David Bowie performed at CNE Stadium in Toronto, Canada, on 4 September 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 66th date of the tour, which began on 18 May in Brussels, and the second of two consecutive nights at the CNE Stadium.
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 Exhibition Stadium on 24 and 25 August 1987 during the Glass Spider Tour, and 4 July 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- “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’
- ‘Star’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 24 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 1990: Live: Hidegkuti Nándor Stadion, Budapest
- 1974: Live: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
- 1972: Live: Top Rank Suite, Liverpool
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Britannia Pier Theatre, Great Yarmouth
- 1965: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, Blue Moon, Cheltenham
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