Ziggy Stardust Tour

Ziggy Stardust Tour

Tour by David Bowie
Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust Tour
Associated album	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars & Aladdin Sane
Start date	29 January 1972
End date	3 July 1973
Legs	6
Number of shows	182
David Bowie concert chronology

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 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane.

The band

• David Bowie – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals
• Trevor Bolder – bass
• Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums
• Matthew Fisher – piano (20 Apr 1972 – 27 May 1972)
• Robin Lumley – piano (2 Jun 1972 – 15 Jul 1972)
• Nicky Graham – piano (1 Aug 1972 – 7 Sep 1972)
• Mike Garson – piano, mellotron, organ (22 September 1972 – end of tour)
• John Hutchinson – rhythm guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar (8 Apr 1973 – 20 Apr 1973 – 3 July 1973)
• Aynsley Dunbar – additional drums (8 Apr 1973 – 20 Apr 1973)
• Geoffrey A. MacCormack – backing vocals, percussion (19 January 1973 – end of tour)
• Ken Fordham – saxophone (19 January 1973 – end of tour)
• Brian Wilshaw – saxophone, flute (19 January 1973 – end of tour)

The crew

• Sound – Ground Control – Front of House Engineer – Robin Mayhew, Stage hands – Will Palin – Mick Hince
• Lights – 1972 Heavy Light – Nigel Olif and crew, 1973 See Factor Industries NY Bob See, Steve Hurston – Mick Fussey
• Stage Equipment – Peter Hunsley
• Wardrobe, Makeup and Hair – Suzi Fussey

