was a worldwide concert tour by David Bowie in support of the Reality album. The tour commenced on 7 October 2003 at the Forum Copenhagen, Denmark, continuing through Europe, North America, Asia, including a return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since the 1987 Glass Spider Tour. Bowie retired from performing live in 2006, making this tour his last. The tour grossed US$46 million, making it the ninth-highest-grossing tour of 2004.
David Bowie 2003-08-19 New York ,Poughkeepsie ,Change Theater (Warm-Up show) (from BowieNet) – SQ 9,5.
David Bowie 2003-08-19 New York ,Poughkeepsie ,Change Theater (Warm-Up show) – Surreality – 8+ .
Bowie 2003-08-19 New York ,Poughkeepsie ,Change Theater (Warm-Up show) – Welcome To Reality – SQ 9.
David Bowie 2003-08-19 New York ,Poughkeepsie ,Change Theater (Warm-Up show) – A reality Check – SQ 9.
David Bowie 2003-08-19 New York ,Poughkeepsie ,The Chance (Warm-Up show for A Reality Tour) – SQ 9.
David Bowie 2003-09-08 London, Hammersmith ,Riverside Studios – Pass The Popcorn – (Warm up show) – SQ -9.
David Bowie 2003-09-08 London, Hammersmith ,Riverside Studios – Deep Reality – (Warm up show) (RAW) – SQ 9.
David Bowie 2003-09-08 London ,Hammersmith ,Riverside Studios – A Reality Tour – (Warm up show) (Soundboard) – SQ 9.
David Bowie 2003-09-08 London ,Hammersmith ,Riverside Studios (Warm up show) (Edited 1 CD Version) – SQ 8+.
David Bowie 2003-09-08 London ,Hammersmith ,Riverside Studios (Warm up show) (complete 2 CD Version) SQ 8.
David Bowie 2003-09-09 London , Interview and tracks.????????? tell ….. what is this?
David Bowie 2003-10-07 Copenhagen ,The Forum (Master hamp_dk) – SQ 8+ .
David Bowie 2003-10-07 Copenhagen ,The Forum (Master Tolvis Incomplete) – SQ 8,5 .
David Bowie 2003-10-07 Copenhagen ,The Forum (Borg Master) – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-07 Copenhagen ,The Forum – Reality In Mermeidland – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-07 Copenhagen ,The Forum (RAW) – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-08 Stockholm ,The Globe Arena (RAW) – SQ 8+.
David Bowie 2003-10-08 Stockholm ,The Globe Arena – Reality Hits The Globe – SQ 8.
David Bowie 2003-10-08 Stockholm ,The Globe Arena (alternate – Z67 Remake) – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-10 Helsinki ,Hartwall Arena – Helsinki– SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-10 Helsinki ,Hartwall Arena (GM) – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-12 Oslo ,The Spektrum Arena – Live Oslo Spectrum – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-12 Oslo ,The Spektrum Arena – Killer star in Oslo – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie 2003-10-15 Rotterdam , Ahoy Hall (RAW) – SQ 8+.
David Bowie 2003-10-15 Rotterdam, Ahoy Hall – Bring Me The Rotterdam King – SQ -9.
David Bowie 2004-06-25 Scheeßel ,Eichenring – Children Of The Hurricane Festival – (Hurricane Festival) – SQ 8+.
David Bowie 2004-06-25 Scheessel ,Eichenring (Hurricane Festival) – The Heart’s Filthy Lesson! – SQ -9.
David Bowie 2004-06-25 Scheessel ,Eichenring (Hurricane Festival) – Last Stand Scheessel 2004 – (Matrix) – SQ -9.
David Bowie 2004-06-25 Scheeßel ,Eichenring – Children Of The Hurricane Festival – (Hurricane Festival) (Youtube rip) – SQ 8+.
David Bowie 2004-06-25 Scheeßel ,Eichenring – The Stream Of Warm Impermanence – (Hurricane Festival) – SQ 8,5.
