It's My Life Tour

Tour by Tin Machine

"It's My Life" Promotional Band Image
From L to R: David Bowie, Hunt Sales, Reeves Gabrels, Tony Sales

Associated album

Tin Machine II

Start date

5 October 1991

End date

17 February 1992

Legs

No. of shows

Tin Machine concert chronology

David Bowie tour chronology
Sound+Vision Tour (1990)		Outside Tour (1995-96)

The Tin Machine It's My Life Tour opened on 5 October 1991 after two warm-up shows, one press show and three trade-industry shows. The concert tour itinerary took in twelve countries and sixty-nine performances, a larger outing than the low-key Tin Machine Tour of 1989. The band purposefully booked intimate venues of a few thousand seats or less so that they could focus on the music without any theatrical trappings, a stark change from Bowie's previous Glass Spider and Sound+Vision tours.^[1] Bowie also wanted to avoid playing larger venues and arenas lest his fans show up "hoping I'd be doing old songs or something. We don't want that feeling at all."^[2]

Tour details

The band rehearsed and warmed up for the tour in Dublin in August 1991.^[3] Joined onstage by guitarist Eric Schermerhorn,^[4] Tin Machine presented songs from the Tin Machine album and the Tin Machine II album, augmented with cover versions of songs from the Pixies, Neil Young and The Moody Blues.

To start the show at some venues, an old TV was placed on stage, playing old sitcoms while the prelude to Wagner's Tristan and Isolde played over loudspeakers.^[4]

Bowie claimed that the setlist for the tour was made on the fly each night:

We have no setlist whatsoever. We have a complete list of all our songs on the floor of the stage and we yell it out as we feel it. If you catch us on a bad night, it can be one of the most disastrous shows you've ever seen. But on a good night - and fortunately with this band most nights have been good nights - it really happens.^[5]

Live recordings

The Hamburg Docks performance on 24 October 1991, was filmed and later released on the video, Oy Vey, Baby: Tin Machine Live at the Docks, with the song Baby Can Dance from the same performance appearing on the compilation album Best of Grunge Rock. The Boston, Chicago, New York City, Sapporo and Tokyo performances were recorded with selected songs released on the July 1992 album Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby.

Contemporary reviews

The review of the performance at the trade show at Slim's in San Francisco was not kind: "It's hard to imagine people walking out on a David Bowie show at Slim's, but all you had to do was look around the room Thursday at the end of the appearance by Tin Machine. ... Bowie and his associates gave a more than hour-long display of his latest incarnation, and the music turned out to be nearly unlistenable."^[6]

The show in Seattle, Washington was met with positive reviews: "Let it first be said that on every level, Tin Machine is an outstanding band. ... [they] may well represent the next evolutionary step in rock and roll - or just another blind alley. In any event, it is powerful stuff."^[4] During the show Bowie played alto and baritone sax and electric, acoustic and 12-string guitar.^[4]

The Los Angeles Times had a positive review of the first New York show, complimenting the band on their desire to tinker with songs' arrangements and appreciating Bowie's "theatrical gift" for performing.^[7]

Tour band

David Bowie - vocals, guitar, alto & tenor saxophone
Reeves Gabrels - lead guitar, vocals
Tony Sales - bass guitar, vocals
Hunt Sales - drums, vocals
Eric Schermerhorn - rhythm guitar, vocals

