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Live: Western Springs Stadium, Auckland

David Bowie performed at the Western Springs Stadium in Auckland, New Zealand, on 2 December 1978, as part of the Isolar II Tour.

It was the 74th date of the tour, which began on 29 March in San Diego .

His guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Adrian Belew. Simon House was on electric violin, Sean Mayes played piano, and Roger Powell was on keyboards and synthesizers. George Murray played bass guitar and Dennis Davis was on drums.

Western Springs is a huge open-air stadium, one side a natural amphitheatre. Every now and then we heard a new report about the size of the crowd. It had passed 25,000 quite early on and grew to thirty, then thirty-five. Finally it reached 41,000 – the largest crowd ever in New Zealand, beating the early record of the Stones and even Neil Diamond! The first half went well, though the place was so big that we lost much of the immediacy of the audience. When we went on for the second half, David suggested we all take our cameras and photograph the crowd. He never carries a camera nowadays (he had a small Polaroid in 1973) but borrowed Roger’s so he could join us in this ‘tribute’ to our audience. At the end of the show, he flung his sailor cap out to them as we ran off for the last time.

Bowie returned to the Western Springs Stadium on 26 November 1983 during the Serious Moonlight Tour, and 28 November 1987 during the Glass Spider Tour.

The setlist

• ‘What In The World’
• ‘Be My Wife’
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘Art Decade’
• ‘Breaking Glass’
• ‘Beauty And The Beast’
• ‘Five Years’
• ‘Soul Love’
• ‘Hang On To Yourself’
• ‘Ziggy Stardust’
• ‘Suffragette City’
• ‘Sense Of Doubt’
• ‘Alabama Song’
• ‘Rebel Rebel’
• ‘Station To Station’

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• Station to Station Play Video
• Warszawa Play Video
• "Heroes" Play Video
• What in the World Play Video
• Be My Wife Play Video
• The Jean Genie Play Video
• Blackout Play Video
• Art Decade Play Video
• Breaking Glass Play Video
• Fame Play Video
• Beauty and the Beast Play Video
• Five Years Play Video
• Soul Love Play Video
• Star Play Video
• Hang On to Yourself Play Video
• Ziggy Stardust Play Video
• Suffragette City Play Video
• Sense of Doubt Play Video
• Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) ( Kurt Weill  cover) Play Video
• Rebel Rebel Play Video
• TVC15 Play Video
• Stay Play Video

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• Hang On to Yourself
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• Breaking Glass
• What in the World
• "Heroes"
• Beauty and the Beast
• Sense of Doubt
• Station to Station
• The Jean Genie
• Rebel Rebel
• Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) by Kurt Weill

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David Bowie 1978 Isolar 2 Tour

Songs performed were (Total 25 songs): Alabama Song (Bertold Brecht song) / Art Decade / Be My Wife / Beauty And The Beast / Blackout / Breaking Glass / Fame / Five Years / Hang On To Yourself / “Heroes” / Rebel Rebel / Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide / Sense Of Doubt / Soul Love / Sound And Vision / Speed Of Life / Star / Station To Station / Stay / Suffragette City / The Jean Genie / TVC 15 / Warszawa / What In The World / Ziggy Stardust

Tour by David Bowie

Associated album Low & “Heroes” Start date 29 March 1978 End date 12-dec-78 Legs 4 Shows 77

David Bowie – vocals, chamberlain Adrian Belew – lead guitar, backing vocals Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar, backing vocals George Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals Dennis Davis – drums, percussion Roger Powell – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals (except 11–14 November 1978) Dennis Garcia – keyboards, synthesizer (11–14 November 1978 only) Sean Mayes – piano, string ensemble, backing vocals Simon House – electric violin

Date City Country Venue

North American & Canadian Leg of the Tour 1978/03 29th San Diego, San Diego Sports Arena – USA 30th Phoenix, Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum – USA

