David Bowie performed at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England, on 19 November 2003, as part of A Reality Tour.
This was the first of two consecutive nights at the venue.
Bowie had previously played there on 5 and 6 June 1983 during the Serious Moonlight Tour; 19 and 20 March 1990 for the Sound+Vision Tour; and 20 and 21 November and 13 December 1995 for the Outside Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘New Killer Star’
- ‘Reality’
- ‘The Jean Genie’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Cactus’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Afraid’
- ‘Fashion’
- ‘The Loneliest Guy’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Sunday’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘The Motel’
- ‘Loving The Alien’
- ‘Never Get Old’
- ‘Changes’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Bring Me The Disco King’
- ‘Slip Away’
- ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
- ‘Five Years’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
Last updated: 19 October 2023
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- 2015: Single release: ★ (Blackstar)
- 1991: Live: Tin Machine, Toad’s Place, New Haven
- 1983: Live: Sydney Showground, Sydney
- 1974: Live: Civic Arena, Pittsburgh
- 1969: Live: Brighton Dome, Brighton
- 1967: Live: Dorchester Hotel, London
- 1966: Live: David Bowie and the Buzz, Royal Links Pavilion, Cromer
- 1965: Live: David Bowie and the Lower Third, Marquee Club, London
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