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Tour rehearsals
10 August 1991	Dublin	Ireland	Factory Studios
11 August 1991
12 August 1991
13 August 1991
14 August 1991
15 August 1991
Warm up shows
16 August 1991	Dublin	Ireland	The Baggot Inn
19 August 1991	Dublin	Ireland	The Waterfront
Press show
1 September 1991	Los Angeles, California	United States	Rockit Cargo @ LAX Airport
Trade shows
7 September 1991	Minneapolis, Minnesota	United States	Marriott
10 September 1991	Los Angeles, California		Marriott
12 September 1991	San Francisco, California		Slim's
Europe
5 October 1991	Milan	Italy	Teatro Smeraldo
6 October 1991	Milan		Teatro Smeraldo
8 October 1991	Florence		Palazzetto Dello Sport
9 October 1991	Rome		Teatro Brancaccio
10 October 1991	Rome		Teatro Brancaccio
12 October 1991	Munich	Germany	Circus Krone
14 October 1991	Offenbach		Stadthalle
15 October 1991	Stuttgart		Forum
17 October 1991	Berlin		Neue Welt
19 October 1991	Copenhagen	Denmark	Falkoner Teatret
21 October 1991	Stockholm	Sweden	Circus
22 October 1991	Oslo	Norway	Oslo Konserthus
24 October 1991	Hamburg	Germany	Docks
25 October 1991	Hanover		Music Hall
26 October 1991	Cologne		E-Werk
28 October 1991	Utrecht	Netherlands	Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
29 October 1991	Paris	France	Olympia
30 October 1991	Paris	France	Le Zénith
31 October 1991	Brussels	Belgium	Ancienne Belgique
2 November 1991	Wolverhampton	England	Civic Hall
3 November 1991	Manchester		International 2
5 November 1991	Newcastle upon Tyne		Mayfair
6 November 1991	Liverpool		Royal Court
7 November 1991	Glasgow	Scotland	Barrowlands
9 November 1991	Cambridge	England	Corn Exchange
10 November 1991	Brixton		Brixton Academy
11 November 1991	Brixton		Brixton Academy
North America
15 November 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	United States	Tower Theater
16 November 1991	Washington, D.C.		The Citadel
17 November 1991	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Tower Theater
19 November 1991	New Haven, Connecticut		Toad's Place
20 November 1991	Boston, Massachusetts		Orpheum Theater
24 November 1991	Providence, Rhode Island		New Campus Club
25 November 1991	New Britain, Connecticut		The Sting
27 November 1991	New York City		The Academy
29 November 1991	New York City		The Academy
1 December 1991	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	La Brique
2 December 1991	Montreal, Quebec		La Brique
3 December 1991	Toronto, Ontario		The Concert Hall
4 December 1991	Detroit, Michigan	United States	Clubland
6 December 1991	Cleveland, Ohio		Agora Metropolitan
7 December 1991	Chicago, Illinois		Riviera Theatre
9 December 1991	Dallas, Texas		Bronco Bowl
10 December 1991	Houston, Texas		Back Alley
12 December 1991	Hollywood, California		Hollywood Palladium
14 December 1991	San Diego, California		Spreckels Theater
15 December 1991	San Diego, California		Spreckels Theater
17 December 1991	San Francisco, California		The Warfield
18 December 1991	San Francisco, California		The Warfield
20 December 1991	Seattle, Washington		Paramount Theatre
21 December 1991	Vancouver, British Columbia	Canada	Commodore Ballroom
Asia
29 January 1992	Kyoto	Japan	Kaikan Dai Ichi Hall
30 January 1992	Osaka		Festival Hall
31 January 1992	Osaka		Festival Hall
2 February 1992	Fukuoka		Kyusyu Kouseinenkin Kaikan
3 February 1992	Hiroshima		Kouseinenkin Kaikan
5 February 1992	Tokyo		NHK Hall
6 February 1992	Tokyo		NHK Hall
7 February 1992	Yokohama		Bunka Taiikukan
10 February 1992	Sapporo		Kouseinenkin Kaikan
11 February 1992	Sapporo		Kouseinenkin Kaikan
13 February 1992	Sendai		Sunplaza Hall
14 February 1992	Omiya		Soniku City Hall
17 February 1992	Tokyo		Budokan Hall

Songs

Notation:

^CD Included on the Oy Vey, Baby album
^VHS/LD Included on the Oy Vey, Baby video album
^CD/VHS/LD Included on both versions of the Oy Vey, Baby album

From Live Santa Monica '72

"My Death" (originally from La Valse à Mille Temps (1959) by Jacques Brel; written by Brel & Mort Shuman)
"I'm Waiting for the Man" (originally from The Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) by The Velvet Underground and Nico, written by Lou Reed; outtake from various Bowie sessions 1966-72)

From Tin Machine

"Heaven's in Here" ^CD/VHS/LD
"Tin Machine" (Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales)
"Crack City" ^VHS/LD
"I Can't Read" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^CD/VHS/LD
"Under the God" ^CD/VHS/LD
"Amazing" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^CD
"Bus Stop" (Country version) (Bowie, Gabrels) ^VHS/LD
"Pretty Thing"
"Sacrifice Yourself" (Bowie, H. Sales, T. Sales) ^VHS/LD
"Baby Can Dance"

From Tin Machine II

"Baby Universal" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^VHS/LD
"One Shot" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^VHS/LD
"You Belong in Rock 'n' Roll" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^CD/VHS/LD
"If There Is Something" (originally from Roxy Music (1972) by Roxy Music; written by Bryan Ferry) ^CD/VHS/LD
"Amlapura" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^VHS/LD
"Betty Wrong" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^VHS/LD
"You Can't Talk" (Bowie, Gabrels) ^VHS/LD
"Stateside" (Bowie, H. Sales) ^CD/VHS/LD
"Shopping for Girls" (Bowie, Gabrels)
"A Big Hurt"
"Sorry" (H. Sales)
"Goodbye Mr. Ed" (Bowie, H. Sales, T. Sales) ^CD/VHS/LD

From Black Tie White Noise

"I Feel Free" (originally from Fresh Cream (1966) by Cream; written by Pete Brown & Jack Bruce)

