David Bowie performed at the Sydney Entertainment Center in Sydney, Australia, on 14 November 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.
It was the 81st date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam, and the last of eight nights in Sydney.
The dates were filmed by David Mallet, and released on VHS in 1988 as Glass Spider.
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 returned to the Sydney Entertainment Centre on 20 and 21 February 2004 during A Reality 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”
- ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
- ‘Time Will Crawl’
- ‘Young Americans’
- ‘Beat Of Your Drum’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Time’
- ‘Blue Jean’
- ‘Modern Love’
Last updated: 8 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 2003: Live: Le Dôme, Marseille
- 1995: Live: Wembley Arena, London
- 1978: Live: Entertainment Centre, Perth
- 1974: Live: Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1972: Live: Loyola University, New Orleans
- 1969: Live: Frisco’s Club, Edinburgh
- 1969: Live: Adam Smith Hall, Kirkcaldy
- 1969: UK album release: David Bowie (Space Oddity)
- 1966: Recording: Uncle Arthur, She’s Got Medals
- 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Royal Star, Maidstone
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