David Bowie performed at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, on 20 August 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 57th 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.
Bowie returned to the Frank Erwin Center on 6 June 1990 during the Sound+Vision 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’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘TVC 15’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 24 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 1974: Recording: Young Americans
- 1972: Live: Rainbow Theatre, London
- 1965: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Pavilion Ballroom, Bournemouth
- 1965: UK single release: You’ve Got A Habit Of Leaving
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