From Heathen

"I've Been Waiting for You" (originally from Neil Young (1968) by Neil Young; written by Young) ^VHS/LD

Other songs:

"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (1963) by Bob Dylan; written by Dylan)
"April in Paris" (from the Broadway musical Walk A Little Faster (1932); written by Vernon Duke and E. Y. Harburg)
"Baby, Please Don't Go" (a single (1935) by Big Joe Williams)
"Debaser" (from Doolittle (1989) by the Pixies; written by Black Francis)
"Don't Start Me Talkin'" (a single (1955) by Sonny Boy Williamson II)
"Dream On Little Dreamer" (from The Scene Changes (1965) by Perry Como; written by Jan Crutchfield and Fred Burch)
"Fever" (a single (1956) by Little Willie John; written by Eddie Cooley and John Davenport (a.k.a. Otis Blackwell))
"Go Now" (a single in 1964 by Bessie Banks and later made famous by The Moody Blues the following year; written by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett) ^VHS/LD
"I'm a King Bee" (a single (1957) by Slim Harpo; written by Harpo)
"In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (from For Your Pleasure (1973) by Roxy Music; written by Ferry)
"Shakin' All Over" (originally a single (1960) by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates; written by Johnny Kidd; B-side to "You Belong in Rock n' Roll")
"Somewhere" (from the musical West Side Story (1957); written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim)
"Throwaway" (from Primitive Cool (1987) by Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones, written by Jagger)
"Wild Thing" (by The Wild Ones (1965) and made famous by The Troggs; written by Chip Taylor)
"(You Caught Me) Smilin'" (from There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) by Sly & the Family Stone; written by Sylvester Stewart)
"You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (from the Hard to Get soundtrack (1938) by Dick Powell; written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer)

References

↑ "David Bowie Music Interview" by George Varga for The Star Entertainment Weekly, 1–7 January 1992, pp 2 & 10
↑ di Perna, Alan (1991), "Ballad of the Tin Men", Creem, 2 (1): 50–59
↑ Murray, Charles Shaar (October 1991), "And the Singer's Called Dave...", Q magazine, no. 61, pp. 56–64
1 2 3 4 "Bowie, Tin Machine offer what may be rock's new frontier" by Cary Smith, Journal-American, December 1991
↑ "Beaming Bowie excited about current direction of his life, music" by Patrick MacDonald, The Seattle Times, 20 December 1991
↑ "Bowie's Band Unimpressive at Slim's" by Joel Selvin, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 September 1991, C4
↑ Pareles, Jon (30 November 1991), "Review/Rock; For Bowie, One More Change of Pace", Los Angeles Times, retrieved 29 October 2013

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David Bowie

Discography Songs Awards and nominations Filmography Tours

Studio albums	David Bowie (1967) David Bowie (1969) The Man Who Sold the World Hunky Dory The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Aladdin Sane Pin Ups Diamond Dogs Young Americans Station to Station Low "Heroes" Lodger Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) Let's Dance Tonight Never Let Me Down Tin Machine (with Tin Machine) Tin Machine II (with Tin Machine) Black Tie White Noise Outside Earthling Hours Heathen Reality The Next Day Blackstar

Live albums	David Live Stage Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby (with Tin Machine) LiveAndWell.com Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks) Live Santa Monica '72 VH1 Storytellers A Reality Tour

Soundtracks	Christiane F. Love You till Tuesday Labyrinth The Buddha of Suburbia Lazarus

EPs	Baal Earthling in the City Live EP (Live at Fashion Rocks) The Next Day Extra

Compilations	The World of David Bowie Images 1966–1967 Changesonebowie The Best of Bowie Changestwobowie Rare Golden Years Fame and Fashion Changesbowie Early On (1964–1966) The Singles Collection RarestOneBowie The Deram Anthology 1966–1968 The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974 The Best of David Bowie 1974/1979 BBC Sessions 1969–1972 Bowie at the Beeb All Saints Best of Bowie Club Bowie The Collection The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 iSelect Nothing Has Changed Bowie Legacy

Box sets	Sound + Vision Bowie Box Set The Platinum Collection Five Years (1969–1973) Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976)

Concert videos	Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars Serious Moonlight Glass Spider A Reality Tour VH1 Storytellers

Promotional films	Love You till Tuesday Jazzin' for Blue Jean Bowie – The Video Collection Black Tie White Noise Best of Bowie

Tours	Ziggy Stardust Tour Diamond Dogs Tour Isolar Isolar II Serious Moonlight Tour Glass Spider Tour Tin Machine Tour Sound+Vision Tour It's My Life Tour Outside Tour Outside Summer Festivals Tour Earthling Tour Hours Tour Mini Tour Heathen Tour A Reality Tour

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