Heathen Tour

Heathen Tour

Tour by David Bowie
At the Beacon Theatre, New York on 20 October 2002. L to R: Earl Slick (guitar), Mark Plati (guitar), Sterling Campbell (drums), David Bowie, Catherine Russell (keyboards), Gail Ann Dorsey (bass), Gerry Leonard (guitar). Mike Garson (keyboards) is out of shot to the left.
Associated album	Heathen
Start date	11 June 2002
End date	23 October 2002
Legs	4
Number of shows	36
David Bowie concert chronology

The David Bowie Heathen Tour was a 2002 concert tour in support of the album, Heathen, and was also notable for the performances of all songs from the 1977 Low album.

History

The Low album, not previously performed live in its entirety, was premiered on 11 June 2002 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, together with all the songs from the Heathen album. With other commitments ruling out the possibility of a major concert tour, the Heathen Tour became a mini-concert tour similar to the 1996 Outside Summer Festivals Tour.

On 11 February 2002, it was announced that Bowie had accepted the role of Artistic Director^[1] at the Meltdown Festival, an annual music and arts event held at the South Bank complex in London, England. David Bowie's Meltdown 2002 run from 14 to 30 June, with a schedule of concerts and events including performances by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Coldplay, The Waterboys and a London Sinfonietta performance of Philip Glass's Low and Heroes symphonies. The closing night was billed as The New Heathens Night with Bowie headlining the event with support by The Dandy Warhols followed by a DJ set from Jonathan Ross.

The Heathen Tour proper began at the Meltdown Festival with Bowie embarking on a series of European performances including a link-up with Moby for the 12-date North America Area:2 Festivals with a return to Europe for a further six performances. Before returning again to North America to perform a final seven shows with the first five in each of New York City's five boroughs, dubbed The New York Marathon Tour by Bowie, who quipped; I could get home from all the gigs on roller skates.^[2]

Tour band

Bowie performing with Sterling Campbell in Mountain View, California

• David Bowie - vocals, guitar, saxophone, harmonica, stylophone
• Earl Slick - guitar
• Gerry Leonard - guitar, backing vocals
• Mark Plati - rhythm guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Gail Ann Dorsey - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Sterling Campbell - drums
• Mike Garson - keyboards
• Catherine Russell - keyboards, percussion, backing vocals

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Warm-up show
11 June 2002	New York City	United States	Roseland Ballroom
Europe
29 June 2002	London	England	Royal Festival Hall - Meltdown Festival
1 July 2002	Paris	France	Paris Olympia
3 July 2002	Kristiansand	Norway	Quart Festival
5 July 2002	Horsens	Denmark	Horsens Ny Teater
7 July 2002	Ostend	Belgium	Seat Beach Rock Festival - Hippodrome Wellington
10 July 2002	Manchester	England	Move Festival - Old Trafford Cricket Ground
12 July 2002	Cologne	Germany	E-Werk Festival
14 July 2002	Nîmes	France	Les Arenes de Nîmes
15 July 2002	Lucca	Italy	Summer Festival
18 July 2002	Montreux	Switzerland	Auditorium Stravinski
North America Festivals
28 July 2002	Bristow, Virginia	United States	Nissan Pavilion
30 July 2002	Camden, New Jersey		Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
31 July 2002	Holmdel, New Jersey		PNC Bank Arts Center
2 August 2002	Wantagh, New York		Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater
3 August 2002	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
5 August 2002	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Molson Amphitheater
6 August 2002	Detroit, Michigan	United States	DTE Energy Music Center
8 August 2002	Tinley Park, Illinois		Tweeter Center
10 August 2002	Denver, Colorado		Pepsi Center
13 August 2002	Irvine, California		Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
14 August 2002	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre
16 August 2002	George, Washington		The Gorge Amphitheatre
Europe
22 September 2002	Berlin	Germany	Max-Schmeling-Halle
24 September 2002	Paris	France	Le Zénith
25 September 2002
27 September 2002	Bonn	Germany	Museumsmeile
29 September 2002	Munich		Olympiahalle
2 October 2002	London	England	Carling Apollo Hammersmith
North America
11 October 2002	New York City	United States	The Music Hall at Snug Harbour
12 October 2002	New York City		St. Anne's Warehouse
16 October 2002	New York City		Colden Center at Queens College
17 October 2002	New York City		Jimmy's Bronx Cafe
20 October 2002	New York City		Beacon Theater
21 October 2002	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Tower Theater
23 October 2002	Boston, Massachusetts		Orpheum Theatre

Songs

From David Bowie

• "Space Oddity"

From Hunky Dory

• "Changes"
• "Life on Mars?"
• "The Bewlay Brothers"

From The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

• "Moonage Daydream"
• "Starman"
• "Ziggy Stardust"

From Diamond Dogs

• "Rebel Rebel"

From Young Americans

• "Fame" (Bowie, John Lennon, Carlos Alomar)

From Station to Station

• "Stay"

From Low

• "Speed of Life"
• "Breaking Glass" (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray)
• "What in the World"
• "Sound and Vision"
• "Always Crashing in the Same Car"
• "Be My Wife"
• "A New Career in a New Town"
• "Warszawa" (Bowie, Brian Eno)
• "Art Decade"
• "Weeping Wall"
• "Subterraneans"

From "Heroes"

• ""Heroes"" (Bowie, Eno)

From Lodger

• "Look Back in Anger" (Bowie, Eno)

From Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

• "Ashes to Ashes"
• "Fashion"

From Let's Dance

• "China Girl" (originally from The Idiot (1977) by Iggy Pop; written by Pop and Bowie)
• "Let's Dance"

From Outside

• "Hallo Spaceboy" (Bowie, Eno)

From Earthling

• "I'm Afraid of Americans" (Bowie, Eno)

From Hours

• "Survive" (Bowie, Gabrels)

From Heathen

• "Sunday"
• "Cactus" (originally from Surfer Rosa (1989) by the Pixies; written by Black Francis)
• "Slip Away"
• "Slow Burn"
• "Afraid"
• "I've Been Waiting for You" (originally from Neil Young (1968) by Neil Young; written by Young)
• "I Would Be Your Slave"
• "I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship" (originally by Norman Carl Odam)
• "5:15 the Angels Have Gone"
• "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
• "A Better Future"
• "Heathen (The Rays)"

Other songs:

• "Absolute Beginners" (from the Absolute Beginners soundtrack; written by Bowie)
• "Alabama Song" (released as a non-album single (1980); originally from Bertolt Brecht's opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1930); written by Brecht and Kurt Weill)
• "I Feel So Bad" (originally by Chuck Willis in 1953 and covered and released as a B-side to the "Wild in the Country" single (1961) by Elvis Presley; written by Willis)
• "One Night" (originally a single (1958) by Presley; written by Dave Bartholomew, Pearl King and Anita Steiman)
• "White Light/White Heat" (from White Light/White Heat (1968) by The Velvet Underground; written by Lou Reed)

Notes

1. David Bowie appointed Director of Meltdown 2002; 14 to 30 June on London's South Bank
2. David Bowie Maps His Own New York Marathon

References

• Nicholas Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0