date: February 1972 - July 1973 (190 shows) the band: David Bowie - vocals + acoustic guitar. Mick Ronson - guitar. Trevor Bolder - bass. Mick Woodmansey - drums tour info: The Ziggy Stardust tour opened with music from 'A Clockwork Orange' and Beethoven's 'Ninth Symphony'. the film: ziggy stardust - the motion picture: the video   rainbow concert programme Soft cover 8 pages. b/w photos. 8,5" x 10,5" (22,cm x 15cm) songs performed: Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / The Supermen / Queen Bitch / Song For Bob Dylan / Starman / Changes / Five Years / Space Oddity / Andy Warhol / Amsterdam / I Feel Free / Moonage Daydream / White Light White Heat / Suffragette City / Waiting For The Man / Life On Mars? / Sweet Jane (8 July only) / Rock 'N' Roll Suicide / I Can't Explain / This Boy (18 July only) / Round And Round / My Death / Lady Stardust (19 August only) / The Width Of A Circle / The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud

jan 19 Rehearsed the 'Ziggy Stardust' tour at the Royal Ballroom in Tottenham High Road, London - England 29 Ayelsbury, Borough Assembly Hall (Friars) - England

feb 3 Coventry, Lancaster Arts Festival (canceled) - England

first major uk tour 10 Tolworth, London, Fox at the Toby Jug - England Opening date for Ziggy Stardust Tour. 11 High Wycomb, Town Hall - England 12 London, Imperial College, Great Hall - England Entrance was 50p 23 Chichester, Chichester College - England 24 Wallington, Public Hall - England 25 Eltham, (South London), Avery Hill College - England 26 Sutton Coldfield, Belfray Hotel (Mayfair Suite) - England 28 Glasgow, City Hall - Scotland Six fans, who arrived at the venue in wheel chairs, amazingly sprang to their feet as David and group took the stage! 29 Sunderland, Locrano Hall - England

march 1 Bristol, Bristol University - England 4 Portsmouth, Guildhall - England 7 Yeovil, Yeovil College - England 11 Southampton, Guildhall - England 14 Bournemouth, Chelsea Village - England 17 Birmingham, Town Hall (canceled) - England

april 17 Birmingham, Town Hall - England 20 Harlow, The Playhouse - England 21 Manchester, Free Trade Hall - England 29 High Wycomb, Town Hall (canceled) - England 30 Plymouth, The Guildhall - England

may 6 London, Kingston Polytechnic - England 7 Hemel Hempstead, Pavillion - England 11 Worthing, Assembly Hall - England 12 London, Central Polytechnic - Engalnd 13 Slough Technical College - England 19 Oxford, Polytechnic - England 20 Oxford, Polytechnic - England 25 Bournemouth, Chelsea Village - England 27 Epsom, Ebbeisham Hall - England

june 2 Newcastle upon Tyne, City Hall - England 3 Liverpool, Stadium - England 4 Preston, Guildhall (Public Hall) - England 6 Bradford, St George's Hall - England 7 Sheffield, City Hall - England 8 Middlesborough, Town Hall - England 10 Licester Polytechnic - England 13 Bristol, Colston Hall - England 17 Oxford, Town Hall - England 19 Southampton, Civic Hall - England 21 Dunstable, Civic Hall - England 24 Guildford, Civic Hall - England 25 Croydon, Fox at the Greyhound - England A thousand people are turned away at the door. 30 High Wycombe, Grammar School (canceled) - England

july 1 Weston-Super-Mare, Winter Gardens (canceled) - England 2 Torbay, Rainbow Pavillion - England 8 London, Royal Festival Hall - England Save The Whale' fund by the friends of the Earth. Lou Reed joined David on Lou's first UK appearance. 14 London, King's Cross Cinema - England A warm up for the following day. 15 Aylesbury, Friars Club (Borough Assmebly Hall) - England 18 Aylesbury, Friars Club (Borough Assmebly Hall) - England

aug 1-14 London, Theatre Royal Stratford East (rehearsals for Rainbow Theatre shows) - England 19 London, Rainbow Theatre (afternoon rehearsal) - England 19 London, Rainbow Theatre - England The performance also featured Lindsay Kemp and mime company and backing singers The Astronettes. The afternoon rehearsal was filmed by Mick Rock. 20 London, Rainbow Theatre - England 28 Bristol, Locrano Centre, Electric Village - England 31 Bournemouth, Starkers, Royal Ballroom - England

sep 1 Doncaster, Top Rank Suite, St. Leger Festival - England 2 Manchester, Hard Rock - England 3 Manchester, Hard Rock - England The show saw David and group perform without the glitter jumpsuits, playing just in denims. Two shows. 4 Liverpool, Top Rank Suit - England 5 Sunderland, Top Rank Suit - England 6 Sheffield, Top Rank Suit - England 7 Hanley, Top Rank Suit - England

