Years ago, I went to see David Bowie's "Young Americans" concert at the Spectrum in Philadelphia. The first act was a campy vaudvillian presentation of some sort... they got booed mercilessly until they left the stage.

After the intermission, it was time for Bowie.
The lights went dark.
Before Bowie made his entrance, the band took the stage.
Imagine the audience's mass embarassment when everyone realized that Bowie's own backup band is the group that they had just been booing. They were playing a set without Bowie for the first act...

faux pas...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-05-31 19:30 by schillid.

LOL!

That was the Mike Garson band in 1974, the last leg of the DIamond Dogs, or "The Soul Tour".
So it sucked, eh ?

sucked
but I don't think people would have booed if they knew that it was Bowie's band.

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> That was the Mike Garson band in 1974, the last
> leg of the DIamond Dogs, or "The Soul Tour".
> So it sucked, eh ?


I would've given my right nut to see that show (yes, the larger one)!

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And the queen is bravely shouting,
"What the hell is going on?"

You would? The last leg was great, much better than the lame start, but I'd rather given some body parts for a 76 show
Diamond Dogs Tour had a pretty cool setup for the band, they were hidden behind a screen, so the audience saw nothing but Bowie - it didn't work for long, as the band kept peeking out on Bowie and the venue - but that was the idea in the beginning

Erik_Snow Wrote:
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> You would? The last leg was great, much better
> than the lame start, but I'd rather given some
> body parts for a 76 show
> Diamond Dogs Tour had a pretty cool setup for the
> band, they were hidden behind a screen, so the
> audience saw nothing but Bowie - it didn't work
> for long, as the band kept peeking out on Bowie
> and the venue - but that was the idea in the
> beginning

The band was out and about the stage by the time I saw the DD show in September in L.A. He had given up the idea by then. They gave him a lot of crap for that.... I just think it would have been cool to see the Philly Dogs leg of the tour.

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And the queen is bravely shouting,
"What the hell is going on?"

Not sure if they were both the main act cause that's the way the concert poster read but I saw the Black Crows with Oasis a few years back and not only was Oasis heavy booed but people were throwing stuff at them. I had a friend who caught the same show a few before and said the same thing happened and Oasis started swearing at the fans.

I saw Pink Floyed in Toronto about 10 years agao. I booed myself for wasting my time and money. The most useless boring crap eever made.

just goes to show you need a front man that is alive no matter how good your music is