Outside Tour

Outside Tour
Tour by David Bowie
Associated album	1. Outside
Start date	14 September 1995
End date	20 February 1996
Legs	2
Shows	68
David Bowie tour chronology
Sound and Vision Tour (1990) Outside Tour (1995-96) Outside Summer Festivals Tour (1996)
Tin Machine tour chronology It's My Life Tour (1991-92)

The Outside Tour, with David Bowie and Nine Inch Nails co-headlining, opened on 14 September 1995 at Meadows Music Theatre - Hartford, CT with Prick as support band. On selected dates Reeves Gabrels performed songs from his album, The Sacred Squall of Now in addition to performing with Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie. The opening of the concert tour preceded the release of the 1. Outside album which was released on 25 September 1995.

Performance notes

As Nine Inch Nails reached the conclusion of their performance, and as the stage-crew commenced working behind a large backdrop preparing for Bowie's performance, the band continued with David Bowie performing "Subterraneans", "Hallo Spaceboy" and "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)", followed by two Nine Inch Nails songs "Reptile" and "Hurt" after which Bowie continued with his own set.^[1]

Trent Reznor has gone on record numerous times as being heavily influenced by David Bowie^[1], and further collaborated with Bowie by remixing "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" and later on 1997's "I'm Afraid of Americans" single. When asked in 1995 if his album Outside was influenced by Nine Inch Nails, Bowie answered, "the band that I was actually quite taken with was three guys from Switzerland call The Young Gods ... I’d been aware of them previous to knowing about Nine Inch Nails."^[2]

Early in the tour, the "almost 100% Nails audience" provided a challenge to Bowie, who said "In those first weeks, we had to adjust emotionally to the fact that we were going to be challenged every night to get in sync with what people were coming to the show for. But then you start to recognize that if you're going to continue, you'd better enjoy what you're doing. The more we did that, the more it communicated to the audience. That's how it went from survival to being a good tour."^[3]

Other opening acts

For the European leg of the tour, Morrissey was enlisted to provide support until his disappearance before the Aberdeen Exhibition Centre performance on 29 November 1995.^[4] The support slot was filled on later dates by The Gyres, Echobelly, Placebo and a variety of local bands.

Live recordings

The 13 December 1995 performance at the National Exhibition Centre (Hall 5) - Birmingham, England, billed as the Big Twix Mix Show with Alanis Morissette and the Lightning Seeds supporting was filmed by BBC TV with excerpts broadcast at a later date.

Tour band

• David Bowie - vocals
• Reeves Gabrels - guitar
• Carlos Alomar - guitar
• Gail Ann Dorsey - bass guitar, vocals
• Zachary Alford - drums
• Mike Garson - piano
• Peter Schwartz - synthesizer, musical director
• George Simms - backing vocals, keyboards

