If you search a thread called, I think 'It's Bowie week' from last November, you will find impassioned words from me on one of his London dates. If you are even a modest Bowie fan, you'll have a great night out. He's fabulously brilliant live, his band are one of the best he's ever toured with, he's in a very good place in terms of doing good new stuff but being very much at one with the full span of his large back catalogue, very much like EC. I swear giving up the fags has helped his voice no end, and he jusst seems to be loving being there and determined to give everyone the best night out imaginable. I'd only seen him the once before, mid-90s, and though that was good, this was way better. Heathen and Reality both have great things to be played live on, especially Heathen, but he also played 5 songs off Ziggy and most of his most famous like Rebel Rebel, Life on Mars, "Heroes" (which was a true 'If it were now to die, then it were now to be most happy' moment for me, as was pretty much the whole gig, I spent a lot of the time with my eyes closed, absurdly content, and the rest of the time looking through the binoculars - I have been a serious fan since the age of 9, i.e. over 30 years). No Space Oddity though! My only criticism would be that he could pull out a few more unexpected classics from the past, e.g. I got very excited to read he was rehearsing Win off Young Americans for the tour, yet he didn't play it once. That would have been a great addition, and there was nothing at all from Young Americans or Station To Station (or only Fame), which is a doggone shame.pophead2k wrote:I have never seen him before and would appreciate info from those who have seen this tour.
Do you know his stuff well? Do check out the last two LPs if you don't know them.
Enough info? Will write more if you wish! The bowiewonderworld.com is a good site for info and setlists. I haven't been following recent gigs at all, so I don't know if recent setlists have changed much.
OK, couldn't resist it:
Hong Kong, March 14
01. Rebel Rebel
02. Hang On To Yourself
03. New Killer Star
04. Fame
05. Cactus
06. All The Young Dudes
07. China Girl
08. Reality
09. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
10. The Man Who Sold The World
11. Hallo Spaceboy
12. Sunday
13. Heathen (The Rays)
14. Under Pressure
15. Slip Away
(Snippet of Space Oddity)
16. Looking For Water
17. Quicksand
18. The Loneliest Guy
19. Be My Wife
20. Sound And Vision
21. Breaking Glass
22. Fashion
23. Ashes To Ashes
24. White Light White Heat
25. I'm Afraid Of Americans
26. "Heroes"
Encore:
27. Let's Dance
28. Five Years
29. Suffragette City
30. Ziggy Stardust
Pretty similar, though Quicksand wasn't done in Europe (that would blow me away), and the trio from Low is VERY tasty. He only did Be My Wife in London ('only'! that was worth the £50 admission in itself).
You're in for a great night out. Others (Blue, Mug) will be seeing him soonish due to the rescheduling of gigs from the US/Canada leg earlier in the year due to flu. Looking forward to all your accounts.
