Day 15: You Never Forget Your First Time

Day 15 – One of your favorite concert memories

Definitely a question requiring some thinking. There are so many precious concert memories I could write about, which is why I phrased today’s question as “one of” not “your favorite.” Heaven help the Mode fan who would be forced to choose. For today, I’ll go back to the start:

One of my favorite concert memories is from the Exciter Tour, Aug. 1, 2001. As “Easy Tiger” played and the band made their way onto the stage in semi-darkness, my excitement for seeing DM for the very first time was reaching critical mass. When the grinding siren of “Dead of Night” came on, Dave Gahan in the flesh slinked onto stage and the lights went up, my heart lept into my throat. There they were, the best band ever, as real as the sun setting to the west of the venue, just eight rows ahead. I thought, “This is real. This is actually happening. And it’s going to KICK. ASS!”

I reminisced about this show here on this blog about two years (!) ago. Check it out if you want to read more.