David Bowie performed at the Hong Kong Coliseum on 7 December 1983, as part of the Serious Moonlight Tour.
It was the 96th and penultimate date of the tour, which began on 18 May in Brussels. This was the first of two consecutive nights at the Coliseum.
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
- ‘Star’
- “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’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 25 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 2015: David Bowie attends the Lazarus musical premiere
- 1999: Live: Vega, Copenhagen
- 1995: Live: Newcastle Arena, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1991: Live: Tin Machine, Riviera Theatre, Chicago
- 1978: Live: Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan, Osaka
- 1972: Recording: Aladdin Sane
- 1968: Live: Feathers, University of Sussex
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