2005-12-09 Patriot Centre, Washington, DC, USA
Notes
This concert was filmed by video director Blue Leach, and the three singles ('Precious', 'A Pain That I'm Used To', and 'Suffer Well') were released for promotional use to EMI affiliates around the world. These pro-shot video clips are particularly notable as they share visual similarities with the official Live In Milan DVD, except for the video effects added in post-production.
'Precious' and 'Suffer Well' are available below in high quality, sourced from a MiniDV tape; however, 'A Pain That I'm Used To' is unfortunately not present on that tape. The best quality version available for 'A Pain That I'm Used To' is the "high" bandwidth copy on depechemode.com's website back in 2006, available here on archive.org, but it's only at a paltry 15 frames per second with a resolution of 320x175 and 22khz audio – making it a tough watch. The remainder of the concert video is not available.
The audio used for these promotional live singles appears to be rehearsal audio. The audio for Suffer Well matches the rehearsal audio available as part of The Complete Depeche Mode iTunes box set. Precious matches this YouTube reupload of the rehearsal audio originally available on the depechemode.com website. The only difference is that crowd noise is added, at least to the beginning and end of each song, to give it a live feel.
The Bravery was the support act.
Set list
- Intro (I Want It All)
- A Pain That I'm Used To
- John The Revelator
- A Question Of Time
- Policy Of Truth
- Precious
- Walking In My Shoes
- Suffer Well
- Damaged People (*)
- Home (*)
- I Want It All
- The Sinner In Me
- I Feel You
- Behind The Wheel
- World In My Eyes
- Personal Jesus
- Enjoy The Silence
- Somebody (*)
- Just Can't Get Enough
- Everything Counts
- Never Let Me Down Again
- Goodnight Lovers
Sources
- Source 1 contains pro-shot videos for 'Suffer Well' and 'Precious', sourced from the aforementioned MiniDV tape.
- Source 2 is flawless soundboard audio demuxed from Source 1.
