David Bowie performed at the E-Werk in Cologne, Germany, on 12 July 2002, as part of the Heathen Tour.
It was the seventh date of the tour, which began on 29 November at London’s Royal Festival Hall. This show was part of the E-Werk Festival.
Earl Slick was on guitar, Gerry Leonard played guitar and keyboards, and Mark Plati played guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards. Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, guitar, and backing vocals, and Mike Garson played keyboards. Sterling Campbell was on drums, and Catherine Russell played keyboards and percussion and sang backing vocals.
Bowie had previously performed at the E-Werk with Tin Machine on 26 October 1991 during their It’s My Life Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘Cactus’
- ‘Slip Away’
- ‘Starman’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’
- ‘I Would Be Your Slave’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
- ‘Everyone Says ‘Hi”
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
- ‘Warszawa’
- ‘Speed Of Life’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘What In The World’
- ‘Sound And Vision’
- ‘Art Decade’
- ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
- ‘Be My Wife’
- ‘A New Career In A New Town’
- ‘Weeping Wall’
- ‘Subterraneans’
Last updated: 29 November 2023
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- 1996: Live: Doctor Music Festival, Lleida
- 1990: Live: Spectrum, Philadelphia
- 1983: Live: Forum, Montreal
- 1974: Live: Tower Theater, Upper Darby
- 1973: Recording: Pin Ups
- 1968: Costume fitting: The Virgin Soldiers
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