Talk:Glass Spider Tour

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Date	Process	Result
October 25, 2013	Good article nominee	Listed
March 18, 2018	Good topic candidate	Promoted

Current status: Good article

Setlist doubts

I can't find any evidence that Bowie ever played 'All the young dudes' or 'Dancing in the street' during this tour. Can anyone back this up? 87Fan (talk) 02:58, 12 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

crickets two weeks later? I'll pull these songs from the listing.

87Fan (talk) 19:59, 27 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

correct- they weren't even rehearsed (been checking bootlegs!), i wonder if the confusion stems from the Frampton Guitar solo on some versions of "Time" i can't decide if its a deliberate quote from ATYD or a coincidence.79.69.237.196 (talk) 16:39, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

79.69.237.196 (talk) 16:39, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Tour legacy

I'm sure I've read at some point that the Glass Spider Tour, for all its perceived faults, opened the door for other theatrical tours, like those that artists like Madonna, Britney Spears and Lady Gaga have done over the years. I cannot for the life of me find that reference anywhere, so I'm hoping someone out there in the wikiverse can help bring those references to light. I'm also interested if anyone has anything discussing how some of Bowie's contemporaries may also have had an influence (like Peter Gabriel/Genesis). I do believe I've read that this tour had a lasting impact on the touring landscape of other artists and I think we would be remiss to fail to note that at some point in this article.

Any pointers are appreciated.

87Fan (talk) 01:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I found the article, it was from a Q magazine interview during the Tin Machine era. I've updated the article to reflect the statements Bowie later made about the legacy of this tour. 87Fan (talk) 15:53, 13 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Given the reaction today, the greatest legacy of the tour may be the fall of the Berlin Wall: I have added to that page

"David Bowie Concert 1987 Having earlier lived and recorded in West Berlin, on 6 June 1987, David Bowie played a concert close to the Wall. This was accompanied with violent rioting in East Berlin. According to Tobias Ruther, these protests in East Berlin were the first in the sequence of riots that led to those of November 1989. On his death, the German Foreign Office tweeted "Good-bye, David Bowie. You are now among #Heroes. Thank you for helping to bring down the #wall." " DrArsenal (talk) 16:00, 11 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Help me rate this article

Ok I've put a lot of effort into improving this article; if interested, please help me verify the class of this article. I've taken a stab that it's a B-class article; prove me wrong or prove me right! Thanks 87Fan (talk) 17:19, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Opening Acts

FWIW--I attended the Philadelphia shows in July 1987, and can state that Duran Duran did NOT open for Bowie at Vet Stadium. I definitely recall Squeeze as an opener--there may have been one other, as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Soccermavn (talk • contribs) 18:18, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I based the comment about Duran Duran on a flier for tickets for the show, but I'm sure it's incomplete and this is good information. I think it would be worth updating the article to reflect other opening acts where appropriate. The kicker is, do we have anything in writing stating that? Maybe a ticket stub? 87Fan (talk) 04:38, 21 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Glass Spider Tour/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Khazar2 (talk · contribs) 12:50, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hey 87fan, I've been letting this one sit since I didn't want you to have two reviews from me in a row... but now it's the oldest article on GAN!?! Where's the love for Bowie? (Actually, the tour/artist queue seems to be the slowest on all of GAN for whatever reason, regardless of the artist.)

Anyway, I'll be glad to take it so you don't have to wait any longer. Comments to follow in the next 2-4 days. Thanks in advance for your work! -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:50, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Good to see you again. Yeah I don't know why it took so long to get the review process started but I definitely appreciate your help. 87Fan (talk) 16:41, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, this looks good on first pass. The tone is dispassionate and neutral, the prose is strong, and the statements are largely well-sourced. I've played with formatting a bit; as always, feel free to revert anything with which you disagree. Initial action points:

"He said, "It's not just about a rock singer, it's about rock music," -- is the "he" here Bowie or the aforementioned critic?
- Bowie said it, updated.
"60 feet high, 64 feet wide" -- not a GA requirement, but it'd be nice to add the metric conversion as well
- Done.
[1] seems unlikely to be a reliable source as a wordpress site--can another source for this be found? (It also doesn't describe the remark as "infamous"
- Agreed, I pulled this statement as I've never seen a reference to it anywhere else.
The tour was among the highest-grossing tours of the decade. -- this will need citation
- Not sure how to cite this - we know what it was estimated to gross and we know there's a Wikipedia list that it fits into, but there's no other source that says independently that it was among the highest grossing tours of the decade. I added that wikilink because I thought it was interesting context but if there's no good way to include it I'm happy to pull it. Let me know.

