Detailed concert and song statistics on David Bowie based on 1052 concerts.

Setlists1052
Songs performed19587
Unique songs performed221
Tags performed18
Covers performed as songs2329
Covers performed as tags8

Show Length

Each column represents the number of songs performed in a concert.

Number of Tags (18)

Each column represents the number of tags performed in a concert. Note that concerts without tags are left out of this graph.

Number of Encores

Each column represents the number of encores in a concert. Note that concerts without any encores are left out of this graph.

Statistics by Year

Year
Total concerts
Songs performed
Tags performed
Unique songs performed
Encore songs performed
1968 1 9 0 9 0
1971 3 30 0 19 0
1972 90 547 0 46 3
1973 77 767 0 33 1
1974 80 1464 1 36 164
1975 1 10 0 10 0
1976 64 954 0 17 46
1978 77 1695 0 26 189
1979 1 4 0 4 0
1980 1 3 0 3 0
1983 100 2454 0 32 316
1984 1 1 0 1 0
1985 1 4 0 4 0
1987 89 1870 0 32 218
1990 97 2072 5 39 304
1995 46 759 0 27 0
1996 62 1079 0 44 112
1997 88 1835 0 46 325
1999 12 163 0 20 27
2000 3 67 0 31 4
2001 2 4 0 3 0
2002 39 822 0 47 194
2003 40 960 1 56 167
2004 77 2014 11 58 288
Totals 1052 19587 18 221 2358

Statistics by Month

Month
Total concerts
Songs performed
Tags performed
Unique songs performed
Encore songs performed
1968 / December 1 9 0 9 0
1971 / June 2 16 0 13 0
1971 / September 1 14 0 14 0
1972 / January 3 29 0 20 0
1972 / February 10 48 0 21 0
1972 / March 7 0 0 0 0
1972 / April 3 0 0 0 0
1972 / May 10 55 0 29 0
1972 / June 12 51 0 19 0
1972 / July 5 48 0 20 0
1972 / August 3 49 0 21 0
1972 / September 10 41 0 18 0
1972 / October 10 91 0 25 2
1972 / November 11 66 0 17 1
1972 / December 6 69 0 16 0
1973 / January 5 64 0 15 0
1973 / February 8 40 0 22 0
1973 / March 4 46 0 18 0
1973 / April 9 129 0 24 1
1973 / May 18 201 0 25 0
1973 / June 31 253 0 30 0
1973 / July 2 34 0 19 0
1974 / June 16 303 0 23 49
1974 / July 16 309 0 26 53
1974 / September 12 256 0 27 16
1974 / October 18 329 0 30 32
1974 / November 17 250 1 20 12
1974 / December 1 17 0 17 2
1975 / November 1 10 0 10 0
1976 / February 20 298 0 16 5
1976 / March 19 284 0 17 20
1976 / April 14 209 0 15 14
1976 / May 11 163 0 15 7
1978 / March 2 47 0 24 2
1978 / April 19 407 0 25 39
1978 / May 21 464 0 26 55
1978 / June 21 475 0 23 59
1978 / July 1 24 0 24 3
1978 / November 7 147 0 22 15
1978 / December 6 131 0 22 16
1979 / December 1 4 0 4 0
1980 / September 1 3 0 3 0
1983 / May 12 307 0 31 27
1983 / June 18 440 0 28 56
1983 / July 19 471 0 27 61
1983 / August 18 446 0 27 54
1983 / September 9 222 0 26 29
1983 / October 10 236 0 24 35
1983 / November 10 240 0 25 40
1983 / December 4 92 0 26 14
1984 / September 1 1 0 1 0
1985 / July 1 4 0 4 0
1987 / May 4 102 0 27 13
1987 / June 14 360 0 26 38
1987 / July 13 353 0 29 36
1987 / August 16 427 0 31 47
1987 / September 17 432 0 30 55
1987 / October 12 196 0 28 29
1987 / November 13 0 0 0 0
1990 / February 1 20 0 20 0
1990 / March 15 364 0 28 46
1990 / April 15 349 0 30 47
1990 / May 14 305 0 28 40
1990 / June 17 313 0 28 42
1990 / July 16 337 4 29 59
1990 / August 14 286 0 23 54
1990 / September 5 98 1 25 16
1995 / August 1 18 0 18 0
1995 / September 9 134 0 18 0
1995 / October 18 267 0 22 0
1995 / November 13 240 0 23 0
1995 / December 5 100 0 22 0
1996 / January 12 224 0 28 11
1996 / February 14 212 0 24 12
1996 / June 14 297 0 27 46
1996 / July 13 226 0 24 25
1996 / September 5 91 0 28 18
1996 / October 4 29 0 22 0
1997 / January 3 44 0 33 3
1997 / February 2 9 0 8 0
1997 / June 17 389 0 28 8
1997 / July 20 375 0 30 74
1997 / August 10 227 0 31 52
1997 / September 16 372 0 34 88
1997 / October 14 321 0 36 80
1997 / November 4 84 0 26 20
1997 / December 2 14 0 11 0
1999 / August 1 12 0 12 0
1999 / October 5 57 0 16 14
1999 / November 3 41 0 19 0
1999 / December 3 53 0 18 13
2000 / June 3 67 0 31 4
2001 / February 1 2 0 2 0
2001 / October 1 2 0 2 0
2002 / February 1 2 0 2 0
2002 / June 3 68 0 35 9
2002 / July 12 256 0 37 63
2002 / August 9 152 0 25 25
2002 / September 6 147 0 40 52
2002 / October 8 197 0 35 45
2003 / February 1 4 0 4 1
2003 / April 1 26 0 26 4
2003 / August 1 18 0 18 6
2003 / September 2 28 0 21 3
2003 / October 15 370 0 47 71
2003 / November 16 421 1 44 74
2003 / December 4 93 0 33 8
2004 / January 13 352 2 46 65
2004 / February 12 325 2 47 47
2004 / March 8 216 2 44 32
2004 / April 16 437 4 45 64
2004 / May 17 423 1 47 42
2004 / June 11 261 0 43 38
Totals 1052 19587 18 221 2358