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
29 January 1972	Aylesbury	England	Borough Assembly Hall
10 February 1972	London		Tolworth, Toby Jug
12 February 1972			Imperial College
14 February 1972	Brighton		Dome
18 February 1972	Sheffield		University Rag
23 February 1972	Chichester		Chichester College
24 February 1972	London		Wallington, Public Hall
25 February 1972			Eltham, Avery Hill College
26 February 1972	Sutton Coldfield		Belfry Hotel
1 March 1972	Bristol		University
4 March 1972	Portsmouth		South Parade Pier, Southsea
7 March 1972	Yeovil		Yeovil College
11 March 1972	Southampton		Guild Hall
14 March 1972	Bournemouth		Chelsea Village
18 March 1972	Birmingham		Town Hall
24 March 1972	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair Ballroom
20 April 1972	Harlow		The Playhouse
21 April 1972	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
30 April 1972	Plymouth		Guild Hall
3 May 1972	Aberystwyth	Wales	University
6 May 1972	London	England	Kingston Polytechnic
7 May 1972	Hemel Hempstead		Pavilion
11 May 1972	Worthing		Assembly Hall
12 May 1972	London		Polytechnic of Central London
13 May 1972	Slough		Technical College
19 May 1972	Oxford		Polytechni
25 May 1972	Bournemouth		Chelsea Village
27 May 1972	Epsom		Ebbisham
2 June 1972	Newcastle upon Tyne		City Hall
3 June 1972	Liverpool		Stadium
4 June 1972	Preston		Public Hall
6 June 1972	Bradford		St George's Hall
7 June 1972	Sheffield		City Hall
8 June 1972	Middlesbrough		Town Hall
13 June 1972	Bristol		Colston Hall
16 June 1972	Torquay		Town Hall
17 June 1972	Oxford		Town Hall
19 June 1972	Southampton		Civic Centre
21 June 1972	Dunstable		Civic Hall
25 June 1972	Croydon		Greyhound
1 July 1972	Weston-super-Mare		Winter Gardens Pavilion
2 July 1972	Torquay		Rainbow Pavilion
8 July 1972	London		Royal Festival Hall
15 July 1972	Aylesbury		Friars Borough Hall
19 August 1972	London		Rainbow Theatre
20 August 1972
27 August 1972	Bristol		Locarno Electric Village
30 August 1972	London		Rainbow Theatre
31 August 1972	Boscombe		Royal Ballroom
1 September 1972	Doncaster		Top Rank Suite
2 September 1972	Manchester		Hard Rock
3 September 1972
4 September 1972	Liverpool		Top Rank Suite
5 September 1972	Sunderland		Top Rank Suite
6 September 1972	Sheffield		Top Rank Suite
7 September 1972	Hanley, Staffordshire		Top Rank Suite
North America
22 September 1972	Cleveland, Ohio	United States	Music Hall
24 September 1972	Memphis, Tennessee		Ellis Auditorium
28 September 1972	New York City		Carnegie Hall
1 October 1972	Boston, Massachusetts		Music Hall
7 October 1972	Chicago, Illinois		Auditorium Theater
8 October 1972	Detroit, Michigan		Fisher Theater
11 October 1972	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Auditorium
15 October 1972	Kansas City, Kansas		Memorial Hall
20 October 1972	Santa Monica, California		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
21 October 1972
27 October 1972	San Francisco, California		Winterland Auditorium
28 October 1972
1 November 1972	Seattle, Washington		Paramount Theater
5 November 1972	Phoenix, Arizona		Celebrity Theater
11 November 1972	Dallas, Texas		Majestic Theater
12 November 1972	Houston, Texas		Music Hall
14 November 1972	New Orleans, Louisiana		Loyola University
17 November 1972	Dania, Florida		Pirates World
20 November 1972	Nashville, Tennessee		The Municipal Auditorium
22 November 1972	New Orleans, Louisiana		The Warehouse
25 November 1972	Cleveland, Ohio		Public Auditorium
26 November 1972
28 November 1972	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Stanley Theater
30 November 1972	Upper Darby, Pennsylvania		Tower Theater
1 December 1972
2 December 1972
Europe
23 December 1972	London	England	Rainbow Theatre
24 December 1972
28 December 1972	Manchester		Hard Rock
29 December 1972
5 January 1973	Glasgow	Scotland	Green's Playhouse
6 January 1973	Edinburgh		Empire Theatre
7 January 1973	Newcastle upon Tyne	England	City Hall
9 January 1973	Preston		Guild Hall
North America
14 February 1973	New York City	United States	Radio City Music Hall
15 February 1973
16 February 1973	Upper Darby, Pennsylvania		Tower Theater
17 February 1973 2 shows
18 February 1973 2 shows
19 February 1973 2 shows
23 February 1973	Nashville, Tennessee		War Memorial Auditorium
26 February 1973 2 shows	Memphis, Tennessee		Ellis Auditorium
1 March 1973	Detroit, Michigan		Masonic Temple
2 March 1973
10 March 1973	Long Beach, California		Long Beach Arena
12 March 1973			Hollywood Palladium
Asia
8 April 1973	Tokyo	Japan	Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan
10 April 1973
11 April 1973
12 April 1973	Nagoya		Kokaido
14 April 1973	Hiroshima		Yubin Chokin Kaikan
16 April 1973	Kobe		Kobe Kokusai Kaikan
17 April 1973	Osaka		Koseinenkin Kaikan
18 April 1973	Tokyo		Shibuya Kokaido
20 April 1973
Europe
12 May 1973	London	England	Earl's Court
16 May 1973	Aberdeen	Scotland	Music Hall
17 May 1973	Dundee		Caird Hall
18 May 1973 2 shows	Glasgow		Green's Playhouse
19 May 1973	Edinburgh		Empire Theatre
21 May 1973 2 shows	Norwich	England	Theatre Royal
22 May 1973	Romford		Odeon Theatre
23 May 1973	Brighton		Dome
24 May 1973	Lewisham		Odeon
25 May 1973	Bournemouth		Winter Gardens
27 May 1973 2 shows	Guildford		Civic Hall
28 May 1973	Wolverhampton		Civic Hall
29 May 1973	Hanley		Victoria Hall
30 May 1973	Oxford		New Theatre
31 May 1973	Blackburn		King George's Hall
1 June 1973	Bradford		St George's Hall
3 June 1973	Coventry		New Theatre
4 June 1973	Worcester		Gaumont
6 June 1973 2 shows	Sheffield		City (Oval) Hall
7 June 1973 2 shows	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
8 June 1973 2 shows	Newcastle upon Tyne		City Hall
9 June 1973	Preston		Guild Hall
10 June 1973 2 shows	Liverpool		Empire Theatre
11 June 1973	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
12 June 1973 2 shows	Chatham		Central Hall
13 June 1973	Kilburn		Gaumont
14 June 1973	Salisbury		City Hall
15 June 1973 2 shows	Taunton		Odeon
16 June 1973 2 shows	Torquay		Town Hall
18 June 1973 2 shows	Bristol		Colston Hall
19 June 1973	Southampton		Guild Hall
21 June 1973 2 shows	Birmingham		Town Hall
22 June 1973 2 shows
23 June 1973	Boston		Gliderdrome
24 June 1973 2 shows	Croydon		Fairfield Hall
25 June 1973 2 shows	Oxford		New Theatre
26 June 1973
27 June 1973	Doncaster		Top Rank
28 June 1973	Bridlington		Spa Ballroom
29 June 1973	Leeds		Rolarena
30 June 1973 2 shows	Newcastle upon Tyne		Civic Hall
2 July 1973	London		Hammersmith Odeon
3 July 1973

