David Bowie performed at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, on 21 October 2002. This was his final appearance at the venue.
The Ziggy Stardust Tour had called at the Tower on 30 November and 1 and 2 December 1972, returning on 16, 17, 18, and 19 February 1973.
During the Diamond Dogs Tour, Bowie performed at the venue on 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 July 1974. All but the last date were recorded, and released as the David Live album later that year.
On 19 March 1977 he performed there during Iggy Pop’s The Idiot Tour. Tin Machine’s It’s My Life Tour also came to the venue on 15 and 17 November 1991.
The setlist
- ‘Sunday’
- ‘Cactus’
- ‘Breaking Glass’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘Slip Away’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘5:15 The Angels Have Gone’
- ‘Starman’
- ‘Absolute Beginners’
- ‘I’ve Been Waiting For You’
- ‘Afraid’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘Be My Wife’
- ‘Sound And Vision’
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
- ‘White Light/White Heat’
- ‘Let’s Dance’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
Last updated: 24 May 2023
Also on this day...
- 1972: Live: Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica
- 1969: Live: Queen Elizabeth Hall, London
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Victoria Drill Hall, Newmarket
- 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Medway County Youth Club, Chatham
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