David Bowie performed at the Forum in Inglewood, California, on 15 August 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 54th date of the tour, which began on 18 May in Brussels, and the second of two consecutive nights at the Forum.
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.
Bowie had previously performed at the Forum on 8, 9, and 11 February 1976 during the Isolar Tour, and on 3, 4, and 6 April 1978 for the Isolar II Tour.
He returned to the venue on 28 and 29 October 1995 for the Outside Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- “Heroes”
- ‘What In The World’
- ‘Golden Years’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Red Sails’
- ‘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’
- ‘Star’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘I Can’t Explain’
- ‘Modern Love’
Also on this day...
- 2000: Alexandria Jones is born
- 1991: Rehearsal: Tin Machine, The Factory, Dublin
- 1987: Live: BC Place, Vancouver
- 1974: Recording: Young Americans
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