David Bowie Low Tech @ The Wheel (Miscellaneous & Compilations ,London Ontario Canada) – SQ -9
Tour by David Bowie Associated album Reality Start date 7 October 2003 End date 23 July 2004 Legs 5 Shows 70 in Europe Shows 28 in North America Shows 1 in the Atlantic Shows 8 in Oceania Shows 5 in Asia Shows 112 in Total
A Reality Tour was a worldwide concert tour by David Bowie in support of the Reality album.The tour commenced on 7 October 2003 at the Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark continuing through Europe, North America, Asia, including a return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since the 1987 Glass Spider Tour. The tour grossed US$46m, making it the ninth-highest grossing tour of 2004.
History Bowie announced the tour in June 2003, intending to play to over a million people across 17 countries, and was billed as his first major tour since the Outside Tour of 1995. Bowie promoted this tour with appearances on primetime television shows such as The Tonight Show and on AOL Sessions. At over 110 shows, the tour was the longest tour of Bowie’s career. Performance Bowie sought to perform in the format of a stadium concert with less focus on elaborate staging and more focus on the musicians in his band. The stage featured a number of platforms, some extending into the audience, as well as multiple video-screens projecting artistic images and live footage of the concert along with many colored lights for effects. The stage was typically placed at one end of the stadium or arena with seating in the stands or on the field itself with a back-stage area on the far side of the stage. The musicians were dressed in casual but colorful outfits; nearly each musician had a set of outfits in different colors, such as Bowie’s cut-off shirt and neckerchief or Gail Ann Dorsey’s dress. Musicians were free to move about the stage as their instruments permitted with wireless amplification, though Bowie and Dorsey interacted most often as part of the acts. Each concert began with an introduction on the main video-screen, during which the band would enter the stage and prepare the opening number. After the opener, Bowie would greet the audience with the flexible line, “Hello, [city name], you crazy bunch of motherfuckers” as a sign of welcoming. The performances, between the somewhat staged pieces, were informal often with a dialog between Bowie and his audience, jokes, band introductions, and the occasional “Happy Birthday To You”. Repertoire The set list included tracks spanning Bowie’s 30 plus years in the music business, from The Man Who Sold the World (1970) all the way to Reality (2003), along with collaborations such as Sister Midnight (with Iggy Pop) and “Under Pressure” (with Queen), and snippets and teasers of Bowie classics such as “Space Oddity” and “Golden Years”. There is a bit more focus, however, on tracks from the albums released since the Earthling World Tour in 1997, Heathen (2002), and Reality. The only exception from his latest albums is ‘hours…’ (1999); no tracks from this album were included, possibly due to poor reception of the album. Other albums with no appearance included Space Oddity (1969), the cover album Pin Ups (1973), the ill-received Never Let Me Down (1987), the albums produced with the band Tin Machine, and Black Tie White Noise (1993). A notable inclusion into the tour were the tracks from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, usually performed as the final encores. “Ziggy Stardust” was nearly always the finale of each concert. The inclusion of tracks from Let’s Dance and Tonight was also notable, considering a fan tendency to reject the albums as “too commercial”, seeing the return of the singles “Modern Love”, “Blue Jean”, “Lets Dance,” “China Girl”, and a semi-acoustic version of “Loving the Alien”. Overall, the band had rehearsed around 60 songs for the tour. Tour inciden Originally scheduled to play in 24 countries over a ten-month period, the tour was curtailed after the Hurricane Festival performance in Scheeßel, Germany on 25 June 2004, as a result of Bowie being diagnosed with an acutely blocked artery that required an angioplasty procedure.The previous performance at the T-Mobile Arena, Prague, Czech Republic on 23 June 2004 had been interrupted as Bowie was forced to leave the stage believing he was suffering from a trapped nerve in his left shoulder. A previous incident in Oslo on 18 June 2004 saw Bowie being struck in the left eye with a lollipop thrown by a member of the audience. On 6 May 2004, a performance at the James L. Knight Center, Miami, FL was cancelled after a lighting technician fell to his death prior to Bowie going onstage. Live recordings Main article: A Reality Tour (film) A DVD video of the Point Theatre, Dublin performances of 2003 was released as A Reality Tour in 2004. A CD of the same performances was released as A Reality Tour in 2010.
