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Associated album
  
Music for the Masses

End date
  
18 June 1988

Period
  
1987 – 18 June 1988

Start date
  
22 October 1987

Legs
  
6

Leg
  
6

No. of shows
  
101 55 in Europe 42 in North America 4 in Asia

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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. This was the second time the band traveled behind the Iron Curtain.

Contents

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.

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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
  9. "Pipeline"
  10. Song performed by Martin Gore
  11. "The Things You Said"
  12. "It Doesn't Matter" (only played in venues with multiple nights)
  13. "Black Celebration"
  14. "Shake the Disease"
  15. "Nothing"
  17. "Pleasure, Little Treasure"
  18. "Just Can't Get Enough" (only played in venues with multiple nights)
  19. "People Are People"
  20. "A Question of Time"
  21. "Never Let Me Down Again"
  22. Song performed by Martin Gore
  23. "A Question of Lust"
  24. "Master and Servant"
  25. "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
  9. "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth"
  10. "Somebody"
  11. Song performed by Martin Gore
  12. "The Things You Said"
  13. "It Doesn't Matter" (only played in venues with multiple nights)
  14. "Black Celebration"
  15. "Shake the Disease"
  16. "Nothing"
  17. "Pleasure, Little Treasure"
  19. "Master and Servant"
  20. "People Are People"
  21. "A Question of Time"
  22. "Never Let Me Down Again"
  23. Song performed by Martin Gore
  24. "A Question of Lust"
  26. "Just Can't Get Enough" (moved to 2nd encore before Everything Counts on the last show)
  27. "Master and Servant" (played here when People Are People is in the main set)
    28. encore 2
  28. "Everything Counts"

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

    Music for the Masses Tour Wikipedia
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