David Bowie performed at the Orpheum Theater in Boston, Massachusetts, on 1 October 1997, as part of the Earthling Tour.
This was the second of two consecutive nights at the venue.
Bowie had previously performed there 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’
- ‘Queen Bitch’
- ‘Always Crashing In The Same Car’
- ‘My Death’
- ‘Outside’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Panic In Detroit’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘The Voyeur Of Utter Destruction (As Beauty)’
- ‘Seven Years In Tibet’
- ‘The Last Thing You Should Do’
- ‘Strangers When We Meet’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Looking For Satellites’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘Telling Lies’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
- ‘Little Wonder’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Battle For Britain (The Letter)’
- ‘Time’
- ‘V-2 Schneider’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘O Superman’
- ‘Moonage Daydream’
Last updated: 15 November 2023
Also on this day...
- 1995: Live: New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park
- 1987: Live: Civic Center, Saint Paul
- 1972: Live: Music Hall, Boston, Massachusetts
- 1969: Live: Bal Tabarin, Bromley
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Starlite Ballroom, Greenford
- 1964: The Manish Boys meet music publisher Dick James
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