David Bowie performed at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco on 16 September 1997, as part of his Earthling Tour.
It was the 53rd date of the tour, which began on 7 June 1997 in Lübeck, Germany, and the last 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’
- ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’
- ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
- ‘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’
- ‘Telling Lies’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Little Wonder’
- ‘Dead Man Walking’
- ‘I’m Deranged’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘V-2 Schneider’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘O Superman’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
Last updated: 28 November 2023
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