As is customary these days with anything that Depeche Mode create, Spirits In The Forest is going polarise the fanbase – that much is guaranteed. The 90-minute film, directed by long-time collaborator Anton Corbijn, is due to be screened “One
BACKGROUND to this Berlin review: David McElroy of the Almost Predictable Almost blog came up with a wonderful/crazy idea last year: to collect a review of every show on the Global Spirit Tour. With a mixture of hard work, the
Continue readingBerlin gig review: Depeche Mode bid farewell to something
Depeche Mode’s Global Spirit Tour is gradually coming to an end (honestly, it is…) – a period when attention usually turns to what might be next. It was only after the World Violation Tour ended in November 1990 that the
Depeche Mode’s gig at the London O2 illustrated something that fans perhaps do not often think about, as they wave their arms and sing the songs. Musically, visually, as a group of musicians – Depeche have always been a band of
Continue readingLondon O2 gig review – Joyous contradictions for the adoring masses
NOTE: The original version of this review of the Paris gig appeared as part of the Spirit Tour series on the Almost Predictable, Almost site. * * * I am making a fairly confident guess that the vast majority of
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Even before London, I’ve been saying since the mini-gig at the Barrowlands in Glasgow that Depeche Mode are in-form. This is a term obviously more commonly used by sport writers and pundits, but it can be applied here to Depeche.
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Depeche Mode fans – forget the general election in the UK for a moment, this is THE result that everyone has been waiting for… 🙂 As mentioned a few weeks ago, we’ve been running a poll to find out what
Continue readingDepeche Mode and the Utopian set list (voted for by fans)
By their own admission, Depeche Mode have a thorough and reasonably democratic process that they go through to create a tour set list. And, yet, as the catalogue gets bigger with each new album, this mechanism presumably gets harder every time.
The Global Spirit Tour is underway, so a quick flight to the Netherlands from the UK was arranged for the gig in Amsterdam. The Almost Predictable, Almost blog has set itself the ambitious but fun task of trying to capture fan
Continue readingAmsterdam gig review – Behold an infectious Spirit in the Depeche Mode camp
You have to feel for seasoned broadcaster and doyenne of BBC 6Music radio station, Lauren Laverne, as she saunters on to the Barrowlands stage to absolute bedlam in front of her. The 38-year-old has probably seen some sights over the
Continue readingBarrowlands gig review – Let’s have a mass celebration