David Bowie performed two shows at the O’Keefe Centre in Toronto, Canada, on 16 June 1974.
It was the third 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.
Matinee setlist
- ‘1984’
- ‘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’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
Evening 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’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’
Last updated: 19 May 2023
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- 1990: Live: World Music Theatre, Tinley Park
- 1989: Live: Tin Machine, The Roxy, Los Angeles
- 1987: Live: Stadio Flaminio, Rome
- 1978: Live: City Hall, Newcastle
- 1973: Live: Town Hall, Torquay
- 1972: Live: Town Hall, Torquay
- 1972: UK album release: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
- 1970: Live: David Bowie and Hype, Jesus College, Cambridge
- 1966: The Buzz audition guitarists
- 1962: Live: The Konrads, Bromley Tech – David Bowie’s first live performance
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