1993-09-07 Colisée de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada: Difference between revisions
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The press release from Associated Press on September 8th: | |||
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"QUEBEC (AP) - David Gahan, lead singer of British pop group Depeche Mode, was arrested along with his bodyguard after a scuffle with a hotel porter, but they were later released, police said. A porter at the Chateau Frontenac was struck in the head as he tried to explain to the group Monday night that a blackout at the hotel would soon be over, police said. | |||
No charges were filed against Gahan and bodyguard Daryl Levy because of contradictory statements from witnesses, police said. Depeche Mode was in Quebec City to kick off the North American leg of its tour Tuesday night." | |||
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Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994: | Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994: | ||
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The press release from Associated Press on September 8th:
"QUEBEC (AP) - David Gahan, lead singer of British pop group Depeche Mode, was arrested along with his bodyguard after a scuffle with a hotel porter, but they were later released, police said. A porter at the Chateau Frontenac was struck in the head as he tried to explain to the group Monday night that a blackout at the hotel would soon be over, police said. No charges were filed against Gahan and bodyguard Daryl Levy because of contradictory statements from witnesses, police said. Depeche Mode was in Quebec City to kick off the North American leg of its tour Tuesday night."
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
September 6th, QUEBEC: Did a rehearsal tonight and we have the opening night of the North American tour tomorrow night. The hotel sent us a memo today (in French). Kessler translated it. It basically said that all power in the hotel would be cut between midnight and 5am due to works being carried out. Couldn’t they have let us know when we booked the rooms three weeks ago? The memo also said that extra “staff” would be provided to “assist” guests to their rooms in the darkness. What this should have said was: “Several large, fat, ugly, stupid off-duty policemen will shine industrial-strength flashlights in your face while hurling obscenities at you in French, therefore implying that you have no right to be in the hotel and so giving them every right to deny you access to the rooms that you have paid a lot of money for.” Signed The Management. As you can imagine, a melee ensured, and Dave bumped into one of them. I’m sitting writing this in the waiting room of the local nick as Kessler tries to get Dave and Darrell Ives (Head of Security) out on bail. One of the band is in jail and we haven’t even done a gig yet!
September 7th, QUEBEC: Went to court with Dave today. All charges were dropped. We were so happy we bought ice lollies on the way out of the courthouse and appeared on the front cover of the local newspaper eating them. You’ve gotta laugh, ain’t ya? Dave did a very good show tonight, considering he had done some bird bang to rights.
