David Bowie performed at the Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Canada, on 14 September 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 72nd 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 Winnipeg Stadium on 19 August 1987 during the Glass Spider Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- “Heroes”
- ‘What In The World’
- ‘Golden Years’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘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...
- 1996: Live: Roseland Ballroom, New York City
- 1995: Live: Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford
- 1990: Live: Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
- 1987: Live: Rupp Arena, Lexington
- 1974: Live: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix
- 1969: Live: Three Tuns, Beckenham
- 1968: Live: Turquoise, Roundhouse, London
- 1967: Filming: The Image
- 1965: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London
- 1965: David Bowie signs a publishing deal with Sparta Music
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