Live: Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix

David Bowie performed at Phoenix’s Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum on 17 August 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.

It was the 55th 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.

Bowie had previously performed at the Memorial Coliseum on 14 September 1974 during the Diamond Dogs Tour, on 15 February 1976 during the Isolar Tour, and on 30 March 1978 for the Isolar II Tour.

The setlist

• ‘Look Back In Anger’
• “Heroes”
• ‘What In The World’
• ‘Golden Years’
• ‘Fashion’
• ‘Let’s Dance’
• ‘Red Sails’
• ‘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’
• ‘Fame’
• ‘TVC 15’
• ‘Star’
• ‘Stay’
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘I Can’t Explain’
• ‘Modern Love’