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==== Live recordings: ====
*[[1981-06-01 Bridge House, London, England, UK/Source 1]]: upgrade of decent audience recording
*[[1982-02-10 BBC Paris Studio, London, England, UK/Source 1]]: 2024 rework of the broadcast audio using higher-quality M4A 320kbps audio from a 2024 BBC 6 audio webstream broadcast
*[[1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK/Source 1]]: 2024 retransfer of the FM broadcast master cassette, with improved quality, incomplete "New Life" patched, and DJ intro/outro kept
*[[1990-06-29 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA/Source 1]]: decent audience recording - upgrade sourced from first-generation cassette copies
==== Interviews ====
*'''[[1981-08-23 Twentieth Century Box, ITV, UK]]: superb quality footage of DM's appearance on the Twentieth Century Box television program, including rehearsal footage, interviews with band members and fans outside the Crocs nightclub, and playback performances featuring footage from inside the Crocs nightclub'''
*'''[[2024-07-04 Depeche Mode Live Wiki interview with Matrixxman on 2017 album Spirit]]'''
==== Articles ====
*'''[[Suffer Well#"Simlish" version|Suffer Well ("Simlish" version)]]: added audio, music video, and information regarding the "Simlish" version of [[Suffer Well]]'''
*'''[[Playing The Angel mastering analysis]]'''
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;December - January 2024
*[[1981-11-03 Fagins, Manchester, England, UK/Source 1]]: a nice upgrade to an already very good sounding audience recording
*[[1986-03-21 The Tube, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK]]: excellent quality television broadcast including live performances of [[A Question Of Time]] and [[Black Celebration]]
*[[1986-05-27 The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC2]]: Depeche Mode interviewed in Paris, plus fantastic quality pro-shot clips of [[A Question Of Time]] and [[Fly On The Windscreen]]
*[[1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK/Source 1]]: upgraded version of the radio broadcast audio incorporating the recent higher quality BBC2 stream of 10 songs and completed with the missing 4 songs from an FM rebroadcast DAT master
=== Recordings from the [[:Category:2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour|2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour]] ===
==== Third leg recordings ====
*Very good audience recording from Orlando: [[2023-10-10 Amway Center, Orlando, FL, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Miami: [[2023-10-12 Kaseya Center, Miami, FL, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Atlanta: [[2023-10-15 State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Philadelphia: [[2023-10-25 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from New York: [[2023-10-28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from New York: [[2023-10-28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 2]]
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from Toronto: [[2023-11-05 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Detroit: [[2023-11-08 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Cleveland: [[2023-11-10 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland, OH, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from Chicago: [[2023-11-13 United Center, Chicago, IL, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Denver: [[2023-11-16 Ball Arena, Denver, CO, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Seattle: [[2023-11-26 Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Las Vegas: [[2023-12-01 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience recording from San Francisco: [[2023-12-03 Chase Center, San Francisco, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from San Diego 1st night: [[2023-12-06 Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from San Diego 2st night: [[2023-12-08 Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent multiple feed matrix recording from Los Angeles (Kia Forum) 1st night: [[2023-12-10 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Los Angeles (Crypto.com) 1st night: [[2023-12-15 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent in-ear monitor / audience recording from Los Angeles (Crypto.com) 2nd night: [[2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1]]
**Very good matrix recording of two audience recordings: [[2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 2]]
**DMLiveWiki's very good audience recording [[2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 3]]
**fried_morals' very good audience recording: [[2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 4]]
==== Second leg recordings ====
*Very good in-ear monitor recording from Lyon: [[2023-05-31 Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France/Source 2]]
*Excellent 3x in-ear monitor + 2x audience matrix recording from Rome: [[2023-07-12 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Krakow: [[2023-08-04 Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland/Source 1]]
----
;October 29, 2023
Recently added recordings:
*Better quality version of the very good audience recording from 1982-12-09 Saarbrücken: [[1982-12-09 University Aula, Saarbrücken, Germany/Source 1]]; thanks to Pascal K. from Madrid - Spain
*Very good soundboard-quality audio from 1982-12-14 Utrecht, an upgrade to the previous rework with improved sound quality: [[1982-12-14 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands/Source 1]]
**Plus FM broadcast master audio from an LP-mode DAT dub which was used in the new rework: [[1982-12-14 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands/Source 4]]
*Good sounding and '''uncirculated''' audience recording from 1984-03-09 Barcelona: [[1984-03-09 Studio 54, Barcelona, Spain/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from 1984-10-13 Birmingham, upgrade to previous sources: [[1984-10-13 Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK/Source 1]]
*'''subwave collection CH''''s very good master audience recording from 1987-11-12 Zurich: [[1987-11-12 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland/Source 1]]
*'''subwave collection CH''''s very good master audience recording from 1990-10-12 Zurich: [[1990-10-12 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland/Source 3]]
*First-generation copy and significant quality upgrade of Laurent A's very good audience recording from 1990-10-22 Paris: [[1990-10-22 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1]]
*'''mcCoy''''s good sounding audience recording from the master DAT: [[1993-06-26 Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France/Source 1]]
