David Bowie performed at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre on 7 September 1997, as part of his Earthling Tour.
It was the 47th date of the tour, which began on 7 June 1997 in Lübeck, Germany.
Bowie’s guitarist was Reeves Gabrels, and Mike Garson played piano and keyboards. Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, vocals and keyboards, and Zack Alford played the drums.
Bowie performed at the Paramount Theatre on four other occasions. The first was on 1 November 1972 during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
His second show there was on 9 April 1977, when he played keyboards on Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life Tour. The third was on 20 December 1991 during Tin Machine’s It’s My Life Tour.
He performed there for a fifth and final time on 25 January 2004, during A Reality Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Quicksand’
- ‘Queen Bitch’
- ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Seven Years In Tibet’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘Looking For Satellites’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Little Wonder’
- ‘Dead Man Walking’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘O Superman’
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
Also on this day...
- 1996: Live: Capital Ballroom, Washington, DC
- 1991: Live: Tin Machine, Marriott, Minneapolis
- 1987: Live: Dean Smith Center, Chapel Hill
- 1974: Live: Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles
- 1973: David Bowie sees The Rolling Stones live
- 1972: Live: Top Rank Suite, Stoke-on-Trent
- 1969: Live: Three Tuns, Beckenham
- 1965: Live: Davie Jones and the Lower Third, 100 Club, London
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