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Opening on the 30th May 1987, The Glass Spider World Tour visited fifteen countries and produced eighty-seven performances, as well as nine promotional press shows. The band consisted of: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, saxophone), Carlos Alomar (guitar), Peter Frampton (lead guitar), Carmine Rojas (bass), Alan Childs (drums), Erdal Kizilcay (keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin) and Richard Cottle (keyboards, saxophone). The dancers were: Melissa Hurley, Constance Marie, Craig Allen Rothwell (aka Spazz Attack), Viktor Manoel and Steven Nicholas (aka Skeeter Rabbit). In March before the tour started, a number of Press Shows were given in various countries. The band for these performances consisted of: David Bowie (vocals), Carlos Alomar (guitar), Peter Frampton (guitar), Alan Childs (drums), Carmine Rojas (bass) and Richard Cottle (keyboards).

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Note: Due to poor weather conditions, the Glass Spider production was unable to be used throughout the night; Bowie and his band performed a different setlist without dancers or props.

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When David Bowie Launched His Eye-Popping ‘Glass Spider’ Tour

David Bowie  was a performer ahead of his time – in his music, his image and his live performances. His 1987 Glass Spider tour was the biggest live spectacle of his career, an undertaking so massive that Bowie would never attempt to repeat it, despite the trek's success.

The tour was in support of the Never Let Me Down  album, which was intended as a return to rock for Bowie after exploring mainstream pop on previous releases. He conceptualized a big, bold, innovative experiment in blending an arena rock show with theatrical elements, groundbreaking staging and choreography.

"It's written and structured with various thematic devices," Bowie said at the time. "If this works the way I hope it does, then the next step for me will be to write a piece specifically for arenas and stadiums, which is almost like taking a musical on the road that has one narrative form all the way through, with a cast of characters, and is written for epic theater. I'm testing the waters with this tour."

Bowie assembled a team that included five dancers (under the direction of choreographer Toni Basil, famous for the No. 1 hit "Mickey"), saxophone, trumpet, congas and violin. He tapped Peter Frampton – who had just launched a semi-successful comeback after several years of retirement – to play guitar on both the album and tour.

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The entire ensemble rehearsed for 12 hours a day in New York before kicking off the tour on May 30, 1987 at Stadion Feijenoord in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The set list included the bulk of the new album, as well as a number of lesser-known songs from Bowie's catalog. The massive stage set consisted of a giant spider with vacuum tube legs that were lit from the inside, and Bowie would emerge from the spider's head for the show's dramatic encore.

The tour was financially the most successful of Bowie's career to that time, but both it and the album it supported were met with a mixed critical reception. Though Bowie would later state that he felt the tour paved the way for many elements that became important in subsequent live productions from other acts, he found the rigors of the show so exhausting that he chose to scale down his future road shows.

The tour was documented in a popular home-video release, Glass Spider , a year later in 1988, and then released on DVD in 2007.

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Flashback: David Bowie Faces Heat on Glass Spider Tour

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David Bowie ‘s 1987 Glass Spider tour is widely seen as the one of the worst things he ever did, right up there with his 1967 single “The Laughing Gnome,” his 1984 cover of “God Only Knows” and his widely ignored 2000 movie Mr. Rice’s Secret . It’s become shorthand for something pretentious and over the top, a cautionary tale for what happens when an artist gets so big and famous that nobody can tell him something is a bad idea.

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Watching the footage over a quarter century later, it’s easy to see what all the fuss was about – but it’s nowhere near as terrible as the legend suggests. Beyond the fact that the production seems tame by today’s standards, it was hardly the first time Bowie incorporated dancers and theatrics into his stage show. His 1974 Diamond Dogs tour was equally over the top. He also busted out mime moves on the Ziggy Stardust tour in 1972/’73, and not much else about those shows can be considered restrained. 

