Editing I'm Afraid of Americans (section)

==Live versions==
Following its release, Bowie performed "I'm Afraid of Americans" frequently on concert tours and television appearances.{{sfn|O'Leary|2019|loc=chap. 10}}{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=128–129}} He first performed the track ahead of ''Earthling''{{'}}s release on 9 January 1997 at his fiftieth birthday concert in New York City with the band [[Sonic Youth]].{{sfn|Sandford|1998|pp=340–350}}{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=601–603}} The song then made regular appearances throughout the Earthling Tour later that year.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=603–605}} Three separate live performances of the song were released on live albums included in the box set ''[[Brilliant Live Adventures]]'' (2020–2021): A July 1997 performance (released on ''[[Earthling Tour#Look at the Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97)|Look at the Moon!]]''),<ref name="BLA" /><ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-bowie-brilliant-live-adventures-look-at-the-moon-1120853/ | title=David Bowie's 'Brilliant Live Adventures' Series Continues With 1997 Festival Gig |magazine=Rolling Stone | date=29 January 2021 | access-date=29 January 2021 | first=Daniel | last=Kreps | archive-date=29 January 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129161204/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/david-bowie-brilliant-live-adventures-look-at-the-moon-1120853/ | url-status=live }}</ref> an October 1997 version recorded in New York  (included on ''[[LiveAndWell.com]]'' (1999/2021)),{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=128–129}}<ref name="BLA" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2020/12/11/bla-part-3-liveandwellcom | title=Brilliant Live Adventures Part 3 – ''LiveAndWell.com'' | website=David Bowie Official Website | date=11 December 2020 | access-date=14 December 2020 | archive-date=11 December 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211141832/https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2020/12/11/bla-part-3-liveandwellcom | url-status=live }}</ref> and a version from the [[Hours Tour]] in November 1999 on ''[[Hours Tour#David Bowie at the Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)|David Bowie At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)]]''.<ref name="BLA">{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/david-bowie-brilliant-live-adventures-six-album-series-kicks-off-october-30 |title=David Bowie Brilliant Live Adventures Six Album Series Kicks Off October 30 |website=Rhino Entertainment |date=2 October 2020 | access-date=19 November 2021 | archive-date=16 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916225954/https://www.rhino.com/article/david-bowie-brilliant-live-adventures-six-album-series-kicks-off-october-30 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2021/3/17/bla-part-6-david-bowie-at-the-kit-kat-klub-live-new-york-99 | title=BLA Part 6 – ''David Bowie At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99)'' |website=David Bowie Official Website | date=17 March 2021 | access-date=17 March 2021 | archive-date=17 March 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317161217/https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2021/3/17/bla-part-6-david-bowie-at-the-kit-kat-klub-live-new-york-99 | url-status=live }}</ref>

Bowie performed the song again at [[Howard Stern]]'s forty-fourth birthday concert in 1998.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=601–603}} Bowie's 25 June 2000 performance of the song at the [[Glastonbury Festival]] was released in 2018 on ''[[Glastonbury 2000]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Sean T. |title=David Bowie: ''Glastonbury 2000'' Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/david-bowie-glastonbury-2000/ |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |access-date=14 March 2020 |date=5 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711093411/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/david-bowie-glastonbury-2000/ |archive-date=11 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Another live version, recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre, London on 27 June 2000, was released on the bonus disc accompanying the first releases of ''[[Bowie at the Beeb]]'' in 2000.{{sfn|Pegg|2016|pp=128–129}}<ref>{{cite web |last1=Erlewine |first1=Stephen Thomas |title=''Bowie at the Beeb: The Best of the BBC Radio Sessions 68–72'' – David Bowie |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bowie-at-the-beeb-the-best-of-the-bbc-radio-sessions-bonus-disc-mw0000619751 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=10 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702122107/https://www.allmusic.com/album/bowie-at-the-beeb-the-best-of-the-bbc-radio-sessions-bonus-disc-mw0000619751 |archive-date=2 July 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> A performance from his 2003 [[A Reality Tour]] was included on the ''[[A Reality Tour (film)|A Reality Tour]]'' DVD (2004), and later on the ''[[A Reality Tour (album)|A Reality Tour]]'' album (2010).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-reality-tour-mw0001401403|title=''A Reality Tour'' – Davis Bowie|publisher=AllMusic|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine|access-date=11 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818165655/http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-reality-tour-mw0001401403|archive-date=18 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Reznor has performed the song live with Nine Inch Nails as well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/nine-inch-nails/2009/cruzan-amphitheatre-west-palm-beach-fl-1bd6216c.html|title= May 8 2009 / Nine Inch Nails Setlist at Cruzan Amphitheatre, West Palm Beach, FL, USA |website= setlist.fm |access-date=26 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nine-inch-nails-david-bowie-covers-concert-1344978/|title=See Nine Inch Nails Play Two David Bowie Classics at First Concert in Over 3 Years|access-date=26 July 2022|date=29 April 2022|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Daniel|last=Kreps}}</ref>