Devotional Tour
Tour by Depeche Mode | |
![]() Poster advertising the Depeche Mode concert held in Dortmund, Germany. | |
Associated album | Songs of Faith and Devotion |
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Start date | 19 May 1993 (1993-05-19) |
End date | 20 December 1993 (1993-12-20) |
Legs | 3 |
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The Devotional Tour was a 1993 concert tour by English electronic band Depeche Mode in support of the group's eighth studio album, Songs of Faith and Devotion, which was released in March 1993.[1]
The group continued to promote Songs of Faith and Devotion the following year on the Exotic Tour/Summer Tour '94, which included an additional North American leg. Q magazine refers to Devotional Tour as "the most debauched rock tour ever".[2]
The tour began with an eleven-week European leg, which kicked off in Lille, France, in mid-May and culminated in London in late July. In September 1993, the group began a North American leg, which commenced in Quebec City, Canada. The 50-date tour continued until early December, when it wrapped up in Mexico City. Later in the month, the band returned to Europe for a short tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland. The five-date jaunt began in Dublin and ended, once again, in London.
Releases
The concerts in Barcelona, Liévin and Frankfurt were filmed, with the compiled footage issued later that year on a video release entitled Devotional. The video was reissued on DVD in 2004. Additionally, a live album entitled Songs of Faith and Devotion Live was released in December 1993. The album was a track-by-track live duplicate of Songs of Faith and Devotion. The release featured recordings from the concert in Liévin, although two of the tracks were recorded in Copenhagen and New Orleans respectively. Certain tracks were also released on the singles "Condemnation" and "In Your Room".
Set list
- "Higher Love"
- "Policy of Truth"
- "World in My Eyes"
- "Walking in My Shoes"
- "Behind the Wheel"
- "Halo"
- "Stripped"
- "Condemnation"
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- "Judas" (*)
- "A Question of Lust" (*)
- "Death's Door" (*) (acoustic)
- "One Caress" (*)
- "Get Right with Me"
- "Mercy in You"
- "I Feel You"
- "Never Let Me Down Again"
- "Rush"
- "In Your Room"
- Encore 1
- "Personal Jesus"
- "Enjoy the Silence"
- Encore 2
- "Fly on the Windscreen"
- "Something to Do" (only known performance: 25 May 1993 Brussels)
- "Somebody" (*)
- "Everything Counts"
Notes:
- Set lists differed between dates, with rotated songs (denoted above) and song omissions.
- "(*)" denotes song sung by Martin Gore.
Tour dates
Musicians
Depeche Mode
- Dave Gahan – lead vocals
- Martin Gore – guitar, synthesisers, samplers, lead and backing vocals
- Alan Wilder – synthesisers, samplers, piano, drums, percussion pads, backing vocals
- Andy Fletcher – synthesisers, samplers, backing vocals
Backup musicians
- Hildia Campbell – backing vocals
- Samantha Smith – backing vocals
Production staff
- Production Manager – Craig Sherwood
- Production Manager – Andy Franks
- Stage Manager – Howard Hopkins
- Stage Manager – Tom Wilson
- Rigger – Phil Broad
- Wardrobe – Carol Graham
- Wardrobe – Paula Bradley
- Keyboard Tech – Wob Roberts
- Guitar Tech – Jez Webb
- Drum Technician – Tom Wilson
- FOH Sound Engineer – Jon Lemon
- Sound Crew Chief – Dave Bracey
- Sound Crew – Scott Ashton
- Video/Projection – Richard Turner
- Lighting Designer – Patrick Woodroffe
- Stage Design & Concept – Anton Corbijn
Notes
References
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- Andy Fletcher
- Vince Clarke
- Alan Wilder
- Speak & Spell
- A Broken Frame
- Construction Time Again
- Some Great Reward
- Black Celebration
- Music for the Masses
- Violator
- Songs of Faith and Devotion
- Ultra
- Exciter
- Playing the Angel
- Sounds of the Universe
- Delta Machine
- Spirit
- Memento Mori
- People Are People
- The Singles 81→85
- Catching Up with Depeche Mode
- Greatest Hits
- The Singles 86–98
- Remixes 81–04
- The Best of Depeche Mode Volume 1
- Remixes 2: 81–11
- "Dreaming of Me"
- "New Life"
- "Just Can't Get Enough"
- "See You"
- "The Meaning of Love"
- "Leave in Silence"
- "Get the Balance Right!"
- "Everything Counts"
- "Love, in Itself"
- "People Are People"
- "Master and Servant"
- "Blasphemous Rumours" / "Somebody"
- "Shake the Disease"
- "It's Called a Heart"
- "Stripped"
- "A Question of Lust"
- "A Question of Time"
- "Strangelove"
- "Never Let Me Down Again"
- "Behind the Wheel"
- "Little 15"
- "Personal Jesus"
- "Enjoy the Silence"
- "Policy of Truth"
- "World in My Eyes"
- "I Feel You"
- "Walking in My Shoes"
- "Condemnation"
- "In Your Room"
- "Barrel of a Gun"
- "It's No Good"
- "Home"
- "Useless"
- "Only When I Lose Myself"
- "Dream On"
- "I Feel Loved"
- "Freelove"
- "Goodnight Lovers"
- "Enjoy the Silence 04"
- "Precious"
- "A Pain That I'm Used To"
- "Suffer Well"
- "John the Revelator" / "Lilian"
- "Martyr"
- "Wrong"
- "Peace"
- "Fragile Tension" / "Hole to Feed"
- "Personal Jesus 2011"
- "Heaven"
- "Soothe My Soul"
- "Should Be Higher"
- "Where's the Revolution"
- "Going Backwards"
- "Cover Me"
- "Ghosts Again"
- "My Cosmos Is Mine"
- "Wagging Tongue"
- "Speak to Me"
- "My Favourite Stranger"
- "Before We Drown"
- "People Are Good"
- The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg
- Some Great Videos
- Strange
- 101
- Strange Too
- Devotional
- The Videos 86–98
- One Night in Paris
- Touring the Angel: Live in Milan
- The Best of Videos Volume 1
- Tour of the Universe: Barcelona 20/21.11.09
- Live in Berlin
- Video Singles Collection
- Spirits in the Forest
- Black Celebration Tour
- World Violation Tour
- Devotional Tour
- Exotic Tour/Summer Tour '94
- Touring the Angel
- Tour of the Universe
- The Delta Machine Tour
- Global Spirit Tour
- Memento Mori World Tour
- I Sometimes Wish I Was Famous
- For the Masses
- A Broken Frame & An Extended Broken Frame by Marsheaux
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