A Reality Tour was a worldwide

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by the English singer-songwriter

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in support of his 2003 album ''

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''. The tour began on 7 October 2003 at the

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, Denmark, continuing through Europe, North America, Asia, including a return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since the 1987 Glass Spider Tour. At over 110 shows, the tour was the longest tour of Bowie's career. A heart attack in late June 2004 forced the cancellation of some dates near the end of the tour. Bowie retired from performing live in 2006, making this tour his last. The tour grossed US$46 million, making it the ninth-highest-grossing tour of 2004.

Background

Bowie announced the tour in June 2003, intending to play to over a million people across 17 countries, and was billed as his first major tour since the

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of 1995. Rehearsals for the tour begin in July, with the band from his previous Heathen Tour mostly unchanged; Mark Plati had other work booked, so guitarist Gerry Leonard was made the new bandleader. The band played a warm-up gig on 19 August in New York to an audience of about 500 people at The Chance theater. Starting in September, Bowie appeared on national radio and TV shows in Germany and France before doing a "live and interactive music event" staged in London on 8 September, one of the first live streams of a rock concert, and the first to be broadcast in 5.1 sound. This show was beamed live to audiences around the world, although some countries (such as the Japan and Australia) didn't broadcast the show until the following day, and some countries (like the US) did not broadcast the show until a week later. Some theaters report not receiving the center channel of audio of the show, meaning that some audiences didn't hear Bowie's singing as part of the broadcast (strictly an issue at the theaters' end, according to

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, who was responsible for the mix). Bowie continued publicity for the album and tour, playing songs on shows such as ''

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'' on

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, '' The Today Show'', ''

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'', and '' The Late Show with David Letterman''. Tracks performed during these shows included " New Killer Star", " Modern Love", "Never Get Old", and " Hang On to Yourself". Finally, in late September, Bowie and the band played songs for AOL Online, performing "New Killer Star", "

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", " Rebel Rebel", "Days" and " Fall Dog Bombs the Moon", all of which were streamed to AOL customers over the next few months. By the end of September, Bowie and band were in Brussels for final rehearsals.

Tour design

The tour itself was described by Bowie biographer

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as "in some respects ..even more theatrical" than the " Sound+Vision Tour", one of Bowie's more theatrical undertakings. The stage included a giant LED screen with a raised catwalk, multiple platforms pushing out into the audience, staircases and "huge, bleached white tree branches" that dangled "gracefully from either side of the stage". Bowie himself helped design the stage alongside designer Therese Depreze, lighting designer Tom Kenny and visual director Laura Frank.

Repertoire

The set list included tracks spanning Bowie's 30 plus years in the music business, from '' The Man Who Sold the World'' (1970) all the way to ''

'' (2003), along with collaborations such as "Sister Midnight" (originally from ''

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'' (1977) by

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) and "

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" (released as a single (1981) by Bowie and

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later found on ''

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'' released the following year), and snippets and teasers of Bowie classics such as " Space Oddity" and " Golden Years". The band had rehearsed around 60 songs for the tour, and the large repertoire of available songs allowed them to change the setlist from night to night, sometimes making up the setlist on the fly, a departure from some of Bowie's previous and heavily choreographed tours like the Serious Moonlight Tour of 1983, the Glass Spider Tour of 1987, and the Sound+Vision Tour of 1990. Bowie and his band played over two hours every night of the tour, playing more than 30 songs at some venues. One song that was rehearsed but not performed is "Win" from his 1974 album '' Young Americans''; it never made it further than the occasional soundcheck for the tour.

Reception

The 24 January 2004 show in Vancouver, Canada was reviewed positively, with the reviewer saying that "with Bowie's near-flawless vocals, brilliant band, and smartly executed show, you wind up with one of the finest old-school rock gigs the Canucks’ home rink has ever hosted." The review of the next show in Seattle on 25 January 2004 was similarly positive, saying Bowie, "still every inch a superstar ... still oozes charm and sex appeal" and called the setlist a "celebration of his whole body of work." In Las Vegas's '' The Joint'' at the (now former) Hard Rock Hotel, a review of the 6 February 2004 show there described Bowie as he "laughed and joked around between songs" to a crowd "dancing ... in the aisles" in an overall positive review.

Tour incidents

On 6 May 2004, a performance at the James L. Knight Center,

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was cancelled after lighting technician Walter "Wally Gator" Thomas fell to his death prior to Bowie going onstage. At the show in

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on 18 June 2004, Bowie was struck in the left eye with a lollipop thrown by an audience member.

Heart attack

On 23 June, while on stage in Prague for the tour, Bowie had a heart attack (misdiagnosed at the time as a pinched nerve), which required him to leave the stage (and finally end the show early) to receive medical attention. The tour was officially curtailed after the

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performance in Scheeßel, Germany on 25 June 2004, as a result of continued discomfort. On 30 June, the tour was officially cancelled after Bowie was diagnosed with an acutely blocked artery that required an

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procedure (performed on 26 June).

Live recordings

A DVD video of the Point Theatre,

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performances of 2003 was released as '' A Reality Tour'' in 2004. A CD of the same performances was released as '' A Reality Tour'' in 2010.

