David Bowie appeared at the Alcatraz club in Milan, Italy, on 4 December 1999, as part of the Hours Tour.
It was the eighth show of the nine-date tour, which lasted from August to December 1999.
Mark Plati and Page Hamilton were on guitar; Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, vocals; Mike Garson played piano, keyboards, and synthesisers; Sterling Campbell was on drums; and Emm Gryner, Holly Palmer were on backing vocals.
The setlist
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Thursday’s Child’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘Survive’
- ‘Can’t Help Thinking About Me’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
- ‘Something In The Air’
- ‘Drive-In Saturday’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘Seven’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘Cracked Actor’
- ‘Repetition’
- ‘The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
Hours Tour dates
- 23 August 1999: Manhattan Center – New York City, New York, USA
- 9 October 1999: NetAid, Wembley Stadium – London, UK
- 10 October 1999: HQ Club – Dublin, Ireland
- 14 October 1999: Elysée Montmartre – Paris, France
- 17 October 1999: Libro Music Hall – Vienna, Austria
- 19 November 1999: Kit Kat Klub – New York City, New York, USA
- 2 December 1999: Astoria – London, UK
- 4 December 1999: Alcatraz – Milan, Italy
- 7 December 1999: Vega – Copenhagen, Denmark
Last updated: 29 November 2023
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- 1991: Live: Tin Machine, Clubland, Detroit
- 1973: David Bowie sees A Patriot For Me by John Osborne
- 1973: Recording: The Astronettes
- 1972: Recording: Aladdin Sane
- 1972: Press conference: New York
- 1971: US album release: Hunky Dory
- 1969: Live: Three Tuns, Beckenham
- 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, ABC Cinema, Stockton-on-Tees
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