David Bowie performed at Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio, on 22 April 1978, as part of the Isolar II Tour.
It was the 18th date of the tour, which began on 29 March in San Diego.
His guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Adrian Belew. Simon House was on electric violin, Sean Mayes played piano, and Roger Powell was on keyboards and synthesizers. George Murray played bass guitar and Dennis Davis was on drums.
The stadium was quite a place – 30,000 – and the dressing-room was large and comfortable. I had run out of gel so I poured beer on my hair – it was ideal as it dried nice and spiky but washed off easily and probably did it good!We had a police escort out into the hall as we had to pass through public areas. The cops had the usual deadpan expressions which they wear around rock musicians and I got the usual tingle down my back that I get around cops. The show started quietly but built steadily as if the vast crowd was gathering momentum until the show was a landslide.
Life On Tour With Bowie
Bowie returned to the Richfield Coliseum on 29 July 1983 during the Serious Moonlight Tour, and 19 and 20 June 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Warszawa’
- “Heroes”
- ‘What In The World’
- ‘Be My Wife’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Blackout’
- ‘Sense Of Doubt’
- ‘Speed Of Life’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘Beauty And The Beast’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Five Years’
- ‘Soul Love’
- ‘Star’
- ‘Hang On To Yourself’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Art Decade’
- ‘Alabama Song’
- ‘Station To Station’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘TVC 15’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
Also on this day...
- 2004: Live: Greek Theatre, Los Angeles
- 1990: Live: Westfalenhallen, Dortmund
- 1970: Recording: The Man Who Sold The World
- 1967: Live: David Bowie and the Riot Squad, Assembly Hall, Framlingham
Want more? Visit the David Bowie history section.
