Live: Madison Square Garden, New York

David Bowie performed at New York’s Madison Square Garden on 26 March 1976, as part of the Isolar Tour.

It was the 40th date of the tour, which began on 2 February in Vancouver.

Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Stacy Heydon. Tony Kaye was on keyboards, George Murray was on bass guitar, and Dennis Davis was on drums.

Bowie had first performed at Madison Square Garden on 19 and 20 July 1974, during the Diamond Dogs Tour. He returned there on 7, 8, and 9 May 1978 for the Isolar II Tour.

He played another three dates there during the Serious Moonlight Tour, on 25, 26, and 27 July 1983.

The Glass Spider Tour saw a further two concerts at the venue, on 1 and 2 September 1987, and on 9 January 1997 a special 50th birthday celebratory concert took place, with Bowie sharing the stage with Foo Fighters, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Pixies’ Frank Black, Sonic Youth, and Lou Reed.

Bowie’s final show at the venue was on 15 December 2003 during A Reality Tour.

The setlist

• ‘Station To Station’
• ‘Suffragette City’
• ‘Fame’
• ‘Word On A Wing’
• ‘Stay’
• ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’
• ‘Queen Bitch’
• ‘Life On Mars?’
• ‘Five Years’
• ‘Panic In Detroit’
• ‘Changes’
• ‘TVC 15’
• ‘Diamond Dogs’
• ‘Rebel Rebel’
• ‘The Jean Genie’