Category:1981 Tour

Depeche Mode's 1981 tour, promoting their first album Speak & Spell.

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

Line up and songwriting credits

• Dave Gahan - lead vocals
• Martin L. Gore - keyboards, backing vocals
• Andrew Fletcher - keyboards
• Vince Clarke - keyboards, backing vocals, whistle (during Boys Say Go!)

All songs performed were written by Vince Clarke, except for Big Muff and Tora! Tora! Tora! which were written by Martin L. Gore, Television Set which was written by Jason Knott, and The Price Of Love which was written by The Everly Brothers.

Dates with downloads available

Dates missing recordings

• 1981-01-03 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK
• 1981-01-06 Bridge House, London, England, UK
• 1981-01-11 Hope 'N' Anchor, London, England, UK
• 1981-01-19 Bridge House, London, England, UK
• 1981-01-23 Hope 'N' Anchor, London, England, UK
• 1981-01-23 Rascals, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK
• 1981-02-01 Moonlight Club, London, England, UK
• 1981-02-02 Warehouse, Leeds, England, UK
• 1981-02-03 Limit Club, Sheffield, England, UK
• 1981-02-09 Bridge House, London, England, UK
• 1981-02-12 Moonlight Club, London, England, UK
• 1981-02-14 The Rainbow, London, England, UK
• 1981-02-16 Cabaret Futura, London, England, UK
• 1981-02-26 Lyceum, London, England, UK
• 1981-03-16 Bridge House, London, England, UK
• 1981-03-24 Moonlight Club, London, England, UK
• 1981-03-30 Flicks, Dartford, England, UK
• 1981-04-02 Technical College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK
• 1981-04-04 Thames Boat Trip, London, England, UK
• 1981-04-11 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK
• 1981-04-12 Bridge House, London, England, UK
• 1981-04-16 Amnesia, Leeds, England, UK
• 1981-04-21 The Embassy, London, England, UK
• 1981-04-23 Cedar Ballroom, Birmingham, England, UK
• 1981-04-26 Lyceum, London, England, UK
• 1981-04-28 Sweeneys, Basildon, England, UK
• 1981-04-30 The Pits, London, England, UK
• 1981-05-01 Southbank Poly, London, England, UK
• 1981-05-03 Raquels, Basildon, England, UK
• 1981-05-09 Nero's, Cardiff, Wales, UK
• 1981-05-12 The Venue, London, England, UK
• 1981-05-25 Flicks, Dartford, England, UK
• 1981-06-02 Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK
• 1981-06-09 Regency Suite, Chadwell Heath, London, England, UK
• 1981-07-29 Bridge House, London, England, UK
• 1981-07-30 Alexandras, Slough, England, UK
• 1981-08-06 Warehouse, Leeds, England, UK
• 1981-08-07 Nite Club, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• 1981-09-19 The Venue, London, England, UK
• 1981-09-25 Markthalle, Hamburg, Germany
• 1981-09-28 Disco Rouge, Brussels, Belgium
• 1981-10-16 Christ's School, Richmond, England, UK
• 1981-10-19 Lawrence Weston School, Bristol, England, UK
• 1981-10-31 University, Newcastle, England, UK
• 1981-11-02 Coasters, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
• 1981-11-05 Rock City, Nottingham, England, UK
• 1981-11-06 University, Liverpool, England, UK
• 1981-11-09 Locarno, Bristol, England, UK
• 1981-11-10 Raquels, Basildon, England, UK
• 1981-11-12 Arts Centre, Poole, England, UK
• 1981-11-14 University, Leicester, England, UK
• 1981-11-15 Lyceum, London, England, UK
• 1981-11-16 Lyceum, London, England, UK

53 out of 71 dates are missing recordings from this tour.