David Bowie performed at the Winnipeg Stadium in Winnipeg, Canada, on 19 August 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 39th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam.
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 had previously played the stadium on 14 September 1983 during the Serious Moonlight 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’
- ‘Zeroes’
- ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
- ‘Time Will Crawl’
- ‘Young Americans’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Time’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 1 November 2023
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- 1990: Live: MECC, Maastricht
- 1983: Live: Reunion Arena, Dallas
- 1974: Recording: Young Americans
- 1972: Live: Rainbow Theatre, London
- 1969: Meeting: Growth – the Beckenham Arts Lab
- 1966: UK single release: I Dig Everything
- 1965: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London
- 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Eel Pie Island Jazz Club, Twickenham
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