David Bowie 2003-10-15 Rotterdam , Ahoy Hall (RAW).
Sound Quality Rating
Setlist
01. New Killer Star
02. The Jean Genie *
03. Fame
04. Cactus
05. China Girl
06. Fall Dog Bombs the Moon
07. Hallo Spaceboy
08. Sunday
09. Under Pressure
10. White Light/White Heat
11. Ashes to Ashes
Song 2 [Teaser]
12. Fashion *
13. Try Some, Buy Some
14. Never Get Old
15. The Motel
16. 5:15 the Angels Have Gone
17. Loving the Alien [Acoustic Version]
18. I’m Afraid of Americans
19. “Heroes”
20. Heathen (The Rays)
Encore
21. Bring Me the Disco King
22. Slip Away
23. Pablo Picasso
24. Changes
25. Let’s Dance
26. Suffragette City
27. Ziggy Stardust
Label : No label
Audio Source : Audience recording
Lineage : Unknown
Taping Gear : Unknown
Taper: Unknown
Recording Location: Unknown
Total running time : 2:39:33
Sound Quality : Noise ,dull ,but still good listened to
Attendance : Unknown
Artwork : None
Tracksplit : No track makers
* Denotes: first time performed on tour:
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
