Isolar – 1976 Tour

The David Bowie Isolar – 1976 Tour[1] was a concert tour in support of the album Station to Station. It opened on 2 February 1976 at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, and continued through North America and Europe, concluding at the Pavillon de Paris in Paris, France, on 18 May 1976. The tour is commonly referred to as Thin White Duke Tour,[2] The Station to Station Tour,[3] and The White Light Tour.[4]

Isolar – 1976 Tour
Tour by David Bowie
Bowie performing at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 26 February 1976
Associated albumStation to Station
Start date2 February 1976
End date18 May 1976
Legs2
No. of shows65 (66 scheduled)
David Bowie concert chronology

History
Bowie performs at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 26 February 1976.

The performances began without introduction with a showing of the 1928 surrealist film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, Un Chien Andalou, which includes a famous section of a razor blade cutting into a woman's eyeball.[5] Bowie appeared on stage immediately as the film finished, while the audience was still disoriented. The visual element of the performances incorporated banks of fluorescent white light set against black backdrops creating a stark spectacle on a stage largely devoid of props or other visual distractions.

The Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio performance on 28 February 1976 was recorded by a concert-goer and released as the bootleg entitled "NeoExpressionism" on the TSP (The Swinging Pig) label. It would be digitally re-mastered in 2007 and the entire set released on 2 CD's. The only song not done at this performance is "Sister Midnight."

The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York, performance on 23 March 1976 was recorded by RCA Records with extracts broadcast by The King Biscuit Radio Network. Two songs from the performance were later included on the 1991 Rykodisc re-issue of the Station to Station album. The entire Nassau performance is available on the 2010 deluxe edition of Station to Station as well as the 2016 box set Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976). It was released separately on LP, CD and digitally in February 2017 as Live Nassau Coliseum '76.

Bowie took friend and fellow musician Iggy Pop along as his companion on the tour. Following a March 21, 1976 show, Bowie and Pop were arrested together for marijuana possession in Rochester, New York, although charges were later dropped.[6]

Set list

This set list is representative of the performance on 7 May 1976 in London, UK, at Empire Pool. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "Station to Station"
  2. "Suffragette City"
  3. "Fame"
  4. "Word on a Wing"
  5. "Stay"
  6. "I'm Waiting for the Man"
  7. "Queen Bitch"
  8. "Life on Mars?
  9. "Five Years"
  10. "Panic in Detroit"
  11. "Changes"
  12. "TVC 15"
  13. "Diamond Dogs"
Encore
  1. "Rebel Rebel"
  2. "The Jean Genie"

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue
North America
2 February 1976 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum17,500 / 17,500$175,000
3 February 1976 Seattle United States Seattle Center Coliseum19,000 / 19,000$190,000
4 February 1976 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum13,000 / 13,000$130,000
6 February 1976 Daly City Cow Palace16,500 / 16,500$165,000
8 February 1976 Inglewood The Forum52,500 / 52,500$525,000
9 February 1976
11 February 1976
13 February 1976 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena14,800 / 14,800$148,000
15 February 1976 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum16,000 / 16,000$160,000
16 February 1976 Albuquerque Albuquerque Civic Auditorium6,000 / 6,000$60,000
17 February 1976 Denver McNichols Sports Arena18,000 / 18,000$180,000
20 February 1976 Milwaukee MECCA Arena12,700 / 12,700$127,000
21 February 1976 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium8,000 / 8,000$80,000
22 February 1976 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium12,732 / 12,732$127,320
23 February 1976 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum17,556 / 17,556$175,560
25 February 1976 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum19,000 / 19,000$190,000
26 February 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens18,000 / 18,000$180,000
27 February 1976 Cleveland United States Public Auditorium20,000 / 20,000$200,000
28 February 1976
29 February 1976 Detroit Olympia Stadium30,000 / 30,000$300,000
1 March 1976
3 March 1976 Chicago International Amphitheatre9,000 / 9,000$90,000
5 March 1976 St. Louis Kiel Auditorium9,300 / 9,300$93,000
6 March 1976 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum10,050 / 10,050$100,500
7 March 1976 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium10,000 / 10,000$100,000
8 March 1976 Atlanta Omni Coliseum18,000 / 18,000$180,000
9 March 1976 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum10,276 / 10,276$102,760
11 March 1976 Pittsburgh Civic Arena12,800 / 12,800$128,000
12 March 1976 Norfolk Norfolk Scope13,568 / 13,800$135,680
13 March 1976 Landover Capital Centre45,070 / 45,070$450,700
14 March 1976
15 March 1976 Philadelphia The Spectrum38,912 / 38,912$389,120
16 March 1976
17 March 1976 Boston Boston Garden15,450 / 15,909$154,500
19 March 1976 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium13,899 / 14,337$138,990
20 March 1976 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial15,340 / 15,340$153,400
21 March 1976 Springfield Springfield Civic Center8,000 / 8,000$80,000
22 March 1976 New Haven New Haven Coliseum11,085 / 11,171$110,085
23 March 1976 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,500 / 14,500$145,000
26 March 1976 New York City Madison Square Garden20,000 / 20,000$200,000
Europe
7 April 1976 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle15,500 / 15,500$155,000
8 April 1976 Düsseldorf Philipshalle7,500 / 7,500$75,000
10 April 1976 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle10,000 / 10,000$100,000
11 April 1976 Hamburg Congress Center Hamburg12,000 / 12,000$120,000
12 April 1976
13 April 1976 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt13,500 / 13,500$135,000
14 April 1976 Ludwigshafen Friedrich-Ebert-Halle2,250 / 2,250$22,500
17 April 1976 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion11,000 / 11,000$110,000
24 April 1976 Helsinki Finland UKK Hall4,500 / 4,500$45,000
26 April 1976 Stockholm Sweden Kungliga Tennishallen10,000 / 10,000$100,000
27 April 1976 Unknown Unknown
28 April 1976 Gothenburg Scandinavium12,000 / 12,000$120,000
29 April 1976 Copenhagen Denmark Falkonersalen4,500 / 4,500$45,000
30 April 1976
3 May 1976 London England Empire Pool75,000 / 75,000$750,000
4 May 1976
5 May 1976
6 May 1976
7 May 1976
8 May 1976
11 May 1976 Brussels Belgium Forest National8,000 / 8,000$80,000
13 May 1976 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy31,000 / 31,600$310,000
14 May 1976
17 May 1976 Paris France Pavillon de Paris20,000 / 20,000$200,000
18 May 1976
Total 823,288 / 825,103 (99%) $8,232,880

Cancellations and rescheduled shows
14 April 1976 Ludwigshafen, West Germany Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Cancelled.
17 April 1976 Bern, Switzerland Festhalle Bea Bern Expo Rescheduled to Hallenstadion in Zurich.
27 April 1976 Oslo, Norway Ekeberghallen Cancelled.
19 May 1976 Paris, France Pavillon de Paris Cancelled.

Songs

Personnel

References
  1. Kevin Cann, David Bowie: A Chronology, Vermilion, 1983, ISBN 0-09-153831-9
  2. Nicholas Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0
  3. Pimm Jal de la Parra, David Bowie: The Concert Tapes, P.J. Publishing, 1985, ISBN 90-900100-5-X
  4. David Buckley, Strange Fascination: The Definitive Biography of David Bowie, Virgin Books, 1999, ISBN 1-85227-784-X
  5. Christopher Sandford, Bowie: Loving the Alien, Warner Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7515-1924-3
  6. "When Rochester arrested David Bowie". Rochester Democrat & Chronicle. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  7. Jones, Dylan (2017), David Bowie: A Life, Crown/Archetype
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