Bowie performs at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 26 February 1976.
The performances began without introduction with a showing of the 1928 surrealist film by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, Un Chien Andalou, which includes a famous section of a razor blade cutting into a woman's eyeball.[5] Bowie appeared on stage immediately as the film finished, while the audience was still disoriented. The visual element of the performances incorporated banks of fluorescent white light set against black backdrops creating a stark spectacle on a stage largely devoid of props or other visual distractions.
The Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio performance on 28 February 1976 was recorded by a concert-goer and released as the bootleg entitled NeoExpressionism on the TSP (The Swingin' Pig) label. It would be digitally re-mastered in 2007 and the entire set released on 2 CDs. The only song not done at this performance is "Sister Midnight."
Bowie took friend and fellow musician Iggy Pop along as his companion on the tour. Following a March 21, 1976 show, Bowie and Pop were arrested together for marijuana possession in Rochester, New York, although charges were later dropped.[6]
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The tour has been described under numerous different names. Although officially referred to as the Isolar tour, it has also been given the names the Thin White Duke tour, the Station to Station tour, and the White Light Tour. According to biographer Nicholas Pegg, the word "Isolar" is an anagram of "sailor", one of Bowie's favourite words. Isolar also derives from the company Bowie launched to handle music publishing after his acrimonious split with MainMan Publishing. Bowie himself later clarified: "Isola is Italian for island. Isolation plus Solar equals Isolar. If I remember correctly, I was stoned."[2]
Set list
This set list is representative of the performance on 7 May 1976 in London, UK, at Empire Pool. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations September 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message The David Bowie Isolar 1976 Tour 1 was a concert tour in support of the album Station to Station It opened on 2 February 1976 at the Pacific Coliseum Vancouver and continued through North America and Europe concluding at the Pavillon de Paris in Paris France on 18 May 1976 The tour is commonly referred to as Thin White Duke Tour 2 The Station to Station Tour 3 and The White Light Tour 4 Isolar 1976 TourTour by David BowieAssociated albumStation to StationStart date2 February 1976End date18 May 1976Legs2No of shows65 66 scheduled David Bowie concert chronologyDiamond Dogs Tour 1974 Isolar 1976 Tour 1976 Isolar II The 1978 World Tour 1978 Contents 1 History 2 Title 3 Set list 4 Tour dates 4 1 Cancellations and rescheduled shows 5 Songs 6 Personnel 7 References 7 1 SourcesHistory Edit Bowie performs at Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto 26 February 1976 The performances began without introduction with a showing of the 1928 surrealist film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali Un Chien Andalou which includes a famous section of a razor blade cutting into a woman s eyeball 5 Bowie appeared on stage immediately as the film finished while the audience was still disoriented The visual element of the performances incorporated banks of fluorescent white light set against black backdrops creating a stark spectacle on a stage largely devoid of props or other visual distractions The Public Auditorium Cleveland Ohio performance on 28 February 1976 was recorded by a concert goer and released as the bootleg entitled NeoExpressionism on the TSP The Swingin Pig label It would be digitally re mastered in 2007 and the entire set released on 2 CDs The only song not done at this performance is Sister Midnight The Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Uniondale New York performance on 23 March 1976 was recorded by RCA Records with extracts broadcast by The King Biscuit Radio Network Two songs from the performance were later included on the 1991 Rykodisc re issue of the Station to Station album The entire Nassau performance is available on the 2010 deluxe edition of Station to Station as well as the 2016 box set Who Can I Be Now 1974 1976 It was released separately on LP CD and digitally in February 2017 as Live Nassau Coliseum 76 Bowie took friend and fellow musician Iggy Pop along as his companion on the tour Following a March 21 1976 show Bowie and Pop were arrested together for marijuana possession in Rochester New York although charges were later dropped 6 Title EditThe tour has been described under numerous different names Although officially referred to as the Isolar tour it has also been given the names the Thin White Duke tour the Station to Station tour and the White Light Tour According to biographer Nicholas Pegg the word Isolar is an anagram of sailor one of Bowie s favourite words Isolar also derives from the company Bowie launched to handle music publishing after his acrimonious split with MainMan Publishing Bowie himself later clarified Isola is Italian for island Isolation plus Solar equals Isolar If I remember correctly I was stoned 2 Set list EditThis set list is representative of the performance on 7 