Glass Spider World Tour

Thanks to Russ Dean and Trinia del Rosario for providing this information.

The show was generally thought of as overblown and overproduced, featuring a big spider hanging over the center of the stage, and with an accompanying troupe of dancers.

You can see some photos taken by Susan Kaplan at her Bowie site.

May through November 1987

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.

European Leg

May 1987
May 30	Feyenoord Stadium	Rotterdam	Holland
May 31	Feyenoord Stadium	Rotterdam	Holland
June 1987
June 02	Festival Terrein	Werchter	Belgium
June 06	Reichstag Gelande	Berlin	Germany
June 07	Rock AM Ring	Nuremberg	Germany
June 09	Stadio Comunale	Florence	Italy
June 10	Stadio San Siro	Milan	Italy
June 13	Stadt Park	Hamburg	Germany
June 15	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Italy
June 16	Stadio Flaminio	Rome	Italy
June 19	Wembley Stadium	London	England
June 20	Wembley Stadium	London	England
June 21	Arms Park	Cardif	Wales
June 23	Roker Park	Sunderland	England
June 27	Eriksbergsvarvet	Gothenburg	Sweden
June 28	Stade Gerlande	Lyon	France
July 1987
July 01	Praterstadion	Vienna	Austria
July 03	Parc De La Corneuve	Paris	France
July 04	Le Stadium	Toulouse	France
July 06	Vincente Calderon Stadium	Madrid	Spain
July 07	Ministadio CF	Barcelona	Spain
July 08	Ministadio CF	Barcelona	Spain
July 11	Slane Castle	Dublin	Ireland
July 14	Maine Road Stadium	Manchester	England
July 15	Maine Road Stadium	Manchester	England
July 17	Stade De L'Ouest	Nice	France
July 18	Stadio Comunale	Turin	Italy

North American Leg

July 1987
July 30	Veterans Stadium	Philadelphia, PA	USA
July 31	Veterans Stadium	Philadelphia, PA	USA
August 1987
August 02	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ	USA
August 03	Giants Stadium	East Rutherford, NJ	USA
August 07	Spartan Stadium	San Jose, CA	USA
August 08	Anaheim Stadium	Anaheim, CA	USA
August 09	Anaheim Stadium	Anaheim, CA	USA
August 12	Mile High Stadium	Denver, CO	USA
August 14	Civic Stadium	Portland, OR	USA
August 15	BC Place Stadium	Vancouver	British Columbia
August 17	Commonwealth Stadium	Edmonton	Alberta
August 19	Winnipeg Stadium	Winnipeg	Manitoba
August 21	Rosemont Horizon	Rosemont, IL	USA
August 22	Rosemont Horizon	Rosemont, IL	USA
August 24	CNE Stadium	Toronto	Ontario
August 25	CNE Stadium	Toronto	Ontario
August 28	Lansdowne Park	Ottawa	Ontario
August 30	Olympic Stadium	Montreal	Quebec
September 1987
September 01	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	USA
September 02	Madison Square Garden	New York, NY	USA
September 03	Foxboro Stadium	Foxboro, MA	USA
September 06	Dean Smith Center	Chapel Hill, NC	USA
September 07	Dean Smith Center	Chapel Hill, NC	USA
September 10	Marcus Amphitheatre	Milwaukee, WI	USA
September 11	Marcus Amphitheatre	Milwaukee, WI	USA
September 12	Silverdome	Pontiac, MI	USA
September 14	Rupp Arena	Lexington, KY	USA
September 18	Orange Bowl	Miami, FL	USA
September 19	Tampa Stadium	Tampa, FL	USA
September 21	Omni	Atlanta, GA	USA
September 22	Omni	Atlanta, GA	USA
September 25	Civic Center	Hartford, CT	USA
September 28	Capital Centre	Landover, MD	USA
September 29	Capital Centre	Landover, MD	USA
October 1987
October 01	St. Paul Civic Center	St. Paul, MN	USA
October 02	St. Paul Civic Center	St. Paul, MN	USA
October 04	Kemper Arena	Kansas City, MO	USA
October 06	Superdome	New Orleans, LA	USA
October 07	Summit	Houston, TX	USA
October 08	Summit	Houston, TX	USA
October 10	Reunion Arena	Dallas, TX	USA
October 11	Reunion Arena	Dallas, TX	USA
October 13	LA Sports Arena	Los Angeles, CA	USA
October 14	LA Sports Arena	Los Angeles, CA	USA

Australasian Leg

October 1987
October 29	Boondall Entertainment Centre	Brisbane	Australia
October 30	Boondall Entertainment Centre	Brisbane	Australia
November 1987
November 03	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 04	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 06	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 07	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 09	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 10	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 13	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 14	Entertainment Centre	Sydney	Australia
November 18	Kooyong Stadium	Melbourne	Australia
November 20	Kooyong Stadium	Melbourne	Australia
November 21	Kooyong Stadium	Melbourne	Australia
November 23	Kooyong Stadium	Melbourne	Australia
November 28	Western Springs Stadium	Auckland	New Zealand

Eventually, there will be setlists for each of the concerts listed in the table above. In the meantime, here's an aproximate setlist used during the tour.

1. Up The Hill Backwards
2. Glass Spider
3. Up The Hill Backwards (reprise)
4. Day In Day Out
5. Bang Bang
6. Absolute Beginners
7. Loving The Alien
8. China Girl
9. Rebel Rebel (added during the US leg)
10. Fashion
11. Scary Monsters
12. All The Madmen
13. Never Let Me Down
14. Big Brother
15. '87 And Cry
16. "Heroes"
17. Time Will Crawl
18. Young Americans (added during final portion of European leg)
19. Beat Of Your Drum
20. Sons Of The Silent Age
21. Dancing With The Big Boys (dropped after the European leg)
22. New York's In Love (dropped after a few shows)
23. Zeroes (dropped after the European leg)
24. Let's Dance
25. Fame

    Encore

26. Time
27. Blue Jean
28. I Wanna Be Your Dog (latter portion of tour)
29. White Light White Heat (played only occasionally)
30. Modern Love

• David Bowie - vocals
• Peter Frampton - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Carmine Rojas - bass guitar
• Erdal Kizilcay - cornet, keyboards, viola, trumpet, guitar
• Richard Cottle - keyboards, synthesizers, saxophone
• Allen Childs - drums, percussion