sep-dec us leg of the tour BAND: David Bowie - vocals + acustic guitar. Mick Ronson - guitar. Mike Garson - piano. Trevor Bolder - bass. Mick Woodmansey - drums. songs performed: Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / The Supermen / Queen Bitch / Starman / Changes / Five Years / Space Oddity / John I'm Only Dancing / Andy Warhol / Moonage Daydream / White Light White Heat / Suffragette City / Waiting For The Man / Life On Mars? / Rock 'N' Roll Suicide / My Death / The Width Of A Circle / The Jean Genie / Drive-In Saturday

sep 22 Cleveland, Public Hall - USA This show was recorded by WMMS and brodcast on FM a week later but the station later destroyed the tape. 24 Memphis, Ellis Auditorium - USA 28 New York, Carnegie Hall - USA 29 Washington, Kennedy Center - USA

oct 1 Boston, The Music Hall - USA 7 Chicago, Public Auditorium - USA 8 Detroit, Fisher Theatre - USA 9 Indianapolis - USA 10 St.Louis - USA 11 Kansas City - USA 15 Salt Lake City - USA 16 Chicago (canceled) - USA 20 Los Angeles, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - USA 21 Los Angeles, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium - USA 27 San Fransisco, Winterland Auditorium - USA 28 San Fransisco, Winterland Auditorium - USA 31 Seattle - USA

nov 4 Phoenix, Celebrity Theater - USA 11 Dallas, Majestic Theatre (canceled) - USA 12 Houston, The Music Hall (canceled) - USA 13 Oklahoma City (canceled) - USA 14 New Orleans, Lagola University - USA 17 Fort Lauderdale, Pirate's Cove Amusement Park - USA 18 Atlanta - USA 20 Nashville, Muncipal Auditorium - USA 22 New Orleans, The Warehouse - USA 23 Louisville - USA 24 Cincinnati - USA 25-26 Cleveland, Entertainment Arena - USA Two shows. 28 Pittsburgh, The Stanley Theater - USA 29 Philadelphia, The Tower - USA Mott The Hople played. And David who also joined them on stage for a memorable version of 'All The Young Dudes'. 30 Philadelphia, Tower Theater - USA

dec 1 Philadelphia, Tower Theater (two shows) - USA 2 Philadelphia, Tower Theater (two shows) - USA

dec 72 - jan 73 short uk tour BAND: David Bowie - vocals + acustic guitar. Mick Ronson - guitar. Mike Garson - piano. Trevor Bolder - bass. Mick Woodmansey - drums. songs performed: Let's Spend The Night Together / Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / The Supermen / Life On Mars? / Five Years / The Width Of A Circle / Moonage Daydream / John I'm Only Dancing / The Jean Genie / Waiting For The Man / Suffragette City / Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

dec 23 London, Rainbow Theatre (two shows) - England 24 London, Rainbow Theatre (two shows) - England 28 Manchester, Hard Rock (two shows) - England

jan 1973 5 Glasgow, Greens Playhouse (two shows) - Scotland 6 Edinburgh, Empire Theatre - Scotland 7 Newcastle, City Hall - England 9 Preston, Guildhall - England 19-25 Tottenham, Royal Ballroom (rehearsal) - England

feb - march short us tour the aladdin sane tour

date: February 1972 - July 1973 (167 shows) the band: David Bowie - vocals + acustic guitar. Mick Ronson - guitar. John Hutchinson - rhythm guitar. Mike Garson - piano. Brian Wilshaw - sax + flute. Ken Fordham - sax. Trevor Bolder - bass. Mick Woodmansey - drums. Geoffrey MacCormack - percussion, backing vocals.   tour programme Soft cover, 8 pages. Contains colour photos. (20,4cm X 25,3cm (8,2" x 10,2") songs performed: Let's Spend The Night Together / Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / Five Years / The Width Of A Circle / Moonage Daydream / John I'm Only Dancing / The Jean Genie / Rock 'N' Roll Suicide / Round And Round / Starman / Time / Watch That Man / Space Oddity

feb 6-13 New York, RCA Studios - USA Rehearsals. 14 New York, Radio City Music Hall - USA David decended from the ceiling. Did five costume changes. Collapsed on stage from exhaustion. Used six extra muscians on horns and percussion. 15 New York, Radio City Music Hall - USA He began this show with Supermen, a capella. Two shows. 16-20 Philadelphia, Tower Theatre - USA 7 shows. 23 Nashville, War Memorial Theatre - USA 26 Memphis, Ellis Auditorium - USA 27 Memphis, Ellis Auditorium - USA

march 1 Detroit, Masonic Temple Auditorium - USA Introduces the Aladdin Sane songs. 3 Chicago, Aragon Ballroom - USA 10-11 Los Angeles, Long Beach Auditorium - USA 7 costume changes. Two shows. 12 Los Angeles, Hollywood Palladium - USA

the japanese leg of the tour BAND: David Bowie - vocals + acustic guitar. Mick Ronson - lead guitar. John Hutchinson - rhythm guitar. Mike Garson - piano. Brian Wilshaw - sax + flute. Ken Fordham - sax. Trevor Bolder - bass. Mick Woodmansey - drums. Geoffrey MacCormack - percussion, backing vocals.