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
14 September 1995	Hartford, Connecticut	United States	Meadows Music Theatre
16 September 1995	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Great Woods Arts Center
17 September 1995	Hershey, Pennsylvania		Hersheypark Stadium
20 September 1995	Toronto, Ontario	Canada	Skydome
22 September 1995	Camden, New Jersey	United States	Blockbuster Center
23 September 1995	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania		Star Lake Amphitheater
27 September 1995	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Meadowlands Arena
28 September 1995
30 September 1995	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio		Blossom Music Center
1 October 1995	Tinley Park, Illinois		New World Music Theatre
3 October 1995	Auburn Hills, Michigan		The Palace of Auburn Hills
4 October 1995	Columbus, Ohio		Polaris Amphitheater
6 October 1995	Bristow, Virginia		Nissan Pavilion
7 October 1995	Raleigh, North Carolina		Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
9 October 1995	Atlanta, Georgia		Lakewood Amphitheatre
11 October 1995	Maryland Heights, Missouri		Riverport Amphitheatre
13 October 1995	Dallas, Texas		Starplex Amphitheatre
14 October 1995	Austin, Texas		South Park Meadows
16 October 1995	Denver, Colorado		McNichols Sports Arena
18 October 1995	Phoenix, Arizona		Desert Sky Pavilion
19 October 1995	Las Vegas, Nevada		Thomas & Mack Center
21 October 1995	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre
24 October 1995	Tacoma, Washington		Tacoma Dome
25 October 1995	Portland, Oregon		The Rose Garden
28 October 1995	Inglewood, California		Great Western Forum
29 October 1995
31 October 1995	Hollywood, California		Hollywood Palladium
Europe
14 November 1995	London	England	Wembley Arena
15 November 1995
17 November 1995
18 November 1995
20 November 1995	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
21 November 1995
24 November 1995	Belfast	Northern Ireland	(Re-scheduled) King's Hall
	Dublin	Ireland	Point Depot
26 November 1995	Exeter	England	Westpoint Arena
27 November 1995	Cardiff	Wales	Cardiff International Arena
29 November 1995	Aberdeen	Scotland	Exhibition Centre
30 November 1995	Glasgow		Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
3 December 1995	Sheffield	England	Sheffield Arena
4 December 1995			(Cancelled) Sheffield Arena
5 December 1995	Belfast	Northern Ireland	King's Hall
6 December 1995	Manchester	England	(Re-scheduled) NYNEX Arena
7 December 1995	Newcastle upon Tyne		Newcastle Arena
8 December 1995	Manchester		NYNEX Arena
13 December 1995	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre (Hall 5) (Big Twix Mix Show)
17 January 1996	Helsinki	Finland	Helsinki Ice Hall
19 January 1996	Stockholm	Sweden	Globe Arena
20 January 1996	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
22 January 1996	Oslo	Norway	Spektrum
24 January 1996	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valby-Hallen
25 January 1996	Hamburg	Germany	Sporthalle
27 January 1996	Brussels	Belgium	Vorst Forest Nationaal
28 January 1996	Utrecht	Netherlands	Prins Van Oranjehall
30 January 1996	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhalle
31 January 1996	Frankfurt		Festhalle
1 February 1996	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
3 February 1996	Prague	Czech Republic	Sportovni Hala
4 February 1996	Vienna	Austria	Stadthalle
6 February 1996	Ljubljana	Slovenia	Hala Tivoli
8 February 1996	Milan	Italy	Palatrussardi
9 February 1996	Bologna		Palasport
11 February 1996	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
13 February 1996	Geneva	Switzerland	Arena
14 February 1996	Zurich		Hallenstadion
16 February 1996	Amnéville	France	Le Galaxie
17 February 1996	Lille		Le Zénith
18 February 1996	Rennes		Salle Expos-Aeroport
20 February 1996	Paris		Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Songs

From The Man Who Sold the World

• "The Man Who Sold the World"

From Hunky Dory

• "Andy Warhol"

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

• "Moonage Daydream"

From Diamond Dogs

• "Diamond Dogs"

From Low

• "Breaking Glass" (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray)
• "What in the World"
• "Subterraneans"

From "Heroes"

• "Joe the Lion"

From Lodger

• "DJ" (Bowie, Brian Eno, Carlos Alomar)
• "Look Back in Anger" (Bowie, Eno)
• "Boys Keep Swinging" (Bowie, Eno)

From Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

• "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)"
• "Teenage Wildlife"

From Black Tie White Noise

• "Jump They Say"
• "Nite Flights" (originally from Nite Flights by The Walker Brothers, written by Noel Scott Engel)

From Outside

• "Outside" (Bowie, Kevin Armstrong)
• "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" (Bowie, Eno, Reeves Gabrels, Mike Garson, Erdal Kizilcay, Sterling Campbell)
• "A Small Plot of Land" (Bowie, Eno, Gabrels, Garson, Kizilcay)
• "Hallo Spaceboy" (Bowie, Eno)
• "The Motel" (Bowie, Eno)
• "I Have Not Been to Oxford Town" (Bowie, Eno)
• "The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty)" (Bowie, Eno, Gabrels)
• "We Prick You" (Bowie, Eno)
• "I'm Deranged" (Bowie, Eno)
• "Thru' These Architect's Eyes" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "Strangers When We Meet"

Other songs:

• "Hurt" (from The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails, written by Trent Reznor)
• "My Death" (from La Valse à Mille Temps by Jacques Brel, written by Brel & Shuman)
• "Reptile" (from The Downward Spiral by Nine Inch Nails, written by Reznor)
• "Under Pressure" (a single by Bowie and Queen from the Queen's Hot Space, written by Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor)
• "White Light/White Heat" (from White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground, written by Lou Reed)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Weisel, Al (2 November 1995), "Performance: Nine Inch Nails / David Bowie", Rolling Stone magazine (720): 28 
2. ^ Newquist, HP (January 1996). "No Longer A Lad Insane". Guitar. http://guitarinternational.com/wpmu/2010/08/23/david-bowie-no-longer-a-lad-insane/. 
3. ^ "David Bowie Interview" by David Sprague, Pulse magazine, February 1997, pp 34-37 & 72-73
4. ^ Nicholas Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0

References

• David Buckley, Strange Fascination: The Definitive Biography of David Bowie, Virgin Books, 1999, ISBN 1-85227-784-X