*Upgraded audio of the [[1997-04-27 Spin Session: Depeche Mode, Spin Magazine, Westwood One Entertainment]] interview, sourced from a promo CD instead of an FM broadcast cassette recording
=== Recordings from the [[:Category:2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour|2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour]] ===
==== Second leg recordings ====
*Very good audience recording from 1st night Amsterdam: [[2023-05-16 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from 2nd night Amsterdam: [[2023-05-18 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Source 1]]
*Two good audience recordings from Stockholm: [[2023-05-23 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden/Source 1]] & [[2023-05-23 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden/Source 2]]
*Two audience recordings from Leipzig: [[2023-05-26 Leipziger Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany]]
*Good audience recording from Bratislava: [[2023-05-28 Národný Futbalový Stadión, Bratislava, Slovakia/Source 1]]
*Good audience recording from Lyon: [[2023-05-31 Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France/Source 1]]
*Pro-shot (Amazon Prime Video 1080p stream capture) from Barcelona: [[2023-06-02 Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain/Source 1|video]] | [[2023-06-02 Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain/Source 2|audio]]
*Two audience recordings from Dusseldorf night 1: [[2023-06-04 Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany]]
*Good audience recording from London: [[2023-06-17 Twickenham Stadium, London, England, UK/Source 1]]
==== First leg recordings ====
*Phenomenal in-ear monitor / audience matrix recording from Sacramento - '''highly recommended''': [[2023-03-23 Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from San Jose: [[2023-03-25 SAP Center, San Jose, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience recording from Los Angeles: [[2023-03-28 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Las Vegas - '''highly recommended''': [[2023-03-30 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from San Antonio - '''highly recommended''': [[2023-04-02 AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX, USA/Source 1]]
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from Chicago: [[2023-04-05 United Center, Chicago, IL, USA/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Toronto - '''highly recommended''': [[2023-04-07 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada/Source 1]]
*Very good audience recording from Quebec City: [[2023-04-09 Videotron Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada/Source 1]]
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from New York - '''highly recommended''': [[2023-04-14 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1]]
----
;March 26, 2023
Recently added recordings:
*From [[2023-02-14 Taratata, France 2, Studios du Lendit, Saint-Denis, France]]:
**[[2023-02-14 Taratata, France 2, Studios du Lendit, Saint-Denis, France/Source 1|Source 1]]: 720p video
**[[2023-02-14 Taratata, France 2, Studios du Lendit, Saint-Denis, France/Source 2|Source 2]]: 128kbps audio from HDTV broadcast
**[[2023-02-14 Taratata, France 2, Studios du Lendit, Saint-Denis, France/Source 3|Source 3]]: 720p "mosaic" videos which show 8 camera angles simultaneously
*[[2023-03-25 SAP Center, San Jose, CA, USA/Source 1]]: '''loughney''''s very good master audience recording
;March 4, 2023
Recently added several recordings:
*[[2006-07-01 Eurockeennes Festival, Belfort, France/Source 1]]: good, but incomplete master audience recording
*[[2017-09-09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1]]: excellent Assistive Listening Device / audience recording matrix by RyanJ, improved with correcting phase cancellation
*[[2017-09-11 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1]]: excellent Assistive Listening Device / audience recording matrix by RyanJ, improved with correcting phase cancellation
*[[2018-02-16 SKK, St. Petersburg, Russia/Source 1]]: very good audience recording
*[[2023-02-19 Alte Kongresshalle, Munich, Germany]]: audience recording of full concert, interview, and the later radio broadcast of 3 songs
;February 2, 2023
Recently added several upgrades to existing recordings:
*[[1986-07-13 The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA/Source 1]] - now sourced from master cassette, slight upgrade in sound quality
*[[1990-07-06 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA/Source 1]] - upgrade of James K's very good audience recording, sourced from a combination of a fresh Nakamichi transfer of the available two out of three master cassettes and completed with a raw 1st-generation cassette copy
;January 26, 2023
Recently added several upgrades to existing recordings:
*[[1982-05-07 The Ritz, New York City, NY, USA/Source 1]] - excellent audience recording, sourced from 1st generation cassette
*[[1986-06-24 St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA/Source 1]] - superb audience recording, fresh Nakamichi retransfer of master cassettes
*[[1987-12-18 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 2]] - 2nd generation cassette
*[[1990-06-18 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA/Source 1]] - low-generation cassette transfer, better sounding than prior version which had noise destruction artifacts
*[[1990-07-05 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA/Source 1]] - fresh Nakamichi retransfer of master cassettes
;November 19, 2022
Added more of Elly Apfel's recordings from the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour]] sourced from first-generation cassette copies:
*[[1987-11-07 Messehalle, Hannover, Germany/Source 1]] - very good audience recording
*[[1987-11-09 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany/Source 1]] - very good audience recording
*[[1987-11-11 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany/Source 1]] - very good, but unfortunately incomplete audience recording
And added MC's very good first-generation audience recording from 1990-11-01 Berlin: [[1990-11-01 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany/Source 1]]
;October 23, 2022
;October 23, 2022
Added two of Elly Apfel's recordings from the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour]] sourced from first-generation cassette copies:
Added two of Elly Apfel's recordings from the [[:Category:1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour|1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour]] sourced from first-generation cassette copies:


