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As you've surely heard by now, David Bowie has passed away.
Thankfully, Bowie isn't only immortalized in his 28 studio albums, or in the guy I met at a Halloween party dressed as David Bro-ie (ugh), but in the memories of thousands of concerts—a handful of which took place in Portland. We went through our archives (and The Oregonian's) and dug up some of those memories.
Oct. 31, 1972, at Paramount Theater (first known appearance of Bowie in Portland, blurb from The Oregonian):
Aug. 14, 1987, at Civic Stadium (now known as Providence Park…with Duran Duran opening!):
Sorry, David.
(See set list here.)
Oct. 25, 1995, at the Rose Garden (the first-ever show at then-new arena, with Nine Inch friggin' Nails):
Sorry again, David.
(See set list here.)
April 13, 2004, at Theater of the Clouds at the Rose Garden:
(See set list here.)
Geez, we were a little hard on him, weren't we?
WW regrets the error. The many, many errors.
P.S.: You can join the group of cyclists who are meeting at 5 pm tonight at Waterfront Park (at Southwest Pine Street) for a memorial ride and dance party.
Willamette Week