I know there's a lot of Bowie fans on here who are interested in how David's doing. His voice was in shape tonight and he put on a great show! He told us he still didn't feel well, but that the enthusiastic crowd made it worthwhile doing the show.

Here's the setlist:
Rebel Rebel
New Killer Star
Reality
Fame
Fashion
Cactus
Afraid
All the Young Dudes
China Girl
Loneliest Guy
The Man Who Sold The World
Hallo Spaceboy
Sunday
Under Pressure
Life on Mars
Ashes to Ashes
Never Get Old
Changes
I'm Afraid of Americans
Heroes

Encore:
Five Years
Suffragette City
Ziggy Stardust


This was my first Bowie show and I hope it's not my last. Cuz it was a lot of fun! Only next time I hope I have better seats.

Raven said:

Thanks for the info. Caught two Bowie shows in London recently, and they were both great. He'll be playing festivals in the UK and Europe next summer, so he may be playing more shows round your way later in the year.

This is fantastic news that he was feeling at least well enough to perform. I will see him for the first time in January and just cannot stand the wait!!! Thank you for posting Raven!

Excellent. It won't be long now. I'll be catching him in Detroit and Chicago if all goes well.

I think this is a wonderful setlist. Very tight.

Although I hope he adds Be My Wife, Sound and Vision and Fantastic Voyage back into the setlist by the time I see him. Those songs need to be there.

TRON said:

dude...im going when he comes here!!
just got my tickets! and i actually ahve the day off! its fucking miracle!

violett said:

Are you going with Darin? How are your seats? That is so cool. I didn't even know you liked him.

TRON said:

well..here is the deal...this girl at my work got me a ticket...i didnt even know that darin had an extra ticket! that fucker shoulda told me he did LOL jk D

and... our seats suck...but whatevs...its at a huge arena...so its not going to be optimal anyway.

its like this with bowie...i love the man...i think hes awesome...and im not quite sure why i didnt get into him a lot earlier in life...because he fucking rules...

so..i dont know alot of his music...because its like opening the PRINCE ball of wax at 30 years of age...
but im slowly getting more and more music as time goes on...so i figured i betta try and see the man before i dont have the oppurtunity.

i would love a bowie compilation

violett said:

Consider it done. When's the show?

I had sorta the same thing you did. I bought his '93 and '95 albums, and was intrigued by his back catelogue. But it seemed so massive and I didn't know much of his old stuff. So it was a bit intimidating cuz I didn't know where to begin. But in '97 I started slowly chiseling away at his work and haven't stopped since. I'd say I like him even more than Prince at this point.

violett said:

Same here. I was nervous I wouldn't be familiar with a lot of the music played. Plus, me and my friend got our tix last minute. Side stage.

But the seats weren't so bad. I had a good view of everything, just from the side. And the setlist was great! I knew almost everything that was played. I was on my feet most of the time clapping. Life on Mars and Five Years were highlights for me. Those are two of my favorite songs.

TRON said:

show is january 11

violett said:

Mine are the 9th and 13th.

i'm glad he's back and feeling better. Can't wait for the D.C. show to be rescheduled!!!