1983-03-28 Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC, Canada

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Notes

Rob Bailey wrote on Straight.com in 2017:

The first time I saw Depeche Mode was in March of 1983, when the then-youthful foursome played the Commodore Ballroom. This was a very different band from any I had seen before, and I was puzzled by their stage setup. No drums, four keyboards in a row on stands, and most puzzlingly, a Tascam 4-track tape machine on a table behind them. The tape started playing, and they trotted out in their effortlessly cool British finery, all sculpted hair and tight clothing, but quickly retreated back to the dressing room in less than a minute when a mix-up of lines to the console rendered performance impossible! A roadie rewound the tape, hit play, and they started the show over! Shit happens.

Shades of Life was the support act.

Credit to Steve Turnidge.

Set list

  1. Oberkorn (It's A Small Town)
  2. My Secret Garden
  3. See You
  4. Satellite
  5. New Life
  6. Boys Say Go!
  7. Tora! Tora! Tora!
  8. Big Muff
  9. Leave In Silence
  10. Shouldn't Have Done That
  11. Get The Balance Right
  12. The Meaning Of Love
  13. Just Can't Get Enough
  14. A Photograph Of You
  15. The Sun & The Rainfall
  16. Shout
  17. Photographic
  18. Dreaming Of Me