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the concert at the

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of Singapore, on 4 March 2004. It does not represent all concerts through the tour. # " Rebel Rebel" # " New Killer Star" # " Fame" # "

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" # " All the Young Dudes # " China Girl" # "Battle For Britain (The Letter)" # " The Loneliest Guy" # " The Man Who Sold the World" # "Afraid" # "Sunday" # "Heathen (The Rays)" # "

" # " Life on Mars?" # "Looking for Water" # "

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" # "Days" # Ashes to Ashes" # "

" # " "Heroes"" ;Encore #

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" # " Five Years" # " Suffragette City" # " Ziggy Stardust"

Tour dates

*On 19 August 2003 Bowie performed a one-off show in Poughkeepsie, New York at The Chance, as a warm up show. *On 8 September 2003 Bowie performed a show at the

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in London, and the live performance was beamed via satellite to cinemas and theatres across Europe and, due to time delay, the following day across Asia, Australia, North and South America. ;Notes ;Cancellations and rescheduled shows

Tour band

*David Bowie – vocals, guitars,

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– guitar * Gerry Leonard – guitar, backing vocals,

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* Gail Ann Dorsey – bass guitar, vocals *

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– drums * Mike Garson – keyboards, piano * Catherine Russell – keyboards, percussion, guitar, backing vocals

Songs

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) for the live album From '' The Man Who Sold the World'' * " The Man Who Sold the World" ^DVD/CD * " The Supermen" From '' Hunky Dory'' * "

" ^DVD/CD * " Life on Mars?" ^DVD/CD * "

" * " The Bewlay Brothers" * " Queen Bitch" From '' The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars'' * " Five Years" ^DVD/CD * " Starman" * " Hang On to Yourself" ^DVD/CD * " Ziggy Stardust" ^DVD/CD * " Suffragette City" From '' Aladdin Sane'' * "

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" * " The Jean Genie" From '' Diamond Dogs'' * " Diamond Dogs" * " Rebel Rebel" ^DVD/CD From '' Young Americans'' * " Fame" ^DVD/CD (Bowie,

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) From ''

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'' * "

" From '' Low'' * " Breaking Glass" ^CD (Bowie, Dennis Davis, George Murray) * "

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" * " Always Crashing in the Same Car" * " Be My Wife" ^DVD/CD * " A New Career in a New Town" From '' "Heroes"'' * " "Heroes"" ^DVD/CD (Bowie,

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) From '' Lodger'' * "

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" ^DVD/CD (Bowie, Eno) From '' Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)'' * " Ashes to Ashes" ^DVD/CD * "

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" From '' Let's Dance'' * "Modern Love" * "China Girl" ^CD written by Iggy Pop and Bowie) * "Let's Dance" From ''

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'' * "Loving the Alien" ^DVD/CD * "Blue Jean" From ''

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'' * " Hallo Spaceboy" ^DVD/CD (Bowie, Eno) * "The Motel" (Bowie, Eno) ^DVD/CD From '' Earthling'' * "Battle for Britain (The Letter)" ^DVD/CD (Bowie,

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, Mark Plati) * "

" ^DVD/CD (Bowie, Eno) From '' Heathen'' * "Sunday" ^DVD/CD * "

" ^DVD/CD (written by

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) * "Slip Away" ^DVD/CD * "Afraid" ^DVD/CD * " I've Been Waiting for You" (originally from ''

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'' (1968) by

; written by Young) * "5:15 the Angels Have Gone" ^iTunes * "Heathen (The Rays)" ^DVD/CD From ''

'' * " New Killer Star" ^DVD/CD * "

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" (written by Jonathan Richman) * "Never Get Old" ^DVD/CD * " The Loneliest Guy" ^DVD/CD * "Looking for Water" * "She'll Drive the Big Car" * "Days" ^iTunes * " Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" ^CD * " Try Some, Buy Some" (written by

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) * "Reality" ^DVD/CD * " Bring Me the Disco King" ^DVD/CD (originally written and recorded for ''Black Tie White Noise'' (1993) and recorded once again for ''Earthling'' (1997)) Other songs: * " A Hard Day's Night" ^Snippet (from '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) by

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; written by Lennon and

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) * " All the Young Dudes" ^DVD/CD (from '' All the Young Dudes'' (1972) by Mott the Hoople; written by Bowie) * " Bang a Gong (Get It On)" ^Snippet (from ''

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'' (1971) by T.Rex; written by

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) * " Do You Know the Way to San José" ^Snippet (from '' Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls'' (1968) by

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; written by

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and

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) * " Here Comes the Sun" ^Snippet (from ''

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'' (1969) by The Beatles; written by Harrison) * "It Can't Happen Here" (from '' Freak Out!'' ^Snippet (1966) by

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; written by

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) * " Liza Jane" (Bowie's first ever single, released under the name "Davie Jones and the King Bees" in 1964; written by Leslie Conn) * " Puppet on a String" ^Snippet (a single released for the 1967

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by its winner Sandie Shaw; written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter) * " Rumble" ^Snippet (a single released in 1958 by Link Wray & His Ray Men; written by Milt Grant and Link Wray) * "Sister Midnight" ^DVD/CD (from ''

'' by Iggy Pop, written by Pop, Bowie and Alomar) * " Song 2" ^Snippet (from '' Blur'' (1997) by Blur; written by

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, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree) * " Summertime" ^Snippet (from the opera ''

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'' (1935); written by

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, Dorothy Heyward and

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) * "Under Pressure" ^DVD/CD (a single released in 1981 by Bowie and Queen later found on ''Hot Space'' released the following year; written by Bowie, John Deacon,

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, Roger Taylor) * " White Light/White Heat" (from '' White Light/White Heat'' (1968) by

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; written by

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) * "Y.M.C.A." ^Snippet (from '' Cruisin''' by

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, written by Henri Belolo, Jacques Morali and Victor Willis)

Notes

References

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