David Bowie 2002-10-16 New York ,Queens College – Golden Centre At Queens College –
Sound Quality Rating
101. SUNDAY.flac
102. CACTUS.flac
103. BREAKING GLASS.flac
104. FAME.flac
105. ASHES TO ASHES.flac
106. SLIP AWAY.flac
107. CHINA GIRL.flac
108. 5.15 THE ANGELES HAVE GONE.flac
109. BAND INTRODUCTION.flac
110. STARMAN.flac
111. CHANGES.flac
112. ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS.flac
113. I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.flac
114. AFRAID.flac
201. FASHION.flac
202. BE MY WIFE.flac
203. SOUND AND VISION.flac
204. REBEL REBEL.flac
205. I’M AFRAID OF AMERICANS.flac
206. LIFE ON MARS.flac
207. “HEROES”.flac
208. HEATHEN (THE RAYS).flac
209. WHITE LIGHT WHITE HEAT.flac
210. LET’S DANCE.flac
211. HALLO SPACE BOY.flac
212. ZIGGY STARDUST.flac
Label : No label
Audio Source : Audience recording
Lineage : Unknown
Taping Gear : Unknown
Taper: Unknown
Recording Location: Unknown
Total running time : 2:06:47
Sound Quality : very good. Equals record or radio/TV apart from a slight noise and some dullness.
Attendance : Unknown
Artwork : Yes
A very talkative Bowie during this show
A concert apiece for all five boroughs: Bowie himself dubbed it “The New York Marathon Tour” on BowieNet, stating: “I would like to repay the fans that traveled so far to see me by bringing my show to them. But most importantly, I could get home from all the gigs on roller skates.” He would play at the Music Hall at Snug Harbor (Staten Island); St. Ann’s Warehouse, alongside the Brooklyn Bridge; Queens College; Jimmy’s Bronx Cafe; and the Beacon Theatre. He also did a solid job shaking up the setlist from night to night. It’s hard to call a clear winner, but we’ll go with Brooklyn, which got everything from “Moonage Daydream” to “The Bewlay Brothers” to “Ashes to Ashes,” making the St. Ann’s show something special indeed.
The show opened with the first two songs on Heathen, the slow and atmospheric “Sunday,” and his energetic cover of the Pixies’ college rock classic, “Cactus.” Behind the 7-piece band (three guitarists, a bassist, a keyboardist, a drummer and a backing vocalist/percussionist) was the only remnant of the extravagant stage sets that the icon is known for: large lights spelling out the word “BOWIE.” While the icon himself was decked out in jeans and what he called his “leather jacket from the 80s,” several members of his band were wearing loud, colorful and rather comical pairs of pants. Apparently working with someone as notorious for their fashion choices as Bowie has rubbed off on his band, even if he, himself, doesn’t take those risks anymore.
The first “classic” track brought out was “Breaking Glass,” from 1977’s somber Low, which was followed immediately by the decidedly flamboyant, and considerably more familiar, “Fame,” which sounded more like its original version than one might have expected. Up next was “Slip Away,” from Heathen, which sounds like a sort of ode to New York but which Bowie clarified was actually an ode to former New York children’s entertainer Uncle Floyd. In addition to the expected banter about the city that included an attempt at speaking in deepest Queens dialect, Bowie made obscure references to Joseph Lenin and Simone de Beauvoir.
The show really got going near the midway point during favorites like “China Girl,” “Starman” and “Changes.” Also interesting was a more dramatic, pop-friendly version of the classic rock anthem, “Rebel, Rebel,” which preceded what was, surprisingly, the night’s best executed and most intense-sounding track; the heavy, industrial-flavored “I’m Afraid of Americans,” from 1997’s Earthling. Also amusing was the forgotten nugget, “Fashion” from 1980’s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps), which found Bowie approximating a turn on the runway.
Review By Jesse Serwer
A lively encore was hinted at even before it started, as the initial set closed with the rather somber pair of “Heroes,” and “Heathen (The Rays).” After no more than a minute offstage, the eight performers re-emerged with the third cover of the night (the other two being “Cactus,” and Neil Young’s “I’ve Been Waiting For You”), “White Light, White Heat,” by David’s NY pals, the Velvet Underground. A re-vamped version of Bowie’s last major hit, 1983’s “Let’s Dance,” preceded the night’s true closing tracks, “Hallo Spaceboy” and, of course, “Ziggy Stardust.”
David Bowie Tour band 2002 Heathen Tour
The David Bowie Heathen Tour was a 2002 concert tour in support of the album, Heathen, and was also notable for the performances of all songs from the 1977 Low album.
Start date 11 June 2002
End date
23 October 2002
The Tour band
• David Bowie – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Earl Slick – lead guitar
• Mark Plati – rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, clarinet, vocals
• Sterling Campbell – drums, percussion
• Mike Garson – keyboards, piano
• Catherine Russell – keyboards percussion backing vocals
