Month: April 1973
David Bowie arrived in Nakhodka in Russia on 24 April 1973. From there he boarded a boat train to Khabarovsk, accompanied by Geoff MacCormack.
David Bowie boarded the Felix Dzerzhinsky liner at Yokohama, Japan, on 21 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Shibuya Kōkaidō (渋谷公会堂) in Tokyo, Japan, on 20 April 1973.
David Bowie’s sixth album, Aladdin Sane, was released in the United States of America on 20 April 1973.
David Bowie’s sixth album, Aladdin Sane, was released in the United Kingdom on 19 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Shibuya Kōkaidō (渋谷公会堂) in Tokyo, Japan, on 18 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan in Osaka, Japan, on 17 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Kokusai Kaikan in Kobe, Japan, on 16 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Yubin Chokin Kaikan in Hiroshima, Japan, on 14 April 1973.
David Bowie, the Spiders From Mars, the road crew and the rest of their entourage travelled from Nagoya to Hiroshima in Japan on 13 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Nagoya-shi Kōkaidō (名古屋市公会堂) in Nagoya, Japan, on 12 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Shinjuku Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan (東京厚生年金会館) in Tokyo, Japan, on 11 April 1973.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Shinjuku Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan (東京厚生年金会館) in Tokyo, Japan, on 10 April 1973.
On a night off from the Ziggy Stardust Tour, on 9 April 1973 David and Angela Bowie saw a performance by kabuki star Tomasa Boru in Tokyo, Japan.
David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars performed at the Shinjuku Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan (東京厚生年金会館) in Tokyo, Japan, on 8 April 1973.
A day ahead of their first show in Japan, on 7 April 1973 David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars undertook an evening rehearsal.
David Bowie had arrived in Japan on 5 April 1973. The following day he held a press conference at Tokyo’s Imperial Hotel.
David Bowie’s ‘Drive-In Saturday’ was issued as a single on 6 April 1973, two weeks before the release of Aladdin Sane.