David Bowie performed at the Civic Centre in Ottawa, Canada, on 15 June 1974.
It was the second date of the Diamond Dogs Tour, which had kicked off in Montreal on 14 June.
The musical director was Michael Kamen, who also played electric piano, Moog synthesizer, and oboe. Earl Slick played guitar, and Mike Garson was on piano and Mellotron. The bass guitarist was Herbie Flowers, and the drummer was Tony Newman.
The backing singers were Geoff MacCormack (billed as Warren Peace) and Gui Andrisano. The line-up was completed by David Sanborn and Richard Grando on saxophone and flute, and percussionist Pablo Rosario.
Bowie returned to the Civic Centre on 2 May 1978 during the Isolar II Tour, and on 6 July 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour.
The setlist
- ‘1984’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
- ‘Sweet Thing’
- ‘Candidate’
- ‘Sweet Thing (Reprise)’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Aladdin Sane’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘Cracked Actor’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll With Me’
- ‘Watch That Man’
- ‘Drive-In Saturday’
- ‘Space Oddity’
- ‘Future Legend’
- ‘Diamond Dogs’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘Big Brother’
- ‘Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family’
- ‘Time’
- ‘The Width Of A Circle’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
Also on this day...
- 2002: Television: Live By Request
- 1990: Live: World Music Theatre, Tinley Park
- 1987: Live: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
- 1983: Live: Ruhrstadion, Bochum
- 1978: Live: City Hall, Newcastle
- 1973: Live: Odeon, Taunton
- 1972: Television: Lift Off With Ayshea
- 1969: Live: Marquee Club, London
- 1966: John ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson leaves the Buzz
- 1963: Live: The Konrads, St George’s Church Hall, Beckenham
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