List of David Bowie tours
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A list of concert tours by David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
Year | Tour Name | Supporting Album | Start Date | End Date | Shows |
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1972–1973 | Ziggy Stardust Tour Ziggy Stardust Tour The Ziggy Stardust Tour was a concert tour by David Bowie in United Kingdom, North America, and Japan in 1972-73, to promote the studio albums Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane.-The band:*David Bowie - vocals, guitar, harmonica... |
Ziggy Stardust The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars is a 1972 concept album by English musician David Bowie, which is loosely based on a story of a rock star named Ziggy Stardust. It peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and number 75 in the United States on the Billboard Music... & Aladdin Sane Aladdin Sane Aladdin Sane is the sixth album by David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1973 . The follow-up to his breakthrough The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, it was the first album Bowie wrote and released as a bona fide rock star... |
29 January 1972 | 3 July 1973 | 182 |
1974 | Diamond Dogs Tour Diamond Dogs Tour The Diamond Dogs Tour was a concert tour by David Bowie in North America in 1974 to promote the studio album Diamond Dogs. The end of the tour was also called The Soul Tour, which included some songs from the forthcoming album Young Americans.... |
Diamond Dogs Diamond Dogs Diamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released by RCA Records in 1974. Thematically it was a marriage of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Bowie's own glam-tinged vision of a post-apocalyptic world... |
14 June 1974 | 2 December 1974 | 73 |
1976 | Isolar - 1976 Tour Isolar - 1976 Tour The David Bowie Isolar – 1976 Tour was a concert tour in support of the album Station To Station. It opened on 2 February 1976 at the Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, British Columbia, and continued through North America and Europe, concluding at the Pavillon de Paris in Paris, France, on 18 May 1976... |
Station to Station Station to Station Station to Station is the tenth studio album by English musician David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1976. Commonly regarded as one of his most significant works, Station to Station is also notable as the vehicle for Bowie's last great 'character', The Thin White Duke... |
2 February 1976 | 18 May 1976 | 64 |
1978 | Isolar II - The 1978 World Tour Isolar II - The 1978 World Tour The Isolar II – The 1978 World Tour, more commonly known as The Low / Heroes World Tour or The Stage Tour, was a worldwide concert tour by David Bowie... |
Low & "Heroes" | 29 March 1978 | 12 December 1978 | 77 |
1983 | Serious Moonlight Tour Serious Moonlight Tour The David Bowie Serious Moonlight Tour was thus far Bowie's longest, largest and most successful concert tour. The tour opened at the Vorst Forest Nationaal - Brussels on 18 May 1983 and ended in the Hong Kong Coliseum on 8 December 1983; 16 countries visited, 96 performances, 2,601,196 tickets... |
Let's Dance | 18 May 1983 | 8 December 1983 | 96 |
1987 | Glass Spider Tour Glass Spider Tour In 1987, David Bowie embarked on The Glass Spider Tour in support of the album Never Let Me Down alongside famed guitarist Peter Frampton. The tour was named after the album track "Glass Spider." The concert tour was the most ambitious by Bowie up to that date, surpassing the Serious Moonlight Tour... |
Never Let Me Down Never Let Me Down Never Let Me Down is an album by David Bowie, released in April 1987. Written over a 3-month period and recorded in Switzerland, Bowie regarded the album at the time as a "move back to rock 'n roll music... |
30 May 1987 | 28 November 1987 | 86 |
1990 | Sound+Vision Tour | Sound + Vision | 4 March 1990 | 29 September 1990 | 108 |
1995–1996 | Outside Tour Outside Tour The Outside Tour, with David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails co-headlining, opened on 14 September 1995 at Meadows Music Theatre - Hartford, CT with Prick as support band. On selected dates Reeves Gabrels performed songs from his album, The Sacred Squall of Now in addition to performing with Nine Inch... |
Outside | 14 September 1995 | 20 February 1996 | 68 |
1996 | Outside Summer Festivals Tour Outside Summer Festivals Tour Following on from the earlier, David Bowie Outside Tour which ended on 20 February 1996, the Outside Summer Festivals Tour opened at the Budokan Hall - Tokyo, Japan on 4 June 1996... |
None | 4 June 1996 | 21 July 1996 | 27 |
1997 | Earthling Tour Earthling Tour The David Bowie Earthling Tour opened on 7 June 1997 at Flughafen Blankense - Lübeck, Germany continuing through Europe, North America before reaching a conclusion in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 7 November 1997.-History:... |
Earthling Earthling (album) Earthling is an album by David Bowie released in February 1997 via BMG. The album showcases an electronica-influenced sound partly inspired by the Industrial and drum and bass culture of the 1990s.-Album background and development:... |
7 June 1997 | 7 November 1997 | 83 |
1999 | The Hours... Tour | 'hours...' 'hours...' 'Hours...' is a 1999 album by British musician David Bowie. It was released on Virgin Records. This was Bowie's final album for the EMI sub-label.... |
9 October 1999 | 7 December 1999 | 8 |
2000 | Mini Tour Mini Tour (David Bowie) The Mini Tour was a small-scale concert tour by David Bowie including the Glastonbury Festival and a concert for the BBC.-Tour band:*David Bowie - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica*Earl Slick - lead guitar... |
None | 16 June 2000 | 27 June 2000 | 4 |
2002 | Heathen Tour Heathen Tour The David Bowie Heathen Tour was a 2002 concert tour in support of the album, Heathen, and was also notable for the performances of all songs from the 1977 Low album.-History:... |
Heathen | 11 June 2002 | 23 October 2002 | 36 |
2003–2004 | A Reality Tour 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... |
Reality | 7 October 2003 | 23 July 2004 | 113 |