David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed two shows at Manchester’s Free Trade Hall on 7 June 1973.
It was the 131st date of the Ziggy Stardust Tour, which had begun on 29 January 1972.
The two shows in that which I have always (sorry Birmingham) considered to be our nation’s second city went without a hitch, and David Bowie was happy enough. We could play our set backwards in our sleep by now.It was to be in Manchester, at the MEN, where many years later I was to arrange to meet backstage with David, during his Reality Tour.
John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson
Bowie & Hutch
Bowie & Hutch
Bowie had previously performed at the Free Trade Hall on 22 February 1969 and 21 April 1972.
The setlists
- ‘Hang On To Yourself’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
- ‘Watch That Man’
- ‘Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Space Oddity’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Let’s Spend The Night Together’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘The Width Of A Circle’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Round And Round’
