Isolar – 1976 Tour

The David Bowie Isolar – 1976 Tour was a concert tour in support of the album Station To Station. It opened on 2 February 1976 at the Pacific Coliseum,Vancouver, British Columbia, 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, The Station to Station Tour, and The White Light Tour.

Contents

 [hide] *1 History

• 2 Tour band
• 3 Tour dates
• 4 Songs
• 5 References

History

[1][2]Bowie performs at Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, 26 February 1976.

The performances began with a projected sequence of surrealist images, depicting a razor blade cutting into an eyeball, from the 1928 film Un Chien Andalou, by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. 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 Swinging Pig) label. It would be digitally re-mastered in 2007 and the entire set released on 2 CD's. 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.

Tour band

In March 1976, the band became known as Raw Moon.

• David Bowie - vocals, saxophone
• Stacey Heydon - lead guitar
• Carlos Alomar - rhythm guitar
• George Murray - bass guitar
• Dennis Davis - drums
• Tony Kaye - keyboards, synthesizers

Technicians (Roadies)

• Vern "Moose" Constan – Band Tech
• Rob Joyce – Band Tec
• Buford Jones - Sound Engineer
• Lonnie McKenzie - Lighting Engineer
• Leroy Kerr - Lighting Tech
• Lester Burton - Lighting Tech
• Buddy Prewitt - Lighting Tech
• Larry Sizemore - Lighting Tech
• Scott Wadsworth Sound Tech

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
2 February 1976	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
3 February 1976	Seattle, Washington	United States	Seattle Center Coliseum
4 February 1976	Portland, Oregon		Memorial Coliseum
6 February 1976	Daly City, California		Cow Palace
8 February 1976	Los Angeles, California		The Forum
9 February 1976
11 February 1976
13 February 1976	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
15 February 1976	Phoenix, Arizona		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
16 February 1976	Albuquerque, New Mexico		Tingley Coliseum
17 February 1976	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Sports Arena
20 February 1976	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Milwaukee Arena
21 February 1976	Kalamazoo, Michigan		Wings Stadium
22 February 1976	Evansville, Indiana		Roberts Municipal Stadium
23 February 1976	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverfront Coliseum
25 February 1976	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Montreal Forum
26 February 1976	Toronto, Ontario		Maple Leaf Gardens
27 February 1976	Cleveland, Ohio	United States	Public Auditorium
28 February 1976
29 February 1976	Detroit, Michigan		Cobo Arena
1 March 1976
3 March 1976	Chicago, Illinois		International Amphitheatre
5 March 1976	St. Louis, Missouri		Kiel Auditorium
6 March 1976	Memphis, Tennessee		Mid-South Coliseum
7 March 1976	Nashville, Tennessee		Municipal Auditorium
8 March 1976	Atlanta, Georgia		Omni Coliseum
11 March 1976	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Civic Arena
12 March 1976	Norfolk, Virginia		Norfolk Scope
13 March 1976	Landover, Maryland		Capital Centre
14 March 1976
15 March 1976	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		The Spectrum
16 March 1976
17 March 1976	Boston, Massachusetts		Boston Garden
19 March 1976	Buffalo, New York		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
20 March 1976	Rochester, New York		Rochester Community War Memorial
21 March 1976	Springfield, Massachusetts		Springfield Civic Center
22 March 1976	New Haven, Connecticut		New Haven Coliseum
23 March 1976	Uniondale, New York		Nassau Coliseum
26 March 1976	New York City		Madison Square Garden
Europe
7 April 1976	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle
8 April 1976	Düsseldorf		Philipshalle
10 April 1976	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
11 April 1976	Hamburg		Congress Centrum
12 April 1976
13 April 1976	Frankfurt		Festhalle
14 April 1976	Ludwigshafen
17 April 1976	Bern	Switzerland	(Cancelled) Festhalle
	Zurich		Hallenstadion
24 April 1976	Helsinki	Finland	Messuhalli
26 April 1976	Stockholm	Sweden	Kungliga Tennishallen
27 April 1976
	Oslo	Norway	(Cancelled) Ekebergshallen
28 April 1976	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
29 April 1976	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Salen
30 April 1976
3 May 1976	London	England	Empire Pool
4 May 1976
5 May 1976
6 May 1976
7 May 1976
8 May 1976
11 May 1976	Brussels	Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
13 May 1976	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Sportpaleis Ahoy
14 May 1976
17 May 1976	Paris	France	Pavillon de Paris
18 May 1976
19 May 1976			(Cancelled) Pavillon de Paris

Songs

From 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:

• "Sister Midnight" (from The Idiot by Iggy Pop, written by Pop, Bowie and Alomar)
• "Waiting for the Man" (from The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground and Nico, written by Lou Reed)