Earthling Tour

Earthling Tour
Tour by David Bowie
Bowie performing at the Ruisrock festival in Finland
Associated album Earthling
Start date 7 June 1997
End date 7 November 1997
Legs 3
No. of shows 83
David Bowie concert chronology

The David Bowie Earthling Tour opened on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankensee in Lübeck, Germany continuing through Europe, North America before reaching a conclusion in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 November 1997.

History

Bowie first publicly performed Earthling material in late 1996, playing "Telling Lies" and sometimes "Little Wonder" at various shows on the US East Coast in September and October. On 9 January 1997, he hosted a concert at Madison Square Garden for his 50th birthday. A month later, Earthling was released and Bowie promoted it with appearances on Saturday Night Live (8 February) and The Tonight Show (11 February), followed by a Pay-Per-View broadcast of the birthday concert on 8 March.[1]

Bowie and his band began rehearsing for the tour in April 1997, and expected the tour to last "from May through Christmas" (1997). Bowie expected it to be "really extensive, a long, long tour".[2]

The original concept of the tour was to perform two separate set lists, one regular, and one dance-oriented set incorporating drum and bass.[3] The two set-lists was abandoned, due to the media critics and audiences' apathy for the idea,[4] after the performance at the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, of the Netherlands on 11 June 1997 had elements of each incorporated into the one set.

The 19 July 1997 Phoenix Festival performance was billed as Tao Jones Index (a psudonym that Bowie uses which includes his birth last name "Jones") in the BBC Radio 1 dance tent preceded the regular performance on the main stage the following day. The 14 October 1997 show at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York that has broadcast on MTV's Live from the 10 Spot was added at short-notice due to cancellation by The Rolling Stones. The following show on 15 October 1997 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York was as part of the GQ Awards. The set-list for the shows included a version of the Laurie Anderson song "O Superman" (from Big Science (1982)) with lead vocals by Gail Ann Dorsey. Tour publicist Tony Michaelides handled press, radio & television for Bowie.

Setlist

This performance is from the Radio City Music Hall, New York City, United States show at 15 October 1997.

  1. "Always Crashing in the Same Car"
  2. "Panic in Detroit"
  3. "I'm Waiting for the Man"
  4. "My Death"
  5. "The Jean Genie"
  6. "I'm Afraid of Americans"
  7. "Seven Years in Tibet"
  8. "Looking for Satellites"
  9. "Under Pressure"
  10. "Fashion"
  11. "The Man Who Sold the World"
  12. "Battle for Britain (The Letter)"
  13. "Stay"
  14. "Little Wonder"

Encore:

  1. "Hallo Spaceboy"
  2. "Moonage Daydream"