*[[1987-11-04 Grugahalle, Essen, Germany/Source 2]] - very good audience recording
*[[1987-11-04 Grugahalle, Essen, Germany/Source 2]] - very good audience recording
*[[1987-11-06 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany/Source 3]] - excellent audience recording
*[[1987-11-06 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany/Source 1]] - excellent audience recording


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*[[1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland/Source 1]]: undited pre-FM recording
*[[1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland/Source 1]]: undited pre-FM recording
*[[2009-04-xx Tour Of The Universe Tour Rehearsals]]: three variants; a pre-FM CD, a recording of an FM rebroadcast, and the original webstream capture
*[[2009-04-xx Tour Of The Universe Tour Rehearsals, SIR Studios, New York, NY, USA]]: three variants; a pre-FM CD, a recording of an FM rebroadcast, and the original webstream capture


;December 24, 2018
;December 24, 2018

Latest revision as of 23:59, 29 November 2024

July 9, 2024

Live recordings:

Interviews

Articles

December - January 2024

Recordings from the 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour

Third leg recordings

Second leg recordings

October 29, 2023

Recently added recordings:

Recordings from the 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour

Second leg recordings

First leg recordings

March 26, 2023

Recently added recordings:

March 4, 2023

Recently added several recordings:

February 2, 2023

Recently added several upgrades to existing recordings:

January 26, 2023

Recently added several upgrades to existing recordings:

November 19, 2022

Added more of Elly Apfel's recordings from the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour sourced from first-generation cassette copies:

And added MC's very good first-generation audience recording from 1990-11-01 Berlin: 1990-11-01 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany/Source 1

October 23, 2022

Added two of Elly Apfel's recordings from the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour sourced from first-generation cassette copies:

October 4, 2022

Transcription of 2022-10-04 Press Conference, Berliner Ensemble, Berlin, Germany is available to read.