1978/04 02nd   Fresno, Convention Centre – USA 03rd   Los Angeles, The Forum – USA 04th   Los Angeles, The Forum – USA 05th   Oakland, Oakland Coliseum – USA 06th   Los Angeles, The Forum – USA 09th   Houston, The Summit – USA 10th Dallas, Dallas Convention Centre *TV broadcast – USA 11th Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University Assembly Centre – USA 13th Nashville, Municipal Auditorium – USA 14th Memphis, Mid-South Coliseum – USA 15th Kansas City, Municipal Auditorium – USA 17th Chicago, Arie Crown Theatre – USA 18th Chicago, Arie Crown Theatre – USA 20th Detroit, Cobo Arena – USA 21st Detroit, Cobo Arena – USA 22nd Cleveland, Richfield Coliseum – USA 24th Milwaukee, Mecca Arena – USA 26th Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Civic Arena – USA 27th Washington , Capital Centre – USA 28th Philadelphia, The Spectrum – USA 29th Philadelphia, The Spectrum – USA

1978/05 01st   Toronto, Maple Leafs Garden – Canada 02nd   Ottawa, Ottawa Civic Centre – Canada 03rd   Montreal, Montreal Forum – Canada 05th   Providence, Providence Civic Centre – USA 06th   Boston, New Boston Garden Arena – USA 07th   New York, Madison Square Garden – USA 08th   New York, Madison Square Garden – USA 09th   New York, Madison Square Garden – USA

European Leg of the Tour 1978/05 14th Frankfurt, Festhalle – Germany 15th Hamburg, Kongress Zentrum – Germany 16th  Düsseldorf, Philipshalle  (Cancelled due to re-scheduled) – Germany 16th Berlin, Deutchlandhalle – Germany 18th Essen, Grugahalle – Germany 19th Cologne, Kölner Sporthalle – Germany 20th Munich, Olympiahalle – Germany 22nd Vienna, Stadthalle – Austria 24th Paris, Pavillon de Paris – France 25th Paris, Pavillon de Paris – France 26th Lyons, Palais des Sports de Gerland – France 27th  Marseille, Parc Chaneau  (Cancelled due to re-scheduled) – France 27th Marseille, Palais des Sports – France 31st Copenhagen, Falkoner Teatret – Denmark

1978/06 1st   Copenhagen, Falkoner Teatret – 2nd    Stockholm, Skansen  (Cancelled due to re-scheduled) – Sweden 2nd   Stockholm, Kungliga Tennishallen – Sweden 04th   Gothenburg, Scandinavium – Sweden 05th   Oslo, Ekersberghallen – Norway 07th   Rotterdam, Sportpaleis Ahoy – Holland 08th   Rotterdam, Sportpaleis Ahoy – Holland 09th   Rotterdam, Sportpaleis Ahoy – Holland 11th Brussels, Vorst Forest Nationaal – Belgium   /> 12th Brussels, Vorst Forest Nationaal – Belgium 14th Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle City Hall – UK 15th Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle City Hall – UK 16th Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle City Hall – UK 19th Glasgow, Apollo Theatre – Scotland     20th Glasgow, Apollo Theatre – Scotland     21st Glasgow, Apollo Theatre – Scotland   22nd Glasgow, Apollo Theatre – Scotland   24th Stafford, New Bingley Hall County Showground – UK    25th Stafford, New Bingley Hall County Showground – UK   26th Stafford, New Bingley Hall County Showground – UK   29th London, Earl’s Court – UK   30th London, Earl’s Court – UK  

1978/07 01st   London, Earls Court – UK   The Oz Tour – Australian & New Zealand Leg of the Tour 1978/11 5th   Sydney (Rehearsals) – 6th   Sydney (Rehearsals) – 7th   Sydney (Rehearsals) – Australia 8th   Sydney (Rehearsals) – Australia 9th   Sydney (Rehearsals) – Australia 11th Adelaide, Adelaide Oval Cricket Ground – Australia 14th Perth, Perth Entertainment Centre – Australia 18th Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground – Australia 21st Brisbane, Lang Park – Australia 24th Sydney, RAS Showgrounds – Australia 25th Sydney, RAS Showgrounds – Australia 29th Christchurch, Queen Elizabeth II Park – New Zealand The Oz Tour – Australian & New Zealand Leg of the Tour 1978/12 02nd   Auckland, Western Springs Speedway Stadium – New Zealand