A big part of the problem is that he was touring behind Never Let Me Down , which even Bowie later admitted was not a strong album. His previous two projects were the soundtrack to Labyrinth and Tonight . Neither of them were up to Bowie’s high standards. 1983’s Let’s Dance was obviously an enormous success, but some fans were turned off by its MTV friendly sound. The next four years were defined by a Jim Henson children’s movie, a campy duet with Mick Jagger, a Pepsi commercial with Tina Turner and a couple of subpar albums, so by the time he hit the road in 1987 the critics were ready to pounce. 

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He gave them a lot of criticize with the Glass Spider tour. Pepsi sponsored the whole thing (paving the way for huge money tours in the future) and some nights Bowie seemed to be sleepwalking through his hits. Guitarists Carlos Alomar and Peter Frampton didn’t always mesh well together, and the giant spider hovering over the stage did look a little ridiculous. Many fans were shocked to see Frampton onstage, but it had been 11 long years since Frampton Comes Alive . Bowie and Frampton grew up together, and he was more than happy to give his old friend a high-profile gig. As you can see from this video of “China Girl” and “Rebel Rebel,” Bowie was in fine voice, and the tour isn’t quite as bad as its reputation.

Bowie realized that the Glass Spider tour was a misstep, so when it was finished he decided to do something radically different. Remembering how much fun he had working with Hunt and Tony Sales on Iggy Pop ‘s albums in the late Seventies, he decided to reconnect with the duo and formed Tin Machine along with guitarist Reeves Gabrels. They cut an album and launched a club tour, playing only new material. It was the polar opposite of everything he did on the Glass Spider tour, yet many people seemed to hate it even more.

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Music: Bowie's Glass Spider Tour

By Jon Pareles, Special To the New York Times

• Aug. 1, 1987

Overkill reigns in David Bowie's latest stage show, the Glass Spider Tour, which played its first American date Thursday at Veterans Stadium here and goes to Giants Stadium in New Jersey on Sunday and Monday. The two-and-a-half-hour set frequently looks far different from a standard rock concert, as Mr. Bowie has been promising. But when it does, in some of its most ambitious numbers, it often looks just plain silly.

The production calls for five dancers along with Mr. Bowie and his six-man band, performing under (and at one point, atop) the canopy of a giant ''spider'' with eight lighted legs, moving jaws and a head lighted like a jukebox - a superbly flexible set. There are film projections, props and performance-art-style bits with spoken words, along with such standard stadium effects as giant video screens; Mr. Bowie even ''flies.'' The show is spectacular, but too often it's spectacular for its misjudgments.

Mr. Bowie is clearly trying to do something extraordinary. The set opens with the Kronos Quartet's recording of Jimi Hendrix's ''Purple Haze'' - an example of the high culture-mass culture combination Mr. Bowie is after - and continues with his song ''Up the Hill Backwards,'' which declares, ''It's got nothing to do with you/If one can grasp it.''

Indeed, long stretches have nothing to do with crowd-pleasing. Although the current band plays more conventional, big-beat rock than most of Mr. Bowie's touring outfits (complete with hard-rock guitar solos by Peter Frampton), the set plays down hits in favor of bleaker songs about the clash of cultures (''Loving the Alien''), totalitarianism (''Big Brother,'' ''87 and Cry'') and utter alienation (''Scary Monsters,'' ''Sons of the Silent Age''). The set is also weighted toward Mr. Bowie's dramatic ballads (''Absolute Beginners,'' ''Time'') rather than his rockers.

Mr. Bowie probably hoped to merge his most nightmarish lyrics with dreamlike dancing for an eerie, unsettling show. The dancers run, jump and tumble around the stage (and around Mr. Bowie), enacting shoving matches and dispensing repetitive gestures - a man swinging a baseball bat, group gestures like sign language - that suggest a half-baked version of the choreographic theater of Pina Bausch. Early in the show, ''Day-In, Day-Out,'' with dancers on three stories of scaffolding, promises a dizzying overload of visual activity.

