David Bowie performed at the Orpheum Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, on 30 September 1997, as part of the Earthling Tour.
It was the 61st date of the tour, which began on 7 June 1997 in Lübeck, Germany, and the first of two consecutive nights in Boston.
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.
Bowie had previously performed at the Orpheum Theater on 20 November 1991 during Tin Machine’s It’s My Life Tour. He returned for a final time on 23 October 2002 for the Heathen Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Quicksand’
- ‘The Supermen’
- ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘Look Back In Anger’
- ‘Seven Years In Tibet’
- ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Looking For Satellites’
- ‘Stay’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘The Hearts Filthy Lesson’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Little Wonder’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Dead Man Walking’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘O Superman’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
Last updated: 28 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 1995: Live: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Southlands College, London
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