"Live by Request" is a television show that aired on the A&E Network from 1996 to 2004. Hosted by Mark McEwen, the show featured notable artists holding concerts where the set list would be determined by viewer phone calls.

On 8th September 2003, David Bowie made history at Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, with the biggest ever live and interactive music satellite event the world had seen to that point. The special one-off live concert – where Bowie and his band performed the brand new "Reality" album in full – was beamed simultaneously to fans in 86 cinemas in 26 countries, from Hong Kong to Helsinki.