David Bowie performed at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, on 30 June 1974.
This was the 14th date of the Diamond Dogs Tour, which had kicked off in Montreal on 14 June.
The musical director was Michael Kamen, who also played electric piano, Moog synthesizer, and oboe. Earl Slick played guitar, and Mike Garson was on piano and Mellotron. The bass guitarist was Herbie Flowers, and the drummer was Tony Newman.
The backing singers were Geoff MacCormack (billed as Warren Peace) and Gui Andrisano. The line-up was completed by David Sanborn and Richard Grando on saxophone and flute, and percussionist Pablo Rosario.
The Diamond Dogs Tour returned to the Mid-South Coliseum on 28 November 1974. Bowie performed there again during the Isolar Tour on 6 March 1976, and for the Isolar II Tour on 14 April 1978.
The setlist
- ‘1984’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
- ‘Sweet Thing’
- ‘Candidate’
- ‘Sweet Thing (Reprise)’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Aladdin Sane’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘Cracked Actor’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll With Me’
- ‘Watch That Man’
- ‘Space Oddity’
- ‘Future Legend’
- ‘Diamond Dogs’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘Big Brother’
- ‘Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family’
- ‘Time’
- ‘The Width Of A Circle’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide’
Also on this day...
- 1996: Live: Roskilde Festival
- 1990: Live: Memorial Stadium, St John’s
- 1983: Live: Hammersmith Odeon, London
- 1978: Live: Earls Court, London
- 1973: Live: City Hall, Newcastle
- 1972: David Bowie sees Alice Cooper live
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