Live: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia

David Bowie performed at the Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 30 July 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.

It was the 28th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam, and the first of two consecutive nights in Philly.

Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Peter Frampton. Erdal Kızılçay played keyboards, trumpet, congas, and violin, and Richard Cottle was on keyboards, saxophone, and tambourine. Carmine Rojas played bass guitar and Alan Childs was on drums and percussion.

The setlist

• ‘Up The Hill Backwards’
• ‘Glass Spider’
• ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ (Reprise)
• ‘Day-In Day-Out’
• ‘Bang Bang’
• ‘Absolute Beginners’
• ‘Loving The Alien’
• ‘China Girl’
• ‘Fashion’
• ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
• ‘All The Madmen’
• ‘Never Let Me Down’
• ‘Big Brother’
• ‘Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family’
• ‘’87 And Cry’
• “Heroes”
• ‘Time Will Crawl’
• ‘Young Americans’
• ‘Beat Of Your Drum’
• ‘Rebel Rebel’
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
• ‘Dancing With The Big Boys’
• ‘White Light/White Heat’
• ‘Let’s Dance’
• ‘Fame’
• ‘Time’
• ‘Blue Jean’
• ‘Modern Love’