David Bowie performed at the SkyDome in Toronto, Canada, on 20 September 1995, as part of the Outside Tour.
It was the fourth date of the tour, which began on 14 September in Hartford, USA.
Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Reeves Gabrels. Mike Garson played piano and keyboards, Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, and Zack Alford was on drums. Peter Schwartz played synthesizer and was the musical director, and George Simms was on backing vocals and keyboards.
The US leg of the Outside Tour was supported by Nine Inch Nails, as part of their Self Destruct Tour. NIN’s set segued with Bowie’s, with both acts performing several songs together before Bowie continued.
Bowie had previously played at the SkyDome on 7 March 1990 during the Sound+Vision Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Subterraneans’ (with Nine Inch Nails)
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’ (with Nine Inch Nails)
- ‘Reptile’ (with Nine Inch Nails)
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’ (with Nine Inch Nails)
- ‘Hurt’ (with Nine Inch Nails)
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘I’m Deranged’
- ‘I Have Not Been To Oxford Town’
- ‘We Prick You’
- ‘The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)’
- ‘A Small Plot Of Land’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘Andy Warhol’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Outside’
- ‘Teenage Wildlife’
- ‘My Death’
- ‘Jump They Say’
- ‘Nite Flights’
- ‘Joe The Lion’
Also on this day...
- 1990: Live: Sambódromo, Rio de Janeiro
- 1990: Press conference: Rio Palace Hotel, Rio de Janeiro
- 1974: David Bowie meets John Lennon
- 1972: Travel: New York to Cleveland, Ohio
- 1968: Television: 4-3-2-1 Musik Für Junge Leute
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