Live: Tin Machine, Docks, Hamburg

Tin Machine performed at Docks in Hamburg, Germany, on 24 October 1991, as part of the It’s My Life Tour.

It was the 13th night of the It’s My Life Tour, which began on 5 October 1991 in Milan.

Tin Machine were David Bowie on vocals, guitar, and saxophone, Reeves Gabrels on guitar and vocals, Tony Sales on bass guitar and vocals, and Hunt Sales on drums and vocals. They were joined on this tour by Eric Schermerhorn on rhythm guitar and vocals.

The Hamburg performance was filmed, with much of it being released on the Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby video.

Docks was formerly known as Knopf’s Music Hall. Located at Spielbudenplatz in the St Pauli district of Hamburg, Germany, it was previously a cinema before being converted to a nightclub and live music venue. Tin Machine had previously performed there on 22 June 1989 during the Tin Machine Tour.

Prior to the performance of ‘Amlapura’ in the encore, the band mimed to the studio recording of ‘Baby Universal’.

The setlist

• ‘Bus Stop’
• ‘Sacrifice Yourself’
• ‘Goodbye Mr Ed’
• ‘I Can’t Read’
• ‘Baby Universal’
• ‘You Can’t Talk’
• ‘Go Now’
• ‘Betty Wrong’
• ‘Stateside’
• ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’
• ‘Baby Can Dance’
• ‘You Belong In Rock N’ Roll’
• ‘Under The God’
• ‘Sorry’
• ‘One Shot’
• ‘Debaser’
• ‘If There Is Something’
• ‘Heaven’s In Here’
• ‘Shopping For Girls’
• ‘A Big Hurt’
• ‘Amlapura’
• ‘Pretty Thing’
• ‘Crack City’