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Rehearsal: Madison Square Garden, New York

Joe — Wed, 08 Jan 1997 12:00:40 +0000

David Bowie rehearsed for a concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden on 8 January 1997, his 50th birthday. The show took place the following day. Billed as ‘David Bowie And Friends: A Very Special Concert’, he shared the stage with Foo Fighters, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Pixies’ Frank Black, Sonic Youth, and Lou Reed. The support act was Placebo. Bowie and his band rehearsed eleven songs on this day, not all of which were played at the concert: ‘Dead Man Walking’ ‘Quicksand’ ‘Aladdin Sane’ ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ ‘The Supermen’ ‘Andy Warhol’ ‘Repetition’

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Rehearsal: Madison Square Garden, New York

Joe — Tue, 07 Jan 1997 12:00:29 +0000

David Bowie rehearsed for a concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden on 7 January 1997. The show took place two days later. Billed as ‘David Bowie And Friends: A Very Special Concert’, he shared the stage with Foo Fighters, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan, Pixies’ Frank Black, Sonic Youth, and Lou Reed. The support act was Placebo. My job was to teach all of the guests the songs, or make sure that they knew the songs, or at least make sure they knew what songs they were expected to know when they showed up. So I

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Rehearsal: Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford

Joe — Wed, 13 Sep 1995 11:00:09 +0000

David Bowie and his band rehearsed on 13 September 1995, ahead of the Outside Tour. The three days of rehearsals took place at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, where the tour opened on 14 September. Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Reeves Gabrels. Mike Garson played piano and keyboards, Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, and Zack Alford was on drums. Peter Schwartz played synthesizer, and George Simms was on backing vocals and keyboards.

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Rehearsal: Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford

Joe — Tue, 12 Sep 1995 11:00:04 +0000

David Bowie and his band rehearsed on 12 September 1995, ahead of the Outside Tour. The three days of rehearsals took place at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, where the tour opened on 14 September. Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Reeves Gabrels. Mike Garson played piano and keyboards, Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, and Zack Alford was on drums. Peter Schwartz played synthesizer, and George Simms was on backing vocals and keyboards.

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Rehearsal: Meadows Music Theatre, Hartford

Joe — Mon, 11 Sep 1995 11:00:10 +0000

David Bowie began three days of rehearsals on 11 September 1995, ahead of the Outside Tour. The rehearsals took place at the Meadows Music Theatre in Hartford, Connecticut, where the tour opened on 14 September. Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Reeves Gabrels. Mike Garson played piano and keyboards, Gail Ann Dorsey was on bass guitar, and Zack Alford was on drums. Peter Schwartz played synthesizer, and George Simms was on backing vocals and keyboards.

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Rehearsal: Tin Machine, The Factory, Dublin

Joe — Thu, 15 Aug 1991 11:00:28 +0000

Tin Machine undertook six consecutive days of rehearsals at The Factory in Dublin, Ireland, ahead of their It’s My Life Tour. The rehearsals took place from 10-15 August 1991. This was the final day. There were several press and trade shows and warm-up gigs before the tour fully began on 5 October 1991 in Milan.

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Rehearsal: Tin Machine, The Factory, Dublin

Joe — Wed, 14 Aug 1991 11:00:26 +0000

Tin Machine undertook six consecutive days of rehearsals at The Factory in Dublin, Ireland, ahead of their It’s My Life Tour. The rehearsals took place from 10-15 August 1991. This was the fifth day. There were several press and trade shows and warm-up gigs before the tour fully began on 5 October 1991 in Milan.

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Rehearsal: Tin Machine, The Factory, Dublin

Joe — Tue, 13 Aug 1991 11:00:22 +0000

Tin Machine undertook six consecutive days of rehearsals at The Factory in Dublin, Ireland, ahead of their It’s My Life Tour. The rehearsals took place from 10-15 August 1991. This was the fourth day. There were several press and trade shows and warm-up gigs before the tour fully began on 5 October 1991 in Milan.

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Rehearsal: Tin Machine, The Factory, Dublin

Joe — Mon, 12 Aug 1991 11:00:19 +0000

Tin Machine undertook six consecutive days of rehearsals at The Factory in Dublin, Ireland, ahead of their It’s My Life Tour. The rehearsals took place from 10-15 August 1991. This was the third day. There were several press and trade shows and warm-up gigs before the tour fully began on 5 October 1991 in Milan.

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Rehearsal: Tin Machine, The Factory, Dublin

Joe — Sun, 11 Aug 1991 11:00:15 +0000

Tin Machine undertook six consecutive days of rehearsals at The Factory in Dublin, Ireland, ahead of their It’s My Life Tour. The rehearsals took place from 10-15 August 1991. This was the second day. There were several press and trade shows and warm-up gigs before the tour fully began on 5 October 1991 in Milan.

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