September 20, 2022

Three new recordings:

September 11, 2022

Added two more of RP's DAT master recordings:

August 21, 2022

Added two of RP's DAT master recordings from the 1993 "Devotional" Tour:

May 31, 2022
Added a superior transfer of the soundboard recording from 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK in memoriam of Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher who passed away on May 26, 2022. Stream and download the recording here.
February 13, 2022
Recently added more first-generation copies of Elly Apfel's recordings:
December 7, 2021

Added an excellent quality VHS master recording of the 1982-12-14 Utrecht television broadcast of 5 songs + interview. Stream and download it here.

September 21, 2021

45-second excerpts of demos of 12 songs and studio outtake / rough versions of 2 songs from the 2013 album Delta Machine are available to listen to at Delta Machine Demos.

May 8, 2021

Added an excellent quality pre-FM recording from 1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France, free of DJ chatter, and with one missing song added from the FM broadcast master reel recording. Stream and download it here.

March 20, 2021

Several recordings have been added in the past several weeks:

January 21, 2021

Nearly all circulating audio recordings from the 2009-2010 "Tour Of The Universe" are now available to stream & download. Please e-mail or send a message on Twitter if you are aware of gaps that can be filled.

Also added a few recordings:

Be sure to also peruse the Depeche Mode sample sources page, now expanded with audio examples for many entries which you can play in your browser in order to better demonstrate the sounds and methods used.

December 25, 2020
Merry Christmas! Added a few recordings:
December 5, 2020

Added a few recordings:

September 5, 2020
Added a few recordings:
August 23, 2020
Added a pre-FM broadcast reel recording of 1984-12-09 Hamburg, which includes "Ice Machine" not found on "The World We Live In And Live In Hamburg" home video release. Stream and download it here.
July 25, 2020

Added a few recordings:

April 12, 2020

Added hscottm's very good master audience recording from 1994-06-29 Star Lake Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Stream and download it here. The previous "Source 1" was the same recording, but a worse-sounding cassette copy.

March 30, 2020

Added several new recordings:

March 28, 2020

Added several new recordings:

February 29, 2020
Added an excellent quality pro-shot video recording of 1982-10-25 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, along with its audio, as Source 1 and Source 2 respectively.
December 3, 2019
Some recent additions:
October 12, 2019
PDF scans of all 52 issues of BONG, the official Depeche Mode fan club magazine, plus the 1998 BONG calendar and 1990 US issue, are now available to read at your convenience here!

Happy reading!

September 17, 2019
Added Fabio B's very good sounding first generation audience recording from 1984-03-06 Orfeo Music Hall, Milan, Italy. Stream and download it here.
August 11, 2019
Added Fabio B's good sounding master audience recording from 1987-10-29 Palasport, Turin, Italy. Stream and download it here.
July 4, 2019
We have added an excellent soundboard source of 7 songs for 2001-06-30 Philadelphia, available to stream and download here.
The Sample sources page has been established to document all noteworthy samples employed by Depeche Mode and Recoil throughout their careers, including Nitzer Ebb album Ebbhead produced by Alan Wilder in 1991.
The Live sound banks page has been updated to include additional background information regarding a variety of lots sold at the 2011 Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection.
March 30, 2019
We have moved to a new domain: dmlive.wiki. All old links should still function, whether they are links to the wiki or forum. Please e-mail me if you find anything that doesn't work!
March 19, 2019
All recordings now have direct-download links instead of cumbersome torrent downloads, and streams & downloads have been moved to a new server. Please let me know of any dead download links, or streams that don't work anymore.
December 26, 2018
Added 9 soundboard tracks from 2001-05-30 Exciter Tour Rehearsals, Sound Design Studios, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Stream and download them here.
December 25, 2018
Merry Christmas! Added a few recordings:
December 24, 2018
Added two master audience recordings from 2013-11-13 Leeds Arena, Leeds, England, UK:
  • Source 1: motr1912's very good audience recording
  • Source 2: Christopher Myatt's good audience recording
December 23, 2018
Renamed the "Demos & Studio Pre-Mixes" section to Demos & Studio Outtakes. Streams are now provided of all songs in their entirety (where available), including outtakes. A direct download is also provided containing FLAC versions of the songs, where available.
December 22, 2018
Added a second-generation audience recording from 1982-03-05 Rockola, Madrid, Spain, previously uncirculated. Stream and download it here.
December 21, 2018
Added Philippe Petit's good master audience recording from 1985-07-07 Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium. Stream and download it here.
December 20, 2018
Added Lars K's good master audience recording from 1993-12-20 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
December 19, 2018
Added Pictureshow Radio's good master audience recording from 1990-06-26 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA. Stream and download it here.
December 18, 2018
Added Lars K's good master audience recording from 1993-12-18 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
December 17, 2018
Added Lars K's good master audience recording from 1993-12-17 G-MEX Centre, Manchester, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
December 16, 2018
Added a very good audience recording from 1993-05-31 Garbsen, Hannover, Germany. Stream and download it here.
December 15, 2018
Added a master FM broadcast recording of the 3-song broadcast from 1981-08-26 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
December 14, 2018
Added two recordings from 2005-12-11 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA:
December 13, 2018
Updated the Something Went Wrong compilation of live mistakes, glitches, and goofs, expanding the compilation from 11 CDs to 18 CDs.
June 27, 2018
Added the webstream of 2018-06-26 Volt Festival, Sopron, Hungary. Both the livestream capture and its audio are available to stream and download.
June 24, 2018
Added the Sky Arts HDTV broadcast of 4 tracks from 2018-06-23 Isle of Wight Festival, Newport (Isle of Wight), England, UK. Both the video capture and its audio are available to stream and download.
September 4, 2017
Added:

