Black Celebration Tour
Introduction The '''Black Celebration Tour''' was a 1986 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's fifth studio album, ''Black Celebration'', which was released in March 1986.The tour began with a European leg, starting in Oxford, England in late March and finishing in Rüsselsheim, West Germany in late May. A North American jaunt followed in early June, commencing in Boston and culminating mid-July in Irvine, California. Shortly after the North American leg, the group headed to Japan to play three dates.In early August, the group began a second run of European shows, starting in Fréjus, France. The group performed four additional dates in France, as well as two shows in Italy, before wrapping up the tour in Copenhagen.Book of Love joined the tour as the opening act on 29 April in Hanover, West Germany, and continuing for the rest of the first European leg and throughout all tour dates of the North American leg (ending on 15 July).
Setlist #"Christmas Island" (intro)#"Black Celebration"#"A Question of Time"#"Fly on the Windscreen"#"Shake the Disease"#"Leave in Silence"#"It's Called a Heart"#"Everything Counts"# Song performed by Martin Gore#*"It Doesn't Matter Two"#*"Somebody" (only known performance: 16 August 1986 Copenhagen)# Song performed by Martin Gore#*"A Question of Lust"#"Here Is the House" (only played 29 & 31 March 1986) #"Blasphemous Rumours" #"New Dress"#"Stripped"#"Something to Do"#"Master and Servant"#"Photographic"#"People Are People"#; encore 1#"Boys Say Go! "#"Just Can't Get Enough"#; encore 2#"More Than a Party"
Tour dates DateCityCountryVenueEuropeOxfordEnglandApollo TheatreBrightonBrighton CentreDublinIrelandRDS SimmonscourtBelfastNorthern IrelandMaysfield CentreGlasgowScotlandScottish Exhibition and Conference CentreWhitley BayEnglandWhitley Bay Ice RinkBirminghamNational Exhibition CentreManchesterManchester ApolloBristolHippodromeBournemouthWindsor HallLondonWembley ArenaOsloNorwaySkedsmohallenGothenburgSwedenScandinaviumStockholmJohanneshovs IsstadionCopenhagenDenmarkValby-HallenHanoverWest GermanyEilenriedehalleAachenEurogressStuttgartHanns-Martin-Schleyer-HalleMunichRudi-Sedlmayer-HalleZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadionParisFrancePalais Omnisports BercyLyonPalais des Sports de GerlandBrusselsBelgiumForest NationalDüsseldorfWest GermanyPhilips HalleLudwigshafenFriedrich-Ebert-HalleSaarbrückenSaarlandhalleHamburgAlsterdorfer SporthalleWest BerlinWaldbühneMünsterMünsterlandhalleBremenStadthalleDortmundWestfalenhallenRotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam AhoyRüsselsheimWest GermanyWalter-Köbel-HalleNorth America BostonUnited StatesWang TheatreUpper DarbyTower TheaterNew York CityRadio City Music HallCuyahoga FallsBlossom Music CenterHopewellFinger Lakes Performing Arts CenterWantaghJones Beach AmphitheatreColumbiaMerriweather Post PavilionMontrealCanadaVerdun AuditoriumVaughanKingswood Music TheatreClarkstonUnited StatesPine Knob Music TheatreHoffman EstatesPoplar Creek Music TheaterSaint PaulSt. Paul Civic CenterFort WorthWill Rogers Memorial CenterAustinCity ColiseumHoustonSouthern Star AmphitheatreMorrisonRed Rocks AmphitheatrePark CityPark West AmphitheatreBerkeleyHearst Greek TheatreMountain ViewShoreline AmphitheatreVancouverCanadaLabatt's Expo TheatreSan DiegoUnited StatesSan Diego Sports ArenaInglewoodThe ForumIrvineIrvine Meadows AmphitheatreAsiaOsakaJapanFestival HallNagoyaAichi Kōsei Nenkin KaikanTokyoNHK HallEuropeFréjusFranceLes ArènesPietra LigureItalyStadio ComunaleRiminiNîmesFranceArenes de NîmesAnnecyStade le VieuxRoyanEsplanade du StadeBayonneLes ArènesCopenhagenDenmarkValby Idrætspark
Musicians * Dave Gahan – lead vocals* Martin Gore – synthesizers, keyboards, melodica, metal pipes, lead and backing vocals* Alan Wilder – synthesizers, keyboards, metal pipes, backing vocals* Andrew Fletcher – synthesizers, keyboards, samplers, percussion pads, backing vocals
Support acts * Hula* The Fountainhead* Book of Love* The Blah Brothers* Eyeless in Gaza* New Order* Public Panic* Talk Talk
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