But for all the energy the dancers bring, the choreography fails. It's by Toni Basil, whose 1970's troupe, the Lockers, brought the robotic motion and acrobatics of street dancing to television. Over the last decade, however, moves that seemed startling have become commonplace - and instead of deepening Mr. Bowie's songs, the hair-flinging, shoulder-twitching and rubber-robot routines tame them. ''Dancing With the Big Boys'' looked like an outtake from the movie ''Flashdance''; a line from that song, ''This can be embarrassing,'' was all too appropriate.

The more arresting images occurred when Mr. Bowie was partnering a single dancer. He sang ''Sons of the Silent Age'' to a dancer who swayed back and forth as if he were moving her by telekinesis; in '' 'Heroes,' '' he started the song on his knees, roped, with a dancer gradually unfurling his bonds and home-movie images from the Soviet Union flickering behind him.

Along with '' 'Heroes,' '' though, the best parts of the show were those in which the dancers had been dispatched to dressing rooms and Mr. Bowie stepped forward and simply led his band in such songs as ''Rebel Rebel,'' ''The Jean Genie,'' ''Young Americans'' and the new ''Beat of Your Drum.'' His movements became more authoritative, though no less stylized and oblique; it again became clear what a charismatic actor Mr. Bowie can be. Even the music seemed crisper without the visual distractions.

In ''Fashion,'' the dancers gang up on Mr. Bowie, pushing him around and even tossing him head over heels. The number could speak for the show itself, which puts Mr. Bowie's music far too much at the mercy of its staging.

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David Bowie 1987 Glass Spider Tour

Tour by David Bowie Start date 30 May 1987 End date 28november 1987 Legs 3 Shows 86

David Bowie Tour band 1987 – The Glass Spider Tour • David Bowie – vocals, guitar • Peter Frampton – guitar, vocals • Carlos Alomar – guitar, backing vocals, music director • Carmine Rojas – bass guitar • Alan Childs – drums • Erdal Kızılçay – keyboards, trumpet, congas, violin, backing vocals • Richard Cottle – keyboards, saxophone, tambourine, backing vocals

Tour dancers • Melissa Hurley • Constance Marie • Spazz Attack (Craig Allen Rothwell) • Viktor Manoel • Stephen Nichols • Toni Basil (choreography)

Tour design • Allen Branton – Lighting design • Mark Ravitz – Set design • Christine Strand – Video director

Tour Date – City – Country – Venue

Promotional press shows 17 March 1987 Toronto, Ontario,Canada,Diamond Club 18 March 1987 New York City, New York,United States,Cat Club 20 March 1987 London,England,Player’s Theatre 21 March 1987 Paris,France,,La Locomotive 24 March 1987 Madrid,Spain,,Halquera Plateaux 25 March 1987 Rome,Italy,Piper 26 March 1987 Munich,Germany,Parkcafe Lowenbrau 28 March 1987  Stockholm,Sweden,Ritz 30 March 1987 Amsterdam,Netherlands Paradiso

