Ziggy Stardust Tour

The Ziggy Stardust Tour was a concert tour by David Bowie in the 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.

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
No. of shows	191 (196 scheduled)
David Bowie concert chronology

Musicians

• David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust) – 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)

Timeline

Crew

• Sound – Ground Control – Front of House Engineer – Robin Mayhew, Stage hands – Will Palin – Mick Hince – Dean Heiser
• Lights – 1972 Heavy Light – Nigel Olliff, Nick Gilbey, Paul Normand 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
11 February 1972	Wycombe		Wycombe Town Hall
12 February 1972	London		Imperial College
14 February 1972	Brighton		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
28 February 1972	Glasgow	Scotland	Glasgow City Hall
29 February 1972	Sunderland	England	Locarno Ballroom
1 March 1972	Bristol		Bristol University
4 March 1972	Portsmouth		South Parade Pier, Southsea
7 March 1972	Yeovil		Yeovil College
11 March 1972	Southampton		Southampton Guildhall
14 March 1972	Bournemouth		Chelsea Village
18 March 1972	Birmingham		Birmingham Town Hall
24 March 1972	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair Ballroom
17 April 1972	Gravesend		New Lord's Club
20 April 1972	Harlow		The Playhouse
21 April 1972	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
29 April 1972	High Wycombe		Wycombe Town Hall
30 April 1972	Plymouth		Plymouth Guildhall
3 May 1972	Aberystwyth	Wales	Aberystwyth University
6 May 1972	London	England	Kingston Polytechnic
7 May 1972	Hemel Hempstead		Pavilion
11 May 1972	Worthing		Worthing Assembly Hall
12 May 1972	London		Polytechnic of Central London
13 May 1972	Slough		Slough Technical College
16 May 1972	London		Unknown venue
19 May 1972	Oxford		Oxford Polytechnic
20 May 1972
25 May 1972	Bournemouth		Chelsea Village
27 May 1972	Epsom		Ebbisham
2 June 1972	Newcastle upon Tyne		Newcastle City Hall
3 June 1972	Liverpool		Liverpool Stadium
4 June 1972	Preston		Preston Public Hall
6 June 1972	Bradford		St George's Hall
7 June 1972	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
8 June 1972	Middlesbrough		Town Hall
10 June 1972	Leicester		Leicester Polytechnic
13 June 1972	Bristol		Colston Hall
16 June 1972	Torquay		Torquay Town Hall
17 June 1972	Oxford		Oxford Town Hall
19 June 1972	Southampton		Southampton Guildhall
21 June 1972	Dunstable		Dunstable Civic Hall
24 June 1972	Guildford		Guildford Civic Hall
25 June 1972	Croydon		Greyhound
30 June 1972	High Wycombe		Royal Grammar School
1 July 1972	Weston-super-Mare		Winter Gardens Pavilion
2 July 1972	Torquay		Rainbow Pavilion
8 July 1972	London		Royal Festival Hall
14 July 1972			King's Cross Cinema
15 July 1972	Aylesbury		Friar´s Club
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	United States	Cleveland Music Hall
24 September 1972	Memphis, Tennessee		Ellis Auditorium
28 September 1972	New York City		Carnegie Hall
1 October 1972	Boston		Boston Music Hall^1
7 October 1972	Chicago		Auditorium Theatre
8 October 1972	Detroit		Fisher Theater
10 October 1972	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Auditorium
11 October 1972
15 October 1972	Kansas City, Kansas		Memorial Hall
20 October 1972	Santa Monica, California		Santa Monica Civic Auditorium^2
21 October 1972
27 October 1972	San Francisco, California		Winterland Ballroom
28 October 1972
31 October 1972	Seattle, Washington		Paramount Theatre
1 November 1972
4 November 1972	Phoenix, Arizona		Celebrity Theatre
5 November 1972
11 November 1972	Dallas, Texas		Majestic Theater
12 November 1972	Houston, Texas		Houston Music Hall
14 November 1972	New Orleans, Louisiana		Loyola University
17 November 1972	Dania, Florida		Pirates World
20 November 1972	Nashville, Tennessee		Nashville Municipal Auditorium
22 November 1972	New Orleans, Louisiana		The Warehouse
25 November 1972	Cleveland, Ohio		Public Auditorium^3
26 November 1972
28 November 1972	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Stanley Theatre
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	Newcastle 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		Detroit Masonic Temple
2 March 1973
10 March 1973	Long Beach, California		Long Beach Arena
12 March 1973	West Hollywood, California		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	Aberdeen 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		Brighton Dome
24 May 1973	Lewisham		Lewisham Odeon
25 May 1973	Bournemouth		Winter Gardens
27 May 1973 2 shows	Guildford		Guildford Civic Hall
28 May 1973	Wolverhampton		Wolverhampton Civic Hall
29 May 1973	Hanley		Victoria Hall
30 May 1973	Oxford		New Theatre Oxford
31 May 1973	Blackburn		King George's Hall
1 June 1973	Bradford		St George's Hall
2 June 1973	Leeds		University of Leeds
3 June 1973	Coventry		New Theatre Coventry
4 June 1973	Worcester		Gaumont Theatre
6 June 1973 2 shows	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
7 June 1973 2 shows	Manchester		Free Trade Hall
8 June 1973 2 shows	Newcastle upon Tyne		Newcastle City Hall
9 June 1973	Preston		Guild Hall
10 June 1973 2 shows	Liverpool		Liverpool Empire Theatre
11 June 1973	Leicester		De Montfort Hall
12 June 1973 2 shows	Chatham		Central Hall
13 June 1973	Kilburn		Gaumont Theatre
14 June 1973	Salisbury		Salisbury City Hall
15 June 1973 2 shows	Taunton		Taunton Odeon
16 June 1973 2 shows	Torquay		Torquay Town Hall
18 June 1973 2 shows	Bristol		Colston Hall
19 June 1973	Southampton		Southampton Guildhall
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 Halls
25 June 1973 2 shows	Oxford		New Theatre Oxford
26 June 1973
27 June 1973	Doncaster		Top Rank Suite
28 June 1973	Bridlington		Spa Ballroom
29 June 1973	Leeds		Rolarena
30 June 1973 2 shows	Newcastle upon Tyne		Newcastle City Hall
2 July 1973	London		Hammersmith Odeon^4
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

Bowie varied his setlist throughout the tour. A setlist from the tour would include any of the following 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" "She Shook Me Cold" (25/02/72 only) "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" (on rare occasions in 1972) "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, only performed on 15/07/72) 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)[1] "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, only performed on 08/07/72 with 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)

References

1. Thompson, Dave (2006). Hallo Spaceboy: The Rebirth of David Bowie. Ecw Press. p. 59. ISBN 9781554902712.