Also corrected some file tagging / out-of-order problems for the recordings for 2001-07-05 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA, 2001-10-06 Arena, Oberhausen, Germany and 2001-10-07 Sport Paleis, Antwerp, Belgium; please re-download them if you want the corrected versions.

July 15, 2017
Added:
July 9, 2017
Four sources added from 2017-07-08 NOS Alive Festival, Lisbon, Portugal.
  • Source 1: 540p webstream capture
  • Source 2: 96kbps HE-AAC webstream audio by itself, split into tracks
  • Source 3: television broadcast audio
  • Source 4: FM broadcast recording (recommended only for collectors due to excessive radio host chatter)
July 1, 2017
Filled in some gaps and provided some upgrades to a few sources:
June 30, 2017
Nearly all circulating audio recordings from the 2001 "Exciter Tour" are now available to stream & download. I'm aware of a few recordings missing, I'll fill those gaps in tomorrow.
June 17, 2017
Added:

You can stream & download those recordings from the concerts' pages.

June 11, 2017
Added a pro-shot video of the first three tracks (plus some support act footage) from 1998-09-05 Olympiski, Moscow, Russia sourced from a second-generation VHS tape.
June 7, 2017
Added:

You can stream & download those recordings from the concerts' pages.

Also corrected an issue with missing file tags on the 16-bit 44.1khz version of Ronny's master audience recording from 2017-05-27 Amsterdam; if you want the corrected version, re-download the torrent on that page.

May 29, 2017
Added:

You can stream & download those recordings from the concerts' pages.

