David Bowie performed at Frankfurt’s Festhalle on 18 October 2003, as part of A Reality Tour.
It was the seventh date of the tour, which began on 7 October in Copenhagen.
Earl Slick and Gerry Leonard played guitar, Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar and vocals, and Mike Garson played keyboards and piano. Sterling Campbell was on drums, and Catherine Russell played keyboards, percussion, guitar and sang backing vocals.
Bowie had previously performed at the Festhalle on 13 April 1976 during the Isolar Tour, 14 May 1978 for the Isolar II Tour, 20 May 1983 for the Serious Moonlight Tour, 5 April 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour, and 31 January 1996 for the Outside Tour.
The setlist
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘New Killer Star’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Cactus’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Fall Dog Bombs The Moon’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Sunday’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Never Get Old’
- ‘The Motel’
- ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’
- ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
- ‘Bring Me The Disco King’
- ‘Slip Away’
- ‘Pablo Picasso’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
Last updated: 30 November 2023
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- 1974: Live: Michigan Theater, Detroit
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- 1966: Recording: Rubber Band, The London Boys, Please Mr Gravedigger
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