• ^Note 1 See Aladdin Sane 30th Anniversary 2CD Edition
• ^Note 2 See Aladdin Sane 30th Anniversary 2CD Edition and Live Santa Monica '72
• ^Note 3 See Aladdin Sane 30th Anniversary 2CD Edition)
• ^Note 4 See Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture – 30th Anniversary 2CD Special Edition)

1972 tour dates Source: BowieWonderWorld.com

1973 tour dates Source: BowieWonderWorld.com

Songs

From David Bowie

• "Space Oddity"
• "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"
• "Memory of a Free Festival"

From The Man Who Sold the World

• "The Width of a Circle"
• "The Supermen"

From Hunky Dory

• "Changes"
• "Oh! You Pretty Things"
• "Life on Mars?"
• "Quicksand"
• "Andy Warhol"
• "Song for Bob Dylan"
• "Queen Bitch"

From The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

• "Five Years"
• "Soul Love" (14 February 1973 and 15 February 1973 only)
• "Moonage Daydream"
• "Starman"
• "Lady Stardust"
• "Hang On to Yourself"
• "Ziggy Stardust"
• "Suffragette City"
• "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"

From Aladdin Sane

• "Watch That Man"
• "Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"
• "Drive-In Saturday"
• "Panic in Detroit"
• "Cracked Actor"
• "Time"
• "The Prettiest Star"
• "Let's Spend the Night Together" (originally released as a non-album single in the UK and later found on Between the Buttons (U.S. Version) (both in 1967) by The Rolling Stones; written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
• "The Jean Genie"

From Pin Ups

• "I Can't Explain" (non-album single released by The Who in 1965; written by Pete Townshend)

From Black Tie White Noise

• "I Feel Free" (from Fresh Cream (1966) by Cream; written by Pete Brown & Jack Bruce)

Other songs

• "Ode to Joy" (from Symphony No. 9 (1824) by Ludwig van Beethoven; as the pre-show music)
• "All the Young Dudes" (from All the Young Dudes (1972) by Mott the Hoople; written by Bowie)
• "Amsterdam" (the B-side of the "Sorrow" single (1973); originally from Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964 (1967) by Jacques Brel, written by Brel & Mort Shuman)
• "John, I'm Only Dancing" (non-album single released in 1972; the sax version was released the following year; written by Bowie)
• "Love Me Do" (included as a part of "The Jean Genie") (from Please Please Me (1963) by The Beatles; written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
• "My Death" (from La Valse à Mille Temps (1959) by Jacques Brel, written by Brel & Shuman)
• "Around and Around" (B-side of "Johnny B. Goode single (1958) by Chuck Berry)
• "Sweet Jane" (from Loaded (1970) by The Velvet Underground; written by Lou Reed)
• "This Boy" (the B-side of the "I Want to Hold Your Hand" single (1963) by The Beatles, written by Lennon & McCartney)
• "I'm Waiting for the Man" (from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) by The Velvet Underground and Nico, written by Reed)
• "White Light/White Heat" (from White Light/White Heat (1968) by The Velvet Underground, written by Reed)