Europe 30 May 1987 Rotterdam ,Netherlands,Stadion Feijenoord 31 May 1997 Rotterdam ,Netherlands,Stadion Feijenoord 02 June 1987 Werchter,Belgium,Rock Werchter 06 June 1987 Berlin,Germany,Platz der Republik 07 June 1987 Nürburgring,Rock am Ring 09 June 1987 Florence,Italy,Stadio Comunale 10 June 198 7 Milan,Stadio San Siro 13 June 1987 Hamburg,Germany,Festwiese Am Stadtpark 15 June 1987 Rome,Italy,Stadio Flaminio 16 June 1987  Rome,Italy,Stadio Flaminio 19 June 1987 London,England,Wembley Stadium 20 June 1987 London,England,Wembley Stadium 21 June 1987 Cardiff,Wales,Cardiff Arms Park 23 June 1987 Sunderland,England,Roker Park 27 June 198 7 Gothenburg,Sweden(Cancelled) Ullevi Stadium Hisingen,Eriksbergsvarvet 28 June 1987 Lyon,France,Stade de Gerland 01 July 1987 Vienna,Austria,Praterstadion 03 July 1987 Paris,France,Parc départemental de La Courneuve 04 July 1987 Toulouse,Stadium Municipal de Toulouse 06 July 1987 Madrid,Spain,Vicente Calderón Stadium 07 July 1987 Barcelona,Ministadio C.F. 08 July 1987 Barcelona,Ministadio C.F. 11 July 1987 County Meath,Ireland,Slane Castle 14 July 1987 Manchester,England,Maine Road Football Ground 15 July 1987 Manchester,England,Maine Road Football Ground 17 July 1987  Nice,France,Stade De L’Ouest 18 July 1987  Turin,Italy,Stadio Comunale di Torino

North America 30 July 1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,United States,Veterans Stadium 31 July 1987 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,United States,Veterans Stadium 02 august 1987  East Rutherford, New Jersey,Giants Stadium 03 august 1987  East Rutherford, New Jersey,Giants Stadium 07 august 1987  San Jose, California,Spartan Stadium 08 august 1987  Anaheim, California,Anaheim Stadium 09 august 1987  Anaheim, California,Anaheim Stadium 12 august 1987  Denver, Colorado,Mile High Stadium 14 august 1987  Portland, Oregon,Civic Stadium 15 august 1987  Vancouver, British Columbia,Canada,BC Place Stadium 17 august 1987  Edmonton, Alberta,Commonwealth Stadium 19 august 1987  Winnipeg, Manitoba,Winnipeg Stadium 21 august 1987  Rosemont, Illinois,United States,Rosemont Horizon 22 august 1987  Rosemont, Illinois,United States,Rosemont Horizon 24 august 1987  Toronto, Ontario,Canada,Canadian National Exhibition Stadium 25 august 1987  Toronto, Ontario,Canada,Canadian National Exhibition Stadium 28 august 1987  Ottawa, Ontario,Frank Clair Stadium 30 august 1987 Montreal, Quebec,Olympic Stadium 01 september 1987  New York City, New York,United States,Madison Square Garden 02 september 1987 New York City, New York,United States,Madison Square Garden 03 september 1987  Foxborough, Massachusetts,Sullivan Stadium 06 september 1987  Chapel Hill, North Carolina,Dean Smith Center 07 september 1987  Chapel Hill, North Carolina,Dean Smith Center 10 september 1987  Milwaukee, Wisconsin,Marcus Amphitheater 11 september 1987  Milwaukee, Wisconsin,Marcus Amphitheater 12 september 1987  Pontiac, Michigan,Pontiac Silverdome 14 september 1987  Lexington, Kentucky,Rupp Arena 18 september 1987  Miami, Florida,Miami Orange Bowl 19 september 1987 Tampa, Florida,Tampa Stadium 21 september 1987  Atlanta, Georgia,Omni Coliseum 22 september 1987  Atlanta, Georgia,Omni Coliseum 25 september 1987 Hartford, Connecticut,Hartford Civic Center 28 september 1987  Landover, Maryland,Capital Centre 29 september 1987 Landover, Maryland,Capital Centre 01 October 1987 St. Paul, Minnesota,St. Paul Civic Center 02 October 1987 St. Paul, Minnesota,St. Paul Civic Center 04 October 1987 Kansas City, Missouri,Kemper Arena 06 October 1987 New Orleans, Louisiana,Louisiana Superdome 07 October 1987 Houston, Texas,The Summit 08 October 1987 Houston, Texas,The Summit 10 October 1987 Dallas, Texas,Reunion Arena 11 October 1987  Dallas, Texas,Reunion Arena 13 October 1987 Los Angeles, California,Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena 14 October 1987 Los Angeles, California,Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena

