2010-01-09 O2 Arena, Berlin, Germany

Notes

This concert was added to the tour dates list on June 12th. Alan Wilder was spotted in Berlin on January 5th, so he probably attended this concert, but the fans did not know this at the time.

Here is the diary entry for Depeche Mode's official tour blog:

Mexican waves were waved, chants were chanted and the enthusiasm on display was thoroughly enthusiastic. And that was before the band were even on stage. From the minute the doors opened it was quite clear that the atmosphere at Depeche Mode's show at O2 World in Berlin was gonna be quite special.

Nitzer Ebb put on a really good show, even if they faced a couple of first-night technical issues. Dave and Martin were spotted on the side of the stage watching their old friends and label mates support them again, more than two decades after Ebb joined them the first time. To call it a historic night might be stretching the term a bit, but it was certainly nice to see those two bands on the same stage once again.

Depeche rocked it as usual. They seemed to have a lot of fun on stage, and the crowd was one of the best I've seen this tour.

A couple of celebrity sightings... Ron Mael of Sparks was watching the gig from the side of the stage (looking stern, but approving), Gareth Jones was spotted taking loads of pictures, and some of the Rammstein guys were backstage after the gig.

Special thanks to Lee Roe for supplying some of the pictures from tonight's gig.

author: peter

Official video blog:

Set list

1. In Chains
2. Wrong
3. Hole To Feed
4. Walking In My Shoes
5. It's No Good
6. A Question Of Time
7. Precious
8. World In My Eyes
9. Insight (*)
10. Home (*)
11. Miles Away / The Truth Is
12. Policy Of Truth
13. In Your Room
14. I Feel You
15. Enjoy The Silence
16. Never Let Me Down Again
17. One Caress (*)
18. Stripped
19. Behind The Wheel
20. Personal Jesus

Set list info obtained from the Home forum.

Sources

• Source 1 is a very good audience recording.