May 12, 2017
Added Ronny's very good master audience recording and ONE8UNG's good master audience recording from 2017-05-07 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You can find links to stream and download them on that page.
May 9, 2017
Added Trekytt's master audience recording from 2017-05-05 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden. Stream and download it here.
April 23, 2017
Added:
March 23, 2017
Added robertmode's master FM broadcast recording from 2017-03-21 Studios Rive Gauche, RTL2, Paris, France and the original RTL2 Internet radio stream here, respectively:
March 17, 2017
The video & audio from 2017-03-17 Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin, Germany are now available to download. Sorry, no streaming yet.
February 7, 2017
Added an alternate version of the soundboard recording from 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK, without the destructive noise reduction and equalization that Source 1 (the common DIME version) has. There is also less wow & flutter. It's unfortunately encoded as 320kbps MP3, but there should be no audible degradation of quality. Stream & download it here: 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK/Source 2
January 2, 2017
All circulating audio recordings from the 1998 "The Singles" Tour are now available to stream & download. Happy New Year!
November 30, 2016
In celebration of 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland's 32nd anniversary, I've added a crystal-clear sounding FM broadcast master recording. Stream & download it here: 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland/Source 1
November 15, 2016
Added Craig's master cassette-sourced audience recording from 1994-05-14 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA; stream & download it at Source 2.
October 23, 2016
Added a few audio recordings from the several promotional television appearances around the time of the "Ultra" parties:
October 18, 2016
All circulating audio recordings from the 1994 "Exotic" Tour are now available to stream & download. If you know of any I've missed, please contact me.
October 12, 2016
A transcript of yesterday's press conference in Milan is now available to read: 2016-10-11 Press Conference, Teatro dell'Arte, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
October 8, 2016
Corrected dates for the 1983 and 1984 Hammersmith Odeon, London recordings based on BBC Radio International's online catalog search page. See the revised pages for information and updated recordings:

Audio is unchanged for every source except for the pre-FM vinyl source of 1984; that one has been speed-corrected. Stream and download it here.

1983 London was also 33 years ago today; be sure to enjoy that recording to commemorate the anniversary!

October 1, 2016
All circulating audio recordings from the 1993 Devotional Tour are now available to stream & download. If you know of any I've missed, please contact me.
September 3, 2016
Added a better sounding VHS sourced soundboard recording from the 1981-10-23 Something Else television performance; stream and download it here.
August 27, 2016
Added:
August 23, 2016
Added a very good sounding low-generation audience recording from 1993-10-19 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Stream and download it here.
August 21, 2016
Added JB's very good audience recording from 1990-06-30 Marcus Ampitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA, sourced from a fresh transfer of the master tapes. You can stream & download it at 1990-06-30 Marcus Ampitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA/Source 2.
August 20, 2016
Added an upgrade for 1984-03-05 Teatro Tenda, Bologna, Italy/Source 1 sourced from a fresh transfer of a low-generation tape.
August 13, 2016
Added a fresh tape transfer of 1982-04-02 Théâtre Le Palace, Paris, France/Source 1, which doesn't have destructive noise reduction applied to it like the previously available version did.
June 21, 2016
Added several recordings over the past few days:
June 2, 2016
Added:
May 28, 2016
Added:
May 14, 2016
Upgrades of two audience recordings:
April 16, 2016
Some additions:

Also check out the 1980/1981 background info page, which chronologically describes a significant amount of background info from Depeche Mode's first two tours.

February 27, 2016
Added Elly Apfel's very good sounding audience recording from 1986-05-13 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany sourced from a first-generation cassette tape. Stream & download it here.
February 13, 2016
Added a fresh retransfer of 1986-03-31 New Conference Centre, Brighton, England, UK/Source 1 with improved quality to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album "Black Celebration".
December 19, 2015
All circulating audio recordings from the 1990 World Violation Tour are now available to stream and download.
November 21, 2015
Some additions:
November 14, 2015
Several additions:
November 7, 2015
Added Elly Apfel's very good sounding audience recording from 1986-05-22 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany sourced from a first-generation cassette tape. Stream & download it here.
November 2, 2015
Added a second-generation cassette transfer of the incomplete soundboard recording from 1984-11-03 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK. Stream & download it here.
November 1, 2015
Added Elly Apfel's very good sounding audience recording from 1986-05-20 Münsterlandhalle, Münster, Germany sourced from a second-generation cassette tape. Stream & download it here.
October 31, 2015
Caught up with Dave Gahan & Soulsavers' 2015 "Angels & Ghosts" Tour. New additions include:
October 27, 2015
A Depeche Mode Live Wiki exclusive: added RyanJ's very good audience recording from Dave Gahan & Soulsavers' concert at 2015-10-22 Town Hall, New York, NY, USA. Stream & download it here.

A higher quality transfer of Alan Wilder's 1984 "Some Great Reward" Demo Tape has also been made available for streaming & downloading.

