David Bowie performed at the Palazzo dello Sport in Rome, Italy, on 17 April 1990, as part of the Sound+Vision Tour.
This was the 25th date of the tour, which began on 4 March in Quebec City. A second show in Rome on 18 April was cancelled.
Bowie’s guitarist was Adrian Belew, who was also the musical director. Erdal Kızılçay played bass guitar, Rick Fox was on keyboards, and Michael Hodges was on drums.
The setlist
- ‘Space Oddity’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘TVC 15’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘Be My Wife’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘Golden Years’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Sound And Vision’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
- ‘Station To Station’
- ‘Young Americans’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Fame’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Pretty Pink Rose’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Queen Bitch’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’
Last updated: 9 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 2004: Live: Berkeley Community Theatre, Berkeley
- 1978: Live: Arie Crown Theater, Chicago
- 1976: Live: Hallenstadion, Zürich
- 1974: David Bowie sees ballet Rodin, Mis En Vie
- 1974: Recording: Can You Hear Me by Lulu
- 1973: Live: Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka
- 1970: Recording: The Man Who Sold The World
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Marquee Club, London
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