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The Earthling Tour was a concert tour by British musician David Bowie, in promotion of his album Earthling, released in 1997, The tour started on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankensee in Lübeck, Germany, continuing through Europe, North America before reaching a conclusion in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 November 1997.

Earthling Tour

Tour by David Bowie
Bowie performing at the Ruisrock festival in Finland
Associated album	Earthling
Start date	7 June 1997
End date	7 November 1997
Legs	3
No. of shows	83
David Bowie concert chronology
Outside Tour (1995-96) Earthling Tour (1997) Hours Tour (1999)

History

Bowie first publicly performed Earthling material in late 1996, playing "Telling Lies" and sometimes "Little Wonder" at shows on the US East Coast in September and October. On 9 January 1997, he hosted a concert at Madison Square Garden for his 50th birthday. A month later, Earthling was released and Bowie promoted it with appearances on Saturday Night Live (8 February) and The Tonight Show (11 February), followed by a Pay-Per-View broadcast of the birthday concert on 8 March.[1]

Bowie and his band began rehearsing for the tour in April 1997, and expected the tour to last "from May through Christmas" (1997). Bowie predicted a "really extensive, a long, long tour".[2] During rehearsals for the tour, Bowie re-recorded updated studio versions of some of his older songs, including "The Man Who Sold the World" and "Stay". These updated versions were performed during the tour, though the latter wouldn't be officially released until 2020 as part of the EP Is It Any Wonder?[3]

The original concept was to perform two sets: one regular and one dance-oriented, incorporating drum and bass.[4] This idea was abandoned, owing to the antipathy of critics and audiences.[5] After the performance at the Muziekcentrum Vredenburg in Utrecht, on 11 June 1997, elements of each were incorporated into one set.

"He hated playing things just like the record," recalled guitarist Reeves Gabrels. "He wanted me to dress songs up in the clothes we're wearing now."[6]

The 14 October 1997 show at the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York – broadcast on MTV's Live from the 10 Spot – was added at short notice due to cancellation by The Rolling Stones. The following show on 15 October 1997 at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York was part of the GQ Awards.

The setlist included Laurie Anderson's "O Superman" (from Big Science (1982)) with lead vocals by Gail Ann Dorsey.

Tour publicist Tony Michaelides handled press, radio & television for Bowie.

A live album from the European leg of the tour made it to the mixing stage- Bowie, Gabrels and Mark Plati were all involved- but Virgin, the band's label, cancelled the release.[5] The release was eventually made available, albeit with a different track listing than originally envisioned, to BowieNet subscribers as the release LiveAndWell.com, which was re-released in 2021.[5]

Tao Jones Index

Bowie and the band performed a small number of "secret" shows under the name "Tao Jones Index", deliberately playing without people knowing who they were.[7] "Tao Jones Index" was a pun based on Bowie's real name, David Jones, and the 1997 Bowie Bond issue (Tao is pronounced "Dow", as in Dow Jones Index from the US stock market).[8] According to Gabrels, drummer Zachary Alford likely came up with the name,[9] and they only played as Tao Jones Index "a half dozen [times] or fewer", eventually wearying of the project as fans began to recognize Bowie and call out for him to play his hits.[10] The sets were, according to Gabrels, less strictly drum and bass so much as "dance remixes": "We were inspired by the various remixes of Earthling songs to reclaim & remake them as a live band."[11] The band played their normal instruments, but without amplifiers, and Alford played electronic drums.[12] There was only one official release from any of the Tao Jones Index's performances: a 12" single of "Pallas Athena" and "V-2 Schneider" (1997).[13]

One live performance was 10 June 1997, from which the live versions of "Pallas Athena" and "V2-Schneider" were recorded; another live performance was on 19 July 1997 Phoenix Festival; their performance in the BBC Radio 1 dance tent preceded the regular performance on the main stage the following day.

Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)

Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)
Live album by David Bowie
Released	12 February 2021
Recorded	20 July 1997
Venue	Long Marston, England
Label	Parlophone
David Bowie chronology
LiveAndWell.com (2021) Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97) (2021) Something in the Air (Live Paris 99) (2021)

The band's performance on 20 July 1997, recorded at Long Marston, England during the Phoenix Festival, was released in a live album entitled Look at the Moon! in February 2021.[14] The concert was released in two limited editions: a 2 CD-set or a 3-LP set.[14] This live album was the fourth in the 6-concert series Brilliant Live Adventures.[15] Look at the Moon! reached number 16 on the UK albums chart,[16] and number 92 in Ireland.[17]

Look at the Moon setlist

1. "Quicksand"
2. "The Man Who Sold the World"
3. "Driftin' Blues"/"The Jean Genie"
4. "I'm Afraid of Americans"
5. "Battle for Britain (The Letter)"
6. "Fashion"
7. "Seven Years in Tibet"
8. "Fame"
9. "Looking for Satellites"
10. "Under Pressure"
11. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson"
12. "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"
13. "Hallo Spaceboy"
14. "Little Wonder"
15. "Dead Man Walking"
16. "White Light/White Heat"
17. "O Superman"
18. "Stay"

Tour band

• David Bowie – vocals, guitar, alto & baritone saxophone
• Reeves Gabrels – guitar, backing vocals
• Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, vocals, keyboards
• Zack Alford[18] – drums, percussion
• Mike Garson – keyboards, backing vocals