October 20, 2015
The proshot webstream from Dave Gahan & Soulsaver's first gig at 2015-10-19 The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA has been made available to stream & download, both the full video and the audio by itself.
September 10, 2015
New discussion forum launched! Check it out here.
August 22, 2015
Some upgrades and additions for the 1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour:

A 24-bit / 48khz version of 1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK/Source 1 has also been made available for download.

August 15, 2015
All circulating recordings from the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour are now available to stream & download. Please note that the torrent filesets are still being uploaded to my seedbox and all torrents will be seeded in about four days, but feel free to enjoy the streams and queue up the torrents in your torrent client in the meantime! Also, please report any broken streams or torrent download links to admin [at] dmlive [dot] wiki or on Twitter @DMLiveWiki. Update August 19: All torrents are now being seeded. Please report any download difficulty to the email or Twitter handle mentioned earlier.
August 13, 2015
Added a speed-corrected fresh retransfer of twoshed's master FM broadcast recording from 1984-11-03 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK. Stream & download it here.
July 25, 2015
Some minor additions and an upgrade:

More to come soon - about halfway done with preparing the MFTM tour for the wiki.

June 20, 2015
All circulating recordings from the 1986 Black Celebration Tour are now available to stream and download. Please note that it will be about 4 days before all torrents will be seeded, so load them up in your torrent client in the meantime and enjoy the streams. User registration has also been re-enabled. Update June 25: all torrents are now seeding.
June 13, 2015
Added a fresh transfer of Elly A's 1st generation audience recording from 1984-12-05 Münsterlandhalle, Münster, Germany. Stream and download it here.
June 5, 2015
Added a fresh retransfer of Brent Graham's good audience master recording from 1994-03-08 Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia here: Source 1
May 23, 2015
New additions:
May 19, 2015
Stream & download a good sounding incomplete audience recording, previously uncirculated, from 1990-06-26 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA here: Source 1
May 9, 2015
Sorry about the slow progress! Some new recordings:

I am still working on having all recordings from the 1986 Black Celebration Tour available as well.

