David Bowie performed at London’s Wembley Arena on 26 November 2003, as part of A Reality Tour.
It was the 30th date of the tour, which began on 7 October in Copenhagen, and the second of two consecutive nights at Wembley.
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 Wembley Arena during the Isolar Tour on 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 May 1976; during the Serious Moonlight Tour on 2, 3, and 4 June 1983; and 14, 15, 17, and 18 November 1995 for the Outside Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘New Killer Star’
- ‘Reality’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Cactus’
- ‘Hang On To Yourself’
- ‘Starman’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘The Loneliest Guy’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Sunday’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘Be My Wife’
- ‘Fantastic Voyage’
- ‘She’ll Drive The Big Car’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Afraid’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- “Heroes”
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Five Years’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
Last updated: 30 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 1995: Live: Westpoint Arena, Exeter
- 1983: Live: Western Springs Stadium, Auckland
- 1972: Live: Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio
- 1969: Live: Ripley Arts Centre, Bromley
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Community Centre, Gosport
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