMI Records / Global Distribution
🎸 Event: Release: ‘Never Let Me Down’ (Third Single)
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: The title track of the album is officially released as the third single. Bowie promotes the track through localized radio interviews and press stop-overs between his demanding tour schedule.
📅 1987-09-25
📍 Hartford, CT, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Hartford Civic Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Connecticut Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Hartford Civic Center. The show is characterized by an exceptionally loud and enthusiastic crowd, which reportedly pushes the band to deliver one of the most high-energy sets of the month.
🏛️ Hartford Civic Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Connecticut Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Hartford Civic Center. The show is characterized by an exceptionally loud and enthusiastic crowd, which reportedly pushes the band to deliver one of the most high-energy sets of the month.
📅 1987-09-28
📍 Landover, MD, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Capital Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Maryland Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour reaches the Washington D.C. area for a two-night stand. The Capital Centre’s advanced video screen technology is integrated with the production to enhance the Spider’s internal visual projections and choreography.
🏛️ Capital Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Maryland Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour reaches the Washington D.C. area for a two-night stand. The Capital Centre’s advanced video screen technology is integrated with the production to enhance the Spider’s internal visual projections and choreography.
📅 1987-09-29
📍 Landover, MD, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Capital Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Maryland Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Landover. Bowie utilizes the following travel day to review the logistics and setlist for the final intensive weeks of the North American leg of the world tour.
🏛️ Capital Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Maryland Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Landover. Bowie utilizes the following travel day to review the logistics and setlist for the final intensive weeks of the North American leg of the world tour.
📅 1987-09-30
📍 Landover / New York City, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Isolar Logistics Office
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Arena Dominance Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes September having successfully shifted the production from massive outdoor stadiums to prestigious indoor arenas. He has maintained consistently high attendance and critical visibility across 16 major performances this month.
🏛️ Isolar Logistics Office
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Arena Dominance Review
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes September having successfully shifted the production from massive outdoor stadiums to prestigious indoor arenas. He has maintained consistently high attendance and critical visibility across 16 major performances this month.
North American Finale & The Oceania Crossing – October 1987
📅 1987-10-01
📍 St. Paul, MN, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ St. Paul Civic Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Minnesota Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie launches the final month of the North American leg. The indoor arena setting allows for the full, concentrated theatrical impact of the dancers’ interactions with the 60-foot spider’s articulated legs and lighting rig.
🏛️ St. Paul Civic Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Minnesota Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie launches the final month of the North American leg. The indoor arena setting allows for the full, concentrated theatrical impact of the dancers’ interactions with the 60-foot spider’s articulated legs and lighting rig.
📅 1987-10-02
📍 St. Paul, MN, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ St. Paul Civic Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Minnesota Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive performance in St. Paul. Bowie’s vocal performance remains notably consistent and strong despite the grueling and physically demanding schedule of the past two months across the continent.
🏛️ St. Paul Civic Center
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Minnesota Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second consecutive performance in St. Paul. Bowie’s vocal performance remains notably consistent and strong despite the grueling and physically demanding schedule of the past two months across the continent.
📅 1987-10-04
📍 Kansas City, MO, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Kemper Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Missouri Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Kemper Arena. The show is praised by the local press for its high-energy renditions of the ‘Never Let Me Down’ singles, particularly ‘Day-In Day-Out’ and the guitar-heavy ‘Time Will Crawl’.
🏛️ Kemper Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Missouri Performance
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs at the Kemper Arena. The show is praised by the local press for its high-energy renditions of the ‘Never Let Me Down’ singles, particularly ‘Day-In Day-Out’ and the guitar-heavy ‘Time Will Crawl’.
📅 1987-10-06
📍 New Orleans, LA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Louisiana Superdome
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Superdome Spectacle
🗒️ Notes: A massive stadium date in New Orleans. The immense scale of the Superdome perfectly accommodates the full 60-foot Spider structure, marking it as one of the largest and most visually imposing indoor shows of the entire world tour.
