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Warszawa
2. Speed Of Life
3. Breaking Glass
4. What In The World
5. Sound And Vision
6. Art Decade
7. Always Crashing In The Same Car
8. Be My Wife
9. A New Career In A New Town
10. Subterranenans
short break
11. Sunday
12. Cactus
13. Slip Away
14. Slow Burn
15. Afraid
16. I've Been Waiting For You
17. I Would Be Your Slave
18. I Took A Trip On A Gemini Spaceship
19. 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
20. Everyone Says 'Hi'
21. A Better Future
22. Heathen (The Rays)
encores
23. White Light, White Heat
24. Fame
25. Ziggy Stardust
26. Hallo Spaceboy
27. I'm Afraid Of Americans. |
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What
a great night it was. My first real Bowie concert in London and - for god's
sake - not in Wembley, but in the rather intimate Royal Festival Hall. Many
well known faces could be seen around. On the balcony right were Supergrass,
with Robert Smith not far behind. Bono and Kylie Minogue somewhere, Sharleen
Spiteri way back and direct behind my seat (which I left after the show
has started to get myself a good place in front of the stage) Brian Eno.
For a Londoner propabley something rather normal, but for a German something
new. The Dandy Warhols' set was amazing and strange. Three songs (or pieces)
during 40 minutes. Quite daring!
....The
real thing started with "Weeping Wall" over the PA while the band
walked on stage. They began to play "Warszawa" and Bowie walked
very calm on stage. A short smile and bow for the audience and he took his
place on Mark Plati's side at the Wurlitzer keyboard. After having finished
that piece, Bowie told the audience about tonight's set. On contrary to
Roseland the running order of "Low" was not the well known one
from the record. It was loosened up to avoid six instrumentals performed
in a row. The whole set was one of the greatest moments I witnessed at a
concert until then. To see David Bowie so concentrated and into his music
was a very special experience. After "Subterraniens" he and his
band left the stage for a short intermission, but returned faster than expected.
"Heathen" played in its entirety followed. The songs (except "Slow
Burn) sounded even better live. Thanks to this fantastic band. "Heathen
(the rays)" saw Bowie with his head down guided offstage by Gail Ann
Dorsey with his hand lying on her shoulder while the band played on. One
after the other stopped playing until only Garry Leonard was on stage to
play some athmospheric guitar. This was to become a regular act during all
the shows. The encores started with the Dandy Warhols joining Bowie and
his band to give a rendition of The Velvet Underground's "White-Light,
White-Heat". And since a long time I heard a version of that song I
really like. During the remaining songs, and especially "Ziggy Stardust",
the crowd went wild. "I'm afraid of americans" closed the set
and with a short "Thank you so much. Good night" it was all over
...."It
couldn't get any better this year" were my first thoughts, after having
managed to get something to drink, standing in midst of Royal Festival Hall's
lounge. And good god, how was I wrong. By Florian. |
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Warhols played together with Bowie on White Light/White Heat. |
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