Europe 07 October 2003 Copenhagen,Denmark,Forum Copenhagen 08 October 2003 Stockholm,Sweden,Globen Arena 10 October 2003 Helsinki,Finland,Hartwall Areena 12 October 2003 Oslo,Norway,Oslo Spektrum 15 October 2003 Rotterdam,Netherlands,Ahoy Rotterdam 16 October 2003 Hamburg,Germany,Color Line Arena 18 October 2003 Frankfurt,Germany,Festhalle Frankfurt 20 October 2003 Paris ,France ,Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 21 October 2003 Paris ,France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 23 October 2003 Milan,Italy,Forum D’Assago 24 October 2003 Zurich,Switzerland,Hallenstadion 26 October 2003 Stuttgart,Germany,Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle 27 October 2003 Munich,Germany 29 October 2003 Vienna,Austria,Wiener Stadthalle 31 October 2003 Cologne,Germany,Kölnarena 01 November 2003 Hanover,Germany,Preussag Arena 03 November 2003 Berlin,Germany,Max-Schmeling-Halle 05 November 2003 Antwerp,Belgium,Sportpaleis 07 November 2003 Lille,France,Zénith de Lille Grand Palais 08 November 2003 Amnéville,France,Galaxie Amnéville 10 November 2003 Nice,France,Palais Nikaia 14 November 2003 Marseille,France,Le Dôme de Marseille 15 November 2003 Lyon,France,Halle Tony Garnier 17 November 2003 Manchester,EnglandManchester Arena 19 November 2003 Birmingham,England,National Exhibition Centre 20 November 2003 Birmingham England,National Exhibition Centre 22 November 2003 Dublin ,Ireland ,Point Theatre 23 November 2003 Dublin, Ireland ,Point Theatre 25 November 2003 London,England,Wembley Arena 26 November 2003 London,England,Wembley Arena 28 November 2003 Glasgow,Scotland,Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
North America 13 December 2003 Montreal,Canada,Bell Centre 15 December 2003 New York City,US,Madison Square Garden 16 December 2003 Uncasville,Mohegan ,Sun Arena
Atlantic 20 December 2003 Nassau,Bahamas,Atlantis Paradise Island Hotel
North America 07 January 2004 Cleveland,United States,CSU Convocation Center 09 January 2004 Auburn Hills,The Palace of Auburn Hills 11 January 2004 Minneapolis,Target Center 13 January 2004 Rosemont ,Rosemont Theatre 14 January 2004 Rosemont ,Rosemont Theatre 16 January 2004 Rosemont ,Rosemont Theatre 19 January 2004 Denver,Fillmore Auditorium 21 January 2004 Calgary,Canada,Pengrowth Saddledome 24 January 2004 Vancouver,General Motors Place 25 January 2004 Seattle,United States,Paramount Theatre 27 January 2004 San Jose,HP Pavilion at San Jose 30 January 2004 Las Vegas,The Joint 31 January 2004 Los Angeles,Shrine Auditorium 02 February 2004 Los Angeles ,Shrine Auditorium 03 February 2004 Wiltern Theatre 05 February 2004 Phoenix,Dodge Theater 06 February 2004 Las Vegas,The Joint 07 February 2004 Los Angeles,Wiltern Theatre
Oceania 14 February 2004 Wellington,New Zealand,Westpac Stadium 17 February 2004 Brisbane,Australia,Brisbane Entertainment Centre 20 February 2004 Sydney ,Sydney Entertainment Centre 21 February 2004 Sysney ,Sydney Entertainment Centre 23 February 2004 Adelaide,Adelaide Entertainment Centre 26 February 2004 Melbourne ,Rod Laver Arena 27 February 2004 Melborne ,Rod Laver Arena 01 March 2004 Perth,Supreme Court Gardens
Asia 04 March 2004 Kallang,Singapore,Singapore Indoor Stadium 08 March 2004 Tokyo ,Japan ,Nippon Budokan 09 March 2004 Tokyo ,Japan ,Nippon Budikan 11 March 2004 Osaka,Osaka-jo Hall 14 March 2004 Kowloon,Hong Kong,Convention Exhibition Centre
