| Tour by David Bowie | |||||||
| Location |
| ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Associated album | 1. Outside | ||||||
| Start date | 14 September 1995 | ||||||
| End date | 14 October 1996 | ||||||
| Legs | 3 | ||||||
| No. of shows | 99 | ||||||
| David Bowie concert chronology | |||||||
| |||||||
The Outside Tour was a tour by the English rock musician David Bowie, opening in September 1995 and lasting over a year. The opening shows preceded the release of the 1. Outside album which it supported. The tour visited stops in North America and Europe.
The US leg of the tour was supported by Nine Inch Nails as part of their extended Self Destruct Tour, who segued their set with Bowie's to form a continuous show. Morrissey was the support act for the entire European leg, but withdrew from the tour after nine dates. On some US dates, Prick opened before Nine Inch Nails, and on some occasions, Reeves Gabrels performed songs from his album The Sacred Squall of Now in addition to performing with Nine Inch Nails and David Bowie.
An official live recording from the tour, Ouvrez le Chien (Live Dallas 95) was released in July 2020, and another, No Trendy Réchauffé (Live Birmingham 95), was released in December 2020.
In a 2012 Rolling Stone reader's poll, the tour (pairing Nine Inch Nails with Bowie) was named one of the top 10 opening acts in rock history.[1]