May 1976 in London UK at Empire Pool It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour Station to Station Suffragette City Fame Word on a Wing Stay I m Waiting for the Man Queen Bitch Life on Mars Five Years Panic in Detroit Changes TVC 15 Diamond Dogs Encore Rebel Rebel The Jean Genie Tour dates EditDate City Country Venue Attendance RevenueNorth America2 February 1976 Vancouver Canada Pacific Coliseum3 February 1976 Seattle United States Seattle Center Coliseum4 February 1976 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum6 February 1976 Daly City Cow Palace8 February 1976 Inglewood The Forum9 February 197611 February 197613 February 1976 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena15 February 1976 Phoenix Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum16 February 1976 Albuquerque Albuquerque Civic Auditorium17 February 1976 Denver McNichols Sports Arena20 February 1976 Milwaukee MECCA Arena21 February 1976 Kalamazoo Wings Stadium22 February 1976 Evansville Roberts Municipal Stadium23 February 1976 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum25 February 1976 Montreal Canada Montreal Forum26 February 1976 Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens27 February 1976 Cleveland United States Public Auditorium28 February 197629 February 1976 Detroit Olympia Stadium1 March 19763 March 1976 Chicago International Amphitheatre5 March 1976 St Louis Kiel Auditorium6 March 1976 Memphis Mid South Coliseum 11 673 85 015 7 7 March 1976 Nashville Nashville Municipal Auditorium 7 700 51 000 7 8 March 1976 Atlanta Omni Coliseum9 March 1976 Jacksonville Jacksonville Coliseum11 March 1976 Pittsburgh Civic Arena12 March 1976 Norfolk Norfolk Scope13 March 1976 Landover Capital Centre14 March 197615 March 1976 Philadelphia The Spectrum 36 000 260 000 8 16 March 197617 March 1976 Boston Boston Garden19 March 1976 Buffalo Buffalo Memorial Auditorium 12 000 87 235 8 20 March 1976 Rochester Rochester Community War Memorial 8 358 58 720 8 21 March 1976 Springfield Springfield Civic Center 6 752 46 572 8 22 March 1976 New Haven New Haven Coliseum23 March 1976 Uniondale Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum26 March 1976 New York City Madison Square GardenEurope7 April 1976 Munich West Germany Olympiahalle8 April 1976 Dusseldorf Philipshalle10 April 1976 West Berlin Deutschlandhalle11 April 1976 Hamburg Congress Center Hamburg12 April 197613 April 1976 Frankfurt Festhalle Frankfurt14 April 1976 Ludwigshafen Friedrich Ebert Halle17 April 1976 Zurich Switzerland Hallenstadion24 April 1976 Helsinki Finland UKK Hall26 April 1976 Stockholm Sweden Kungliga Tennishallen27 April 197628 April 1976 Gothenburg Scandinavium29 April 1976 Copenhagen Denmark Falkonersalen30 April 19763 May 1976 London England Empire Pool4 May 19765 May 19766 May 19767 May 19768 May 197611 May 1976 Brussels Belgium Forest National13 May 1976 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy14 May 197617 May 1976 Paris France Pavillon de Paris18 May 1976TotalCancellations and rescheduled shows Edit 14 April 1976 Ludwigshafen West Germany Friedrich Ebert Halle Cancelled 17 April 1976 Bern Switzerland Festhalle Bea Bern Expo Rescheduled to Hallenstadion in Zurich 27 April 1976 Oslo Norway Ekeberghallen Cancelled 19 May 1976 Paris France Pavillon de Paris Cancelled Songs EditFrom Hunky Dory Changes Life on Mars Queen Bitch From The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Five Years Suffragette City From Aladdin Sane Panic in Detroit The Jean Genie From Diamond Dogs Diamond Dogs Rebel Rebel From Young Americans Fame Bowie John Lennon Carlos Alomar From Station to Station Station to Station Golden Years Word on a Wing TVC 15 Stay Other songs I m Waiting for the Man originally from The Velvet Underground amp Nico 1967 by The Velvet Underground and Nico written by Lou Reed outtake from various Bowie sessions 1966 72 Sister Midnight from The Idiot by Iggy Pop written by Pop Bowie and Alomar Personnel EditBand Raw Moon David Bowie Vocals saxophone Carlos Alomar Rhythm guitar music director 9 backing vocals Stacy Heydon Lead guitar backing vocals George Murray Bass guitar backing vocals Dennis Davis Drums percussion Tony Kaye Keyboards CrewVern Moose Constan Rob Joyce Band technicians personnel Lonnie McKenzie Leroy Kerr Lester Burton Buddy Prewitt Larry Sizemore Lighting technicians personnel Buford Jones Scott Wadsworth Sound technicians personnelReferences Edit Kevin Cann David Bowie A Chronology Vermilion 1983 ISBN 0 09 153831 9 a b Pegg 2016 p 566 Pimm Jal de la Parra David Bowie The Concert Tapes P J Publishing 1985 ISBN 90 900100 5 X David Buckley Strange Fascination The Definitive Biography of David Bowie Virgin Books 1999 ISBN 1 85227 784 X Christopher Sandford Bowie Loving the Alien Warner Books 1997 ISBN 0 7515 1924 3 When Rochester arrested David Bowie Rochester Democrat amp Chronicle 11 January 2016 Retrieved 23 March 2020 a b Billboard Box Office 20 3 1976 PDF a b c d Billboard Box Office 3 April 1976 PDF Jones Dylan 2017 David Bowie A Life Crown Archetype Sources Edit Pegg Nicholas 2016 The Complete David Bowie Revised and Updated ed London Titan Books ISBN 978 1 78565 365 0 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Isolar 1976 Tour amp oldid 1135688846, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
