I was there too & it remains my favourite gig ever, though we were at stage level about 6 rows back. It was amazing, the queue was mental as you say. Four of us drove up from Sheffield in a Ford Capri, about an hour into the journey 4th gear kept popping out so the drive had to sort of cock his leg over & hold it in with the back of the knee, typical it happened on such a long journey, but just part of the memories now.
In my teens my cousin from Gloucester came up on holiday and I liked Alice Cooper but he raved on about Bowie!.
"No more Mr Nice Guy" was one of my first 45's,but I soon had a cassette collection of Bowie's albums.
Like you that concert has never been surpassed since!.