Outside Summer Festivals Tour

Outside Summer Festivals Tour was a concert tour by David Bowie.[1] Following on from the Outside Tour which ended in February 1996, the tour opened at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan on 4 June 1996. With a slimmed-down tour band from the previous tour, this tour visited to Japan, Russia and a string of performances on the European Summer festivals circuit. The four-venue North American leg was titled "The East Coast Ballroom Tour."

Outside Summer Festivals Tour
Tour by David Bowie
LocationAsia, Europe, Middle East, North America
Associated albumOutside
Start date4 June 1996
End date14 October 1996
Legs3
No. of shows7 in Asia
19 in Europe
1 in the Middle East
4 in North America
31 in Total
David Bowie concert chronology

Background

The Kremlin Palace Concert Hall performance on 18 June 1996 was recorded and a 50-minute broadcast was later shown on Russian Television. Other television coverage included the entire 22 June Loreley Festival performance on German TV (Rockpalast) and excerpts from the Phoenix Festival performance on 22 July broadcast on British TV with BBC Radio broadcasting a six-song selection from the performance. The Tel Aviv and Balingen dates were both broadcast on FM radio in their respective countries.[2]

Wardrobe for Bowie and his band on this tour was designed by celebrated British designer Alexander McQueen.[3]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the performance on 25 June 1996 in Toulon, France. It does not represent the set list at all concerts for the duration of the tour.

  1. "The Motel"
  2. "Look Back in Anger"
  3. "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)"
  4. "Strangers When We Meet"
  5. "The Hearts Filthy Lesson"
  6. "Outside"
  7. "Aladdin Sane (1913–1938–197?)"
  8. "Andy Warhol"
  9. "The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)"
  10. "The Man Who Sold the World"
  11. "A Small Plot of Land"
  12. "Telling Lies"
  13. "Hallo Spaceboy"
  14. "Breaking Glass"
  15. "Baby Universal"
  16. "Jump They Say"
  17. "Lust for Life"
  18. "Under Pressure"
  19. ""Heroes""
Encore
  1. "White Light/White Heat"
  2. "Moonage Daydream"
  3. "All the Young Dudes"
Songs performed

The Man Who Sold the World

Hunky Dory

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

Aladdin Sane

Live Santa Monica '72

  • "My Death"

Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

Diamond Dogs

Low

"Heroes"

Lodger

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

Tin Machine II

Black Tie White Noise

Outside

Earthling

Other

Tour dates
Date City Country Venue Attendance Box Office
Asia
4 June 1996 Tokyo Japan Nippon Budokan — —
5 June 1996
7 June 1996 Nagoya Century Hall — —
8 June 1996 Hiroshima Kousei Nenkin Kaikan — —
10 June 1996 Osaka Osaka-jo Hall — —
11 June 1996 Kokura Kousei Nenkin Kaikan — —
13 June 1996 Fukuoka Fukuoka Sunpalace — —
Europe and Middle East
18 June 1996 Moscow Russia Grand Kremlin Palace — —
20 June 1996[lower-alpha 1] Reykjavík Iceland Laugardalshöll N/A N/A
22 June 1996[lower-alpha 2] Sankt Goarshausen Germany Freilichtbühne Loreley
23 June 1996[lower-alpha 3] Lisbon Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Alcântara
25 June 1996 Toulon France Zénith Oméga de Toulon — —
28 June 1996 Halle Germany Freilichtbühne Peißnitz — —
30 June 1996[lower-alpha 4] Roskilde Denmark Darupvej N/A N/A
1 July 1996 Athens Greece Leoforos Alexandras Stadium — —
3 July 1996 Tel Aviv Israel Yarkon Park — —
5 July 1996[lower-alpha 5] Torhout Belgium Achiel Eeckloo Rockweide N/A N/A
6 July 1996[lower-alpha 6] Werchter Festival Park Werchter
7 July 1996[lower-alpha 7] Belfort France Presqu'île de Malsaucy
9 July 1996 Rome Italy Stadio Olimpico — —
10 July 1996 Fontvieille Monaco Chapiteau de l'Espace Fontvieille — —
12 July 1996[lower-alpha 8] Alt Camp Spain El Pla de Santa Maria N/A N/A
14 July 1996 Sankt Pölten Austria Grabung Domplatz — —
16 July 1996 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy — —
18 July 1996[lower-alpha 9] Stratford-upon-Avon England Long Marston Airfield N/A N/A
20 July 1996[lower-alpha 10] Balingen Germany Messegelände Balingen
21 July 1996 Bellinzona Switzerland Piazza del Sole — —
North America
6 September 1996 Philadelphia United States Electric Factory — —
7 September 1996 Washington, D.C. Capital Ballroom — —
13 September 1996 Boston Avalon — —
14 September 1996 New York City Roseland Ballroom — —

Cancelled shows
15, 16 June 1996 Saint Petersburg Palace Square (White Nights Festival) Unknown

Tour band

Notes
  1. The 20 June 1996 concert in Reykjavík was part of the Arts Festival.
  2. The 22 June 1996 concert in Sankt Goarshausen was part of Rockpalast Open Air.
  3. The 23 June 1996 concert in Lisbon was part of Super Bock Super Rock.
  4. The 30 June 1996 concert in Roskilde was part of Roskilde Festival.
  5. The 5 July 1996 concert in Torhout was part of Rock Torhout.
  6. The 6 July 1996 concert in Werchter was part of Rock Werchter.
  7. The 7 July 1996 concert in Belfort was part of Eurockéennes.
  8. The 12 July 1996 concert in Alt Camp was part of Doctor Music Festival.
  9. The 18 July 1996 concert in Stratford-upon-Avon was part of Phoenix Festival.
  10. The 20 July 1996 concert in Balingen was part of Open Air Balingen.

References
  1. "David Bowie 1995-1996 Outside Tour". davidbowieworld.nl. David Bowie World.
  2. "1996". davidbowie.com. David Bowie. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
  3. "David Bowie, Alexander McQueen, and the Making of That Iconic 90s-Era Union Jack Coat". vanityfair.com. Vanity Fair. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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