songs performed: Let's Spend The Night Together / Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Changes / Five Years / The Width Of A Circle / Moonage Daydream / John I'm Only Dancing / The Jean Genie / Rock 'N' Roll Suicide / Round And Round / Starman / Time / Watch That Man / Space Oddity

april 8&10-11 Tokyo, Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan - Japan Receives a wild reception from a rock-starved audience and is an immediate success in Japan. 12 Nagoya, Kokusai Tenji Kaikan - Japan 14 Hiroshima, Yuubinchokin Kaikan - Japan 15 Tokyo, Shinjuku Koseinenkin Kaikan - Japan 16 Kobe, Kobe Kokusai Kaikan - Japan 17 Osaka, Koseinenkin Kaikan - Japan 18 Tokyo, Shibuya Konkaido - Japan 20 Tokyo, Shibuya Konkaido - Japan

may - july the final leg of the tour BAND: David Bowie - vocals + acustic guitar. Mick Ronson - lead guitar. John Hutchinson - rhythm guitar. Mike Garson - keyboards. Brian Wilshaw - sax + flute. Ken Fordham - sax. Trevor Bolder - bass. Mick Woodmansey - drums. Geoffrey MacCormack - percussion, backing vocals.

songs performed: Hang On To Yourself / Ziggy Stardust / Watch That Man / The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud / All The Young Dudes / Oh! You Pretty Things / Cracked Actor / Moonage Daydream / Changes / Space Oddity / The Jean Genie - Love Me Do / The Prettiest Star / Time / The Width Of A Circle / Let's Spend The Night Together / Drive-In Saturday / Aladdin Sane / Quicksand / Life On Mars? / Memory Of A Free Festival / Panic In Detroit / Suffragette City / Round And Round / White Light White Heat / Rock 'N' Roll Suicide / John, I'm Only Dancing

may 12 London, Earl's Court Arena - England It had been well publicized in the press thatJapanese designer Kansai had prepared a startling new wardrobe for the new stage show. The Earls Court shows would premier these new costumes and also 'Aladdin Sane' - David's follow up character to Ziggy Stardust. 18,000 people saw this show. 16 Aberdeen, Music Hall (two shows) - Scotland 17 Dundee, Caird Hall - Scotland 18 Glasgow, Greens Playhouse - (two shows)Scotland 19 Edinburgh, Empire Theatre - Scotland 20 Norwich, Theatre Royal (two shows) - England 21 Norwich, Theatre Royal (two shows) - England 22 London, Romford Odeon - England 23 Brighton, Dome (two shows) - England 24 London, Lewisham Odeon - England 25 Bournemouth, Winter Gardens - England Filmed by BBC but never shown. 27 Guildford, Civic Hall (two shows) - England 28 Wolverhampton, Civic Hall - England 29 Hanley, Victoria Hall - England 30 Oxford, New Theatre - England 31 Blackburn, King George's Hall - England

june 1 Bradford, St George's Hall - England 2 Leeds, University (canceled) - England 3 Coventry, New Theatre - England 4 Worcester, Gaumont - England 5&6 Sheffield, City Hall - England 7 Manchester, Free Trade Hall (two shows) - England 8 Newcastle, City Hall - England 9 Preston, Guild Hall - England 10 Liverpool, Empire Theatre (two shows) - England 11 Leicester, De Montfort Hall - England 12 Chatham, Central Hall (two shows) - England 13 Kilburn, Gaumont - England 14 Salisbury, City Hall - England 15 Taunton, Odeon (two shows) - England 16 Torquay, Town Hall (two shows) - England 18 Bristol, Colston Hall (two shows) - England 19 Southampton, Guild Hall - England 21 Birmingham, Town Hall (two shows) - England 22 Birmingham, Town Hall (two shows) - England 23 Boston, Gliderdome - England 24 Croydoon, Farfield Hall (two shows) - England 25 Oxford, New Theater (two shows) - England 26 Oxford, New Theater (two shows) - England 27 Doncaster, St. Sepulchre Gate, Top Rank - England 28 Bridlington, Royal Spa Pavilion - England 29 Leeds, Rolarena (two shows) - England

july 2 London, Hammersmith Odeon - England 3 London, Hammersmith Odeon - England 9 Leaves Victoria Station for Paris to record 'Pin Ups'. 23 In the week beginning 23 July, all five of David's LPs were in the top 40, there in the top 15 unprecedented for a solo artist.

oct 18-20 Marquee Club - England The taping of the '1980 Floor Show'. Aired November 16, 1973 on the Midnight Special NBC. Recorded music and then dubbed in the lyrics to 18 songs of which only 8 were shown. Members of the English fan club were allowed to enter and watch. Only 200 fans were there for the three days.