🏛️ Louisiana Superdome
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Superdome Spectacle
🗒️ Notes: A massive stadium date in New Orleans. The immense scale of the Superdome perfectly accommodates the full 60-foot Spider structure, marking it as one of the largest and most visually imposing indoor shows of the entire world tour.
📅 1987-10-07
📍 Houston, TX, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ The Summit
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Texas Run Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to Houston for a two-night stand. Bowie’s musical interplay and shared guitar solos with Peter Frampton continue to be a central highlight of the show’s rock-oriented musical delivery.
🏛️ The Summit
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Texas Run Night One
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to Houston for a two-night stand. Bowie’s musical interplay and shared guitar solos with Peter Frampton continue to be a central highlight of the show’s rock-oriented musical delivery.
📅 1987-10-08
📍 Houston, TX, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ The Summit
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Texas Run Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second night in Houston. Immediately following the performance, technical crews begin the rapid breakdown of the equipment to move the massive production toward Dallas.
🏛️ The Summit
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Texas Run Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second night in Houston. Immediately following the performance, technical crews begin the rapid breakdown of the equipment to move the massive production toward Dallas.
📅 1987-10-10
📍 Dallas, TX, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Reunion Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Dallas Residency Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Dallas. The show is notable for its vibrant atmosphere and the enthusiastic audience reaction to the hits from the ‘Let’s Dance’ and ‘Tonight’ eras integrated into the theatrical set.
🏛️ Reunion Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Dallas Residency Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs in Dallas. The show is notable for its vibrant atmosphere and the enthusiastic audience reaction to the hits from the ‘Let’s Dance’ and ‘Tonight’ eras integrated into the theatrical set.
📅 1987-10-11
📍 Dallas, TX, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ Reunion Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Dallas Residency Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The final night in Dallas. This performance marks the conclusion of the Central US dates before the entire production shifts to the West Coast for the leg’s grand finale.
🏛️ Reunion Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Dallas Residency Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The final night in Dallas. This performance marks the conclusion of the Central US dates before the entire production shifts to the West Coast for the leg’s grand finale.
📅 1987-10-13
📍 Los Angeles, CA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ LA Memorial Sports Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Los Angeles Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to Los Angeles for the final North American indoor shows. The arena is completely sold out, reflecting his enduring popularity and commercial power in the critical Southern California market.
🏛️ LA Memorial Sports Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Los Angeles Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to Los Angeles for the final North American indoor shows. The arena is completely sold out, reflecting his enduring popularity and commercial power in the critical Southern California market.
📅 1987-10-14
📍 Los Angeles, CA, USA 🇺🇸
🏛️ LA Memorial Sports Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: North American Tour Finale
🗒️ Notes: The official conclusion of the North American leg. To mark the occasion and manage the logistics of the upcoming ocean crossing, parts of the surplus stage set are ritualistically destroyed behind the scenes, symbolizing the end of this massive touring chapter.
🏛️ LA Memorial Sports Arena
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: North American Tour Finale
🗒️ Notes: The official conclusion of the North American leg. To mark the occasion and manage the logistics of the upcoming ocean crossing, parts of the surplus stage set are ritualistically destroyed behind the scenes, symbolizing the end of this massive touring chapter.
Oceania: The Spider Down Under – October 1987
📅 1987-10-27
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Tivoli Club
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Australia Launch Press Conference
🗒️ Notes: Following a brief period of rest and a long-haul flight from Los Angeles, Bowie arrives in Sydney. He holds a high-profile press conference at the Tivoli Club to officially announce the final itinerary for the Australian and New Zealand stadium dates.
🏛️ Tivoli Club
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Promotion: Glass Spider Australia Launch Press Conference
🗒️ Notes: Following a brief period of rest and a long-haul flight from Los Angeles, Bowie arrives in Sydney. He holds a high-profile press conference at the Tivoli Club to officially announce the final itinerary for the Australian and New Zealand stadium dates.
📅 1987-10-29
📍 Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Boondall Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Oceania Tour Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The final leg of the world tour officially opens in Brisbane. Despite the immense travel distance, the band delivers a high-precision performance. The Australian audience notably welcomes the return of Peter Frampton, who enjoys significant popularity in the region.
