David Bowie performed at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, on 29 September 1987, during the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 61st date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam, and the second 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’
- ‘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’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Modern Love’
Also on this day...
- 2003: Single release: New Killer Star
- 2002: Live: Olympiahalle, Munich
- 1990: Live: Derby Rock Festival, Buenos Aires
- 1972: David Bowie writes Watch That Man
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