Iggy Pop performed at Chicago’s Riviera Theatre on 28 March 1977.
It was the 18th date of The Idiot Tour, for which David Bowie played keyboards, and the second of two consecutive nights at the Riviera. The other band members were Ricky Gardiner on guitar, Tony Sales on bass guitar, and Hunt Sales on drums.
The tour opened in Aylesbury on 1 March 1977. Blondie was the support act for the North American shows.
Bowie and the Sales brothers performed at the Riviera Theatre again on 7 December 1991 during Tin Machine’s It’s My Life Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Raw Power’
- ‘TV Eye’
- ‘Dirt’
- ‘1969’
- ‘Turn Blue’
- ‘Funtime’
- ‘Gimme Danger’
- ‘No Fun’
- ‘Sister Midnight’
- ‘I Need Somebody’
- ‘Search And Destroy’
- ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’
- ‘Tonight’
- ‘Some Weird Sin’
Last updated: 16 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 1990: Live: Docklands Arena, London
- 1987: Live: Ritz, Stockholm
- 1977: Radio: Iggy Pop, Mantra Studios, Chicago
- 1973: Travel: Hawaii to Yokohama
- 1968: Stage: Pierrot In Turquoise, Intimate Theatre, London
- 1967: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Eastman Hall, Harrow, London
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