2006-08-03 Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv, Israel

Notes

Depeche Mode ended weeks of fervent speculation on Monday, announcing it was canceling its Thursday night concert at Tel Aviv's Hayarkon Park venue. The British band said it was forced to cancel after its technical support team refused to travel to Israel citing security fears. On Sunday, concert promoters assured tens of thousands of ticket holders that the event would take place despite fighting in the north of the country. The announcement was the second such case in the past few weeks after indie rock band Blond Redhead also cancelled their visit to Israel due to regional violence.

Source: www.haaretz.com

On May 8th 2009, Depeche Mode held a press conference at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv, and when asked about the cancellation of this concert, Martin Gore said:

"We were very disappointed, very depressed about it. We had been looking forward to coming here, and we know we have a very big fanbase here. Really, the decision was taken out of our hands, because it wasn't just a decision made by us. Our crew felt that it was unsafe to come here at the time, and they had to spend more time here than we did. So we felt it was wrong for us to force our crew to come here when they didn't want to."