David Bowie performed at Munich’s Olympiahalle on 21 May 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the fourth date of the tour, which began on 18 May in Brussels.
Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Earl Slick. Dave Lebolt was on keyboards and synthesizers, and Steve Elson, Stan Harrison, Lenny Pickett played saxophones. Carmine Rojas played bass guitar and Tony Thompson was on drums and percussion. George and Frank Simms were the backing singers.
This was the first of two consecutive nights at the venue. Bowie had previously performed there on 7 April 1976 during the Isolar Tour, and on 20 May 1978 for the Isolar II Tour.
He returned to the Olympiahalle on 10 April 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour. His final shows there were on 29 September 2002 for the Heathen Tour, and 27 October 2003 during A Reality Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Star’
- “Heroes”
- ‘What In The World’
- ‘Wild Is The Wind’
- ‘Golden Years’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Sorrow’
- ‘Cat People (Putting Out Fire)’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Station To Station’
- ‘Cracked Actor’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘Space Oddity’
- ‘Young Americans’
- ‘Hang On To Yourself’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘TVC 15’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Modern Love’
Also on this day...
- 1990: Live: Tacoma Dome, Tacoma
- 1987: Rehearsal: Rotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam
- 1973: Live: Theatre Royal, Norwich
- 1970: Live: David Bowie and Hype, The Penthouse, Scarborough
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