In
1987,
David Bowie
embarked on the
The Glass Spider Tour in support
of the album
Never Let Me
Down. The
concert tour was the
most ambitious by
David Bowie surpassing
the previous
Serious Moonlight
Tour in terms of audience figures and number of performances.
It has been estimated by the conclusion of the tour a total of
three million people had attended beating his previous record set
on the
1983 Serious Moonlight Tour.
History
In announcing the
concert tour,
David Bowie embarked on a series of
promotional press shows, in which the tour details were announced
together with a live performance of songs from the
Never Let Me Down album.
The
European performances were not without incident with a lighting
engineer, Michael Clark, being tragically killed at the Stadio
Comunale
- Florence
after
falling from the scaffolding before the show
commenced.
The
performances at Sydney Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia on 7 & 9
November 1987 were filmed and released on
video, Glass Spider, in 1988 with a DVD
release in 2007 including an audio recording of the 30 August 1987 performance at
the Olympic
Stadium
- Montreal,
QB
. The 6 June 1987 Platz der Republik (Reichstag - City Of Berlin
Festival) - Berlin
performance
was broadcast on FM Radio.
Promotional Press Shows
Tour Band
The Dancers;
Tour Dates
Europe
- 30/05/1987 Stadion Feijenoord
- Rotterdam
, Netherlands
- 31/05/1987 Stadion Feijenoord
- Rotterdam
, Netherlands
- 02/06/1987 Festival Terrein - Werchter
, Belgium
- 06/06/1987 Platz der Republik (Reichstag -
City Of Berlin Festival) - Berlin
, Germany
- 07/06/1987 Rock am Ring
- Nürburgring
, Germany
- 09/06/1987 Stadio
Comunale
- Florence
, Italy
- 10/06/1987 Stadio San Siro
- Milan
, Italy
- 13/06/1987 Festwiese Am Stadtpark - Hamburg
, Germany
- 15/06/1987 Stadio Flaminio
- Rome
, Italy
- 16/06/1987 Stadio Flaminio
- Rome
, Italy
- 19/06/1987 Wembley Stadium
- London
, England
- 20/06/1987 Wembley Stadium - London
, England
- 21/06/1987 Cardiff Arms Park
- Cardiff
, Wales
- 23/06/1987 Roker Park
- Sunderland
, England
- 27/06/1987 (Cancelled) Ullevi Stadium
- Gothenburg
, Sweden
- 27/06/1987 Eriksbergsvarvet - Hisingen
, Sweden
- 28/06/1987 Stade de Gerland
- Lyon
, France
- 01/07/1987 Praterstadion
- Vienna
, Austria
- 03/07/1987 Parc
départemental de La Courneuve - Paris
, France
- 04/07/1987 Stadium Municipal de Toulouse
- Toulouse
, France
- 06/07/1987 Vicente
Calderón Stadium
- Madrid
, Spain
- 07/07/1987 Ministadio C.F.
- Barcelona
, Spain
- 08/07/1987 Ministadio C.F.
- Barcelona
, Spain
- 11/07/1987 Slane Castle
- County
Meath
, Ireland
- 14/07/1987 Maine Road Football Ground
- Manchester
, England
- 15/07/1987 Maine Road Football Ground
- Manchester
, England
- 17/07/1987 Stade De L'Ouest - Nice
, France
- 18/07/1987 Stadio
Comunale di Torino
- Turin
, Italy
North America
- 30/07/1987 Veterans Stadium
- Philadelphia,
PA
- 31/07/1987 Veterans Stadium
- Philadelphia,
PA
- 02/08/1987 Giants Stadium
- East Rutherford, NJ
- 03/08/1987 Giants Stadium
- East Rutherford, NJ
- 07/08/1987 Spartan
Stadium
- San Jose,
CA
- 08/08/1987 Anaheim
Stadium
- Anaheim,
CA
- 09/08/1987 Anaheim
Stadium
- Anaheim,
CA
- 12/08/1987 Mile High Stadium
- Denver,
CO
- 14/08/1987 Civic Stadium
- Portland,
OR
- 15/08/1987 BC Place Stadium
- Vancouver,
BC
- 17/08/1987 Commonwealth
Stadium
- Edmonton,
AB
- 19/08/1987 Winnipeg Stadium
Winnipeg,
MB
- 21/08/1987 Rosemont Horizon
- Rosemont,
IL
- 22/08/1987 Rosemont Horizon
