A Reality Tour

A Reality Tour
Tour by David Bowie
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • Asia
Associated albumReality
Start date7 October 2003
End date25 June 2004
Legs5
No. of shows
  • 70 in Europe
  • 29 in North America
  • 8 in Oceania
  • 5 in Asia
  • 112 in total
Box officeUS$46 million
David Bowie concert chronology

A Reality Tour was a worldwide concert tour by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie in support of his 2003 album Reality.[1] The tour began on 7 October 2003 at the Forum Copenhagen, Denmark, continuing through Europe, North America, Asia, including a return to New Zealand and Australia for the first time since the 1987 Glass Spider Tour. At over 110 shows, the tour was the longest tour of Bowie's career.[2] A heart attack in late June 2004 forced the cancellation of some dates near the end of the tour.[3] Bowie retired from performing live in 2006, making this tour his last.[4]

The tour grossed US$46 million, making it the ninth-highest-grossing tour of 2004.[5]

  1. ^ "Bowie announces world tour". 16 June 2003. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
  2. ^ Jacobson, Colin (3 November 2004), David Bowie: A Reality Tour (2003), retrieved 20 September 2013
  3. ^ Pegg 2016, p. 625.
  4. ^ Gilmore, Mikal (2 February 2012), "How Ziggy Stardust Fell to Earth", Rolling Stone magazine (1149): 36–43, 68
  5. ^ Madonna Heads List Of Year's Top Tours, retrieved 20 September 2013