How about moving the wikilink to "see also"? The Wikipedia list isn't reliable enough source to include in the article body, but we could always just direct readers to that article. -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:25, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Done - and I also cleaned up the 'references' section because we actually had two! 87Fan (talk) 16:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"the Press tour" -- this is irregularly capitalized in the article--once as "press tour", once "Press Tour", once "Press tour"--these should be made consistent.
- I've settled on 'press tour' (all lower case) because I don't think it qualifies as a true proper noun.
" rendered the intended meaning of the show largely nonsensical," -- this goes into analysis, and should be attributed to an author in-text for neutrality reasons
- I was trying to paraphrase, the source said that the video releases "obliterated" the show's meaning. I feel like the paraphrasing is good but am happy to change it (to an exact quote) if you feel strongly that it should be changed.
  - No, doesn't need to be changed to an exact quote; I just mean that you should say, "According to author X, the video rendered the show's meaning..." or some such. That way it's the author holding the view instead of Wikipedia. -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:22, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    - Ok I changed it to "A critic said..." so it's clear it's their opinion and not ours. 87Fan (talk) 16:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I've removed an external youtube link per WP:YOUTUBE where it isn't clear that the link poster has permission to post it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GhtMsuZSWA
- That's reasonable. I know youtube is a questionable source and I tried to be judicious. I looked on Pepsi's web site but there's no reference to the commercial, unfortunately. As it is, I'm ok with it being pulled.
"Stephen Nichols (aka "Skeeter Rabbit"), one of the dancers from the Glass Spider Tour, died of unknown causes in 2006.[61]" -- I'd suggest cutting this as unnecessary detail. Nichols hasn't shown up in the article until now, so he's not a major figure for the tour, and this is hugely distant in time from the tour.
- Agree. I knew this was questionable when I added it. I've removed it.
" In late 2013, original tour musicians Erdal Kizilcay and Richard Cottle reformed in London along with new band mates to create the "Glass Spider Band". The band's stated intention was to engender a critical reappraisal of the tour, both as a forerunner for the stadium rock shows of other artists that followed, and as a theatrical and innovative artistic production of quality." -- this is sort of interesting, but also seems tangential, and lacks secondary source. I would suggest cutting this unless it's mentioned in secondary sources about the tour. -- 14:32, 24 October 2013 (UTC)
- I can't find references outside of the one already used. I've removed it and will keep an eye out; if it hits the newswire in the future I can re-add it with additional sources.

Source review

Looking at the sources, I see a number of problems here. The biggest issue is that Wikipedia policy forbids linking to material that is likely to be a copyright violation. Material that Bowie fansites are reposting from newspapers, magazines, etc., without a note about reprint permission, can be presumed to be copyright violation; ditto any excerpts from news programs posted without explicit permission. Much of the following needs to be delinked, but that doesn't mean the sources need to be removed per se--but they will need to be identified in a way that someone can find them without going to the copyvio. Is that possible? -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:04, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes this is possible. I'll make notes below where I find issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNIt_yjzO2E should be delinked, as this is likely posted in violation of copyright. Can you give other identifying information for this interview?

I've referred to the original news report (as best I can). There's a lot of good information in this news report that I haven't seen anywhere else, so I'd hate to lose this one.

http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/articles/87/afu.html should be delinked, as it's likely a copyright violation; this site seems to be an en masse repository for Bowie stories.

Yes it is. What I can do for sources from this site is just refer to the original magazines that they refer to. My intention was to make it easy for people to read the reviews themselves but I totally understand the point. The references to articles on algonet have been removed.

Both web version of David Bowie: The "Glass Spider" Weaves His Musical Magic around the World appear to be copyright violations and should be delinked. Also, no reason to cite this twice.

Both are removed and I've referred to the original source instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULPDFbTCOx0 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhxdlmComDI need to be delinked

Done. I've replaced both with references to the original works (but without links to recordings of those reports)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anpGMcW2uX8 needs to be delinked

Done!

Is http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/tour/87.html a reliable source with editorial oversight?

Short answer is no. I've pulled the reference & associated statements.

A photograph of a ticket stub--http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/tours/mem/ticket870802.jpg-- isn't a reliable source. If Squeeze wasn't prominent enough to be mentioned in reliable sources about the tour, no reason to mention them in our article anyway

Done, removed.

http://www.velvetgoldmine.it/images_big/articoli_gs/gs_mi_articolo1.jpg needs to be delinked as a copyright violation

Done, now just refer to the original source.

Is http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/features/topofthepops.htm a reliable source?

To Bowie fans it's a bible :) But encyclopedically, I'm sure it doesn't meet Wikipedia's bar. References & statements pulled.

http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/articles/87/idm.html appears to be copyright violation

Pulled as per feedback above

http://www.velvetgoldmine.it/images_big/articoli_gs/gs_mi_articolo3.jpg should be delinked as copyvio

Pulled and now I just refer to the original publication

" SEARCH OREGONIAN ARCHIVES Paid archives from 1987 to present, 14 August 1987, retrieved 9 October 2013" -- is not enough information for others to find the cited material--can you give an article title?