Japan Leg of the Tour 1978/12 06th   Osaka, Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan – Japan 07th   Osaka, Osaka Koseinenkin Kaikan – Japan 09th   Osaka, Banpaku Kinen Hall – Japan 11th Tokyo, Nippon Budokan – Japan 12th Tokyo, NHK Hall *TV broadcast – Japan

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I think the show in the film is Earl´s Court. Absolutely fantastic, quite possibly the best performance I’ve ever seen.

Jesus Christ, just saw Moonage Daydream & the Heroes footage blew me away. I’ve re-watched it up to 20 times. Don’t know which show that’s from but I know it’s Adrian Belew on guitar. The drumming kills me, Dennis Davis is phenomenal. Anyone know which show this is from?

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Posted: 09:34am Tue 12 Jan, 2016 | By www.stuff.co.nz

David Bowie’s New Zealand connections

And David Bowie, whose eponymous debut album had hit number one more than a decade earlier, knew his first trip was overdue.

David Bowie at Western Springs stadium in 1983. Photo: Sunday Star Times.

"I'm looking forward to it. It's a long way to go and there have been times in the past when I considered it. But now we're about to start, I'm very happy," Bowie told media, according to longtime fan sites.

The wait was worth it: When Bowie finally hit the stage – at Christchurch's QEII Park at the end of November, after an almost year-long tour – fans went wild, some a little too much so.

The star wasn't afraid to make an example of a group in the crowd, though audience members were left confused quite as to why.

"When a couple of young Maoris kept on raising their right fists (usually taken as a compliment here), he did threaten to leave the stage, adding some gibberish about 'British fascism' being here before the end of '79," Ray Columbus wrote in a review for The Press .

Other fans had a different take.

"[Bowie] only faltered once: to interrupt the set to berate some members of the audience for giving the Nazi salute and "seig heiling" him," JD McLellan told the Bowie Downunder fan site.

"He made some comments about how the National Front would soon be raising their heads in our country and that we shouldn't be seduced by them, 'that's no way to be a rebel', he said, then performed 'Rebel Rebel'."

It was the first and only time Bowie performed in the South Island, but whether the audience was to blame was never known.

From there, Bowie played Auckland's Western Springs Stadium; when he returned five years later, his audience broke attendance records.

The 1978 show coincided with four days of debauchery at Takapuna's iconic Mon Desir, where Bowie was said to have got to know a group of Kiwi girls very, very well, after they made it past his security detail.

The manager at that time, Dick Jones, later said: "I told the police that if ever I rang them, I was in deep trouble. I never cried wolf."

One New Zealand woman, in particular, caught Bowie's eye - and he made her a star.

Geeling Ng found fame as the girl in Bowie's 1983 'China Girl' music video, where she and the singer romped in the sand.

She told The Guardian the music video role was "terrifying": "He had a long history as a performer and I was a model and waitress. And in the storyline we were meant to be intimate."

The pair had practised romping in Sydney ahead of the video shoot, she said: "purely as method acting". But it led to a brief fling.

"After the shoot, I got a call: 'Do you want to come to Europe with me?' I became a bit of a groupie for two weeks. I knew it was a passing phase. I was 23, we lived in different worlds, but he gave me an experience that I'll never forget.

"We were whisked out of back doors of hotels, flying in private jets, David hiding from fans under a rug in the limousine. It was like being in the movies."

The same year, Bowie got close to other Kiwis: Porirua iwi Ngati Toa, in fact.

Back in town for his Serious Moonlight tour, he said it had been "such a long period" since his last visit; he hired his own car and went exploring.

The day after arriving in New Zealand, Bowie visited Porirua – where 3000 people were waiting on Takapuwahia Marae to catch a glimpse of him.

