David Bowie Reality Tour Dublin The Point 22 November 2003 Support Act The Dandy Warhols By 2003, I was desperate to see David Bowie again. I’d forgotten my disappointment of Tin Machine and realised the stature of Bowie in the formation of rock. So when he announced the Reality tour, I was determined to see [...]
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15 Jan
David Bowie Roker Park Glass Spider Tour 23 June 1987
David Bowie Roker Park Glass Spider Tour 23 June 1987 Support Acts: Big Country “Good evening Newcastle”, said David Bowie as he took the stage at this gig. Big mistake for a gig in Sunderland; rivalry between the two towns run deep, particularly in the context of football, and saying this in Roker Park, the [...]
14 Jan
David Bowie 2nd July 1983 Milton Keynes Bowl Serious Moonlight: Lets Dance!
David Bowie 2nd July 1983 Milton Keynes Bowl Serious Moonlight Support Acts: The Beat, Icehouse By 1983 David Bowie was of sufficient stature to play three nights at the Milton Keynes Bowl, which holds 65,000 people. The (quite colourful) ticket (see right) doesn’t tell me which day I attended, but I am pretty certain it [...]
13 Jan
David Bowie Friday Newcastle City Hall 16th June 1978
David Bowie Friday Newcastle City Hall 16th June 1978 There was great anticipation for the 1978 David Bowie tour. By 1978 he was a massive star across the world, and this time he played three nights at the City Hall, which was almost unheard of; I can’t remember anyone else playing three nights in the [...]
12 Jan
David Bowie Tin Machine Newcastle Mayfair Tuesday 5 November 1991
David Bowie Tin Machine Newcastle Mayfair Tuesday 5 November 1991 For my concert memory today I’m jumping ahead a few Bowie concerts to the Tin Machine era. When I heard that David Bowie was coming to Newcastle Mayfair with his new band Tin Machine, I couldn’t believe it. Yes Bowie was stressing that “Tin Machine [...]
11 Jan
Iggy Pop and David Bowie The Idiot Newcastle City Hall 2 March Tour 1977
This was a strange one this. Looking back this gig was pretty important historically, and yet at the time (as is often the case) it didn’t seem so. Iggy wasn’t that well known in the UK at the time. I’d seen him on the TV (was it on the Whistle Test?) throwing himself into the [...]
10 Jan
David Bowie Empire Pool Wembley London 8th May 1976
David Bowie Empire Pool Wembley London 8th May 1976 A car load of us went to this gig, which was the last of a series of 6 shows at Wembley Empire Pool in 1976. These were Bowie’s only UK gigs and were his first in the country since 1973. We’d sent our postal orders off [...]
9 Jan
David Bowie Ziggy Stardust Tour 1972 and 1973
David Bowie Newcastle City Hall 2 June 1972 Sunderland Top Rank Suite 5 September 1972 Newcastle City Hall 8 June 1973 In celebration of David Bowie’s 65th birthday, I’ve decided to spend the rest of the week recalling my concert experiences of him, which started in 1972 in the Ziggy Starduct era, and will take [...]
