David Bowie performed at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon, USA, on 19 October 1995, as part of the Outside Tour.
It was the 24th 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 returned to the Rose Garden on 13 April 2004 during A Reality 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)
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)’
- ‘I Have Not Been To Oxford Town’
- ‘Outside’
- ‘Andy Warhol’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Strangers When We Meet’
- ‘A Small Plot Of Land’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘We Prick You’
- ‘Nite Flights’
- ‘Teenage Wildlife’
- ‘Under Pressure’
Also on this day...
- 1999: Radio: Mark Radcliffe Show
- 1999: Radio: Saturday Music Mix
- 1991: Live: Tin Machine, Music Hall, Hanover
- 1983: Live: Yokohama Stadium, Yokohama
- 1969: Live: Odeon, Manchester
- 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Tower Ballroom, Lee-on-the-Solent
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