Soon enough, he been welcome on with a powhiri and was having a meal inside, in spite of his reported "raw fish" diet at the time. He performed a special-written song, title Waiata.

Fans queued for hours to get tickets to his first capital show, at the former Athletic Park, and special transport was put on to bring them all into the city.

Bowie urged good behaviour: "We are going to have a good time, just as long as people don't throw bottles and act like hooligans."

That show, and another at Western Springs, were a hit. But then came the long wait, as seven tours passed by Australia and New Zealand.

It wasn't until 2004 that Bowie made it back for his final Australasia tour, with a single show in New Zealand, at Westpac Stadium.

The country had Bowie fever: Online, he outsold all previous artists to visit, hotels were fully-booked, and the bars and buskers on Wellington's streets played his songs in the lead-up to the show.

The weather on the day couldn't have been worse – but it was no impediment to the star.

"I still remember his concert at the Westpac Stadium. Pouring with rain, windy, the stage about an inch deep in water. He said, 'If you're good enough to come out, I'm good enough to play.' Crowd loved him for that," Stuff commenter Collum wrote on Monday night.

High hopes he might be back one more time, after the release of Blackstar last week, were dashed with news of his death.

Kiwi fans were in mourning, with many Stuff readers paying tribute on Monday.

"Saw him at Athletic Park in the 80s ... brilliant concert," commenter The Walker 100 said.

Another fan, Shelleygirl, commented: "The Serious Moonlight tour at Western Springs in 1983 is a wonderful memory for me. What a uniquely brilliant musician and person."

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David Bowie: Serious Moonlight over Western Springs

David Bowie's Serious Moonlight concert at Western Springs took place almost 40 years ago, on 26 November 1983.

It still stands as one of Aotearoa's largest, most memorable music events, with a crowd of well over 80,000 and a frenzy of media coverage.

Bowie had visited the country twice before; his 1978 tour played two shows here. Then in 1982, he filmed scenes for the movie Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence .

The Serious Moonlight Tour took David Bowie's popularity to a new level. Photo: PHILIPPE WOJAZER

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At the time, he'd been an influential, if somewhat a cult artist. But when he landed in 1983 Bowie had reached a whole new level of success. The Let's Dance album had turned him into a global superstar, and the accompanying Serious Moonlight tour was selling out stadiums around the world.

The transformation began at a press conference in March 1983 when a new look, consumer-friendly Bowie was unveiled to the world.

Music journalist Gabrielle Pike had a front row seat in London.

“The press conference announcing Let's Dance and the world tour was at Claridges Hotel, which is probably one of the most iconic hotels in London, it speaks of glamour and of riches and of luxury, and we were all gathering in the ballroom, very famous for its balls in the ‘20s and throughout the decades.

“The choice of Claridges was actually very poignant, because David Bowie looked extremely glamorous. He was wearing the light-coloured suits and the blond hair, he looked very, very handsome.”

The shows would become known as the Serious Moonlight World Tour and Bowie went on to explain what fans could expect to see.

“It will probably be elaborately simple, tasteful, yet trashy. I'll probably just cover something from each period that I've ever written in. I don't expect that much in terms of a character showing up. It'll be a good music concert, I hope.

“This, by the way, is the first concert tour I've done in five or six years. So, for me, it's more than exciting, it's kind of terrifying at the same time, that possibly can help with performance.”

At the time, the Serious Moonlight tour was the biggest and most ambitious of Bowie's career, with 98 shows in 59 cities across 15 countries.

It started in Europe, then moved on to North America and Japan before heading south for eight shows in Australia. Then on 22 November 1983. Bowie and his entourage flew into Wellington for the first of his New Zealand concerts.

Shortly before his Wellington concert, David Bowie was welcomed on to Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua where he sang a specially written song in response: Bowie's Waiata .

Tour promoter Hugh Lynn handled Bowie’s shows in New Zealand.

“I think with the Serious Moonlight tour everything was working for him internationally. The videos that came out were hot, the album was running hot. So, there was a real anticipation about him coming here.

