David Bowie performed at the Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on 2 August 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 30th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam, and the first of two consecutive nights in East Rutherford.
Bowie’s 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.
Bowie returned to Giants Stadium on 29 July 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour.
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’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘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”
- ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
- ‘Time Will Crawl’
- ‘Young Americans’
- ‘Beat Of Your Drum’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 1 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 2002: Live: Jones Beach Theater, Wantagh
- 1997: Live: Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool
- 1983: Live: Rosemont Horizon, Rosemont
- 1969: Live: Festival Internazionale del Disco, Italy
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