Category:2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour

Global Spirit Tour
Tour name	Global Spirit Tour
By	Depeche Mode
Personnel	Dave Gahan Martin Gore Andrew Fletcher
Stage musicians	Christian Eigner (drums) Peter Gordeno (keyboards, backing vocals, bass guitar)
Support acts	The Raveonettes F.O.X. The Horrors DJ Daniele Tognacca Algiers DJ Maya Jane Coles Warpaint Re-TROS Pumarosa EMA Black Line Rey Pila Estados Alterados Cementerio Inocentes Matias Aguayo & The Desdemonas Juana Molina Gui Boratto Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft
Length	2017-02-20 - 2018-07-25 (1 year, 5 months)
Number of shows	130

The Global Spirit Tour was a 2017-2018 international tour undertaken by Depeche Mode in support of their fourteenth studio album Spirit.

A press conference was held at the Teatro dell'Arte in Milan on October 11, 2016 at 13:00 CET to announce the new album and tour.

A list of the songs which were part of the pre-show DJ set can be found here: Pre-concert techno sets

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
• Peter Gordeno - keyboards, bass guitar (during A Pain That I'm Used To and Heroes), backing vocals
• Christian Eigner - drums
• Kerry Hopwood - live computers and musical director (off stage)

All songs performed were written by Martin L. Gore, except Cover Me and Poison Heart written by Dave Gahan, Peter Gordeno, and Christian Eigner; Just Can't Get Enough written by Vince Clarke; and Heroes written by David Bowie and Brian Eno.

Notes

Depeche Mode will again partner with Swiss watch maker Hublot, raising money and awareness for charity: water.^[1]

The songs World In My Eyes, Everything Counts, and Wrong have new intros on this tour.

Starting with the show 2018-05-22 Honda Center, Anaheim, CA, USA, Home was performed in an edited acoustic version, until the second verse.

At the end of A Question Of Time, on all dates. Dave performed the chorus lyrics from Iggy Pop - I'm Bored, similarly, Dave performed the lyrics to the chorus of Tuxedomoon - No Tears For The Creatures Of The Night at the end of So Much Love.

On most dates, Depeche Mode covers David Bowie's "Heroes" as a tribute to the late musician. The song has an historical connection with the band; you can read more about it on this page: 1980-04-0x Rehearsal, Woodlands School, Basildon, Essex, England, UK

The intro to the show consists of two parts: The first part is a 1:10 clip of The Beatles' "Revolution" and the second part is a remixed version of Cover Me.

At the time of writing (August 3 2017), Dave Gahan appears to have two gimmicks for this tour:

1. During the pre-tour gigs Avatar Studios and Hollywood Forever as well as every gig on this tour except Nice, Dave raps towards the end of Barrel Of A Gun: "Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge / I'm trying not to lose my head" which is from a song called 'The Message' by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. When webmaster Daniel "BRAT" Barassi jokingly said on Instagram that he was taking credit for the inspiration for this line (as he is an avid fan of producing mash-ups, which can be heard on his website bratproductions.com), Dave's wife Jennifer Sklias (jokingly or seriously) commented "Naw... they was my idea!"
2. During the waving part of Never Let Me Down Again (excepting the S.I.R. Studios rehearsal of course), Dave Gahan picks up a large shooter gun on the catwalk with which he fires off T-shirts. The only concerts where he has not done this are Amsterdam, Antwerp, Ljubljana, Athens, Bratislava, Phoenix, Dublin, Manchester, Buenos Aires and Isle of Wight.

Dates with downloads available

Dates without available downloads

Recommended recordings

These recordings are highly recommended as they are generally regarded as some of the best recordings from this tour. This is not an exhaustive list of very good sounding recordings.

Pre-tour events

• 2017-03-17 Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin, Germany (Soundboard)
• 2017-03-21 Studios Rive Gauche, RTL2, Paris, France (pre-FM broadcast)
• 2017-03-26 BBC 6 Music Festival, Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (Soundboard)

Tour

• 2017-05-05 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden (Audience)
• 2017-06-25 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy (in-ear monitor/audience matrix)
• 2017-09-09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (Assistive Listening Device/audience matrix)
• 2017-09-11 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (Assistive Listening Device/audience matrix)
• 2018-06-26 Volt Festival, Sopron, Hungary (Soundboard)
• 2018-07-23 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany (Audience)

References