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Warm-up shows
17 May 1997	Dublin	Ireland	The Factory Studios
2 June 1997	London	England	Hanover Grand[19]
3 June 1997
5 June 1997	Hamburg	Germany	Große Freiheit
Europe
7 June 1997	Lübeck	Germany	Flughafen Blankensee
8 June 1997	Offenbach am Main		Bieberer Berg Stadion
10 June 1997[lower-alpha 1]	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Paradiso
11 June 1997	Utrecht		Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
13 June 1997	Essen	Germany	(Cancelled) Essen Stadium
	Dortmund		Westfalenhalle
14 June 1997	Paris	France	Parc des Princes
16 June 1997	Rezé		La Trocardiére
17 June 1997	Bordeaux		La Médoquine
19 June 1997[lower-alpha 2]	Clermont-Ferrand		Maison des Sports
21 June 1997	Leipzig	Germany	Go Bang Festival
22 June 1997	Munich
24 June 1997	Vienna	Austria	Sommer Arena[20]
25 June 1997	Prague	Czech Republic	Congress Centre
28 June 1997	Oslo	Norway	Kalvoeya Festival
29 June 1997	Turku	Finland	Ruisrock Festival
1 July 1997	Zagreb	Croatia	Dom Sportova
2 July 1997	Pistoia	Italy	Piazza del Duomo
4 July 1997	Torhout	Belgium	Torhout Festival
5 July 1997	Werchter		Werchter Festival
6 July 1997	Ringe	Denmark	Midtfyns Festival
8 July 1997	Brescia	Italy	Stadio Mario Rigamonti
10 July 1997	Naples		Neapolis Festival
11 July 1997	Arbatax		Rocce Rosse Festival
13 July 1997	Frauenfeld	Switzerland	Out in the Green
15 July 1997	Madrid	Spain	(Cancelled) Las Ventas
			Aqua Lung
16 July 1997	Zaragoza		Pabellón Príncipe Felipe
17 July 1997	San Sebastián		Velodromo De Anoeta
19 July 1997[lower-alpha 3]	Stratford upon Avon	England	Phoenix Festival Long Marston Airfield
20 July 1997[lower-alpha 4]
22 July 1997	Glasgow	Scotland	Barrowlands
23 July 1997	Manchester	England	Manchester Academy
25 July 1997	Malmö	Sweden	Mölleplatsen
26 July 1997	Stockholm		Lollipop Festival
27 July 1997	Gdańsk	Poland	(Cancelled) Stadion Lechii
29 July 1997	Lyon	France	Fourvière
30 July 1997	Juan-les-Pins		Pinede Gould
1 August 1997	Birmingham	England	Que Club
2 August 1997	Liverpool		Royal Court
3 August 1997	Newcastle upon Tyne		Riverside
5 August 1997	Nottingham		Rock City
6 August 1997	Leeds		Town & Country Club
8 August 1997	Dublin	Ireland	Olympia Theatre
9 August 1997
11 August 1997	London	England	Shepherd's Bush Empire
12 August 1997
14 August 1997	Budapest	Hungary	Student Island Fest
North America
6 September 1997	Vancouver	Canada	Plaza of Nations
7 September 1997	Seattle	United States	Paramount Theater
9 September 1997	San Francisco		The Warfield
10 September 1997	Los Angeles		Hollywood Athletic Club
12 September 1997	Los Angeles		Universal Amphitheatre
13 September 1997
15 September 1997	San Francisco		The Warfield
16 September 1997
19 September 1997	Chicago		The Vic Theater
21 September 1997	Detroit		State Theatre
22 September 1997
24 September 1997	Montreal	Canada	Metropolis
25 September 1997
27 September 1997	Toronto		Warehouse[21][22]
28 September 1997
30 September 1997	Boston	United States	Orpheum Theatre[23]
1 October 1997
3 October 1997	Philadelphia		Electric Factory
4 October 1997
7 October 1997	Fort Lauderdale		Chili Pepper
8 October 1997
10 October 1997	Atlanta		International Ballroom
12 October 1997	Washington, D.C.		The Capitol Ballroom
13 October 1997	New York City		The Supper Club
14 October 1997[lower-alpha 5]	Port Chester		Capitol Theatre
15 October 1997[lower-alpha 6]	New York City		Radio City Music Hall
17 October 1997	Chicago		Aragon Ballroom
18 October 1997	Saint Paul		Roy Wilkins Auditorium
23 October 1997	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol
South America
31 October 1997	Curitiba	Brazil	Paulo Leminski Concert and Entertainment Hall
1 November 1997	São Paulo		Ibirapuera Arena
2 November 1997[lower-alpha 7]	Rio de Janeiro		Citibank Hall
5 November 1997	Santiago	Chile	Estadio Nacional de Chile
7 November 1997	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri

Notes

Songs

References

References

• David Buckley, Strange Fascination: The Definitive Biography of David Bowie, Virgin Books, 1999, ISBN 1-85227-784-X

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Earthling Tour — концертный тур британского рок-музыканта Дэвида Боуи, организованный в поддержку альбома Earthling (1997). Гастроли стартовали 7 июня 1997 года концертом в Любеке (на аэродроме Flughafen Blankensee), продолжившись выступлениями в Европе и Северной Америке. Финальное шоу было отыграно в Буэнос-Айресе 7 ноября 1997 года.

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