I wish someone would phone, Panic in Detroit…
Apart from a couple of songs rarely performed during David Bowie’s A Reality Tour, tonight’s show at The Palace of Auburn Hills, in Detroit, Michigan, was made all the more special for the locals by the inclusion of Panic In Detroit for the first time on this tour… as David pointed out on stage himself.
Here’s a few words from BowieNetter Lindzay, whose wife, BowieNetter Lalalinda, supplied the shot above:
What a show and a wonderful warm and passionate performance. “Heroes” was particularly good. The encore was amazing and full of my personal favorites.
I think it would be an understatement to say that the Detroit audience enjoyed hearing the song Panic in Detroit. Yeah David was on form and still able to kiss a fan’s young child near the end of the show. Eric lifted the young lady up so that David was able give a polite peck on her cheek. David said: “After that I don?t know if she wants to smile or cry.” Now that little girl is going to have a story to tell when she?s older.
Another fan, an older female, attempted to hand David a rose, but somehow the head of the rose came away from the stem… Awwr. But, David saved the moment with a sympathetic smile.
Thanx to Mr and Mrs Crosby for the above. Tonight was another of those epics, with a ten-song encore and the third longest show of the tour so far. Here’s the 32-song setlist anyway, with a picture from BowieNetter Raisin13:
Detroit January 9th 2004
01 Rebel Rebel
02 New Killer Star
03 Reality
04 Panic In Detroit
05 Fashion
06 Hang On To Yourself
07 Fame
08 Cactus
09 All The Young Dudes
10 China Girl
11 The Loneliest Guy
12 The Man Who Sold The World
13 Hallo Spaceboy
14 Sunday
15 Under Pressure
16 Life On Mars?
17 Ashes To Ashes
18 She’ll Drive The Big Car
19 Never Get Old
20 Changes
21 I’m Afraid of Americans
22 “Heroes”
(Encore)
23 Afraid
24 Be My Wife
25 5:15 The Angels Have Gone
26 Fantastic Voyage
27 Breaking Glass
28 Let’s Dance
29 White Light / White Heat
30 Five Years
31 Suffragette City
32 Ziggy Stardust
Thanx again to LaLaLinda, Lindzay and Raisin13, for their contributions. The tour continues on Sunday in Minneapolis.