🏛️ Boondall Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Oceania Tour Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The final leg of the world tour officially opens in Brisbane. Despite the immense travel distance, the band delivers a high-precision performance. The Australian audience notably welcomes the return of Peter Frampton, who enjoys significant popularity in the region.
📅 1987-10-30
📍 Brisbane, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Boondall Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Brisbane Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second sold-out performance in Brisbane. Bowie concludes the month of October with the momentum of the tour’s final leg successfully established, preparing for the upcoming massive outdoor stadium shows in Sydney and Melbourne.
🏛️ Boondall Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Brisbane Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second sold-out performance in Brisbane. Bowie concludes the month of October with the momentum of the tour’s final leg successfully established, preparing for the upcoming massive outdoor stadium shows in Sydney and Melbourne.
Oceania Leg & The Grand Finale – November 1987
📅 1987-11-03
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins an extensive eight-show run in Sydney. The indoor setting of the Entertainment Centre provides a much more intimate theatrical experience and superior acoustics compared to the massive outdoor stadiums of the previous legs.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night One
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins an extensive eight-show run in Sydney. The indoor setting of the Entertainment Centre provides a much more intimate theatrical experience and superior acoustics compared to the massive outdoor stadiums of the previous legs.
📅 1987-11-04
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Sydney. Bowie’s vocal stamina is noted by the local press as being particularly strong, despite the grueling physical demands of the tour as it enters its final weeks.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Two
🗒️ Notes: The second performance in Sydney. Bowie’s vocal stamina is noted by the local press as being particularly strong, despite the grueling physical demands of the tour as it enters its final weeks.
📅 1987-11-06
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Three
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues its momentum in Australia. The complex, avant-garde choreography involving the dancers and the Spider’s articulated legs remains a central highlight for the Sydney audience.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Three
🗒️ Notes: The tour continues its momentum in Australia. The complex, avant-garde choreography involving the dancers and the Spider’s articulated legs remains a central highlight for the Sydney audience.
📅 1987-11-07
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Four
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs the fourth show of the residency. The musical chemistry between Bowie and Peter Frampton during the extended guitar duels is highlighted as a tour peak by the band.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Four
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs the fourth show of the residency. The musical chemistry between Bowie and Peter Frampton during the extended guitar duels is highlighted as a tour peak by the band.
📅 1987-11-07
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Glass Spider’ Concert Movie Recording
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Official cameras are present to capture the performance for the ‘Glass Spider’ concert film, directed by David Mallet. Bowie ensures all theatrical cues and stunts are performed with maximum precision for the final video release.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎸 Event: Film: ‘Glass Spider’ Concert Movie Recording
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Official cameras are present to capture the performance for the ‘Glass Spider’ concert film, directed by David Mallet. Bowie ensures all theatrical cues and stunts are performed with maximum precision for the final video release.
📅 1987-11-09
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Five
🗒️ Notes: The residency continues with high energy. Despite the repetition of the complex theatrical set, the band maintains a vigorous pace for the enthusiastic Australian crowd.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Five
🗒️ Notes: The residency continues with high energy. Despite the repetition of the complex theatrical set, the band maintains a vigorous pace for the enthusiastic Australian crowd.
📅 1987-11-10
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Six
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs the sixth night. The setlist remains consistent with the theatrical rock narrative established at the start of the world tour, balancing new material with legacy hits.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Six
🗒️ Notes: Bowie performs the sixth night. The setlist remains consistent with the theatrical rock narrative established at the start of the world tour, balancing new material with legacy hits.
📅 1987-11-13
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Seven
🗒️ Notes: After a final short rest day, the tour resumes in Sydney. The technical crew closely monitors the 60-foot Spider structure’s integrity after months of intense global travel and reassembly.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Night Seven
🗒️ Notes: After a final short rest day, the tour resumes in Sydney. The technical crew closely monitors the 60-foot Spider structure’s integrity after months of intense global travel and reassembly.
