Ziggy Stardust Tour

Ziggy Stardust Tour
Bowie during the Ziggy Stardust Tour.
Tour by David Bowie
Associated album	The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars & Aladdin Sane
Start date	29 January 1972
End date	3 July 1973
Legs	6
Shows	182
David Bowie concert chronology
– Ziggy Stardust Tour (1972–73) Diamond Dogs Tour (1974)

The Ziggy Stardust Tour was a concert tour by David Bowie in United Kingdom, North America, and Japan in 1972–73, to promote the studio albums The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars and Aladdin Sane.

The band

• David Bowie – vocals, guitar, harmonica
• Mick Ronson – guitar, vocals
• Trevor Bolder – bass
• Mick "Woody" Woodmansey – drums
• Matthew Fisher – piano (20 Apr 1972 – 27 May 1972)
• Robin Lumley – piano (2 Jun 1972 – 15 Jul 1972)
• Nicky Graham – piano (1 Aug 1972 – 7 Sep 1972)
• Mike Garson – piano, mellotron, organ (22 September 1972 – end of tour)
• John Hutchinson – rhythm guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar (8 Apr 1973 – 20 Apr 1973)
• Aynsley Dunbar – additional drums (8 Apr 1973 – 20 Apr 1973)
• Geoffrey A. MacCormack – backing vocals, percussion (19 January 1973 – end of tour)
• Ken Fordham – saxophone (19 January 1973 – end of tour)
• Brian Wilshaw – saxophone, flute (19 January 1973 – end of tour)

The crew

• Sound – Ground Control – Front of House Engineer – Robin Mayhew, Stage hands – Will Palin – Mick Hince
• Lights – 1972 Heavy Light – Nigel Olif and crew, 1973 See Factor Industries NY Bob See, Steve Hurston – Mick Fussey
• Stage Equipment – Peter Hunsley
• Wardrobe/ Makeup and hair – Suzi Fussey

Tour dates

• ^Note 1 See Aladdin Sane 30th Anniversary 2CD Edition
• ^Note 2 See Aladdin Sane 30th Anniversary 2CD Edition and Live Santa Monica '72
• ^Note 3 See Aladdin Sane 30th Anniversary 2CD Edition)
• ^Note 4 See Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars: The Motion Picture – 30th Anniversary 2CD Special Edition)

1972 tour dates Source: BowieWonderWorld.com

1973 tour dates Source: BowieWonderWorld.com

The songs

From David Bowie

• "Space Oddity"
• "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud"
• "Memory of a Free Festival"

From The Man Who Sold the World

• "The Width of a Circle"
• "The Supermen"

From Hunky Dory

• "Changes"
• "Oh! You Pretty Things"
• "Life on Mars?"
• "Quicksand"
• "Andy Warhol"
• "Song for Bob Dylan"
• "Queen Bitch"

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

• "Five Years"
• "Soul Love" (14 February 1973 and 15 February 1973 only)
• "Moonage Daydream"
• "Starman"
• "Lady Stardust"
• "Hang On to Yourself"
• "Ziggy Stardust"
• "Suffragette City"
• "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide"

From Aladdin Sane

• "Watch That Man"
• "Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"
• "Drive-In Saturday"
• "Panic in Detroit"
• "Cracked Actor"
• "Time"
• "The Prettiest Star"
• "Let's Spend the Night Together" (originally released as a non-album single in the UK and later found on Between the Buttons (U.S. Version) (both in 1967) by The Rolling Stones; written by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards)
• "The Jean Genie"

From Pin Ups

• "I Can't Explain" (a non-album single released by The Who in 1965; written by Pete Townshend)

Other songs

• "All the Young Dudes" (from All the Young Dudes (1972) by Mott the Hoople; written by Bowie)
• "Amsterdam" (the B-side of the "Sorrow" single (1973); originally from Enregistrement Public à l'Olympia 1964 (1967) by Jacques Brel, written by Brel & Mort Shuman)
• "I Feel Free" (from Fresh Cream (1966) by Cream, written by Pete Brown & Jack Bruce)
• "John, I'm Only Dancing" (a non-album single released in 1972; the sax version was released the following year; written by Bowie)
• "Love Me Do" (included as a part of "The Jean Genie") (from Please Please Me (1963) by The Beatles; written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
• "Death" (from La Valse à Mille Temps (1959) by Jacques Brel, written by Brel & Shuman)
• "Around and Around" (B-side of "Johnny B. Goode single (1958) by Chuck Berry)
• "Sweet Jane" (from Loaded (1970) by The Velvet Underground; written by Lou Reed)
• "This Boy" (the B-side of the "I Want to Hold Your Hand" single (1963) by The Beatles, written by Lennon & McCartney)
• "I'm Waiting for the Man" (from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) by The Velvet Underground and Nico, written by Reed)
• "White Light/White Heat" (from White Light/White Heat (1968) by The Velvet Underground, written by Reed)