David Bowie 1987-06-23 Sunderland ,Roker Park – Nothing Is Embarrassing – SQ 8+

David Bowie 1987-06-23 Sunderland ,Roker Park – Nothing Is Embarrassing –
Sound Quality Rating noise ,dull ,but still good listened to

101. Purple Haze.flac
102. Carlos’s Guitar Intro.flac
103. Up The Hill Backwards.flac
104. Glass Spider.flac
105. Up The Hill Backwards.flac
106. Day In Day Out.flac
107. Bang Bang.flac
108. Absolute Beginners.flac
109. Loving The Alien.flac
110. China Girl.flac
111. Fashion.flac
112. Scary Monsters.flac
113. All The Madmen.flac
114. Never Let Me Down.flac
201. Big Brother.flac
202. Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family.flac
203. 87 & Cry.flac
204. “Heroes”.flac
205. Time Will Crawl.flac
206. band introduction.flac
207. Beat Of Your Drum.flac
208. Sons Of The Silent Age.flac
209. Dancing With The Big Boys.flac
210. Zeroes.flac
211. Let’s Dance.flac
212. Fame.flac
Encore:
213. Blue Jean.flac
214. Modern Love.flac

Label : From The Hunky Geordie Tapes – HUG204CD
Audio Source : audience
Lineage : TDK SF90 x 2 (lo gen).
Taper: ???
Recording Location: ???
Total running time : 1:57:08
Sound Quality :
Attendance :
Artwork : By Steve23yh / 100PCB

REVIEW
David Bowie thrills 36,000 fans at Roker Park, Sunderland, in 1987
Here in the region, Bowie had performed landmark shows at Newcastle City Hall in 1972 and 1973, returning for a trio of celebrated gigs at the same venue in June 1978,Later he would grace Newcastle Mayfair in 1991, Newcastle Riverside in 1997, and he was the first major artist to appear at Newcastle Arena in 1995.
But it was the Roker Park show in 1987 which attracted his biggest North East crowd.
More than 36,000 fans descended for the show on a day which began with sunshine, but ended with torrential rain.
David, in fact, might have performed at St James’ Park had a Chronicle story from March 1983 come to fruition. We reported how promoter Harvey Goldsmith was considering promoting a summer show at the Toon’s home following the success of the Stones a year earlier – but the plan was scrapped.

David Bowie Tour band 1987 – The Glass Spider Tour
• David Bowie – vocals, guitar
• Peter Frampton – guitar, vocals
• Carlos Alomar – guitar, backing vocals, music director
• Carmine Rojas – bass guitar
• Alan Childs – drums
• Erdal Kızılçay – keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin, backing vocals
• Richard Cottle – keyboards, saxophone, tambourine, backing vocals

Tour dancers
• Melissa Hurley
• Constance Marie
• Spazz Attack (Craig Allen Rothwell)
• Viktor Manoel
• Stephen Nichols
• Toni Basil (choreography)

Tour design
• Allen Branton – Lighting design
• Mark Ravitz – Set design
• Christine Strand – Video director

David Bowie thrills 36,000 fans at Roker Park, Sunderland, in 1987

David Bowie at Roker Park, Sunderland, June 23, 1987, on his Glass Spider tour

Giant rock and pop gigs at the region’s football stadiums are today a regular fixture on the North East entertainment calendar.

The whole thing kicked off in 1982 when the Rolling Stones played at Newcastle United’s St James’ Park.

Five years later, Sunderland got in on the act when David Bowie announced a date at the club’s old ground, Roker Park.

As American pop diva Beyonce steps out at the Stadium of Light, we recall the night Bowie rocked out back on Tuesday, June 23, 1987.

Earlier this year, in January, music fans in the North East and around the globe were shocked at news of the 69-year-old rock superstar’s death.

Here in the region, Bowie had performed landmark shows at Newcastle City Hall in 1972 and 1973, returning for a trio of celebrated gigs at the same venue in June 1978,

36,000 David Bowie fans at Roker Park, Sunderland, June 23, 1987

Later he would grace Newcastle Mayfair in 1991, Newcastle Riverside in 1997, and he was the first major artist to appear at Newcastle Arena in 1995.

But it was the Roker Park show in 1987 which attracted his biggest North East crowd.

More than 36,000 fans descended for the show on a day which began with sunshine, but ended with torrential rain.

Bowie, in fact, might have performed at St James’ Park had a Chronicle story from March 1983 come to fruition. We reported how promoter Harvey Goldsmith was considering promoting a summer show at the Toon’s home following the success of the Stones a year earlier – but the plan was scrapped.

It wasn’t until April 1987 that we announced Bowie would be performing in the region.

The 40-year-old star star – resident in Geneva, Switzerland at the time – would appear at Roker Park, Sunderland, on his 100-city worldwide Glass Spider tour.

Ticket sales were brisk, and with a 40,000 crowd expected, we told how special car and coach parks would be set up, and late night train services extended.

The support acts were confirmed as Big Country and the Screaming Blue Messiahs.

But, come the big day, the show was not without its problems.

With Bowie’s Boeing 747 aircraft temporarily grounded in London, the majority of the 36,000 fans in the ground “were blissfully unaware of the last-minute delays”.

As for the show, our report continued: “Bowie descended from the arms of a giant glass spider looking like an ageing teddy boy.

David Bowie at Roker Park, Sunderland, June 23, 1987, on his Glass Spider tour

“He took on the role of a circus impresario in charge of a multi-national band and team of wild dancers.

“But the significance of a great deal of the show was lost on much of the crowd…”

The start of the show also saw the singer address the crowd in a now notorious gaffe when he declared: “Good evening, Newcastle.” Oops!

If the stage show was undoubtedly stunning, our reviewer reckoned “the music seemed to leave the fans wanting”.

Bowie had chosen to play a sizeable chunk of new and unfamiliar material, but “when the audience was treated to some of the star’s hits – Heroes, Fame, Absolute Beginners and China Girl – they went down a storm.”

Towards the end of the show, the superstar again put his foot in it, announcing: “You didn’t let it rain. It’s so nice not to play in the rain”.

Cue a downpour which soaked the large outdoor crowd.

Nevertheless, the show came to a memorable climax when Bowie played Let’s Dance and Modern Love.

Our review concluded: “The crowds danced and sang with gusto – and I got an impression of what a great night it could have been.”
And with that, David Bowie was gone, leaving behind a churned-up football pitch, thousands of discarded beer bottles, complaints about volume levels, but a host of memories for fans at the show (yours truly among them).

He may not have played Ziggy Stardust, but we still loved him…

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Notes

Hiss removal using iZotope RX2 denoiser tool.

Tape flip between Absolute Beginners and Loving The Alien – seamless.
Tape runs out on Never Let Me Down – faded and used as break between the discs.
Tape flip between Sons Of The Silent Age and Dancing With The Big Boys – seamless.
Pause and fade on source tape between Fame (encore break) and Blue Jean – cleaned up a little, but fade-in on Blue Jean left alone.
Sector Boundary Errors fixed with TLH.