Outside Tour

The Outside Tour
Tour by David Bowie
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated album1. Outside
Start date14 September 1995
End date14 October 1996
Legs3
No. of shows99
David Bowie concert chronology
Nine Inch Nails concert chronology
Self Destruct Tour
(1994–95)
Dissonance Tour
(1995)
Fragility Tour
(1999–2000)

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]

  1. ^ "Readers' Poll: The 10 Best Opening Acts in Rock History". Rolling Stone. 11 July 2012. Archived from the original on 26 October 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.