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== Notes ==
== Notes ==


The Three Laws was the support act.
The Three Laws was the support act. Synth player Steve Pond [https://www.facebook.com/groups/depechemodeclassicfansphotosandvideos/permalink/247004398777555/?comment_id=994046614073326&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R0%22%7D said]: "When we got to the Cedar Club gig, the PA didn't have any DI boxes which you needed to plug the synths into. The sound man said DM had some so I wandered over to Vince, and said "can we borrow your DI boxes?" Vince: "If we can borrow your light show." The deal was struck. We used their DI boxes and they had our big white sheet and liquid light show. But we took the gels out, so DM had a Bowie-esque white-light-only light show that night."


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Latest revision as of 19:13, 12 February 2017

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The Three Laws was the support act. Synth player Steve Pond said: "When we got to the Cedar Club gig, the PA didn't have any DI boxes which you needed to plug the synths into. The sound man said DM had some so I wandered over to Vince, and said "can we borrow your DI boxes?" Vince: "If we can borrow your light show." The deal was struck. We used their DI boxes and they had our big white sheet and liquid light show. But we took the gels out, so DM had a Bowie-esque white-light-only light show that night."