David Bowie performed at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit on 30 July 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 44th date of the tour, which began on 18 May in Brussels, and the first of two consecutive nights at the arena.
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.
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’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘TVC 15’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘I Can’t Explain’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 23 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 2008: Album release: Live Santa Monica ’72
- 2002: Live: Tweeter Center, Camden
- 1997: Live: La Pinède Gould, Juan-les-Pins
- 1987: Live: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia
- 1973: Recording: Pin Ups
- 1972: Travel: Cyprus to London
- 1971: Recording: The Bewlay Brothers
- 1969: Travel: Malta to Tuscany
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Rhodes Centre, Bishops Stortford
- 1965: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth
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