Oceania 29 October 1987 Brisbane,Australia,Boondall Entertainment Centre 30 October 1987 Brisbane,Australia,Boondall Entertainment Centre 03 november 1987 Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 04 november 1987  Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 06 november 1987  Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 07 november 1987  Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 09 november 1987  Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 10 november 1987  Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 13 november 1987  Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 14 november 1987  Sydney,Sydney, Entertainment Centre 18 november 1987  Melbourne,Kooyong Stadium 20 november 1987  Melbourne,Kooyong Stadium 21 november 1987  Melbourne,Kooyong Stadium 23 november 1987  Melbourne,Kooyong Stadium 28 november 1987  Auckland,New Zealand,Western Springs Stadium

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From  The Man Who Sold the World

• “ All the Madmen “

From  Aladdin Sane

• “ The Jean Genie “
• “ Time “

From  Ziggy Stardust: The Motion Picture

• “ White Light/White Heat ” (originally from  White Light/White Heat  (1968) by  The Velvet Underground ; written by  Lou Reed )

From  Diamond Dogs

• “ Big Brother “
• “Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family”
• “ Rebel Rebel “

From  Young Americans

• “ Fame ” (Bowie,  John Lennon ,  Carlos Alomar )
• “ Young Americans “

From  “Heroes”

• “ ‘Heroes’ ” (Bowie,  Brian Eno )
• “ Sons of the Silent Age “

From  Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)

• “ Fashion “
• “ Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) “
• “ Up the Hill Backwards “

From  Let’s Dance

• “ China Girl ” (originally from  The Idiot  by  Iggy Pop , written by Pop and Bowie)
• “ Let’s Dance “
• “ Modern Love “

From  Tonight

• “ Blue Jean “
• “Dancing With the Big Boys” (Bowie, Pop,  Carlos Alomar )
• “ Loving the Alien “

From  Never Let Me Down

• “’87 and Cry”
• “ Bang Bang ” (Pop,  Ivan Kral )
• “Beat of Your Drum”
• “ Day-In Day-Out “
• “Glass Spider”
• “ Never Let Me Down ” (Bowie, Alomar)
• “New York’s in Love”
• “ Time Will Crawl “
• “Zeroes”

Other songs:

• “ Absolute Beginners ” (from  Absolute Beginners )
• “ I Wanna Be Your Dog ” (from  The Stooges  (1969) by  The Stooges , written by Pop,  Dave Alexander ,  Ron Asheton  and  Scott Asheton )
• “ Lavender’s Blue ” (traditional)
• “ London Bridge Is Falling Down ” (traditional)
• “ War ” (from  War & Peace  (1970) by  Edwin Starr ; written by  Norman Whitfield  and  Barrett Strong )
• “Who Will Buy?” (from the musical  Oliver! )

Rehearsed, but not performed:

• “Because You’re Young” (from  Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) )
• “ Scream Like a Baby ” (from  Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) )
• “Shining Star (Makin’ My Love)” (from  Never Let Me Down )

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Live: Olympic Stadium, Montreal

David Bowie performed at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada, on 30 August 1987, as part of the Glass Spider Tour.

It was the 45th date of the tour, which began on 30 May in Rotterdam .

Bowie’s guitarists were Carlos Alomar and Peter Frampton. Erdal Kızılçay played keyboards, trumpet, congas, and violin, and Richard Cottle was on keyboards, saxophone, and tambourine. Carmine Rojas played bass guitar and Alan Childs was on drums and percussion.

The 2007 DVD Glass Spider came with a two-CD set with the audio from this show. It was remastered and included in the 2018 box set Loving The Alien (1983-1988) as the live album Glass Spider (Live Montreal ’87) .

