Category:1993 Devotional Tour: Difference between revisions

Depeche Mode's extensive "Devotional" tour, promoting their eighth album, "Songs Of Faith And Devotion".

For a list of all support acts on this tour, go here.

To read the tour diary for this tour, go here.

Regarding the creation of the setlists, Alan Wilder has explained in his Shunt Q&A:

"When I was in the group, it was standard practice to change the set if we were playing one venue over 2 or more nights or if we were revisiting an area already played on the tour. We had 8 separate tapes - basically 4 different set-lists (red, green, blue and yellow I think) which were each split into two halves and broken up by an acoustic song somewhere in the middle - which allowed for the tape change. Effectively therefore, we could mix and match any combination of 1st and 2nd half tapes. Along with a few different alternatives for Martin's acoustic songs, this gave us the opportunity to perform many different running orders although all of them had the same overall shape and structure. So, for example, a quick chat beforehand might result in "let's play the blue / red set tonight with 'Somebody' instead of 'I Want You Now' in the middle." We could also change tapes for the encores, if necessary."

A photo of the yellow setlist can be found here, and a photo of the green setlist can be found here.

Line up and songwriting credits

• Dave Gahan - lead vocals
• Martin L. Gore - keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (denoted by (*) in track listings)
• Andrew Fletcher - keyboards
• Alan Wilder - keyboards, drums, backing vocals
• Hildia Campbell - backing vocals
• Samantha Smith - backing vocals

All songs performed were written by Martin L. Gore.

Dates with downloads available

• 1993-05-19 Espace Foire, Lille, France
• 1993-05-21 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
• 1993-05-24 Forest National Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
• 1993-05-25 Forest National Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
• 1993-05-27 Forum, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1993-05-28 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1993-05-29 Globe, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1993-05-31 Garbsen, Hannover, Germany
• 1993-06-01 Ahoy Stadium, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 1993-06-03 Patinoire Malley, Lausanne, Switzerland
• 1993-06-04 Forum, Milan, Italy
• 1993-06-07 Palaeur, Rome, Italy
• 1993-06-08 Palasport, Florence, Italy
• 1993-06-10 Esplanade Du Zenith, Nancy, France
• 1993-06-11 Frankenhalle, Nuremberg, Germany
• 1993-06-12 Maimarkthalle, Mannheim, Germany
• 1993-06-14 Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
• 1993-06-15 Westfallenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
• 1993-06-16 Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany
• 1993-06-18 Sparta Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic
• 1993-06-19 Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany
• 1993-06-21 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
• 1993-06-23 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria
• 1993-06-25 Martin Schleyer Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1993-06-26 Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
• 1993-06-29 Palais Omnisport De Paris Bercy, Paris, France
• 1993-06-30 Palais Omnisport De Paris Bercy, Paris, France
• 1993-07-03 Parc Penfeld, Brest, France
• 1993-07-05 Merignac Stadium, Bordeaux, France
• 1993-07-07 Zenith Omega, Toulon, France
• 1993-07-10 Antas Stadium, Oporto, Portugal
• 1993-07-11 Alvalade Stadium, Lisbon, Portugal
• 1993-07-15 Bull Ring, Madrid, Spain
• 1993-07-17 Palau Saint Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 1993-07-21 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
• 1993-07-22 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany
• 1993-07-24 Belga Beach Festival, Zeebrugge, Belgium
• 1993-07-27 MTK Stadium, Budapest, Hungary
• 1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK
• 1993-09-15 SkyDome, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 1993-09-18 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 1993-09-21 Meadowlands, East Rutherford, NJ, USA
• 1993-09-23 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
• 1993-09-25 Nassau Coliseum, Nassau, NY, USA
• 1993-09-27 Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA, USA
• 1993-10-02 Miami Arena, Miami, FL, USA
• 1993-10-03 Suncoast Dome, St. Petersburg, FL, USA
• 1993-10-05 Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL, USA
• 1993-10-10 The Summit, Houston, TX, USA
• 1993-10-17 St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, MO, USA
• 1993-10-19 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• 1993-10-20 Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL, USA
• 1993-10-26 Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, OH, USA
• 1993-10-28 Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, USA
• 1993-10-29 Rosemont Horizon, Chicago, IL, USA
• 1993-10-30 Target Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
• 1993-11-04 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• 1993-11-12 San Jose Arena, San Jose, CA, USA
• 1993-11-14 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA, USA
• 1993-11-16 Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA
• 1993-11-20 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 1993-11-21 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 1993-11-24 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 1993-11-26 The Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 1993-12-02 Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1993-12-03 Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1993-12-12 Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland
• 1993-12-14 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK
• 1993-12-17 G-MEX Centre, Manchester, England, UK
• 1993-12-18 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England, UK
• 1993-12-20 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK

71 out of 98 dates have recordings from this tour.