Top Songs

Name
Total
Fame 609 3.11%
The Jean Genie 594 3.03%
Rebel Rebel 564 2.88%
“Heroes” 528 2.70%
Suffragette City 474 2.42%
Stay 405 2.07%
Ziggy Stardust 403 2.06%
Fashion 393 2.01%
Life on Mars? 386 1.97%
Changes 367 1.87%
Ashes to Ashes 350 1.79%
Station to Station 347 1.77%
Let's Dance 329 1.68%
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) 321 1.64%
Space Oddity 310 1.58%
Breaking Glass 307 1.57%
Hallo Spaceboy 283 1.44%
Young Americans 273 1.39%
The Man Who Sold the World 264 1.35%
Hang On to Yourself 249 1.27%
Five Years 249 1.27%
Modern Love 249 1.27%
TVC15 243 1.24%
Moonage Daydream 241 1.23%
I'm Afraid of Americans 235 1.20%
Panic in Detroit 226 1.15%
All the Young Dudes 219 1.12%
Look Back in Anger 194 0.99%
What In The World 184 0.94%
Blue Jean 170 0.87%
Star 170 0.87%
Rock 'n' Roll Suicide 165 0.84%
Queen Bitch 164 0.84%
Be My Wife 162 0.83%
Diamond Dogs 161 0.82%
Cracked Actor 158 0.81%
The Hearts Filthy Lesson 152 0.78%
Quicksand 139 0.71%
Time 139 0.71%
Up the Hill Backwards 136 0.69%
Sound and Vision 123 0.63%
Outside 123 0.63%
Golden Years 121 0.62%
Battle for Britain (The Letter) 118 0.60%
New Killer Star 117 0.60%
The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (As Beauty) 116 0.59%
Heathen (The Rays) 115 0.59%
Sunday 113 0.58%
Andy Warhol 107 0.55%
Big Brother 104 0.53%
Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family 104 0.53%
Cat People (Putting Out Fire) 99 0.51%
Loving the Alien 98 0.50%
Strangers When We Meet 96 0.49%
The Width of a Circle 94 0.48%
The Motel 92 0.47%
The Loneliest Guy 91 0.46%
Little Wonder 90 0.46%
The Supermen 85 0.43%
Absolute Beginners 82 0.42%
Seven Years in Tibet 82 0.42%
Warszawa 81 0.41%
Soul Love 81 0.41%
Art Decade 80 0.41%
Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) 80 0.41%
We Prick You 77 0.39%
Looking for Satellites 76 0.39%
Sweet Thing 75 0.38%
Beauty and the Beast 75 0.38%
Blackout 73 0.37%
1984 72 0.37%
Word on a Wing 71 0.36%
Dead Man Walking 71 0.36%
Rock 'n' Roll With Me 71 0.36%
Sense of Doubt 71 0.36%
Slip Away 70 0.36%
Speed Of Life 70 0.36%
A Small Plot of Land 70 0.36%
Glass Spider 70 0.36%
Day-In Day-Out 70 0.36%
Reality 69 0.35%
'87 and Cry 69 0.35%
Time Will Crawl 69 0.35%
Sons of the Silent Age 69 0.35%
Never Let Me Down 68 0.35%
I Have Not Been to Oxford Town 67 0.34%
Watch That Man 67 0.34%
All the Madmen 67 0.34%
Future Legend 64 0.33%
Beat of Your Drum 63 0.32%
Afraid 62 0.32%
Teenage Wildlife 62 0.32%
Telling Lies 58 0.30%
Starman 57 0.29%
Days 56 0.29%
Jump They Say 55 0.28%
5:15 the Angels Have Gone 54 0.28%
John, I'm Only Dancing 45 0.23%
John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) 45 0.23%
Looking for Water 44 0.22%
Never Get Old 43 0.22%
A New Career in a New Town 41 0.21%
Drive-In Saturday 41 0.21%
Always Crashing in the Same Car 40 0.20%
Candidate 38 0.19%
The Last Thing You Should Do 37 0.19%
Dancing With the Big Boys 35 0.18%
V-2 Schneider 34 0.17%
I'm Deranged 34 0.17%
Memory of a Free Festival 33 0.17%
Can You Hear Me? 33 0.17%
Somebody Up There Likes Me 29 0.15%
Everyone Says 'Hi' 28 0.14%
Zeroes 28 0.14%
Red Sails 28 0.14%
It's Gonna Be Me 28 0.14%
Bring Me the Disco King 27 0.14%
Oh! You Pretty Things 27 0.14%
Fantastic Voyage 23 0.12%
Fall Dog Bombs the Moon 23 0.12%
Survive 23 0.12%
Boys Keep Swinging 22 0.11%
Joe the Lion 21 0.11%
I Would Be Your Slave 20 0.10%
D.J. 20 0.10%
The Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud 20 0.10%
She'll Drive the Big Car 16 0.08%
Lady Stardust 15 0.08%
Pallas Athena 14 0.07%
Seven 13 0.07%
Thursday's Child 12 0.06%
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell 11 0.06%
Repetition 11 0.06%
Song for Bob Dylan 10 0.05%
Can't Help Thinking About Me 0.05%
The Prettiest Star 0.05%
Something in the Air 0.04%
New York's in Love 0.04%
Weeping Wall 0.03%
Subterraneans 0.03%
The Bewlay Brothers 0.03%
Slow Burn 0.02%
Looking for a Friend 0.02%
A Better Future 0.01%
If I'm Dreaming My Life 0.01%
Thru' These Architects Eyes 0.01%
Fame '90 0.01%
Kooks 0.01%
Eight Line Poem 0.01%
Liza Jane 0.01%
Silly Boy Blue 0.01%
The London Boys 0.01%
I Dig Everything 0.01%
Janine 0.01%
An Occasional Dream 0.01%
Conversation Piece 0.01%
Ching-a-Ling 0.01%
When I Live My Dream 0.01%
When I'm Five 0.01%
Little Bombardier 0.01%
Bang Bang 0.01%
The Secret Life of Arabia 0.01%
Win 0.01%
She Shook Me Cold 0.01%