📅 1987-11-14
📍 Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Finale
🗒️ Notes: The final night in Sydney. Bowie concludes the record-breaking residency, marking one of his most commercially successful and high-profile runs of shows in a single city.
🏛️ Sydney Entertainment Centre
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Sydney Residency Finale
🗒️ Notes: The final night in Sydney. Bowie concludes the record-breaking residency, marking one of his most commercially successful and high-profile runs of shows in a single city.
📅 1987-11-18
📍 Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Melbourne Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to the open-air Kooyong Stadium. The outdoor setting allows for the full-scale light show, mirroring the visual impact seen in the European and North American stadium legs.
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Melbourne Premiere
🗒️ Notes: The tour moves to the open-air Kooyong Stadium. The outdoor setting allows for the full-scale light show, mirroring the visual impact seen in the European and North American stadium legs.
📅 1987-11-20
📍 Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Melbourne Night Two
🗒️ Notes: David performs the second night at Kooyong. The Australian summer weather provides a warm backdrop for the outdoor performance, which remains a massive commercial draw.
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Melbourne Night Two
🗒️ Notes: David performs the second night at Kooyong. The Australian summer weather provides a warm backdrop for the outdoor performance, which remains a massive commercial draw.
📅 1987-11-21
📍 Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Melbourne Night Three
🗒️ Notes: The third night in Melbourne. The production remains flawlessly executed, though the physical toll of the 86-date tour is beginning to be felt by the performers and technical crew.
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Melbourne Night Three
🗒️ Notes: The third night in Melbourne. The production remains flawlessly executed, though the physical toll of the 86-date tour is beginning to be felt by the performers and technical crew.
📅 1987-11-23
📍 Melbourne, Australia 🇦🇺
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Australian Finale
🗒️ Notes: David concludes his final show in Australia. The band and crew immediately begin preparing for the final logistical flight to New Zealand for the tour’s conclusion.
🏛️ Kooyong Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: Glass Spider Australian Finale
🗒️ Notes: David concludes his final show in Australia. The band and crew immediately begin preparing for the final logistical flight to New Zealand for the tour’s conclusion.
📅 1987-11-28
📍 Auckland, New Zealand 🇳🇿
🏛️ Western Springs Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: The Final Glass Spider World Tour Performance
🗒️ Notes: David performs the 86th and final concert of the tour. To mark the end of the journey and manage logistics, the crew reportedly burns the remaining surplus parts of the Spider stage set in a bonfire, symbolizing the close of this high-concept era.
🏛️ Western Springs Stadium
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🎸 Event: Live Concert: The Final Glass Spider World Tour Performance
🗒️ Notes: David performs the 86th and final concert of the tour. To mark the end of the journey and manage logistics, the crew reportedly burns the remaining surplus parts of the Spider stage set in a bonfire, symbolizing the close of this high-concept era.
📅 1987-11-30
📍 Auckland / Sydney, NZ/AU 🇳🇿🇦🇺
🏛️ Isolar Logistics Office
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Review of Tour Completion
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David officially concludes the most ambitious tour of his career. The Glass Spider Tour is recorded as a massive commercial success playing to over 2 million fans, though David privately expresses a desire for a simpler musical direction in the future.
🏛️ Isolar Logistics Office
🎸 Event: Chronology: Month-End Review of Tour Completion
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: David officially concludes the most ambitious tour of his career. The Glass Spider Tour is recorded as a massive commercial success playing to over 2 million fans, though David privately expresses a desire for a simpler musical direction in the future.
Decompression & Swiss Retreat – December 1987
📅 1987-12-05
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Post-Tour Return to Swiss Retreat
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to his home in Switzerland immediately following the final Glass Spider performance in Auckland. He enters a necessary period of total seclusion to recover from the intense physical and mental exhaustion of the six-month global stadium tour.
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Post-Tour Return to Swiss Retreat
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie returns to his home in Switzerland immediately following the final Glass Spider performance in Auckland. He enters a necessary period of total seclusion to recover from the intense physical and mental exhaustion of the six-month global stadium tour.
