David Bowie performed at London’s Empire Pool on 8 May 1976, as part of the Isolar Tour.
It was the 60th date of the tour, which began on 2 February in Vancouver, and the last of six consecutive nights at the venue.
The Empire Pool was later renamed Wembley Arena. Bowie returned to the venue on 2, 3, and 4 June 1983 for the Serious Moonlight Tour; 14, 15, 17, and 18 November 1995 for the Outside Tour; and 25 and 26 November 2003 for A Reality Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Station To Station’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Word On A Wing’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’
- ‘Queen Bitch’
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Five Years’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘TVC 15’
- ‘Diamond Dogs’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
Last updated: 13 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 2004: Live: Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta
- 1999: David Bowie receives honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music
- 1978: Live: Madison Square Garden, New York
- 1973: David Bowie sees Behind The Fridge
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London
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