David Bowie performed at the Oval in Adelaide, Australia, on 9 November 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 87th 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 had previously performed at the Adelaide Oval on 11 November 1978/a> during the Isolar II 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’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Star’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 25 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 2006: Live: Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City
- 1991: Live: Tin Machine, Corn Exchange, Cambridge
- 1987: Live: Sydney Entertainment Center, Sydney
- 1970: Recording: Holy Holy
- 1969: Live: Kinema Ballroom, Dunfermline
- 1966: Photo shoot: Thames Embankment, London
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