David Bowie 2003-08-19 New York ,Poughkeepsie ,Change Theater (Warm-Up show) (from BowieNet) .
Sound Quality Rating
01. The Man Who Sold The World – Suffragette City .flac
02. 5.15 The Angels Have Gone – Try Some, Buy Some – China Girl .flac
03. The Loneliest Guy – New Killer Star – Modern Love .flac
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Total running time : 0:18:16
Sound Quality : Excellent quality! Equals record or Radio/TV
Attendance : Unknown
Artwork : None
David Bowie, The Chance Theatre, Poughkeepsie, New York, 19-08-03
Tonight I felt changed. Not for the first time or the last had he been responsible but it was a watershed moment. I’d only ever seen him in stadiums or the Hammersmith Odeon balcony. This was a world away. I could not believe the size of the venue. It was tantamount to him playing in your living room!
I’ve never felt such a sense of excitement and anticipation. I’d be lying if I said the other attendees weren’t a part of that. Having spent the day building up outside the venue with so many wonderful Bnetters, whipping each other up into frenzy, was thrilling and I felt honoured to be part of it.
Clad in pale blue denim trousers and jacket with a black T shirt saying ‘Metal World’ he looked the picture of perfection. The band cracked into the title track from the new album. Then.. Modern Love. I was really shocked to hear this one, very ripped up and fast but a wonderful surprise.
The show was extremely well balanced, 3 songs from Heathen (Afraid, Cactus and the title track to finish), greeted like the classics they have become, a couple of oldies and 6 songs from Reality.
I was feeling nervous about the new songs and clearly so was he. At first I thought it might be false modesty but he really did seem to be worried about how the new material might go down and how it might sound. It’s a mystery to me why Never Get Old isn’t the first single. New Killer Star is a wonderful record (played *so* well tonight and sang with heart by everyone; amazing considering it hasn’t been released yet) and definitely a single but Never Get Old is just superb.
Fall Dog went down extremely well, a lovely song. He didn’t fail to notice our appreciation and how well these tunes were going down. Pablo Picasso almost brought the roof caving in. And they just kept on coming: Battle For Britain; The Man Who Sold The World; Rebel Rebel and a temperature-raising version of Iggy’s Sister Midnight, followed by a great rendition of I’m Afraid of Americans.
The crowd packed into this tiny theatre were hot and sweaty throughout, gasping for air.I have never jumped and sang and hollered as loud in my life. How can you go back to arenas once you’ve been to a show of this size? Waiting outside the venue before the show, the band, then David, arrived and waved. He came out and talked to everyone, exhibiting the charm I’ve been told about. He signed various things and, having never been as close to him, I was rather open-mouthed I think. But it occurs to me that the guy who said hi to us and was not the same guy as the one on stage. He goes through a transformation the like of which I’ve never seen, a supreme act. He is simply mesmerising on stage.
Allow me a shallow moment: I must tell you that this man has been working out, and I don’t just mean boxing: I mean down the gym! He has not looked this good since the disrobing performances of Tin Machine. The piercing screams of the teens behind me attested to that.
And don’t even get me started on Hang On To Yourself, Suffragette City and an exquisite version of Fantastic Voyage: these songs rocked the Chance so much they’ll need to put in new floors tomorrow!
This year (and some of next) are going to be shows like you’ve never seen, and I know you’ve seen it all. He’s so fit and raring to go. He’s ready for this world tour, and so are we. See you on the road!
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, acoustic guitar, harmonica
• Earl Slick – lead guitar
• Gerry Leonard – guitar, backing vocals
• Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, clarinet, vocals
• Sterling Campbell – drums, percussion
• Mike Garson – keyboards, piano
• Catherine Russell – keyboards ,percussion ,guitar ,backing vocals
Start date 11 June 2002
End date 23 October 2002
