# Heathen Tour

The Heathen Tour was a 2002 concert tour by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie in support of his album, Heathen, and was also notable for the performances of all songs from the 1977 Low album.

## History

The Low album, not previously performed live in its entirety, was premiered on 11 June 2002 at the Roseland Ballroom in New York City, together with all the songs from the Heathen album. With other commitments ruling out the possibility of a major concert tour, the Heathen Tour became a mini-concert tour similar to the 1996 Outside Summer Festivals Tour.
On 11 February 2002, it was announced that Bowie had accepted the role of Artistic Director at the Meltdown Festival, an annual music and arts event held at the South Bank complex in London, England. David Bowie's Meltdown 2002 ran from 14 to 30 June, with a schedule of concerts and events including performances by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Coldplay, The Waterboys and a London Sinfonietta performance of Philip Glass's Low and Heroes symphonies. The closing night was billed as The New Heathens Night with Bowie headlining the event with support by The Dandy Warhols followed by a DJ set from Jonathan Ross.
The Heathen Tour proper began at the Meltdown Festival with Bowie embarking on a series of European performances including a link-up with Moby for the 12-date North America Area:2 Festivals with a return to Europe for a further six performances. Before returning again to North America to perform a final seven shows with the first five in each of New York City's five boroughs, dubbed The New York Marathon Tour by Bowie, who joked "I could get home from all the gigs on roller skates".

## Setlist

The following set list was obtained from the concert held on 11 October 2002 at The Music Hall at Snug Harbour in New York City. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
* "Life on Mars?"
* "Ashes to Ashes"
* "Breaking Glass"
* "Cactus" (Pixies song)
* "China Girl" (Iggy Pop song)
* "Slip Away"
* "Fame"
* "I'm Afraid of Americans"
* "Speed of Life"
* "5:15 The Angels Have Gone"
* "I've Been Waiting for You" (Neil Young song)
* "Survive"
* "Rebel Rebel"
* ""Heroes""
* "Heathen (The Rays)"

### Encore

* "Sunday"
* "I Would Be Your Slave"
* "Afraid"
* "Everyone Says 'Hi'"
* "Hallo Spaceboy"
* "Let's Dance"
* "Ziggy Stardust"

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue |
| Warm-up show ||||
| 11 June 2002 | New York City | United States | Roseland Ballroom |
| 15 June 2002 | New York City | United States | Sony Music Studios |
| Europe ||||
| 29 June 2002 | London | England | Royal Festival Hall |
| 1 July 2002 | Paris | France | L'Olympia |
| 3 July 2002 | Kristiansand | Norway | Odderøya |
| 5 July 2002 | Horsens | Denmark | Horsens Ny Teater |
| 7 July 2002 | Ostend | Belgium | Hippodrome Wellington |
| 10 July 2002 | Manchester | England | Old Trafford Cricket Ground |
| 12 July 2002 | Cologne | Germany | E-Werk |
| 14 July 2002 | Nîmes | France | Arena of Nîmes |
| 15 July 2002 | Lucca | Italy | Piazza Napoleone |
| 18 July 2002 | Montreux | Switzerland | Auditorium Stravinski |
| North America ||||
| 28 July 2002 | Bristow | United States | Nissan Pavilion |
| 30 July 2002 | Camden | United States | Tweeter Center at the Waterfront |
| 31 July 2002 | Holmdel Township | United States | PNC Bank Arts Center |
| 2 August 2002 | Wantagh | United States | Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Theater |
| 3 August 2002 | Mansfield | United States | Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts |
| 5 August 2002 | Toronto | Canada | Molson Amphitheater |
| 6 August 2002 | Clarkston | United States | DTE Energy Music Theatre |
| 8 August 2002 | Tinley Park | United States | Tweeter Center |
| 10 August 2002 | Denver | United States | Pepsi Center |
| 13 August 2002 | Irvine | United States | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| 14 August 2002 | Mountain View | United States | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| 16 August 2002 | George | United States | The Gorge Amphitheatre |
| Europe ||||
| 22 September 2002 | Berlin | Germany | Max-Schmeling-Halle |
| 24 September 2002 | Paris | France | Le Zénith |
| 25 September 2002 | Paris | France | Le Zénith |
| 27 September 2002 | Bonn | Germany | Museumsmeile |
| 29 September 2002 | Munich | Germany | Olympiahalle |
| 2 October 2002 | London | England | Carling Apollo Hammersmith |
| North America ||||
| 11 October 2002 | New York City | United States | The Music Hall at Snug Harbour |
| 12 October 2002 | New York City | United States | St. Anne's Warehouse |
| 16 October 2002 | New York City | United States | Colden Center at Queens College |
| 17 October 2002 | New York City | United States | Jimmy's Bronx Cafe |
| 20 October 2002 | New York City | United States | Beacon Theatre |
| 21 October 2002 | Upper Darby Township | United States | Tower Theater |
| 23 October 2002 | Boston | United States | Orpheum Theatre |