David Bowie Australian Tour Summary
David Bowie has almost completed his first tour of Australia and New Zealand in 16 years, playing Friday night (Feb 28) at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne and now just Monday to go for Perth.
In total so far, Bowie performed 160 songs sourced from 45 different songs over the seven shows. As usual, even to the last show, additional songs debuted in the setlist. Last night, 1980's 'Fashion' (Scary Monsters) and 1977's 'Breaking Glass' and 'Sound and Vision' (Low) worked their way into the set for the first time.
The songs played at every show were 'The Man Who Sold The World' (1970), 'Life On Mars' (1971), 'Five Years' and 'Ziggy Stardust' (1972), 'All The Young Dudes' and 'Rebel Rebel' (1974), 'Heroes' (1977), 'Ashes To Ashes' (1980), 'Under Pressure' (1982), 'China Girl' (1983), 'I'm Afraid of Americans' (1987), 'Cactus' and 'Sunday' (2002) and 'New Killer Star' (2003).
The most played album was Reality (2003) with nine songs, followed by Heathen (2002) with seven songs, Ziggy Stardust (1972) and Low (1977) with five songs, Hunky Dory (1971) with three and Let's Dance (1983) and Scary Monsters (1980) both with two.
Set-list for February 28, 2004, Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne:
1 Rebel Rebel (from Young Americans, 1975)
2 New Killer Star (from Reality, 2003)
3 Fashion (from Scary Monsters, 1980)
4 Cactus (from Heathen, 2002)
5 I've Been Waiting For You (from Heathen, 2002)
6 All The Young Dudes (from David Live, 1974)
7 China Girl (from Let's Dance, 1983)
8 The Man Who Sold The World (from The Man Who Sold The World, 1970)
9 Pablo Picasso (from Reality, 2003)
10 Sound And Vision (from Low, 1977)
11 Always Crashing In The Same Car (from Low, 1977)
12 Breaking Glass (from Low, 1977)
13 Be My Wife (from Low, 1977)
14 Let's Dance (from Let's Dance, 1983)
15 Sunday (from Heathen, 2002)
16 Heathen (The Rays) (from Heathen, 2002)
17 Under Pressure (from Queen's Hot Space, 1982)
18 Life On Mars? (from Hunky Dory, 1980)
19 Looking For Water (from Reality, 2003)
20 Changes (from Hunky Dory, 1980)
21 Ashes To Ashes (from Scary Monsters, 1980)
22 I'm Afraid of Americans (from Earthling, 1997)
23 "Heroes" (from Heroes, 1977)
(Encore)
24 Never Get Old (from Reality, 2003)
25 Try Some Buy Some (from Reality, 2003)
26 Five Years (from Ziggy Stardust, 1972)
27 Hang Onto Yourself (from Ziggy Stardust, 1972)
28 Ziggy Stardust (from Ziggy Stardust, 1972)