Tour band

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue
Warm-up shows
17 May 1997DublinIrelandThe Factory Studios
2 June 1997LondonEnglandHanover Grand [6]
3 June 1997
5 June 1997HamburgGermanyGroße Freiheit
Europe
7 June 1997LübeckGermanyFlughafen Blankensee
8 June 1997Offenbach am MainBieberer Berg Stadion
10 June 1997AmsterdamNetherlandsParadiso
11 June 1997UtrechtMuziekcentrum Vredenburg
13 June 1997EssenGermany(Cancelled) Essen Stadium
DortmundWestfalenhalle
14 June 1997ParisFranceParc des Princes
16 June 1997RezéLa Trocadiere
17 June 1997BordeauxLa Medocquine
19 June 1997Clermont-FerrandMaison des Sports
21 June 1997LeipzigGermanyGo Bang Festival
22 June 1997Munich
24 June 1997ViennaAustriaSommer Arena [7]
25 June 1997PragueCzech RepublicCongress Centre
28 June 1997OsloNorwayKalvoeya Festival
29 June 1997TurkuFinlandRuisrock Festival
1 July 1997ZagrebCroatiaDom Sportova
2 July 1997PistoiaItalyPiazza del Duomo
4 July 1997TorhoutBelgiumTorhout Festival
5 July 1997WerchterWerchter Festival
6 July 1997RingeDenmarkMidtfyns Festival
8 July 1997BresciaItalyStadio Mario Rigamonti
10 July 1997NapoliNeapolis Festival
11 July 1997ArbataxRocce Rosse Festival
13 July 1997FrauenfeldSwitzerlandOut in the Green
15 July 1997MadridSpain(Cancelled) Las Ventas
Aqua Lung
16 July 1997ZaragozaPabellón Príncipe Felipe
17 July 1997San SebastiánVelodromo De Anoeta
19 July 1997Stratford upon AvonEnglandPhoenix Festival
Long Marston Airfield
(billed as Tao Jones Index)
20 July 1997
22 July 1997GlasgowScotlandBarrowlands
23 July 1997ManchesterEnglandManchester Academy
25 July 1997MalmöSwedenMölleplatsen
26 July 1997StockholmLollipop Festival
27 July 1997GdańskPoland(Cancelled) Stadion Lechii
29 July 1997LyonFranceFourvière
30 July 1997Juan-les-PinsPinede Gould
1 August 1997BirminghamEnglandQue Club
2 August 1997LiverpoolRoyal Court
3 August 1997Newcastle upon TyneRiverside
5 August 1997NottinghamRock City
6 August 1997LeedsTown & Country Club
8 August 1997DublinIrelandOlympia Theatre
9 August 1997
11 August 1997LondonEnglandShepherd's Bush Empire
12 August 1997
14 August 1997BudapestHungaryStudent Island Fest
North America
6 September 1997VancouverCanadaPlaza of Nations
7 September 1997SeattleUnited StatesParamount Theater
9 September 1997San FranciscoThe Warfield
10 September 1997Los AngelesHollywood Athletic Club
12 September 1997Universal City, CaliforniaUniversal Amphitheatre
13 September 1997
15 September 1997San FranciscoThe Warfield
16 September 1997
19 September 1997ChicagoThe Vic Theater
21 September 1997DetroitState Theatre
22 September 1997
24 September 1997MontrealCanadaMetropolis
25 September 1997
27 September 1997TorontoWarehouse [8][9]
28 September 1997
30 September 1997BostonUnited StatesOrpheum Theatre [10]
1 October 1997
3 October 1997PhiladelphiaElectric Factory
4 October 1997
7 October 1997Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaChili Pepper
8 October 1997
10 October 1997AtlantaInternational Ballroom
12 October 1997Washington, D.C.The Capitol Ballroom
13 October 1997New York CityThe Supper Club
14 October 1997Port Chester, New YorkCapitol Theatre (MTV 10-Spot)
15 October 1997New York CityRadio City Music Hall (GQ Awards)
17 October 1997ChicagoAragon Ballroom
18 October 1997St. Paul, MinnesotaRoy Wilkins Auditorium
23 October 1997Mexico CityMexicoForo Sol
South America
31 October 1997CuritibaBrazilPaulo Leminski Concert and Entertainment Hall
1 November 1997São PauloIbirapuera Arena
2 November 1997Rio de JaneiroCitibank Hall
5 November 1997SantiagoChileEstadio Nacional de Chile
7 November 1997Buenos AiresArgentinaEstadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri

Songs

References

  1. ↑ David Bowie Launches New Album 'earthling' With Network Television Appearances, A Pay-per-view Concert, A National Radio Broadcast, And Star On Hollywood Blvd's Walk Of Fame, 30 January 1997, retrieved 5 July 2013
  2. ↑ Laban, Linda (13 February 1997), "Bowie Hits a Fab 50", The Seattle Times: E3
  3. ↑ "David Bowie: The FI Interview" by J.D. Considine, Fi magazine, October 1997, pp 36-41
  4. ↑ Nicholas Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0
  5. ↑ Discogs – Zachary Alford – Profile & Discography
  6. ↑ Discogs – Song & Dance – 1997 unOfficial 2CD, Dancing Horse (DH-017) Japan ~ Live at Hanover Grand Theatre, June 1997
  7. ↑ Discogs – Live in Vienna Arena 1997 unOfficial 2CD, Phantom Private Records (WADB01/02) Germany ~ Live at Sommer Arena, Vienna, 24 June 1997
  8. ↑ Discogs – The Chaos Girls – 1998 unOfficial 2CD, Montserrat Records (BRCD 2900/1) Germany
  9. ↑ Discogs – Jungle Fever – 1998 unOfficial 2CD, Montserrat Records (BRCD 2902/03) Germany ~ the CFNY Studios, Toronto 1997-09-26th
  10. ↑ Discogs – Adventures in Cyberspace – 1997 unOfficial 2CD, Dancing Horse (DH-020) ~ Boston's Orpheum Theatre, 1 October 1997 Cybercast

References

  • David Buckley, Strange Fascination: The Definitive Biography of David Bowie, Virgin Books, 1999, ISBN 1-85227-784-X
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