“Plus, he'd been here before. And he'd always delivered the goods. And so, it was a big expectation.”

Bowie’s opening acts in New Zealand were The Models from Australia, and Dance Exponents, still a relatively unknown band who were then managed by Mike Chunn.

“Michael Gudinski, who ran Mushroom [records] worldwide basically... rang and said, I think I can get them on the David Bowie show at Western Springs.”

The band were suitably excited, Chunn says.

“I can still see Jordan and the boys when I told them because Gudinski was actually in Auckland when he secured the gig for them with Hugh Lynn and of course everybody wanted that gig and this band had really only just arrived, so I think Mike Gudinski must have pulled a few strings.

“They kind of almost fell over, fainted, which is a good thing, so they should have, they were stunned. I think, they thought ‘we're gonna meet David Bowie’."

The band got to hang with Bowie backstage, Chunn says.

“As I walked into the backstage area, David Bowie and Dance Exponents were all standing around in a circle talking. It was like he was just one of the mates. It was an amazing sight and I said ‘spread out guys’, and I took a photo of the six of them, five in the band and David Bowie.

“The whole atmosphere backstage was one of, sounds a bit hippy, togetherness, David Bowie had time for everybody.”

Cracked Actor: David Bowie on the Serious Moonlight tour, 1983. Photo: AFP

"One of Bowie’s backing singers on the tour, Frank Simms, remembers the Western Springs concert vividly."

“I remember just watching the people on the hill and the population, it looked like everyone was there at a picnic.

“Everyone was like coming there as though it was a family affair. And it was so wonderful, young people, old people, babies…I do remember that.”

Simms too recalls Bowie being very un-starlike.

“Most every other rock star we met on the road were very isolated, very attitudinal, very nose up in the air. David would never, never, never.

“He was like one of the guys, he would go out with the crew, go for a drink, a beer after the show with the crew guys.

“Never an attitude, never needed to. I used to tell people you know why? He knows he's the star, he doesn't have to worry about somebody upstaging him, because he is the star.”

 Gabrielle Pike was in Australia covering Duran Duran’s tour when she was invited to fly to New Zealand for Bowie's Western Springs concert.

“I mean, obviously, as soon as Bowie started, that was it, you know, everybody was up, everybody was screaming, everybody was dancing, everybody was singing. They all sang along to the songs because by then, they were so well known. Everybody just got totally engrossed and engaged and immersed in this amazing David Bowie show.”

Lenny Pickett, sax player on the tour, also remembers the show well.

“I remember distinctly the Western Springs concert because of the environment, because of the natural venue, because of the huge number of people that were there. And it sticks in my mind certainly more than most performances, because it was of the natural beauty of the place. And the extremely unusual quality of having this very ancient geography, along with our faux ancient set, was a striking juxtaposition of art and reality.”

Geeling Ching was living in Sydney when she landed a leading role in the ‘China Girl’ video, the second single off Bowie’s Let's Dance album.

She was then invited to join him on the European leg of the Serious Moonlight tour.

“The guys in the band were so nice, Carmine [bass player Rojas] he was just so fabulous, so immediately accepting. Earl [Slick] was very funny. He just kind of looked at me as if I was a groupie. But he was really, really sweet to me.”

She stayed with the tour for four weeks, she says.

“I left the tour and said goodbye to everyone. And it was really sad, because, gosh, I was having a lot of fun.

“I just had the best time everyone was really, really kind to me. I just have the most wonderful memories of that tour.”

Later that year she encountered band members Carmine Rojas and Carlos Alomar outside the Regent Hotel in Auckland, who invite her to the show.

“They said ‘girlfriend you've got to come', and all that sort of thing and I said I've already bought tickets and they said ‘no, no, no, no, you've got to come backstage’.

“So, the next thing I get a phone call in my apartment; ‘Hi it's Coco [Bowie’s long time PA Coco Schwab]. I've got you a couple of backstage passes.’”

Ching remembers Bowie singing ‘China Girl’ that night.

