Memories of the Tour of the Universe are still fresh, but with feet back on the ground for two weeks, many DM pilgrims are starting to take stock in the aftermath of just how much money was spent! The memories are priceless, but that doesn’t mean our bank accounts didn’t feel it (or in some [...]
I’m about an hour away from landing in San Francisco as I start this piece, trying sum up the last show of the tour without completely embarrassing myself in public. However, as the events of the last 24 hours continue to soak in, I find it increasingly difficult to hold back the tears of joy. [...]
So its 4am, this is a German keyboard with weird buttons so please ignore typos. Damn this show was awesome! I wouldnt say it surpases Berlin or Vegas, but it is up there. It was just so much fun. I didn’t weep like a school girl, I didn’t have any strange religious out of body [...]
A friend of mine had some extra tickets for Dusseldorf, and another friend offered to let me stay at their home, so Tara and I are off to Dusseldorf! Crazy. I’ve spent the last few days in a state of disbelief as mentally I had already been thinking of “next time” in the terms of [...]
While doing some work for FanimeCon tonight, I decided to watch One Night in Paris. It doesn’t always come on so strongly, but when I put it in I was suddenly brimming with joy and nostalgia. August 1, 2001* was my very first Depeche Mode concert. I’d only been to a club show or two by [...]
Last night, Depeche Mode completed their last North American show in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. A week has passed since my last show for the Tour of the Universe. What a wild ride this tour has been, spanning two continents, seven cities and many hours in planes, trains and automobiles. There were friends new and old, [...]
Counting Everything (so far)
So while I was in a relay thread for today’s show in Mannheim, everyone was anticipating rumored setlist shakeups. The topic of the decreased representation of SOTU tracks on what is the SOTU tour was inevitably raised. What are the representations compared to other albums in this setlist? It was an interesting even spread among [...]