David Bowie performed at VFL Park in Melbourne, Australia, on 12 November 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 88th 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.
The setlist
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- “Heroes”
- ‘What In The World’
- ‘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’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Star’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 25 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 1971: Recording: Moonage Daydream, Soul Love, The Supermen, Lady Stardust
- 1968: Travel: Munich to London
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Le Disco A Go Go, Bournemouth
- 1964: David Bowie’s first TV interview – the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men
- 1951: David Bowie begins infant school
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