David Bowie performed at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on 28 September 1987, during the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 60th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam, and the first of two consecutive nights in Landover.
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 visited the Capital Centre on 11 November 1974 during the Diamond Dogs Tour, 13 and 14 March 1976 during the Isolar Tour, 27 April 1978 for the Isolar II Tour, and 27 and 28 August 1983 for 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’
- ‘All The Madmen’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Big Brother’
- ‘Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family’
- ‘’87 And Cry’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
- ‘Never Let Me Down’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Time Will Crawl’
- ‘Beat Of Your Drum’
- ‘Young Americans’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘Modern Love’
Also on this day...
- 1997: Live: Warehouse, Toronto
- 1995: Live: Meadowlands Arena, East Rutherford
- 1974: Photo shoot: David Bowie and Elizabeth Taylor by Terry O’Neill
- 1972: Live: Carnegie Hall, New York
- 1969: Live: Three Tuns, Beckenham
- 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, The Jolly Gardeners, London
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