Live: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam

David Bowie performed at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on 8 June 1978, as part of the Isolar II Tour.

It was the 49th date of the tour, which began on 29 March in San Diego.

Bowie’s 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. Bowie and the band stayed in Amsterdam and were driven to the Rotterdam shows.

The drive to the gig was through flat countryside much like that which Van Gogh painted. The road was lined with straight young trees, behind them pale fields of corn stubble stretching to the low horizon.

This was the second of three consecutive nights at the venue. Bowie had previously performed there on 13 and 14 May 1976 during the Isolar Tour.

He returned to the Ahoy Rotterdam on 30 March 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour; 16 July 1996 for the Outside Tour; and 15 October 2003 for A Reality Tour.

The setlist

• ‘Warszawa’
• “Heroes”
• ‘What In The World’
• ‘Be My Wife’
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘Blackout’
• ‘Sense Of Doubt’
• ‘Speed Of Life’
• ‘Breaking Glass’
• ‘Fame’
• ‘Beauty And The Beast’
• ‘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’