Category:2009-2010 Tour Of The Universe

Tour Of The Universe
Tour name	Tour Of The Universe
By	Depeche Mode
Personnel	Dave Gahan Martin Gore Andrew Fletcher
Stage musicians	Christian Eigner (drums) Peter Gordeno (keyboards, backing vocals)
Support acts	DJ Guy Mar Terry Poison Yeah Yeah Yeahs Polarkreis 18 M83 Dolcenera Lavagance Motor Žagar Peter Björn and John Quiero Club The Raveonettes Angele Phase Feedbackers Gomo Soulsavers Nitzer Ebb The Horrors
Tour diary	Available
Length	2009-04-23 - 2010-04-21 (11 months, 29 days)
Number of shows	102

The Tour Of The Universe was a 2009-2010 international tour undertaken by Depeche Mode in support of their twelfth studio album Sounds Of The Universe.

A list of the songs which were part of the pre-show DJ set can be found here: Pre-show DJ 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, backing vocals
• Christian Eigner - drums, keyboards

• Kerry Hopwood - live computers and musical director (off stage)

All songs performed were written by Martin Gore, except for 'Photographic', which was written by Vince Clarke, and 'Hole To Feed', 'Come Back', and 'Miles Away / The Truth Is' which were written by Dave Gahan, Christian Eigner, and Andrew Phillpott.

Unplayed songs

• Corrupt

• The Sun And The Moon And The Stars

• Perfect

• Barrel Of A Gun

Confirmed by Kerry Hopwood from Ableton's Drum Procession preset list in a video for official Ableton channel on YouTube

Live Here Now recordings

A number of concerts were recorded by Live Here Now (a division of Mute Records). These recordings were sold officially on the now defunct depechemodelive.com website. With some exceptions, concerts which enjoyed an official release through Live Here Now do not have available audience recordings at this time. The following concerts released through the Live Here Now service have independently-sourced recordings available:

• 2009-06-16 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
• 2009-06-23 Puskas Ferenc Stadium, Budapest, Hungary
• 2009-06-30 Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2009-07-24 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2009-08-10 Key Arena, Seattle, WA, USA
• 2009-08-27 Red Rocks, Denver, CO, USA
• 2009-12-13 LG Arena, Birmingham, England, UK
• 2010-02-17 Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK

8 out of 48 LHN-released concerts have alternative recordings available.

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.

Rehearsals

• 2009-04-xx Tour Of The Universe Tour Rehearsals, SIR Studios, New York, NY, USA (pre-FM broadcast)

Tour

• 2009-05-06 Rockhal, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (Audience)
• 2009-10-17 Personal Fest, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Soundboard)
• 2009-11-23 Tony Garnier, Lyon, France (Audience)
• 2010-01-31 Globe, Stockholm, Sweden (Audience)
• 2010-02-17 Royal Albert Hall, London, England, UK (Audience)