David Bowie 2003-10-15 Rotterdam ,Ahoy Rotterdam (Source Marcellipop) –
Sound Quality Rating
101 Queen of All the Tarts (tape)-intro.flac
102 New Killer Star.flac
103 The Jean Genie.flac
104 Fame.flac
105 Cactus.flac
106 China Girl.flac
107 Fall Dog Bombs the Moon.flac
108 Hallo Spaceboy.flac
109 Sunday.flac
110 Under Pressure.flac
111 White Light White Heat.flac
112 Ashes to Ashes.flac
113 Song 2.flac
114 Fashion.flac
115 Try Some, Buy Some.flac
116 Never Get Old.flac
201 The Motel.flac
202 5-15 (The Angels Have Gone).flac
203 Loving the Alien.flac
204 I’m Afraid of Americans.flac
205 Heroes.flac
206 Heathen.flac
207 audience.flac
208 Bring Me the Disco King.flac
209 Slip Away.flac
210 Pablo Picasso.flac
211 Changes.flac
212 Let’s Dance.flac
213 Suffragette City.flac
214 Ziggy Stardust.flac
Label : No label > Part of the Reality Tour “Marathon” / Bowie Bootleg Project
Audio Source : Audience recording
Lineage : Unknown
Taping Gear : Unknown
Taper: Marcellipop
Recording Location: Unknown
Total running time : 2:30:08
Sound Quality : Good. Equals record or radio/TV apart from a slight noise and some dullness.
Attendance : Unknown
Artwork : None
The sound quality of this set is okay, though the crowd can be heard (too well).
Again Bowie is in a very good mood, giving a great performance for an enthusiastic crowd. Together with Glasgow and Antwerpen I consider this concert among the best of the 1st European leg of the Reality Tour.
Please note that there are better recordings of the Reality Tour, however the atmosphere and performance are fantastic
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Rotterdam 15th October 2003 by Liz Tray
So I thought I was doing 8 gigs on this tour? then I had an attack of madness and decided to go to Rotterdam one day before the gig. Smart move. I went to Copenhagen last week and had a fabulous time, my senses dazzled by this stage show and hearing Reality live plus the wonderful company of so many Bnetters.
Yesterday was better. Everything: it was more polished, the set list was more varied and the running order and flow of the show is down pat (after only 5 gigs no less!). We got there late so ended up about 10 rows back on the left. It?s funny to me now how that seems miles away. Before Poughkeepsie I?d seen each db gig from the back of a stadium and now, I admit, I?m totally spoiled!
I guess the one thing I was after, unattainable you might say when you went to Pough and Riverside, was surprises. Even having seen the show last week I still wanted them. Second song in? Jean Genie. And then Fashion. And then Try Some, Buy Some. First performances on the tour. Well, that?s sorted!
I was delighted that so many of the audience knew the Heathen songs, maybe I shouldn?t have been surprised. It is db?s highest profile and impact album in years. Slip Away has really become the great anthem from it for this tour…
Set list… well, we all have our opinions on it. Personally I?m over it: I could, as could you, choose a 50 song set list not played last night or any other on the tour. But what has been chosen fits completely with the band, the surroundings, the new album? I?d be happy if Reality was performed in entirety every night.
Having said that there were tunes that just about took the high roof off the Ahoy in Rotterdam: Suffragette City (brilliant as ever), Changes, China Girl, Ashes to Ashes, Let?s Dance etc. I was thrilled to hear The Motel (never heard it live before) and an exquisite Tibet gig style version of Loving the Alien.
Disco King has my vote for moment of the show as it stands: it?s not the easiest song to sing every night but he?s pulling it off with ease. And might I add looking hotter with each passing gig. Allow me the moment: tight sleeveless T-shirt. Say no more.
Having never travelled to see db live outside England I wondered if there was a point where I?d get fed up of hearing the same songs. After 4 gigs so far this year I can only say bring it on! I?m getting more excited with each passing show and feel a bit like a runner on starting blocks waiting for the gun to go off? next stop Frankfurt!
David Bowie Tour band 2003-2004 A Reality Tour
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. 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.
The Tour band
• David Bowie – vocals and acoustic guitar
• Earl Slick – lead guitar
• Gerry Leonard – guitar, backing vocals
• Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, vocals
• Sterling Campbell – drums, percussion
• Mike Garson – keyboards, piano
• Catherine Russell – backing keyboards/backing vocals
Start date 11 June 2002
End date 23 October 2002
