Live: Olympiahalle, Munich

David Bowie performed at Munich’s Olympiahalle on 22 May 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.

It was the fifth date of the tour, which began on 18 May in Brussels.

Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick. Dave Lebolt was on keyboards and synthesizers, and Steve Elson, Stan Harrison, Lenny Pickett played saxophones. Carmine Rojas played bass guitar and Tony Thompson was on drums and percussion. George and Frank Simms were the backing singers.

This was the second of two consecutive nights at the venue. Bowie had previously performed there on 7 April 1976 during the Isolar Tour, and on 20 May 1978 for the Isolar II Tour.

He returned to the Olympiahalle on 10 April 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour. His final shows there were on 29 September 2002 for the Heathen Tour, and 27 October 2003 during A Reality Tour.

The setlist

• ‘Star’
• “Heroes”
• ‘What In The World’
• ‘Golden Years’
• ‘Fashion’
• ‘Let’s Dance’
• ‘Breaking Glass’
• ‘Life On Mars?’
• ‘Sorrow’
• ‘Cat People (Putting Out Fire)’
• ‘China Girl’
• ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
• ‘Rebel Rebel’
• ‘White Light/White Heat’
• ‘Station To Station’
• ‘Cracked Actor’
• ‘Ashes To Ashes’
• ‘Space Oddity’
• ‘Young Americans’
• ‘Hang On To Yourself’
• ‘Fame’
• ‘TVC 15’
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘Modern Love’