Echoing '' Low '' s minimalist , instrumental approach , the second of the trilogy , '' " Heroes " '' ( 1977 ) , incorporated pop and rock to a greater extent , seeing Bowie joined by frequent Eno collaborator and King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp . Like '' Low '' , '' " Heroes " '' evinced the zeitgeist of the Cold War , symbolised by the divided city of Berlin . Incorporating ambient sounds from a variety of sources including white noise generators , synthesisers and koto , the album was another hit , reaching number three in the UK . Its title track , though only reaching number 24 in the UK singles chart , gained lasting popularity , and within months had been released in both German and French . Referencing the burgeoning new wave music scene , RCA Records marketed '' " Heroes " '' with the slogan " There 's Old Wave . There 's New Wave . And there 's David Bowie ... " After releasing '' " Heroes " '' in 1977 , Bowie spent much of 1978 on the Isolar II world tour , bringing the music of the first two Berlin Trilogy albums to almost a million people during 70 concerts in 12 countries . By now he had broken his drug addiction ; biographer David Buckley writes that Isolar II was " Bowie 's first tour for five years in which he had probably not anaesthetised himself with copious quantities of cocaine before taking the stage . ... Without the oblivion that drugs had brought , he was now in a healthy enough mental condition to want to make friends . " Recordings from the tour made up the live album '' Stage '' , released the same year
Isolar II world tour
Isolar II – The 1978 World Tour
Berlin Trilogy