- Rosemont,
IL
- 24/08/1987 Canadian National Exhibition
Stadium
- Toronto,
ON
- 25/08/1987 Canadian National Exhibition
Stadium
- Toronto,
ON
- 28/08/1987 Frank Clair Stadium
- Ottawa,
ON
- 30/08/1987 Olympic
Stadium
- Montreal,
QB
- 01/09/1987 Madison Square Garden
- New York,
NY
- 02/09/1987 Madison Square Garden
- New York,
NY
- 03/09/1987 Sullivan Stadium
- Foxborough, MA
- 06/09/1987 Dean Smith Center
- Chapel
Hill, NC
- 07/09/1987 Dean Smith Center
- Chapel
Hill, NC
- 10/09/1987 Marcus Amphitheater
- Milwaukee, WI
- 11/09/1987 Marcus Amphitheater
- Milwaukee, WI
- 12/09/1987 Pontiac Silverdome
- Pontiac,
MI
- 14/09/1987 Rupp Arena
- Lexington, KY
- 18/09/1987 Miami Orange Bowl
- Miami,
FL
- 19/09/1987 Tampa Stadium
- Tampa,
FL
- 21/09/1987 Omni Coliseum
- Atlanta,
GA
- 22/09/1987 Omni Coliseum
- Atlanta,
GA
- 25/09/1987 Hartford Civic Center
- Hartford, CT
- 28/09/1987 Capital Centre
- Landover, MD
- 29/09/1987 Capital Centre
- Landover, MD
- 01/10/1987 St. Paul Civic Center
- St.
Paul, MN
- 02/10/1987 St. Paul Civic Center
- St.
Paul, MN
- 04/10/1987 Kemper Arena
- Kansas
City, MO
- 06/10/1987 Louisiana Superdome
- New
Orleans, LA
- 07/10/1987 The Summit
- Houston,
TX
- 08/10/1987 The Summit
- Houston,
TX
- 10/10/1987 Reunion Arena
- Dallas,
TX
- 11/10/1987 Reunion Arena
- Dallas,
TX
- 13/10/1987 Los
Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
- Los
Angeles, CA
- 14/10/1987 Los
Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
- Los
Angeles, CA
Australia
- 29/10/1987 Boondall
Entertainment Centre
- Brisbane
, Australia
- 30/10/1987 Boondall
Entertainment Centre
- Brisbane
, Australia
- 03/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 04/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 06/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 07/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 09/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 10/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 13/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 14/11/1987 Sydney
Entertainment Centre
- Sydney
, Australia
- 18/11/1987 Kooyong Stadium
- Melbourne
Australia
- 20/11/1987 Kooyong Stadium
- Melbourne
Australia
- 21/11/1987 Kooyong Stadium
- Melbourne
Australia
- 23/11/1987 Kooyong Stadium
- Melbourne
Australia
New Zealand
The Songs
From
The
Man Who Sold the World
From
Aladdin
Sane
From
Diamond
Dogs
- "Rebel Rebel"
- "Big Brother"
From
Young
Americans
From
"Heroes"
- ""Heroes"" (Bowie, Brian Eno)
- "Sons of the Silent Age"
From
Scary
Monsters
- "Up the Hill Backwards"
- "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"
- "Fashion"
From
Let's
Dance
- "Modern Love"
- "China Girl" (originally from The Idiot by Iggy
Pop, written by Pop and Bowie)
- "Let's Dance"
From
Tonight
- "Loving the Alien"
- "Blue Jean"
- "Dancing With the Big Boys" (Bowie, Pop, Carlos Alomar)
From
Never Let Me
Down
- "Day-In Day-Out"
- "Time Will Crawl"
- "Beat of Your Drum"
- "Never Let Me Down" (Bowie, Alomar)
- "Zeroes"
- "Glass Spider"
- "New York's in Love"
- "'87 and Cry"
- "Bang Bang" (Bowie, Ivan Kral)
Other songs:
Notes
- David Currie, David Bowie Glass Idol: The 1987 European
tour, Omnibus Press, 1987, ISBN 0711911827
- Nicholas
Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn
Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0
References
- David Buckley, Strange Fascination: The Definitive
Biography of David Bowie, Virgin Books, 1999, ISBN
1-85227-784X