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A Reality Tour (2009)

Where the lyrics of A Reality Tour take you, and where it was really made.

The concerts on this live album were played in Dublin in November 2003, but the album did not come out until January 2010, more than six years later.

Key places

Dublin nights of the 2003 tour (2003)

Recording site Point Theatre — The album features performances from 22 and 23 November 2003 in Dublin during the A Reality Tour concert tour. These Dublin shows are the source of the live recordings on this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• A Reality Tour: live album by David Bowie
• Released 25 January 2010
• Features performances on 22 and 23 November 2003 in Dublin
• Recorded during the A Reality Tour concert tour
• Audio version of the concert video with the same name
• Adds three bonus tracks that the video does not include
• iTunes digital download adds two more bonus tracks

Background

• The album takes its title from the concert tour it documents
• Released as the audio counterpart of a concert video, not as a studio album

Recording

• Performances captured on 22 and 23 November 2003 in Dublin
• David Bowie on vocals, guitars, Stylophone and harmonica
• Earl Slick on guitar
• Gerry Leonard on guitar and backing vocals
• Gail Ann Dorsey on bass, backing vocals and co-lead vocals on "Under Pressure"
• Sterling Campbell on drums
• Mike Garson on keyboards and piano
• Catherine Russell on keyboards, percussion, acoustic guitar and backing vocals

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Disc 1

Disc 2

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947 in Brixton, London.
• Studied art, music and design; took up saxophone in 1961.
• Adopted the stage name David Bowie in 1966 to avoid confusion with Davy Jones of the Monkees.

Career

• Breakthrough with "Space Oddity" in 1969, reaching the UK top five.
• Glam rock success in 1972 with the Ziggy Stardust persona and album.
• Berlin Trilogy (Low, "Heroes", Lodger) with Brian Eno and Tony Visconti in the late 1970s.
• Greatest commercial success with Let's Dance in 1983.
• Fronted the hard rock band Tin Machine from 1988 to 1992 before resuming a solo career.
• Final studio album Blackstar was released two days before his death in 2016.

Legacy

• Sold over 100 million records worldwide.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
• Widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The source gives no critic reviews for this album at its original release.
• The page's chart and certification sections contain no entries.
• The album is presented as the audio version of the concert video of the same name.

Reappraisal

• A newly remastered and resequenced version was released on 12 September 2025.
• The 2025 version is part of the I Can't Give Everything Away (2002–2016) box set.
• The resequencing changes the order of the tracks from the original 2010 release.
• The box set places this live album within Bowie's 2002 to 2016 period.

Records

• The source lists no chart positions for this album.
• The source lists no sales figures or certifications for this album.
• The source lists no awards for this album.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The standard album adds three bonus tracks to the audio of the concert video of the same name.
• The iTunes digital download includes two more bonus tracks than the standard release.
• Gail Ann Dorsey shares lead vocals on "Under Pressure" as co-lead vocalist.
• Catherine Russell plays keyboards and percussion and also plays acoustic guitar and sings backing vocals.
• The 2025 box set version was both remastered and resequenced.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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