Hold On
Notes
Dave Gahan said in the Electronic Press Kit for Paper Monsters:
"There is something about it that is very simple and yet... it's very simple but at the same time it's very big, in the feel of it, it's just a universal kind of sentiment. And to myself as well the message in there is “hang in there”, and you've got to keep pushing and you've got to hold on to your dreams and ideas. And I just feel like, I guess, you know, in some ways the song is also about God, and what I feel, what God is to me and you know, what that is, whatever you want to call it – this power, the universe. It first came about lyrically because I felt like I'd been tested, I'm always being tested in different areas and I realised they weren't really tests, they were gifts, they were chances and things that were given to me to maybe make a change, maybe take a different road with something. That's really where the song came out of. I wanted it to have a sort of bluesy, sort of country feel to it but it's got a very modern edge to it, and I wanted the chorus just to be very, very simple. There's something about the way Knox played certain chords, and when we first... he had this little chord formation and he played it to me, and I had these words and a couple of verses and this idea for these two words "hold on". He started playing and I started singing the song, the melody over the top and it was just right, it was one of those ones where it really had nothing to do with either of us when we were writing it."
Dates with available recordings of Hold On
There are currently 3 recordings of Hold On available.
- 2003-06-07 Rock am Ring Festival, Nurburgring, Germany/Source 1
- 2003-06-10 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany/Source 1
- 2003-06-26 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark/Source 1
Dates where Hold On was played
2003 Paper Monsters Tour (Dave Gahan solo)
Hold On was played 71 times during this tour.
- 2003-05-2x Mates Rehearsal Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2003-06-05 Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2003-06-07 Rock am Ring Festival, Nurburgring, Germany
- 2003-06-08 Rock im Park Festival, Nuremburg, Germany
- 2003-06-10 Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany
- 2003-06-12 Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden
- 2003-06-13 Norwegian Wood Festival, Oslo, Norway
- 2003-06-14 Heineken Jamming Festival, Imola, Italy
- 2003-06-15 Provinssirock Festival, Seinäjoki, Finland
- 2003-06-17 New Ice Arena, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 2003-06-18 Olimpiski, Moscow, Russia
- 2003-06-20 Palace Of Sports, Kiev, Ukraine
- 2003-06-23 Arena, Budapest, Hungary
- 2003-06-24 T-Mobile Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
- 2003-06-26 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
- 2003-06-28 Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium
- 2003-06-29 Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, Somerset, England, UK
- 2003-07-01 Haus Auensee, Leipzig, Germany
- 2003-07-02 Stadt Park, Hamburg, Germany
- 2003-07-04 Olympia, Paris, France
- 2003-07-05 Olympia, Paris, France
- 2003-07-06 Eurockeennes Festival, Belfort, France
- 2003-07-09 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England, UK
- 2003-07-10 Shepherds Bush Empire, London, England, UK
- 2003-07-12 Move Festival, Manchester, England, UK
- 2003-07-13 Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, England, UK
- 2003-07-18 The Roxy, Atlanta, GA, USA
- 2003-07-20 9:30 Club, Washington D.C., USA
- 2003-07-21 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- 2003-07-23 Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY, USA
- 2003-07-26 Avalon Ballroom, Boston, MA, USA
- 2003-07-29 Metropolis, Montreal, QC, Canada
- 2003-07-30 Kool Haus, Toronto, ON, Canada
- 2003-08-01 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, USA
- 2003-08-02 State Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA
- 2003-08-05 Majestic Theatre, San Antonio, TX, USA
- 2003-08-06 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX, USA
- 2003-08-07 Next Stage, Dallas, TX, USA
- 2003-08-09 Fillmore, Denver, CO, USA
- 2003-08-11 Kingsbury Hall, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
- 2003-08-14 Vogue Theatre, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- 2003-08-15 Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR, USA
- 2003-08-16 Paramount, Seattle, WA, USA
- 2003-08-18 Warfield, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 2003-08-21 Copley Symphony Hall, San Diego, CA, USA
- 2003-08-22 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, USA
- 2003-08-23 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV, USA
- 2003-08-25 The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2003-08-26 The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- 2003-10-27 Manchester Apollo, Manchester, England, UK
- 2003-10-29 Carling Apollo Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- 2003-10-31 Forest National Stadium, Brussels, Belgium
- 2003-11-01 Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
- 2003-11-02 Kulturarena, Berlin, Germany
- 2003-11-04 Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2003-11-05 KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2003-11-07 Spodek Arena, Katowice, Poland
- 2003-11-08 Incheba Hall, Bratislava, Slovakia
- 2003-11-10 Gasometer, Vienna, Austria
- 2003-11-11 Zenith, Munich, Germany
- 2003-11-13 Thuringenhalle, Erfurt, Germany
- 2003-11-14 Philipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
- 2003-11-15 Bördelandhalle, Magdeburg, Germany
- 2003-11-17 Stadionsporthalle, Hannover, Germany
- 2003-11-18 Avo Session, Festsaal Messe, Basel, Switzerland
- 2003-11-20 Zenith, Paris, France
- 2003-11-22 Böblingen Sporthalle, Stuttgart, Germany
- 2003-11-24 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy
- 2003-11-27 La Riviera, Madrid, Spain
- 2003-11-29 Republicca, Valencia, Spain
- 2003-11-30 Razzmatazz, Barcelona, Spain
2015 Angels and Ghosts Tour
- Hold On was not played during this tour.
2021 Imposter Tour
- Hold On was not played during this tour.
