David Bowie kicked off the Earthling Tour with a performance at the Flughafen Blankensee in Lübeck, Germany, on 7 June 1997.
The show was part of the Go! Bang Festival 1997
Bowie’s guitarist was Reeves Gabrels, and Mike Garson played piano and keyboards. Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, vocals and keyboards, and Zack Alford played the drums.
The setlist
- ‘Quicksand’
- ‘V-2 Schneider’
- ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘Seven Years In Tibet’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘The Motel’
- ‘Looking For Satellites’
- ‘Telling Lies’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Queen Bitch’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘O Superman’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘Little Wonder’
Last updated: 27 November 2023
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- 1973: Live: Free Trade Hall, Manchester
- 1972: Live: City Hall, Sheffield
- 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the King Bees, Bedsitter, London
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