Diamond Dogs Tour

Note: The following dates and venues are mostly, but not 100% accurate. If the name of the venue or city is spelt incorrectly, or the date is not correct, and you have incontrovertible proof (I seem to recall is not sufficient), then please email me with the corrected info.

First Leg (Diamond Dogs)

Note: The early shows are dogged by problems - amongst other things David has laryngitis - but by the time the tour crosses the border into New York, things have settled down to an average of one foul-up a night.

June 1974
June 14	The Forum	Montreal	Canada
June 15	Civic Center	Ottawa	Canada
June 16	O'Keefe Auditorium	Toronto	Canada
June 17	Memorial Auditorium	Rochester, NY	USA
June 18	Public Auditorium	Cleveland, OH	USA
June 19	Public Auditorium	Cleveland, OH	USA
June 20	Sports Arena	Toledo, OH	USA
June 21	Cobo Arena	Detroit, MI	USA
June 22	Cobo Arena	Detroit, MI	USA
June 23	Mershon Auditorium	Columbus, OH	USA
June 24	Harra Arena	Dayton, OH	USA
June 25	Civic Arena	Akron, OH	USA
June 26	Syria Mosque	Pittsburgh, PA	USA
June 27	Syria Mosque	Pittsburgh, PA	USA
June 28	West Virgina Civic Center	Charleston, WV	USA
June 29	Municipal Auditorium	Nashville, TN	USA
June 30	Mid-South Coliseum	Memphis, TN	USA
July 1974
July 01	Fox Theatre	Atlanta, GA	USA
July 02	Curtis Hixon Hall	Tampa, FL	USA
July 03	West Palm Beach Auditorium	West Palm Beach, FL	USA
July 04	Exhibition Hall	Jacksonville, FL	USA
July 05	Park Center	Charlotte, NC	USA
July 07	Scope	Norfolk, VA	USA
July 08	Tower Theatre	Philadelphia, PA	USA
July 09	Tower Theatre	Philadelphia, PA	USA
July 10	Tower Theatre	Philadelphia, PA	USA
July 11	Tower Theatre	Philadelphia, PA	USA
July 12	Tower Theatre	Philadelphia, PA	USA
July 13	Coliseum	Cape Cod, MA	USA
July 14	Palace Theater	Providence, RI	USA
July 15	Palace Theatre	Waterbury, CT	USA
July 16	Music Hall	Boston, MA	USA
July 17	Bushnell Auditorium	Harfort, CT	USA
July 19	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	USA
July 20	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	USA

Second Leg (Philly Dogs)

In September, the Diamond Dogs tour returns to the road, but the extravagant trappings (which almost drove Bowie bankrupt) are only present for the first month.

Often this leg is referred to as the Philly Dogs tour, since Bowie was moving into his Young Americans mode.

September 1974
September 02	Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles, CA	USA
September 03	Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles, CA	USA
September 04	Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles, CA	USA
September 05	Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles, CA	USA
September 06	Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles, CA	USA
September 07	Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles, CA	USA
September 08	Universal Amphitheatre	Los Angeles, CA	USA
September 11	Sports Arena	San Diego, CA	USA
September 13	Convention Center	Tucson, AZ	USA
September 14	Coliseum	Phoenix, AZ	USA
October 1974
October 05	Civic Center	St. Paul, MN	USA
October 08	Convention Center	Indianapolis, IN	USA
October 10	Dane County Coliseum	Madison, WI	USA
October 11	Dane County Coliseum	Madison, WI	USA
October 13	Mecca Arena	Milwaukee, WI	USA
October 16	The Palace	Detroit, MI	USA
October 17	The Palace	Detroit, MI	USA
October 18	The Palace	Detroit, MI	USA
October 19	The Palace	Detroit, MI	USA
October 20	The Palace	Detroit, MI	USA
October 21	Arie Crown Theatre	Chicago, IL	USA
October 22	Arie Crown Theatre	Chicago, IL	USA
October 23	Arie Crown Theatre	Chicago, IL	USA
October 28	Radio City Music Hall	New York, NY	USA
October 29	Radio City Music Hall	New York, NY	USA
October 30	Radio City Music Hall	New York, NY	USA
October 31	Radio City Music Hall	New York, NY	USA
November 1974
November 01	Radio City Music Hall	New York, NY	USA
November 02	Radio City Music Hall	New York, NY	USA
November 03	Radio City Music Hall	New York, NY	USA
November 06	Cleveland Public Hall	Cleveland, OH	USA
November 08	Memorial Auditorium	Buffalo, NY	USA
November 11	Capitol Center	Washington, DC	USA
November 14	Music Hall	Boston, MA	USA
November 15	Music Hall	Boston, MA	USA
November 16	Music Hall	Boston, MA	USA
November 18	Civic Arena	Pittsburgh, PA	USA
November 19	Civic Arena	Pittsburgh, PA	USA
November 22	Spectrum Theater	Philadelphia, PA	USA
November 23	Spectrum Theater	Philadelphia, PA	USA
November 24	Spectrum Theater	Philadelphia, PA	USA
November 25	Spectrum Theater	Philadelphia, PA	USA
November 26	Nassau Coliseum	Uniondale, NY	USA
November 28	Mid-South Auditorium	Memphis, TN	USA
November 30	Municipal Auditorium	Nashville, TN	USA
December 1974
December 01	Omni Arena	Atlanta, GA	USA
December 02	University of Alabama	Tuscaloosa, AL	USA

Songs performed were:

• 1984
• Rebel Rebel
• Moonage Daydream
• Sweet Thing
• Changes
• Suffragette City
• Aladdin Sane
• All The Young Dudes
• Cracked Actor
• Rock 'N' Roll With Me
• Watch That Man
• Drive-In Saturday
• Space Oddity
• Future Legend
• Diamond Dogs
• Panic In Detroit
• Big Brother
• Time
• The Width Of A Circle
• The Jean Genie
• Knock On Wood
• Rock 'N' Roll Suicide

  And on the second leg of the tour only

• Footstompin'
• Somebody Up There Likes Me
• Can You Hear Me

Much of this can be found on the David Live album.

• David Bowie: vocals
• Earl Slick: guitar
• Carlos Alomar: guitar (second leg only)
• Herbie Flowers: bass (first leg only)
• Willie Weeks: bass (second leg only)
• Gui Andrisano: backing vocals (first leg only)
• Tony Newman: drums (first leg only)
• Anthony Newark: drums (second leg only)
• Warren Peace: backing vocals
• Michael Kamen: electric piano, moog, oboe
• Pablo Rosario: percussion
• David Sanborn: alto sax, flute
• Richard Grando: baritone sax, flute
• Mike Garson: piano, mellotron
• Ava Cherry, Anthony Hinton, Dianne Sumler and Luther Vandross: backing vocals (second leg only)