Old newspaper articles are mostly accessible only through paid services, which is what I had used, but for simplicity I've changed this just to refer to the original paper instead.

http://www.algonet.se/~bassman/bootlegs/91/nyagg.html--again, probably not a reliable source

Yep, pulled.

I'm putting this on hold to give you a chance to address the above. Because of the source issues above, I'm leaning toward not listing this one for now so it can be straightened out at more leisure, but I know you've had a long wait for this review. If you feel like the above is fixable, I'll be glad to keep going--let me know your thoughts. -- Khazar2 (talk) 15:08, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely fixable! :) Thank you for your work here. I hope to have all this stuff addressed in the next 24 hours. 87Fan (talk) 16:41, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well that went faster than I thought. In most cases I was able to refer to the original source and remove the (copyvio) middleman. In a few cases there were no alternatives and I pulled the statement & ref completely. With the exception of one question above, I think I've addressed your feedback. let me know and thank you again! 87Fan (talk) 17:37, 24 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wow, you did take care of that fast--I was concerned I was giving you an all-day job. But it makes sense that the obscurer references were supporting the obscurer material and were therefore expendable. Let me take a final look at this and go through the checklist... -- Khazar2 (talk) 12:17, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've addressed your concerns above (the list of highest-grossing tours and the statement about the video release). I noticed while fixing the list of tours that we had two references sections: one contained notes & citations and the other was the list of books that have been referenced. I combined all 3 of these categories into subcategories under a single References section. Let me know if my changes aren't up to GA snuff. And again, thank you. I appreciate working with you as your feedback is actionable and excellent. 87Fan (talk) 16:00, 25 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Checklist

Rate	Attribute	Review Comment
1. Well-written:
	1a. the prose is clear, concise, and understandable to an appropriately broad audience; spelling and grammar are correct.	Spotchecks and copyvio detector find no evidence of copyright issues.
	1b. it complies with the Manual of Style guidelines for lead sections, layout, words to watch, fiction, and list incorporation.
2. Verifiable with no original research:
	2a. it contains a list of all references (sources of information), presented in accordance with the layout style guideline.
	2b. reliable sources are cited inline. All content that could reasonably be challenged, except for plot summaries and that which summarizes cited content elsewhere in the article, must be cited no later than the end of the paragraph (or line if the content is not in prose).	~~Statement about highest grossing tour needs citation; see suggestion above~~
	2c. it contains no original research.
3. Broad in its coverage:
	3a. it addresses the main aspects of the topic.
	3b. it stays focused on the topic without going into unnecessary detail (see summary style).
	4. Neutral: it represents viewpoints fairly and without editorial bias, giving due weight to each.	~~At one point an author's view is endorsed in Wikipedia's voice--see suggestion above~~
	5. Stable: it does not change significantly from day to day because of an ongoing edit war or content dispute.
6. Illustrated, if possible, by media such as images, video, or audio:
	6a. media are tagged with their copyright statuses, and valid non-free use rationales are provided for non-free content.
	6b. media are relevant to the topic, and have suitable captions.
	7. Overall assessment.	GA

My Cousin did security at the Maine Road gig, Terrence Trent D'arby was support - and apparently excellent. the Security (not my cousin!) wouldn't let D'arby in! they had to go find someone to vouch for him79.69.237.196 (talk) 16:44, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

For the London (UK) show, there was a few supporting artists, but I do remember Alison Moyet and Terence Trent D'Arby supporting...in fact there was a huge fight in the crowd and I always remember Terence trying to calm it down. Kal9000 (talk) 20:27, 14 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Austria Correction

this wasn't the first tour to hit Austria, he played Vienna in 1978 - theres a bootleg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.69.237.196 (talk) 16:40, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Incidents

a girl went missing after the Slane Castle Show, I heard an appeal on Irish Radio, should be easy to trace the info online79.69.237.196 (talk) 16:42, 5 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Official Tour Name: The Glass Spider Tour

All official promotional material from this tour, posters, tour program, shirts, etc, all mention the tour name as "The Glass Spider Tour", including the "The" as part of the name. Other tours pages on WP have added the word to its title and lead paragraph based on the same argument, as The Virgin Tour and The MDNA Tour by Madonna, The Magic Summer Tour by New Kids on the Block, The Monster Ball Tour by Lady Gaga, The Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour by Bruno mars. I open this space to debate about adding the word and move the article to The Glass Spider Tour, its official name on all official mromotional material. --Mr00Mister (talk) 18:40, 30 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]