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Same as in Rotterdam I saw the most beautiful thing ever ...I have no words for it..... You can read my attempts to describe parts of the experience;here . I will soon have some picture taken during this fabulous performance, ..maybe , if I get permission I could put them on this page!. . 10.16.2003 BOWIENET NEWS: BOWIE ROCKS ROTTERDAM
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Land Ahoy...Sailor spies the coast in Rotterdam, last night.
In the port of Rotterdam, There's a sailor who sings...
By all accounts David Bowie played the best set of the Reality tour so far when he "blew the roof off" of the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam. I heard this description from many fans last night and this morning, who all described Bowie as being on top form and at his mischievous best.
The Jean Genie, Fashion and Try Some, Buy Some were aired for the first time on the tour, and David again performed a twenty-seven song set-list (first time since Copenhagen) which ran as follows:
Rotterdam October 15th 2003
01 New Killer Star
(Encore)
You can read a Dutch-language review of the show entitled "Nederlandse fans blijven David Bowie trouw" here, and you can see more of Michel Utrecht's great pictures by clicking on the one above. But, if you'd rather an impression of the evening in English, (kind of) That hoary old pro, BowieNetter LizSK2, has sent in a few words that I thought I'd share with you:
Rotterdam 15th October 2003
So I thought I was doing 8 gigs on this tour… then I
Yesterday was better. Everything: it was more
I guess the one thing I was after, unattainable you
I was delighted that so many of the audience knew the
Set list... well, we all have our opinions on it.
Having said that there were tunes that just about took
Disco King has my vote for moment of the show as it
Having never travelled to see db live outside England
Liz Tray
Thanx Liz... I look forward to your Frankfurt thoughts.
Total Blam Blam - (BowieNet News Editor) . . .
Tourdates A reality Tour , Europe : . . (Date-City-Country-Venue) 10-07-03 Copenhagen Denmark FORUM 10-08-03 Stockholm Sweden THE GLOBE
10-10-03 Helsinki Finland HARTWALL ARENA 10-12-03 Oslo Norway THE SPECTRUM 10-15-03 Rotterdam Holland AHOY ARENA
10-16-03 Hamburg Germany COLORLINE ARENA 10-18-03 Frankfurt Germany FESTHALLE-MESSE <10-20-03 Paris France PALAIS OMNISPORTS 10-23-03 Milan Italy FILAFORUM
10-24-03 Zurich Switzerland HALLENSTADION 10-26-03 Stuttgart Germany SCHLEYERHALLE 10-27-03 Munich Germany OLYMPIAHALLE 10-29-03 Vienna Austria WIENER STADTHALLE 10-31-03 Koln Germany ARENA 11-01-03 Hannover Germany PREAUSSAG ARENA 11-03-03 Berlin Germany MAX SCHMELLING 11-05-03 Antwerp Belgium SPORTSPALEIS ANTWERPEN Soon
11-07-03 Lille France ZENITH ARENA 11-08-03 Amneville France GALAXIE 11-10-03 Nice France NIKAIA (ZENITH)
11-12-03 Toulouse France LE ZENITH DE TOULOUSE 11-14-03 Marseille France LE DOME DE MARSEILLE 11-15-03 Lyon France HALLE TONY GARNIER 11-17-03 Manchester UK MEN ARENA 11-19-03 Birmingham UK NEC ARENA
11-20-03 Birmingham UK NEC ARENA 11-22-03 Dublin Ireland THE POINT 11-25-03 London UK WEMBLEY ARENA 11-26-03 London UK WEMBLEY ARENA . .
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02 The Jean Genie
03 Fame
04 Cactus
05 China Girl
06 Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
07 Hallo Spaceboy
08 Sunday
09 Under Pressure
10 White Light, White Heat
11 Ashes To Ashes (followed by a snippet of Blur's Song 2)
12 Fashion
13 Try Some, Buy Some
14 Never Get Old
15 The Motel
16 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
17 Loving The Alien
18 I'm Afraid Of Americans
19 "Heroes"
20 Heathen (The Rays)
21 Bring Me The Disco King
22 Slip Away
23 Pablo Picasso
24 Changes
25 Let's Dance
26 Suffragette City
27 Ziggy Stardust
had an attack of madness and decided to go to
Rotterdam one day before the gig. Smart move. I went
to Copenhagen last week and had a fabulous time, my
live plus the wonderful company of so many Bnetters.
polished, the set list was more varied and the running
order and flow of the show is down pat (after only 5
rows back on the left. It’s funny to me now how that
seems miles away. Before Poughkeepsie I’d seen each db
gig from the back of a stadium and now, I admit, I’m
totally spoiled!
might say when you went to Pough and Riverside, was
surprises. Even having seen the show last week I still
wanted them. Second song in? Jean Genie. And then
Fashion. And then Try Some, Buy Some. First
performances on the tour. Well, that’s sorted!
Heathen songs, maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised.
It is db’s highest profile and impact album in years.
Slip Away has really become the great anthem from it
for this tour...
Personally I’m over it: I could, as could you, choose
a 50 song set list not played last night or any other
on the tour. But what has been chosen fits completely
with the band, the surroundings, the new album… I’d be
happy if Reality was performed in entirety every
night.
the high roof off the Ahoy in Rotterdam: Suffragett
City (brilliant as ever), Changes, China Girl, Ashes
to Ashes, Let’s Dance etc. I was thrilled to hear The
Motel (never heard it live before) and an exquisite
Tibet gig style version of Loving the Alien.
stands: it’s not the easiest song to sing every night
but he’s pulling it off with ease. And might I add
looking hotter with each passing gig. Allow me the
moment: tight sleeveless T-shirt. Say no more.
I wondered if there was a point where I’d get fed up
of hearing the same songs. After 4 gigs so far this
year I can only say bring it on! I’m getting more
excited with each passing show and feel a bit like a
runner on starting blocks waiting for the gun to go
off… next stop Frankfurt!
