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Depeche Mode
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2017 11:48 pm
by Malcolm
Touring again. I'm going to see them. Just have to run numbers this weekend and figure when. Front runners: Vegas, Chicago, Phoenix, all August/September dates. Will be the second concert of theirs I've been at.
Depeche Mode
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:22 am
by TheCatt
Friends are going to DC. I've seen them twice. Back when they were younger, better, and made good music.
Depeche Mode
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2017 9:23 pm
by Malcolm
Their album quality dropped off considerably after Alan Wilder left. He was the most properly trained musician out of all of them and the only one without major substance abuse issues (by all rights, Dave Gahan should be dead from heroin about four times). After two tours of damn near doing every sound check himself, he got tired and took off after the "Songs of Faith and Devotion" tour in the mid '90s. And yeah, they haven't come close to their heyday which coincidentally started right around when Vince Clarke left and Alan joined ... and ended when Alan left.
Depeche Mode
Posted: Sun May 21, 2017 11:00 pm
by Malcolm
Looks like Chicago wins this one, too. August 30th. I hate Spirit, but for $50 cheaper than the nearest plane, I'll take it. Only drag is it's in the middle of the week on a damned Wednesday.
Depeche Mode
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2017 11:58 pm
by Malcolm
All arrangements made.
Depeche Mode
Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2017 11:55 pm
by Malcolm
Wednesday. Setlist looks respectable, well ... aside from the five songs from the new album.
5 from Spirit
3 from Violator
3 from SFD
2 from Black Celebration
2 from Sounds of the Universe (actually not that bad)
2 from Ultra
1 each from Construction Time Again (Everything fucking Counts), Music for the Masses, Playing the Angel, Some Great Reward
Also looks like they're covering "Heroes."
Depeche Mode
Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 8:46 am
by TheCatt
Glad I saw them when I did then.