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The Tin Machine It's My Life Tour opened on 5 October 1991 after two warm-up shows, one press show and three trade-industry shows. The concert tour itinerary took in twelve countries and sixty-nine performances, a larger outing than the low-key Tin Machine Tour of 1989. Joined onstage by guitarist, Eric Schermerhorn, Tin Machine, presented songs from the Tin Machine album and the Tin Machine II album, augmented with cover versions of songs from the Pixies, Neil Young and The Moody Blues.

The Hamburg Docks performance on 24 October 1991, was filmed and later released on the video, Oy Vey, Baby: Tin Machine Live At The Docks, with the song Baby Can Dance from the same performance appearing on the compilation album Best of Grunge Rock. The Boston, Chicago, New York, Sapporo and Tokyo performances were recorded with selected songs released on the July 1992 album Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby.

Tour Band

• David Bowie - vocals, guitar, alto & tenor saxophone
• Reeves Gabrels - lead guitar, vocals
• Tony Sales - bass guitar, vocals
• Hunt Sales - drums, vocals
• Eric Schermerhorn - rhythm guitar, vocals

Tour Rehearsals

• 10/08/1991 The Factory Studios - Dublin, Ireland
• 11/08/1991 The Factory Studios - Dublin, Ireland
• 12/08/1991 The Factory Studios - Dublin, Ireland
• 13/08/1991 The Factory Studios - Dublin, Ireland
• 14/08/1991 The Factory Studios - Dublin, Ireland
• 15/08/1991 The Factory Studios - Dublin, Ireland

Tour Warm-Up Shows

• 16/08/1991 The Baggot Inn - Dublin, Ireland
• 19/08/1991 The Waterfront - Dublin, Ireland

Press Show

• 25/08/1991 Rockit Cargo - LAX Airport, Los Angeles, CA

Trade Shows

• 07/09/1991 Mariott - Minneapolis, MN
• 10/09/1991 Mariott - Los Angeles, CA (Warehouse Entertainment)
• 12/09/1991 Slim's - San Francisco, CA (National Association of Broadcasters Convention)

Tour Dates

Europe

• 05/10/1991 Teatro Smeraldo - Milan, Italy
• 06/10/1991 Teatro Smeraldo - Milan, Italy
• 08/10/1991 Palazzetto Dello Sport - Florence, Italy
• 09/10/1991 Teatro Brancaccio - Rome, Italy
• 10/10/1991 Teatro Brancaccio - Rome, Italy
• 12/10/1991 Circus Krone - Munich, Germany
• 14/10/1991 Stadthalle - Offenbach, Germany
• 15/10/1991 Forum - Stuttgart, Germany
• 17/10/1991 Neue Welt - Berlin, Germany
• 19/10/1991 Falkoner Teatret - Copenhagen, Denmark
• 21/10/1991 Circus - Stockholm, Sweden
• 22/10/1991 Oslo Konserthus - Oslo, Norway
• 24/10/1991 Docks - Hamburg, Germany
• 25/10/1991 Music Hall - Hanover, Germany
• 26/10/1991 E-Werk - Cologne, Germany
• 28/10/1991 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg - Utrecht, Netherlands
• 29/10/1991 Olympia - Paris, France
• 30/10/1991 Le Zénith - Paris, France
• 31/10/1991 Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium
• 02/11/1991 Civic Hall - Wolverhampton, England
• 03/11/1991 International 2 - Manchester, England
• 05/11/1991 Mayfair - Newcastle upon Tyne, England
• 06/11/1991 Royal Court - Liverpool, England
• 07/11/1991 Barrowlands - Glasgow, Scotland
• 09/11/1991 Corn Exchange - Cambridge, England
• 10/11/1991 Brixton Academy - Brixton, England
• 11/11/1991 Brixton Academy - Brixton, England

North America

• 15/11/1991 Tower Theater - Philadelphia, PA
• 16/11/1991 The Citadel - Washington, D.C.
• 17/11/1991 Tower Theater - Philadelphia, PA
• 19/11/1991 Toad's Place - New Haven, CT
• 20/11/1991 Orpheum Theater - Boston, MA
• 24/11/1991 New Campus Club - Providence, RI
• 25/11/1991 The Sting - New Britain, CT
• 27/11/1991 The Academy - New York, NY
• 29/11/1991 The Academy - New York, NY
• 01/12/1991 La Brique - Montreal, QC
• 02/12/1991 La Brique - Montreal, QC
• 03/12/1991 The Concert Hall - Toronto, ON
• 04/12/1991 Clubland - Detroit, MI
• 06/12/1991 Agora Metropolitan - Cleveland, OH
• 07/12/1991 Riviera Theatre - Chicago, IL
• 09/12/1991 Bronco Bowl - Dallas, TX
• 10/12/1991 Back Alley - Houston, TX
• 13/12/1991 Variety Arts Theater - Los Angeles, CA
• 14/12/1991 Spreckels Theater - San Diego, CA
• 15/12/1991 Spreckels Theater - San Diego, CA
• 17/12/1991 The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
• 18/12/1991 The Warfield - San Francisco, CA
• 20/12/1991 Paramount Theatre - Seattle, WA
• 21/12/1991 Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC

