David Bowie performed at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, on 1 July 1974.
This was the 15th date of the Diamond Dogs Tour, which had kicked off in Montreal on 14 June. It was Bowie’s only appearance at the venue.
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.
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’
- ‘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: 25 May 2023
Also on this day...
- 2002: Live: Olympia, Paris
- 1997: Dom Sportova, Zagreb
- 1996: Live: Rockin’ Athens festival
- 1989: Live: Tin Machine, Newport Leisure Centre, Newport
- 1987: Live: Praterstadion, Vienna
- 1983: Live: National Bowl, Milton Keynes
- 1978: Live: Earls Court, London
- 1972: Live: Winter Gardens Pavilion, Weston-super-Mare
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