“When they played my song, I cried. ‘China Girl’ live on stage and David singing and I'm thinking wow, that's my song.”

After Western Springs, there were just three more shows in Singapore, Thailand and Hong Kong before the tour finally came to an end.

Bowie returned to Western Springs one last time for the finale of 1987’s Glass Spider tour, then 17 years later his Reality tour played a one-off concert at Wellington's Westpac trust stadium on Valentine's Day 2004.

It was Bowie’s last world tour, a blocked artery cut short a concert in Germany, and all remaining dates were cancelled.

His last live performance was New York 2006. Then, after a long hiatus, he released two more albums before his death in January 2016.

Bowie’s six shows in New Zealand are still vividly remembered by those who were there. But it’s his 1983 Western Springs concert, when Bowie was at the very peak of his international fame, that stands out as one of the country's most iconic performances.

Hugh Lynn says the timing was perfect.

“The act was on a roll, it was happening and building overseas. And it's like a wave that was coming towards us, and we picked it up. And so, it was one of those times where everybody believed in the idea, they wanted him to be here, they wanted it to work, and it did.”

More about David Bowie from RNZ:

• Bowie's Waiata - before the Wellington concert, David Bowie was welcomed on to Takapuwahia Marae in Porirua where he sang a specially written song in response. This is the story of that day.
• David Bowie: The Odyssey of a Changeling - George Kay presents a 6-part overview of Bowie's music ranging from the 1980's up to 2004.

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Bowie Isolar 2.The 1978 World Tour

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.Isolar II – The 1978 World Tour more commonly known as The Low / Heroes World Tour or The Stage Tour ,was a worldwide concert tour by David Bowie. The tour opened on 29 March 1978 at the San Diego Sports Arena continuing through North America, Europe and Australia before reaching a conclusion at the Nippon Budokan in Japan on 12 December 1978.In This new Edition tracks from 4 concerts included.1. 26 May 1978 Lyon ,Palais des Sports de Gerland, France 2. 30 June and 1 July 1978 ,Earl’s Court,London U.k. 3. 12 December 1978 NHK Hall Tokyo Japan 4. 10 April Dallas, Dallas Convention Centre USA.All songs performed during the tour are included.Take a look at the comment for detailed playlist and full story.

David Bowie Isolar 2 – The 1978 World Tour more commonly known as The Low / Heroes World Tour or The Stage Tour ,was a worldwide concert tour by David Bowie. The tour opened on 29 March 1978 at the San Diego Sports Arena continuing through North America, Europe and Australia before reaching a conclusion at the Nippon Budokan in Japan on 12 December 1978.It’s two years since he made his last tour; Japan is included after a lapse of five years,and Australia and New Zealand for the first time. He drew gigantic numbers of attendances there. Its 77 concerts reached nearly a million people. Bowie was through with creating and playing characters; he was anxious to find out what it would be like to present his own self on stage. He found he quite liked it: he was often quite gay and, particularly in the smaller houses,he rejoiced in this contact with the audience. Still,there were enough moments of boredom, which of course is inevitable when one is taking a show around the world. A short interval divided the show into two parts,the repertory of the first part mainly consisting of the recent material of Low and Heroes,that of the second part being made up of numbers from Station to Station and,to everyone’s surprise,Ziggy Stardust. The greatest part of the audience had never had an opportunity of seeing and hearing Ziggy live,so the broad selection of numbers from the Ziggy LP was received with loud cheers in every city. Bowie had lined the stage with a large cage of neon lights,four vast walls of 292 tubes in all. When lit these produced a magni­ ficent effect which was a surprise to everyone; coloured lamps were also used. Altogether it was a happy, warm-hearted show.Tour band David Bowie – vocals, chamberlain Adrian Belew – lead guitar, backing vocals Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar, backing vocals George Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals Dennis Davis – drums, percussion Roger Powell – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals (except 11–14 November 1978) Dennis Garcia – keyboards, synthesizer (11–14 November 1978 only) Sean Mayes – piano, string ensemble, backing vocals Simon House – electric violin.......... A. 26 May 1978 Lyon ,Palais des Sports de Gerland, France . 1. Blackout . B. 30 June 1978 & 1 July 1978 London ,Earl’s Court,London U.K. . 2. What In The World . 3. Be My Wife . 4. Sound And Vision . 5. Breaking Glass . 6. Speed Of Life . 7. Sense Of Doubt . C. 12 December 1978 NHK Hall Tokyo Japan . 8. Warszawa 9. Heroes 10. Fame 11. Beauty and the Beast 12. Five Years 13. Soul Love 14. Star 15. Hang On To Yourself 16. Ziggy Stardust 17. Suffragette City 18. Station to Station 19. TVC15 . D. 28–29 April, 5–6 May Dallas, Dallas Convention Centre USA. . .20. Alabama Song . 21. Rebel Rebel . 22. Hang On to Yourself . 23. The Jean Genie