April 11, 2015
Stream & download a fresh retransfer & remaster of the incomplete soundboard recording from 1986-05-16 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany at Source 2.
March 19, 2015
All recordings from the 1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour are now streamable and downloadable.
March 15, 2015
All recordings from the 1997 Ultra Parties and 2003 "A Night With Martin L. Gore" Tour are now streamable and downloadable. The 1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour will be streamable & downloadable by this weekend.
March 8, 2015
All recordings from the 1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour are streamable and downloadable. Not all torrents are being seeded as many are still uploading to the torrent server, but you can add any torrents you want to your torrent client and the download will proceed once the upload to my server is finished.
March 5, 2015
All recordings through the 1982-1983 A Broken Frame Tour are now streamable in their entirety (including DVDs) as well as by each individual track. Torrents should download much quicker now. If you were in the process of downloading a torrent, please re-download the torrent from the recording's page and start again. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please email me if you are still having trouble downloading torrents. I'm working on getting the CTA, SGR, and "A Night With Martin L. Gore" tours up - they will be streamable & downloadable within the next couple weeks.
December 25, 2014
Added a soundboard recording DAT Master Clone for 2001-10-11 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Stream & download it here: 2001-10-11 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany/Source 1 Merry Christmas!
December 13, 2014
In celebration of a couple gigs' anniversaries:
November 17, 2014
Added a rework of 1980-11-14 Technical College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK, which eliminates the overpowering bass and makes the entire recording clearer overall. Stream and download it here.
November 9, 2014
Added a rework of 1986-04-10 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK from three FM broadcast sources, creating the most complete and best sounding version available. Stream and download the recording here.
November 2, 2014
Added streams & downloads of three recordings from 1984-11-03 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK to celebrate the concert's 30th anniversary:
October 30, 2014
Added the most complete version of 1980-10-30 Bridgehouse, London, England, UK to celebrate its 34th anniversary. This source includes Tora! Tora! Tora! which is not available on the common "Bridgehouse" vinyl bootleg. Stream and download it here.
October 28, 2014
Added a very good audience recording from 1987-10-27 Paleur, Rome, Italy. It is an upgrade over the commonly circulating lossless version sourced from the "Italiantour 11/87" CD bootleg. You can stream and download it here. Sorry, lossy only.
October 21, 2014
Added audience recordings from the three nights in Paris during the 1990 World Violation Tour to celebrate their 24th anniversary. The third night has the best recording and the most interesting & rarely performed Martin acoustic tracks (Little 15 and Blue Dress). You can stream and download them at the following links:
October 13, 2014
Added a superb audience recording of 1993-06-30 Palais Omnisport De Paris Bercy, Paris, France sourced from a first-generation cassette tape. Listen to the entire recording and download it here. Also added a stream of the webcast audio from 2013-10-11 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX, USA.
September 16, 2014
Torrents are being seeded again, but I have a paltry 1Mbps connection (around 120KBps). I will explore seedbox options and possibly direct-download links; if you know of a seedbox or file host who offers 750GB+ of storage for a reasonable price, please email me! Until then, I do apologize for the slow download speeds.
September 10, 2014
You may experience difficulty downloading torrents at the moment. All recordings are currently hosted from the webmaster's home connection. He is in the middle of moving and there is no internet at his apartment yet. Please be patient, hopefully the recordings will be seeded again by this weekend. In a month or two, we will switch to a seedbox in order to allow very high availability of the recordings as well as greatly increased download speeds.
August 26, 2014
To celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the concert at 1981-08-26 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK, an uncirculated lossless first-generation FM broadcast recording of three tracks is now available. Download it here.
August 15, 2014
Added a recording of Peter Gordeno's in-ear monitor feed from 2006-01-21 LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany. It is only available as MP3 320kbps. Download it here: 2006-01-21 LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany/Source 2
August 13, 2014
Added an FM broadcast DAT master of Dave's performance at 2003-06-12 Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden.
August 2, 2014
Added an interview of Dave speaking about his second solo album "Hourglass": 2007-09-13 EMI, London, UK. Also added some samples / excerpts of soundboards from the following dates, mostly obtained from SoundCloud:
July 27, 2014
Added an FM broadcast master of the original broadcast from 1982-03-28 De Lantaren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (found at Source 2) and a rework of sources 1 & 2, yielding the most complete version available of the two FM broadcasts (found at Source 3).
June 29, 2014
Added all circulating recordings from the 1982-1983 A Broken Frame Tour. The Something Went Wrong compilation of 11 CDs worth of mistakes and technical difficulties is also now available to download; sorry about the delay.
June 22, 2014
Added all circulating recordings from the 1982 See You Tour. Particularly good new additions include:

Also added a nearly-complete audience recording of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's opening set for Depeche Mode on 1988-06-18 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA, USA. You may download it here: OMD Source 1.

June 8, 2014
Added all circulating recordings from the 1980 Tour and 1981 Tour. Please report dead links, download difficulty, and any other trouble you may encounter to admin [at] dmlive [dot] wiki. Thank you for your patience! I know I'm slow at uploading these recordings.
April 27, 2014
Added a complete Swiss Radio DRS3 FM broadcast from 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland. Download it here: 1984-11-30 Basel - Source 4.
March 30, 2014
Added a demos and studio pre-mixes section containing samples of all of the currently circulating demos and studio pre-mixes which have not been commercially released. The Summer 1980 Demo Tape is also available.
March 25, 2014
Added a good audience recording of the 2001-03-24 CD:UK, ITV, The London Studios, London, England, UK television performance. A total of five takes were performed and recorded.
March 21, 2014
Added an FM radio broadcast from 1984-12-09 Alsterdorf Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany, including the track Ice Machine which has not yet appeared on any release of "The World We Live In And Live In Hamburg".
February 21, 2014
Added a very good audience recording from 1986-05-10 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium and a decent audience recording of 2013-09-15 BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL, USA (shameless plug - it's the webmaster's recording :) ). We do apologize about the lack of updates and will change that very soon!
February 12, 2014
Added a nearly-complete audience audio recording of 2013-04-26 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, USA from master video clips. This concert had the first live performance of But Not Tonight.
January 28, 2014
Added:
January 27, 2014
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