David Bowie performed at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on 15 September 1997, as part of his Earthling Tour.
It was the 52nd date of the tour, which began on 7 June 1997 in Lübeck, Germany, and the second of three nights at the Warfield.
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 and Gabrels had previously performed at the venue on 17 and 18 December 1991 during Tin Machine’s It’s My Life Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Quicksand’
- ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
- ‘I Can’t Read’
- ‘Queen Bitch’
- ‘Baby What You Want Me To Do’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- ‘Seven Years In Tibet’
- ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)’
- ‘Looking For Satellites’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Little Wonder’
- ‘Dead Man Walking’
- ‘The Last Thing You Should Do’
- ‘V-2 Schneider’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘O Superman’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
Last updated: 28 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 2003: Album release: Reality
- 1980: US album release: Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Adam & Eve Club, Southampton
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