David Bowie performed at the Forest National in Brussels, Belgium, on 27 January 1996, as part of the Outside Tour.
It was the 50th date of the tour, which began on 14 September in Hartford, USA.
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 performed at the Forest National on 11 May 1976 during the Isolar Tour; 11 and 12 June 1978 for the Isolar II Tour; 18 and 19 May 1983 for the Serious Moonlight Tour; and 20 and 21 April 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour.
The setlist
- ‘The Motel’
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘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’
- ‘Strangers When We Meet’
- ‘Diamond Dogs’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘We Prick You’
- ‘Nite Flights’
- ‘Teenage Wildlife’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
Also on this day...
- 2004: Live: HP Pavilion, San Jose
- 1997: Single release: Little Wonder
- 1972: Rehearsal: Theatre Royal, Stratford, London
- 1971: Travel: Philadelphia to New York
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