📅 1987-12-15
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Private Residence
🎸 Event: Creative: Artistic Review of Glass Spider Legacy
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins reviewing the initial edits of the Sydney concert footage filmed in November. During this reflective period, he expresses private doubts to his inner circle regarding the high-theatricality of the tour, leaning toward a more stripped-back musical future.
🏛️ Private Residence
🎸 Event: Creative: Artistic Review of Glass Spider Legacy
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie begins reviewing the initial edits of the Sydney concert footage filmed in November. During this reflective period, he expresses private doubts to his inner circle regarding the high-theatricality of the tour, leaning toward a more stripped-back musical future.
📅 1987-12-24
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Holiday Break and Family Reconnection
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie spends the Christmas period with his son, Duncan. This quiet domestic interval marks his first significant withdrawal from the global superstar persona since the launch of the promotional press tour in March.
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Holiday Break and Family Reconnection
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie spends the Christmas period with his son, Duncan. This quiet domestic interval marks his first significant withdrawal from the global superstar persona since the launch of the promotional press tour in March.
📅 1987-12-31
📍 Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Year-End Review and Closing the Era
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes 1987 having performed over 80 major shows to nearly 3 million people. While the year was a massive commercial triumph, he privately resolves to dismantle the high-production machinery in favor of a democratic, collaborative band project for 1988.
🏛️ Clos des Mésanges
🎸 Event: Chronology: Year-End Review and Closing the Era
🎤 Artist: David Bowie
🗒️ Notes: Bowie concludes 1987 having performed over 80 major shows to nearly 3 million people. While the year was a massive commercial triumph, he privately resolves to dismantle the high-production machinery in favor of a democratic, collaborative band project for 1988.
The Songs
🎵 From The Man Who Sold the World: All the Madmen
🎵 From Aladdin Sane: The Jean Genie / Time
🎵 From Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture: White Light/White Heat
🎵 From Diamond Dogs: Big Brother / Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family / Rebel Rebel
🎵 From Young Americans: Young Americans / Fame
🎵 From “Heroes”: Heroes / Sons of the Silent Age
🎵 From Scary Monsters: Fashion / Scary Monsters / Up the Hill Backwards
🎵 From Let’s Dance: China Girl / Let’s Dance / Modern Love
🎵 From Tonight: Blue Jean / Dancing With the Big Boys / Loving the Alien
🎵 From Never Let Me Down: ’87 and Cry / Bang Bang / Beat of Your Drum / Day-In Day-Out / Glass Spider / Never Let Me Down / New York’s in Love / Time Will Crawl / Zeroes
🎵 Other songs: Absolute Beginners / I Wanna Be Your Dog / Lavender’s Blue / London Bridge Is Falling Down / War / Who Will Buy?
🎵 Rehearsed but not performed: Because You’re Young / Scream Like a Baby / Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
🎵 From Aladdin Sane: The Jean Genie / Time
🎵 From Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture: White Light/White Heat
🎵 From Diamond Dogs: Big Brother / Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family / Rebel Rebel
🎵 From Young Americans: Young Americans / Fame
🎵 From “Heroes”: Heroes / Sons of the Silent Age
🎵 From Scary Monsters: Fashion / Scary Monsters / Up the Hill Backwards
🎵 From Let’s Dance: China Girl / Let’s Dance / Modern Love
🎵 From Tonight: Blue Jean / Dancing With the Big Boys / Loving the Alien
🎵 From Never Let Me Down: ’87 and Cry / Bang Bang / Beat of Your Drum / Day-In Day-Out / Glass Spider / Never Let Me Down / New York’s in Love / Time Will Crawl / Zeroes
🎵 Other songs: Absolute Beginners / I Wanna Be Your Dog / Lavender’s Blue / London Bridge Is Falling Down / War / Who Will Buy?
🎵 Rehearsed but not performed: Because You’re Young / Scream Like a Baby / Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)
Most brilliant concert in L.A.