Live: NEC Arena, Birmingham

David Bowie performed at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England, on 20 March 1990, as part of the Sound+Vision Tour.

This was the ninth date of the tour, which began on 4 March in Quebec City, and the second of two consecutive nights at NEC.

Bowie’s guitarist was Adrian Belew, who was also the musical director. Erdal Kızılçay played bass guitar, Rick Fox was on keyboards, and Michael Hodges was on drums.

Bowie had previously played the NEC on 5 and 6 June 1983 during the Serious Moonlight Tour.

He returned there on 20 and 21 November and 13 December 1995 for the Outside Tour, and 19 and 20 November 2003 for A Reality Tour.

The setlist

• ‘Space Oddity’
• ‘Changes’
• ‘TVC 15’
• ‘Rebel Rebel’
• ‘Golden Years’
• ‘Be My Wife’
• ‘Ashes To Ashes’
• ‘John, I’m Only Dancing’
• ‘Queen Bitch’
• ‘Fashion’
• ‘Life On Mars?’
• ‘Blue Jean’
• ‘Let’s Dance’
• ‘Stay’
• ‘China Girl’
• ‘Ziggy Stardust’
• ‘Sound And Vision’
• ‘Station To Station’
• ‘Alabama Song’
• ‘Suffragette City’
• ‘Panic In Detroit’
• ‘Young Americans’
• ‘Fame’
• “Heroes”
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘Pretty Pink Rose’
• ‘Modern Love’