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David Bowie is one of a very few artists that understand the theatrics of rock. Peter Gabriel, Jethro Tull and The Kinks are some of the others that understand that presentation is paramount. My first Bowie concert was this one below in 1978, the tour for the Heroes album. And of course, there were plenty of the old classics from the chameleon of rock. The album "Stage", recorded during this tour, is my favorite live album. Bowie is also one of a very few artists who can absorb the energy coming from the audience and reflect it back even stronger than it started. It was an amazing, wonderful experience. Kj
In 1987 Bowie was touring for the "Never Let Me Down" album, called the Glass Spider Tour after one of the songs on the new album. The first photo shows the size of the stage, made to look like a six story spider. Coming down from the belly of the spider is David, sitting on a chair and singing. Bowie was joined by Peter Frampton on guitar and Toni Basil as lead dancer and choreographer, both visible in the last photo. Outdoors in a small college football field, the standing room only crowd was pretty tame. The stage that spanned the entire field at one end was flanked by two huge video screens. Richly produced and again, very visual and theatrical. A fabulous show, all in all. Kj
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Bowie's Best Live Album,
recorded during this tour in 1978 2 CDs! |
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