Live: Civic Center, Hartford

David Bowie performed at the Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut, on 25 September 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.

It was the 59th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam.

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.

Bowie had previously performed at the Civic Center on 15 and 16 July 1983 during the Serious Moonlight Tour. He returned for a final time on 23 July 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour.

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