The setlist

• ‘Up The Hill Backwards’
• ‘Glass Spider’
• ‘Up The Hill Backwards’ (Reprise)
• ‘Day-In Day-Out’
• ‘Bang Bang’
• ‘Absolute Beginners’
• ‘Loving The Alien’
• ‘China Girl’
• ‘Rebel Rebel’
• ‘Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)’
• ‘All The Madmen’
• ‘Never Let Me Down’
• ‘Big Brother’
• ‘Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family’
• ‘’87 And Cry’
• ‘Sons Of The Silent Age’
• ‘Time Will Crawl’
• ‘Young Americans’
• ‘Beat Of Your Drum’
• ‘The Jean Genie’
• ‘Let’s Dance’
• ‘Blue Jean’
• ‘Modern Love’

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• 1974: Photo shoot: Young Americans
• 1972: Live: Rainbow Theatre, London
• 1964: Live: Davie Jones and the Manish Boys, Savoy Ballroom, Ipswich

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Closure In Moscow Announce ‘The Singularity’ Tour

By John Ritchie

It seems that fans of Melbourne’s Closure In Moscow just can’t get enough. Days after wrapping up their Supreme Turbo Facilitator Tour (selling out all but one of the shows) the popular five piece have announced their Singularity Tour featuring headline dates in all capital cities.

The tour marks the beginning of what plans to be a super massive travel cycle for Closure In Moscow as they head across to the U.S on the Warped Tour playing all 44 shows.

Support on the tour is from good buddies, Secrets In Scale. Tickets for all shows are on sale now.

Closure in Moscow ‘The Singularity Tour’ plus guests Secrets In Scale

Thursday 27th May Mona Vale Hotel, Sydney 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Friday 28th May 28th Gaelic Theatre, Sydney 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Saturday 29th May The Civic Hotel, Perth 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Sunday 30th May YMCA HQ, Perth U18 2pm 5pm Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Thursday 3rd June Republic Bar, Hobart 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Friday 4th June Fowlers Live, Adelaide Lic/AA Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Saturday 5th June East Brunswick Club, Melbourne 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow www.eastbrunswickclub.com / The East box office – PH: 9388 9794

Sunday 6th June Phoenix YouthCentre, Melbourne U18 2pm -6pm Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Thursday 10th June The Fort, Brisbane U18 6pm 9pm Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow

Friday 11th June The Zoo, Brisbane, 18+ Tix: www.moshtix.com.au/closureinmoscow, http://zoo.oztix.com.au

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

During the Second World War the metro itself became a strategic asset: it was turned into the city's biggest bomb-shelter and one of the stations even became a library. 217 children were born here in 1941-1942! The metro is the most effective means of transport in the capital.

There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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Whether you’re looking for a grand adventure or just want to get away for a last-minute break, flights from Melbourne to Moscow offer the perfect respite. Not only does exploring Moscow provide the chance to make some magical memories, dip into delectable dishes, and tour the local landmarks, but the cheap airfare means you won’t bust your budget. So no matter whether your ideal itinerary involves flying one way, non-stop, or round trip, you’re bound to find flights that match your schedule on Expedia, and at prices that won’t shock your wallet.

Bagging a cheap flight from Melbourne to Moscow may mean more dollars to spend on for one-of-a-kind souvenirs when you arrive, but it doesn’t mean you have to skimp on your travel experience, as Expedia offers a sizzling selection of cheap airlines that’ll put you in your happy place on their planes, whether that’s getting lost in a hair-raising airport thriller, dreaming on the passing landscape over a glass of bubbly, or jotting down your vacation bucket list at 38,000 feet. There’s also bound to be plenty of opportunities to snap a few photos of the high life that will make your friends green with envy. After all, enjoying the journey is part of the fun.

With so many affordable flights and so many wonderful adventures awaiting you, there’s no reason to put off booking a fantastic flight from to today. So don’t leave it to the last minute to make your dream trip a reality: pack your bags with your go-to travel accessories, put together your list of must-see attractions and can’t-miss activities, and get ready to broaden your horizons – with Expedia, the wonders of Moscow are only a plane trip away. Book your travel arrangements with us today!

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