David Bowie performed at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan, on 8 March 2004, as part of A Reality Tour.
It was the first of two consecutive nights at the venue.
Bowie had previously played there on 11 December 1978 during the Isolar II Tour; 20, 21, 22, and 24 October 1983 for the Serious Moonlight Tour; 17 February 1992 for Tin Machine’s It’s My Life Tour; and 4 and 5 June 1996 for the Outside Tour.
The setlist
- ‘Rebel Rebel’
- ‘New Killer Star’
- ‘Fame’
- ‘Cactus’
- ‘All The Young Dudes’
- ‘China Girl’
- ‘Never Get Old’
- ‘The Loneliest Guy’
- ‘The Man Who Sold The World’
- ‘Hallo Spaceboy’
- ‘Sunday’
- ‘Heathen (The Rays)’
- ‘Under Pressure’
- ‘Life On Mars?’
- ‘Looking For Water’
- ‘Quicksand’
- ‘Days’
- ‘Sound And Vision’
- ‘Be My Wife’
- ‘A New Career In A New Town’
- ‘Ashes To Ashes’
- ‘I’m Afraid Of Americans’
- “Heroes”
- ‘Five Years’
- ‘Suffragette City’
- ‘Ziggy Stardust’
Last updated: 18 October 2023
Also on this day...
- 2013: Album release: The Next Day
- 1976: Live: Omni Coliseum, Atlanta
- 1974: David Bowie attends Guy Peellaert’s Rock Dreams exhibition
- 1969: Live: Brighton Dome, Brighton
- 1968: Stage: Pierrot In Turquoise, Mercury Theatre, London
- 1967: Recording, mixing: The Laughing Gnome
- 1965: Television: Gadzooks! It’s All Happening
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