Live: Silverdome, Pontiac

David Bowie performed at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, on 12 September 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.

It was the 53rd date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam. This was Bowie’s only show in Pontiac.

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’
• ‘Rebel Rebel’
• ‘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”
• ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
• ‘Time Will Crawl’
• ‘Young Americans’
• ‘Beat Of Your Drum’
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘Let’s Dance’
• ‘Fame’
• ‘Time’
• ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’
• ‘White Light/White Heat’
• ‘Blue Jean’
• ‘Modern Love’