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Well Sir I think that I have be listening to David since 1966, and when I was buying my tickets for this tour Playing 4 nights in Glasgow . I wrote for the tickets ending with MAY YOU HAVE MANY GOLDEN YEARS. From the MONDAY TO THURSDAY straight after work as a butcher. I waited in that queue thinking who's he going to be.

A. 26 May 1978 Lyon ,Palais des Sports de Gerland, France 1. Blackout B. 30 June 1978 & 1 July 1978 London ,Earl’s Court,London U.K. 2. What In The World 3. Be My Wife 4. Sound And Vision 5. Breaking Glass 6. Speed Of Life 7. Sense Of Doubt C. 12 December 1978 NHK Hall Tokyo Japan 8. Warszawa 9. Heroes 10. Fame 11. Beauty and the Beast 12. Five Years 13. Soul Love 14. Star 15. Hang On To Yourself 16. Ziggy Stardust 17. Suffragette City 18. Station to Station 19. TVC15 D. 28–29 April, 5–6 May Dallas, Dallas Convention Centre USA. 20. Alabama Song 21. Rebel Rebel 22. Hang On to Yourself 23. The Jean Genie David Bowie Isolar 2 – The 1978 World Tour more commonly known as The Low / Heroes World Tour or The Stage Tour ,was a worldwide concert tour by David Bowie. The tour opened on 29 March 1978 at the San Diego Sports Arena continuing through North America, Europe and Australia before reaching a conclusion at the Nippon Budokan in Japan on 12 December 1978.It’s two years since he made his last tour; Japan is included after a lapse of five years,and Australia and New Zealand for the first time. He drew gigantic numbers of attendances there. Its 77 concerts reached nearly a million people. Bowie was through with creating and playing characters; he was anxious to find out what it would be like to present his own self on stage. He found he quite liked it: he was often quite gay and, particularly in the smaller houses,he rejoiced in this contact with the audience. Still,there were enough moments of boredom, which of course is inevitable when one is taking a show around the world. A short interval divided the show into two parts,the repertory of the first part mainly consisting of the recent material of Low and Heroes,that of the second part being made up of numbers from Station to Station and,to everyone’s surprise,Ziggy Stardust. The greatest part of the audience had never had an opportunity of seeing and hearing Ziggy live,so the broad selection of numbers from the Ziggy LP was received with loud cheers in every city. Bowie had lined the stage with a large cage of neon lights,four vast walls of 292 tubes in all. When lit these produced a magni­ ficent effect which was a surprise to everyone; coloured lamps were also used. Altogether it was a happy, warm-hearted show.Tour band David Bowie – vocals, chamberlain Adrian Belew – lead guitar, backing vocals Carlos Alomar – rhythm guitar, backing vocals George Murray – bass guitar, backing vocals Dennis Davis – drums, percussion Roger Powell – keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals (except 11–14 November 1978) Dennis Garcia – keyboards, synthesizer (11–14 November 1978 only) Sean Mayes – piano, string ensemble, backing vocals Simon House – electric violin..........

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