North America 29 March 2004 Philadelphia,United States,Wachovia Center 30 March 2004 Boston,FleetCenter 01 April 2004 Toronto,Canada,Air Canada Centre 02 April 2004 Ottawa,Corel Centre 04 April 2004 Quebec City,Colisée Pepsi 07 April 2004 Winnipeg,Winnipeg Arena 09 April 2004 Edmonton,Rexall Place 11 April 2004 Kelowna,Skyreach Place 13 April 2004 Portland, Oregon,United States,Rose Garden Arena 14 April 2004 Seattle,KeyArena 16 April 2004 Berkeley ,Berkeley Community Theatre 17 April 2004 Berkeley Berkeley Community Theatre 19 April 2004 Santa Barbara ,Santa Barbara Bowl 22 April 2004 Los Angeles,Greek Theatre 23 April 2004 Anaheim,The Theatre at The Arrowhead Pond 25 April 2004 Loveland,Budweiser Events Center 27 April 2004 Austin,The Backyard Amphitheater 29 April 2004 The Woodlands,Cynthia Woods ,Mitchell Pavilion 30 April 2004 New Orleans,Saenger Theatre 05 May 2004 Tampa,Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center 08 May 2004 Atlanta,Chastain Park Amphitheater 10 May 2004 Kansas City,Starlight Theatre 11 May 2004 St. Louis,Fox Theatre 13 May 2004 Hershey,Star Pavilion 14 May 2004 London,CanadaJohn Labatt Centre 16 May 2004 Fairfax,United States,Patriot Center 17 May 2004 Pittsburgh,Benedum Center 19 May 2004 Milwaukee,Milwaukee Theatre 20 May 2004 Indianapolis,Murat Shrine 22 May 2004 Moline,The Mark of the Quad Cities 24 May 2004 Columbus,Columbus Veterans Memorial Auditorium 25 May 2004 Buffalo,Shea’s Performing Arts Center 27 May 2004 ScrantonFord Pavilion at Montage Mountain 29 May 2004 Atlantic City,The Borgata Event Center 30 May 2004 Atlantic City The Borgata Event Centre 01 June 2004 Manchester, NH Verizon Wireless Arena 02 June 2004 Uncasville,Mohegan Sun Arena 04 June 2004 Wantagh,Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theatre 05 June 2004 Holmdel,PNC Bank Arts Center
Europe 11 June 2004 Amsterdam ,Netherlands ,Amsterdam Arena 13 June 2004 Isle of Wight ,England ,Seaclose Park 17 June 2004 Bergen ,Norway ,Koengen 18 June 2004 Oslo ,Frognerbadet 20 June 2004 Seinäjoki,Finland ,Provinssirock 23 June 2004 Prague ,Czech Republic ,T-Mobile Arena 25 June 2004 Scheeßel ,Germany ,Eichenring
On 19 August 2003 Bowie performed a one off show in Poughkeepsie, New York at The Chance, as a warm up show. On 8 September 2003 Bowie performed a show at the Riverside Studios in London which was a ‘satellite show’. This was a live performance beamed via satellite to cinemas and theatres across Europe and due to time delay the following day across Asia, Australia,
North and South America. Festivals and other miscellaneous performances A This concert was a part of “Isle of Wight Festival” B This concert was a part of “Bergen Festival” C This concert was a part of “Norwegian Wood Festival” D This concert was a part of “Provinssirock” E This concert was a part of “Hurricane Festival” Cancellations and rescheduled shows
12 November 2003 Toulouse ,Le Zénith ,de Toulouse Cancelled 06 December 2003 Atlantic City ,The Borgata Events Center – Rescheduled to 29 May 2004 07 December 2003 Fairfax,Patriot Center – Rescheduled to 16 May 2004 09 December 2003 Boston,Fleet Center – Rescheduled to 30 March 2004 10 December 2003 Philadelphia,Wachovia Center – Rescheduled to 29 March 2004 12 December 2003 Toronto,Air Canada Centre – Rescheduled to 1 April 2004 06 May 2004 Miami,James L. Knight Center –Cancelled 26 June 2004 Tuttlingen,Southside Festival –Cancelled 29 June 2004 Vienna,Schloss Schönbrunn –Cancelled 30 June 2004 Salzburg,Residenzplatz –Cancelled 02 July 2004 Roskilde,Roskilde Festival –Cancelled 04 July 2004 Werchter,Rock Werchter –Cancelled 06 July 2004 Ile De Gaou,Festival de la Gaou –Cancelled 07 July 2004 Carcassonne,Festival de la Cite –Cancelled 10 July 2004 KinrossBalado, T in the Park –Cancelled 11 July 2004 County Kildare,Oxegen Festival -Cancelled 14 July 2004 Bilbao,Bilbao Festival –Cancelled 16 July 2004 Compostela,Xacobeo Festival –Cancelled 17 July 2004 Oporto,The Dragon Festival –Cancelled 20 July 2004 Nyon,Paléo ,Festival Nyon –Cancelled 21 July 2004 Monte Carlo,Club du Sporting –Cancelled 23 July 2004 Carhaix,Vieilles Charrues Festival –Cancelled
