David Bowie performed at Lansdowne Park in Ottawa, Canada, on 28 August 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 44th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam.
This concert drew the largest crowd ever to have seen a concert in Ottawa at the time.
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.
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’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 1 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 1983: Live: Capital Centre, Landover
- 1972: Rehearsal: Rainbow Theatre, London
- 1969: Live: Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
- 1967: US single release: Love You Till Tuesday
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London
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