Japan

• 29/01/1992 Kaikan Dai Ichi Hall - Kyoto, Japan
• 30/01/1992 Festival Hall - Osaka, Japan
• 31/01/1992 Festival Hall - Osaka, Japan
• 02/02/1992 Kyusyu Kouseinenkin Kaikan - Fukuoka, Japan
• 03/02/1992 Kouseinenkin Kaikan - Hiroshima, Japan
• 05/02/1992 NHK Hall - Tokyo, Japan
• 06/02/1992 NHK Hall - Tokyo, Japan
• 07/02/1992 Bunka Taiikukan - Yokohama, Japan
• 10/02/1992 Kouseinenkin Kaikan - Sapporo, Japan
• 11/02/1992 Kouseinenkin Kaikan - Sapporo, Japan
• 13/02/1992 Sunplaza Hall - Sendai, Japan
• 14/02/1992 Soniku City Hall - Oumiya, Japan
• 17/02/1992 Budokan Hall - Tokyo, Japan

The songs

From Tin Machine

• "Heaven's in Here"
• "Tin Machine" (Bowie, Reeves Gabrels, Hunt Sales, Tony Sales)
• "Crack City"
• "I Can't Read" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "Under the God"
• "Amazing" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "Bus Stop" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "Pretty Thing"
• "Sacrifice Yourself" (Bowie, H. Sales, T. Sales)
• "Baby Can Dance"

From Tin Machine II

• "Baby Universal" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "One Shot" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "You Belong in Rock 'N' Roll" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "If There Is Something" (originally from Roxy Music by Roxy Music, written by Bryan Ferry)
• "Amlapura" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "Betty Wrong" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "You Can't Talk" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "Stateside" (Bowie, H. Sales)
• "Shopping for Girls" (Bowie, Gabrels)
• "A Big Hurt"
• "Sorry" (H. Sales)
• "Goodbye Mr. Ed" (Bowie, H. Sales, T. Sales)

Other songs:

• "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" (from The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan, written by Dylan)
• "April in Paris" (from the musical Walk A Little Faster, written by Vernon Duke and E. Y. Harburg)
• "Baby, Please Don't Go" (originally a song by Big Joe Williams)
• "Debaser" (from Doolittle by Pixies, written by Black Francis)
• "Don't Start Me Talkin'" (originally by Sonny Boy Williamson II)
• "Dream On, Little Dreamer" (from The Scene Changes by Perry Como, written by Jan Crutchfield and Fred Burch)
• "Fever" (originally by Otis Blackwell)
• "Go Now" (a single by Bessie Banks, written by Larry Banks and Milton Bennett)
• "I Feel Free" (from Fresh Cream by Cream, written by Pete Brown & Jack Bruce)
• "I'm a King Bee" (a single by Slim Harpo, written by Harpo)
• "I've Been Waiting for You" (from Neil Young by Neil Young, written by Young, later appears on Bowie's Heathen)
• "In Every Dream Home a Heartache" (from For Your Pleasure by Roxy Music, written by Ferry)
• "My Death" (from La Valse à Mille Temps by Jacques Brel, written by Brel & Shuman)
• "Shakin' All Over" (originally a single by Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, written by Johnny Kidd)
• "Somewhere" (from the musical West Side Story, written by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim)
• "Throwaway" (from Primitive Cool by Mick Jagger, written by Jagger)
• "Waiting for the Man" (from The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground and Nico, written by Lou Reed)
• "Wild Thing" (originally by The Wild Ones, written by Chip Taylor)
• "You Caught Me Smiling" (from There's a Riot Goin' On by Sly & the Family Stone, written by Sylvester Stewart)
• "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" (originally by Bing Crosby, written by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer)

References

• Nicholas Pegg, The Complete David Bowie, Reynolds & Hearn Ltd, 2004, ISBN 1-903111-73-0
• David Buckley, Strange Fascination: The Definitive Biography of David Bowie, Virgin Books, 1999, ISBN 1-85227-784X