David Bowie performed at the Stadio Comunale di Torino in Turin, Italy, on 18 July 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 27th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam. This was Bowie’s only show in Turin.
His guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Peter Frampton. Erdal Kızılçay played keyboards, trumpet, congas, and violin, and Richard Cottle was on keyboards, saxophone, and tambourine. Carmine Rojas played bass guitar and Alan Childs was on drums and percussion.
The setlist
- ‘Up The Hill Backwards’
- ‘Glass Spider’
- ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ (Reprise)
- ‘Day-In Day-Out’
- ‘Bang Bang’
- ‘Absolute Beginners’
- ‘Loving The Alien’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘All The Madmen’
- ‘Never Let Me Down’
- ‘Big Brother’
- ‘Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family’
- ‘’87 And Cry’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Time Will Crawl’
- ‘Beat Of Your Drum’
- ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Zeroes’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Dancing With The Big Boys’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 1 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 2002: Live: Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux
- 1996: Live: Phoenix Festival, Stratford-upon-Avon
- 1990: Live: Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia
- 1983: Live: Spectrum, Philadelphia
- 1974: Mixing: David Live
- 1973: Photo shoot: Pin Ups
- 1971: Mixing: BOWPROMO
- 1970: Live: Fickle Pickle Club, Southend-on-Sea
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