Top Covers

Name
Total
China Girl by Iggy Pop 421 18.08%
White Light/White Heat by The Velvet Underground 355 15.24%
Under Pressure by Queen 280 12.02%
Cactus by Pixies 151 6.48%
Sorrow by The McCoys 132 5.67%
I'm Waiting for the Man by The Velvet Underground 130 5.58%
Pretty Pink Rose by Adrian Belew 85 3.65%
Alabama Song by Kurt Weill 84 3.61%
Bang Bang by Iggy Pop 69 2.96%
O Superman by Laurie Anderson 67 2.88%
Nite Flights by Scott Walker 63 2.71%
My Death by Jacques Brel 50 2.15%
I've Been Waiting for You by Neil Young 48 2.06%
Let's Spend the Night Together by The Rolling Stones 48 2.06%
Sister Midnight by Iggy Pop 45 1.93%
Pablo Picasso by The Modern Lovers 37 1.59%
Gloria by Them 30 1.29%
Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd 29 1.25%
Lust for Life by Iggy Pop 22 0.94%
Around & Around by Chuck Berry 16 0.69%
Foot Stompin' by The Flairs 16 0.69%
Love Me Do by The Beatles 16 0.69%
I Can't Read by Tin Machine 15 0.64%
Baby Universal by Tin Machine 14 0.60%
Amsterdam by Jacques Brel 13 0.56%
I Can't Explain by The Who 13 0.56%
Try Some, Buy Some by George Harrison 0.39%
Wild Is the Wind by Johnny Mathis 0.39%
I Wanna Be Your Dog by Iggy & The Stooges 0.39%
I Feel Free by Cream 0.34%
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow by Ohio Players 0.26%
Song 2 by Blur 0.13%
I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship by Legendary Stardust Cowboy 0.13%
Baby What You Want Me to Do by Jimmy Reed 0.13%
This Is Not America by Pat Metheny Group 0.09%
You and I and George by Stan Kenton 0.09%
Fill Your Heart by Biff Rose 0.09%
Buzz the Fuzz by Biff Rose 0.09%
Sweet Jane by The Velvet Underground 0.09%
You Got to Have a Job by James Brown 0.09%
This Boy by The Beatles 0.09%
Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks 0.04%
Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley & The Wailers 0.04%
Rumble by Link Wray 0.04%
I Feel So Bad by Chuck Willis 0.04%
One Night by Earl King 0.04%
America by Simon & Garfunkel 0.04%
Shopping for Girls by Tin Machine 0.04%
Dirty Blvd. by Lou Reed 0.04%
I'm a Hog for You by The Coasters 0.04%
Love Song by Lesley Duncan 0.04%
Life Is a Circus by Lesley Duncan 0.04%
Almost Grown by Chuck Berry 0.04%
It Ain't Easy by Ron Davies 0.04%
Baby, Please Don't Go by Big Joe Williams 0.04%
I Walk the Line by Johnny Cash 0.04%
Imagine by John Lennon 0.04%