Music for the Masses Tour

Music for the Masses Tour

Concert by Depeche Mode
Associated album	Music for the Masses
Start date	22 October 1987
End date	18 June 1988
Legs	6
No. of shows	101 55 in Europe 42 in North America 4 in Asia
Depeche Mode concert chronology

Music for the Masses Tour was a 1987/1988 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the band's sixth studio album, Music for the Masses, which was released in September 1987.^[1] This was the second time the band traveled behind the Iron Curtain.

The tour began in October 1987 with a European leg, starting in Madrid and finishing mid-November in Paris. In early December, a North American run commenced in San Francisco and culminated three weeks later in New York City.

In January 1988, the group played an eleven-date U.K. tour, which was followed by further dates in Europe beginning in Hamburg, West Germany in early February. The leg wrapped up in Vienna in late March.

In April 1988, the group played four dates in Japan. This was followed later in the month by the start of a second North American leg, which began in Mountain View, California. The entire tour concluded mid-June with a concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, where the band performed in front of a sold out crowd of 60,452 people.

The Rose Bowl show was recorded and later released as a live album and video release entitled 101, issued in March 1989. The video included footage documenting the second North American leg of the tour and was re-released on DVD in 2003.

Setlist

Europe Leg #1, North America Leg #1, Europe Leg #2, Europe Leg #3

1. "Pimpf" (Intro)
2. "Behind the Wheel"
3. "Strangelove"
4. "Sacred"
5. "Something to Do"
6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
7. "Stripped"
8. Song performed by Martin Gore
   • "Pipeline"
9. Song performed by Martin Gore
   • "The Things You Said"
   • "It Doesn't Matter" (only played in venues with multiple nights)
10. "Black Celebration"
11. "Shake the Disease"
12. "Nothing"
13. • "Pleasure, Little Treasure"
    • "Just Can't Get Enough" (only played in venues with multiple nights)
14. "People Are People"
15. "A Question of Time"
16. "Never Let Me Down Again"

    encore 1

17. Song performed by Martin Gore
    • "A Question of Lust"
18. "Master and Servant"

    encore 2

19. "Everything Counts"

Japan, North America Leg #2

1. "Pimpf" (Intro)
2. "Behind the Wheel"
3. "Strangelove"
4. "Sacred"
5. "Something to Do"
6. "Blasphemous Rumours"
7. "Stripped"
8. Song performed by Martin Gore
   • "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth"
   • "Somebody"
9. Song performed by Martin Gore
   • "The Things You Said"
   • "It Doesn't Matter" (only played in venues with multiple nights)
10. "Black Celebration"
11. "Shake the Disease"
12. "Nothing"
13. "Pleasure, Little Treasure"
14. • "Master and Servant"
    • "People Are People"
15. "A Question of Time"
16. "Never Let Me Down Again"

    encore 1

17. Song performed by Martin Gore
    • "A Question of Lust"
18. • "Just Can't Get Enough" (moved to 2nd encore before Everything Counts on the last show)
    • "Master and Servant" (played here when People Are People is in the main set)

    encore 2

19. "Everything Counts"

Note:

Setlist additions featuring multiple songs are options which were rotated between dates.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
Europe
22 October 1987	Madrid	Spain	Pabellón de la Ciudad Deportiva del Real Madrid
23 October 1987	Barcelona		Palau Blaugrana
25 October 1987	Munich	West Germany	Olympiahalle
26 October 1987	Bologna	Italy	PalaDozza
27 October 1987	Rome		Palasport di Roma
29 October 1987	Turin		PalaRuffini
30 October 1987	Milan		Palatrussardi
2 November 1987	Stuttgart	West Germany	Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
3 November 1987	Frankfurt		Festhalle Frankfurt
4 November 1987	Essen		Grugahalle
6 November 1987	Cologne		Sporthalle Köln
7 November 1987	Hanover		Messehalle Hanover
9 November 1987	West Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
11 November 1987	Ludwigshafen		Friedrich-Ebert-Halle
12 November 1987	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
13 November 1987	Lausanne		Halle des Fêtes
16 November 1987	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
17 November 1987
18 November 1987
North America
1 December 1987	Daly City	United States	Cow Palace
4 December 1987	Inglewood		The Forum
5 December 1987
7 December 1987	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena
8 December 1987	Chandler		Compton Terrace
10 December 1987	Dallas		Reunion Arena
12 December 1987	Chicago		UIC Pavilion
14 December 1987	Toronto	Canada	Maple Leaf Gardens
15 December 1987	Montreal		Montreal Forum
17 December 1987	Fairfax	United States	Patriot Center
18 December 1987	New York City		Madison Square Garden
Europe
9 January 1988	Newport	Wales	Newport Centre
11 January 1988	London	England	Wembley Arena
12 January 1988
15 January 1988	Birmingham		NEC Arena
16 January 1988	Whitley Bay		Whitley Bay Ice Rink
17 January 1988	Edinburgh	Scotland	Edinburgh Playhouse
19 January 1988	Manchester	England	Greater Manchester Exhibition Centre
20 January 1988	Sheffield		Sheffield City Hall
21 January 1988	Bradford		St George's Hall
23 January 1988	Bournemouth		Bournemouth International Centre
24 January 1988	Brighton		Brighton Centre
6 February 1988	Hamburg	West Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
7 February 1988
9 February 1988	Dortmund		Westfalenhallen
10 February 1988	Oldenburg		Weser-Ems Halle
12 February 1988	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
13 February 1988	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
15 February 1988	Drammen	Norway	Drammenshallen
17 February 1988	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valby-Hallen
18 February 1988
19 February 1988	Kiel	West Germany	Ostseehalle
21 February 1988	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
23 February 1988	Lille	France	Salle Espace Foire
25 February 1988	Brest		Parc des expositions de la Penfeld
26 February 1988	Nantes		Parc des expositions de la Beaujoire
27 February 1988	Bordeaux		Patinoire de Mériadeck
29 February 1988	Toulouse		Palais des Sports de Toulouse
1 March 1988	Montpellier		Zénith Sud
2 March 1988	Lyon		Palais des Sports de Gerland
4 March 1988	Besançon		Palais des Sports de Besançon
5 March 1988	Strasbourg		Rhénus Sport
7 March 1988	East Berlin	East Germany	Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle
9 March 1988	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sportcsarnok
10 March 1988
11 March 1988	Prague	Czechoslovakia	Sportovní Hala
13 March 1988	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle
Asia
18 April 1988	Osaka	Japan	Festival Hall
19 April 1988	Nagoya		Aichi Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan
21 April 1988	Tokyo		NHK Hall
22 April 1988
North America
29 April 1988	Mountain View	United States	Shoreline Amphitheatre
30 April 1988	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre
2 May 1988	Seattle		Seattle Center Coliseum
4 May 1988	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
5 May 1988	Portland	United States	Portland Civic Auditorium
6 May 1988
8 May 1988	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
9 May 1988	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
11 May 1988	Austin		Frank Erwin Center
13 May 1988	Arlington		Music Mill Amphitheater
14 May 1988	Houston		Southern Star Amphitheater
15 May 1988	New Orleans		Lakefront Arena
17 May 1988	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
18 May 1988	Minneapolis		Northrop Auditorium
20 May 1988	Hoffman Estates		Poplar Creek Music Theater
21 May 1988	Clarkston		Pine Knob Music Theater
22 May 1988	Cincinnati		Riverbend Music Center
24 May 1988	Nashville		Starwood Amphitheatre
25 May 1988	Austell		Southern Star Amphitheatre
27 May 1988	Philadelphia		The Spectrum
28 May 1988	Columbia		Merriweather Post Pavilion
30 May 1988	Cuyahoga Falls		Blossom Music Center
1 June 1988	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena
3 June 1988	Wantagh		Jones Beach Marine Theater
4 June 1988
7 June 1988	Mansfield		Great Woods
8 June 1988	Montreal	Canada	Montreal Forum
9 June 1988	Toronto		CNE Grandstand
11 June 1988	Pittsburgh	United States	Palumbo Center
15 June 1988	Chandler		Compton Terrace
18 June 1988	Pasadena		Rose Bowl

Musicians

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore – E-mu Systems Emax HD/SE, Yamaha DX7 IID, guitar, melodica, percussion pads, lead and backing vocals
• Alan Wilder – E-mu Systems Emax HD/SE, Yamaha DX7 IID, percussion pads, backing vocals
• Andrew Fletcher – E-mu Systems Emax HD/SE,Yamaha DX7 IID, percussion pads

References

1. http://www.depechemode.com/past_tours/music_for_the_masses_tour/index.html

External links

• Official site