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Tickets
could be purchased by mail order
or by queuing up.
A limited number went on sale at
the State Opera House - and by
8:30 AM on the morning of the
sale, about 450 fans were in
queue - and increasing by the
minute.
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| Above:
Ticket scan
from TJNWorldEnterprises. |
To
deal with the
influx of
people into
Wellington,
three special
flights - all
fully booked -
were arranged
by Air New
Zealand.
An excursion
train
(accommodating
400) was also
provided for
fans coming
from Dunedin
and
Christchurch.
The
Corner Theatre - which was in the
middle of a run of "Cinderella" -
also consciously stopped their
performance for the night of Bowie.
All NZ dates Bowie were
supported by the Dance
Exponents and also the Models.
At Athletic Park, two giant lighting
towers were erected mid field to turn the
venue to a brightly lit theater.
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Wellington
Set list,
24 Nov, 1983
1 Look Back In
Anger
2 "Heroes"
3 What In The World
4 Golden Years
5 Fashion
6 Let's Dance
7 Breaking Glass
8 Life On Mars
9 Sorrow
10 Cat People
11 China Girl
12 Scary Monsters
13 Rebel Rebel
14 White Light White Heat
15 Station To Station
16 Cracked Actor
17 Ashes To Ashes
18 Space Oddity
19 Young Americans
20 Fame
Encore
21 Star
22 Stay
23 The Jean Genie
24 Modern Love
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Pic from
Wellington's Evening Post
via Jacqui.
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In the lead up, concerns over crowd behavior
(it had been steadily deteriorating over the
previous 4 years at Athletic Park) were
raised.
The concert included some boisterous bottle
throwers and at one point, he stopped the
show when security informed him that a
person was down and not being attended to.
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| Above:
The
famous Murray Ball cartoon series
Footrot
Flats with Bowie theme.
Sent in by Jacqui. |
Anger over public
vomitus and urination was relayed from
Wellington residents to Auckland (which was
staging the last concert of the main tour).
This caused some spectacular advance press.
"Residents Fear Bowie Rampage" read
one headline. "Enjoy It But Behave Plea
From Bowie" was another.
Bowie said "We are going to have a
good time, just as long as people don't throw
bottles and act like hooligans".
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