David Bowie performed at the Omni Coliseum in Atlanta on 21 September 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 57th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam, and the first of two consecutive nights in Atlanta.
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 performed at the Omni on 1 December 1974 during the Diamond Dogs Tour, and 8 March 1976 during the Isolar Tour.
He returned for a final time on 7 May 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’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘Modern Love’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’
Last updated: 1 November 2023
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