David Bowie performed at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England, on 21 November 1995, as part of the Outside Tour.
It was the 33rd date of the tour, which began on 14 September in Hartford, USA, and the second of two consecutive nights in Birmingham. The support act was Morrissey.
Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Reeves Gabrels. Mike Garson played piano and keyboards, Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, and Zack Alford was on drums. Peter Schwartz played synthesizer and was the musical director, and George Simms was on backing vocals and keyboards.
Bowie had previously played at the NEC on 13 December 1995 for another Outside Tour date, and 19 and 20 November 2003 for A Reality Tour.
The setlist
- ‘The Motel’
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)’
- ‘I Have Not Been To Oxford Town’
- ‘Outside’
- ‘Andy Warhol’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘A Small Plot Of Land’
- ‘Boys Keep Swinging’
- ‘Strangers When We Meet’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘We Prick You’
- ‘Nite Flights’
- ‘My Death’
- ‘DJ’
- ‘Teenage Wildlife’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
Last updated: 17 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 1987: Live: Kooyong Stadium, Melbourne
- 1978: Live: Lang Park, Brisbane
- 1969: Live: Corn Exchange, Devizes
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