Songs Notation: DVD/CD Included on A Reality Tour and A Reality Tour CD Included on A Reality Tour iTunes Available as Digital download bonus tracks (iTunes) for A Reality Tour From Space Oddity “Space Oddity” From The Man Who Sold the World “The Man Who Sold the World” DVD/CD “The Supermen” From Hunky Dory “Changes” DVD/CD “Life on Mars?” DVD/CD “Quicksand” “The Bewlay Brothers” “Queen Bitch” From The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars “Five Years” DVD/CD “Starman” “Hang on to Yourself” DVD/CD “Ziggy Stardust” DVD/CD “Suffragette City” From Aladdin Sane “Panic in Detroit” “The Jean Genie” From Diamond Dogs “Diamond Dogs” “Rebel Rebel” DVD/CD From Young Americans “Win” “Fame” DVD/CD (Bowie, John Lennon, Carlos Alomar) From Station to Station “Station to Station” “Golden Years” From Low “Breaking Glass” CD (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray) “Sound and Vision” “Always Crashing in the Same Car” “Be My Wife” DVD/CD “A New Career in a New Town” From “Heroes” “Heroes” DVD/CD (Bowie, Brian Eno) From Lodger “Fantastic Voyage” DVD/CD (Bowie, Eno) From Scary Monsters “Ashes to Ashes” DVD/CD “Fashion” From Let’s Dance “Modern Love” “China Girl” CD (originally from The Idiot by Iggy Pop, written by Pop and Bowie) “Let’s Dance” From Tonight “Loving the Alien” DVD/CD “Blue Jean” From Outside “Hallo Spaceboy” DVD/CD (Bowie, Eno) “The Motel” (Bowie, Eno) DVD/CD From Earthling “Battle for Britain (The Letter)” DVD/CD (Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Mark Plati) “I’m Afraid of Americans” DVD/CD (Bowie, Eno) From Heathen “Sunday” DVD/CD “Cactus” DVD/CD (originally from Surfer Rosa by Pixies, written by Black Francis) “Slip Away” DVD/CD “Afraid” DVD/CD “I’ve Been Waiting for You” (originally from Neil Young by Neil Young, written by Young) “5:15 the Angels Have Gone” iTunes “Heathen (The Rays)” DVD/CD From Reality “New Killer Star” DVD/CD “Pablo Picasso” “Never Get Old” DVD/CD “The Loneliest Guy” DVD/CD “Looking for Water” “She’ll Drive the Big Car” “Days” iTunes “Fall Dog Bombs the Moon” CD “Try Some, Buy Some” “Reality” DVD/CD “Bring Me the Disco King” DVD/CD
Other songs: “A Hard Day’s Night” (from A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles, written by Lennon and McCartney) “All the Young Dudes” DVD/CD (from All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople, written by Bowie) “Bang a Gong (Get It On)” (from Electric Warrior by T.Rex, written by Marc Bolan) “Do You Know the Way to San José” (from Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls by Dionne Warwick, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David) “Here Comes the Sun” (from Abbey Road by The Beatles, written by George Harrison) “It Can’t Happen Here” (from Freak Out! by The Mothers of Invention, written by Frank Zappa) “Liza Jane” (the first ever Bowie’s single, released under the name Davie Jones and the King Bees, written by Leslie Conn) “Puppet on a String” (a single by Sandie Shaw, written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter) “Rumble” (a single by Link Wray & His Ray Men, written by Milt Grant and Link Wray) “Sister Midnight” DVD/CD (from The Idiot by Iggy Pop, written by Pop, Bowie and Alomar) “Song 2” (from Blur by Blur, written by Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree) “Summertime” (from the opera Porgy and Bess, written by George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin) “Under Pressure” DVD/CD (a single by Bowie and Queen from the Queen’s Hot Space, written by Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor) “White Light/White Heat” (from White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed) “Y.M.C.A.” (from Cruisin’ by Village People, written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali and Victor Willis)
