Set List
09/01 Toronto, ON Molson Canadian *
Read More09/03 Montreal, QB Bell Centre* 09/06 Brooklyn, NY Barclays Center* 09/08 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones * 09/10 Washington DC Jiffy Lube Live* 09/12 Atlanta, GA Aaron's Amph * 09/14 Tampa, FL Live Nation Amph * 09/15 Ft Lauderdale, FL BB&T Center* 09/18 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods ** 09/20 Dallas, TX Gexa Energy ** 09/22 San Diego, CA Sleep Train Amph** 09/24 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl** 09/26 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amph** 09/28 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center 09/29 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center 10/02 Los Angeles, CA STAPLES Center 10/04 Austin, TX Austin City Limits 10/06 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theater 10/08 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion 10/11 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Support: * w/ Bat For Lashes ** w/ Crystal Castles Anyway, Depeche Mode will appear on Wednesday, March 13th at 5pm at the Austin Convention Center. It is a "discussion" to be moderated by Jason Bentley . Martin Gore, Dave Gahan and Andy Fletcher
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Depeche Mode is currently on their Delta Machine tour, stopping by Minnesota State Fair, of all places, last Tuesday, August 27th.
The thing about the Grandstand stage is that it's a baseball stadium. In order to actually see the show at the Grandstand, you're actually forced to pay, on top of the ticket price, an entrance fee. It's kind of an unwanted tax, if you are only interested in attending a show and not care about all the food vendors that the Minnesota State Fair is known for.
By the time Depeche Mode took the stage, no one was sitting down at their seat. Surprisingly only about five songs from Delta Machine ("Welcome To My World", "Angel", "Should Be Higher", "Heaven", "Soothe My Soul") were played, which is fine, because I think everyone wanted to hear the hits/old classics anyway. After all, DM's last appearance in Minnesota was in 2001 at the Xcel Energy Center. It was a nice homecoming of sorts, as fans were eagerly singing along to such hits like "Walking in My Shoes" and "Policy of Truth".
The slower moments of the show was Martin Gore singing on "Higher Love" and "Shake the Disease" (he would also come back on vocal duties for the encore, "Home"). It's funny, but when Gore took over, I had almost forgotten that Gore also sings in the band (and he has a lovely singing voice).
As for the main singer Dave Gahan, he looks incredible for his age… the man has a six, possibly eight, pack. It was incredible to watch Gaham danced and rocked throughout the two-hour set. Keep in mind that Minnesota is going through a record-breaking heat wave!
Anyway, as long as I can remember, the cool gothy kids at my school, they all listened to Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths, and New Order. Of course, Depeche Mode had some hits, like "People Are People" (kind of sad to not see this on their current set), but it wasn't until Violator in 1990 that Depeche Mode really went beyond 'the cool kids' to mainstream.
Violator was the first DM album I went out and bought, based purely on the music video for "Enjoy the Silence", directed by Anton Corbijn about a prince wandering the countryside with his lawnchair. So imagine my surprise that DM decided to end their set with a double-wammy of Violator songs, two of their biggest hits, "Enjoy the Silence" and "Personal Jesus". What a great way to end their set.
For the encore, they did five songs, which is pretty unusual for encores. I think one song is mandatory, two is standard, three is stretching it… so five is sort of a second set.
I found out later that the five-song encore is consistent with all their 2013 show, so if you really love "Never Let Me Down Again", you'll have to wait it out before you take a ride home with your best friend.
The thing about the Grandstand stage is that it's a baseball stadium. In order to actually see the show at the Grandstand, you're actually forced to pay, on top of the ticket price, an entrance fee. It's kind of an unwanted tax, if you are only interested in attending a show and not care about all the food vendors that the Minnesota State Fair is known for.
By the time Depeche Mode took the stage, no one was sitting down at their seat. Surprisingly only about five songs from Delta Machine ("Welcome To My World", "Angel", "Should Be Higher", "Heaven", "Soothe My Soul") were played, which is fine, because I think everyone wanted to hear the hits/old classics anyway. After all, DM's last appearance in Minnesota was in 2001 at the Xcel Energy Center. It was a nice homecoming of sorts, as fans were eagerly singing along to such hits like "Walking in My Shoes" and "Policy of Truth".
The slower moments of the show was Martin Gore singing on "Higher Love" and "Shake the Disease" (he would also come back on vocal duties for the encore, "Home"). It's funny, but when Gore took over, I had almost forgotten that Gore also sings in the band (and he has a lovely singing voice).
As for the main singer Dave Gahan, he looks incredible for his age… the man has a six, possibly eight, pack. It was incredible to watch Gaham danced and rocked throughout the two-hour set. Keep in mind that Minnesota is going through a record-breaking heat wave!
Anyway, as long as I can remember, the cool gothy kids at my school, they all listened to Depeche Mode, The Cure, The Smiths, and New Order. Of course, Depeche Mode had some hits, like "People Are People" (kind of sad to not see this on their current set), but it wasn't until Violator in 1990 that Depeche Mode really went beyond 'the cool kids' to mainstream.
Violator was the first DM album I went out and bought, based purely on the music video for "Enjoy the Silence", directed by Anton Corbijn about a prince wandering the countryside with his lawnchair. So imagine my surprise that DM decided to end their set with a double-wammy of Violator songs, two of their biggest hits, "Enjoy the Silence" and "Personal Jesus". What a great way to end their set.
For the encore, they did five songs, which is pretty unusual for encores. I think one song is mandatory, two is standard, three is stretching it… so five is sort of a second set.
I found out later that the five-song encore is consistent with all their 2013 show, so if you really love "Never Let Me Down Again", you'll have to wait it out before you take a ride home with your best friend.
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Depeche Mode at the Grandstand, Minnesota State Fair (08/27/13) |
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