Depeche Mode
August 3, 2009
If you're legendary synth-poppers Depeche Mode, how do you agitate your longtime fans? How's this: During the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden, plan your setlist around your latest, middling album (“Sounds of the Universe”) and then forget everything you wrote before 1986 (save for "Master and Servant"). Yep, no "People Are People," "Just Can't Get Enough" and, amazingly, the should-have-been-singalong encore "Everything Counts." Also: Pretend you're now a guitar band that just dabbles in synths. That said, it was nice to the increasingly buff frontman David Gahan, a few months removed from surgery to remove a tumor, twirling around the stage and seemingly back at 100%. And, setlist aside, the band still produced a few goosebumps, most notably on the rousing "Enjoy the Silence." Here's hoping they saved more of the classics for night two.—Kirk Miller
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neomadj from Upper West Side - August 07, 2009 at 12:38 AM
Thanks for the great pics. I was at both NYC shows & the AC show. I thought they were absolutely fabulous! I agree that Depeche Mode is worth hell ...
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cobbleswebb from U.S.A - August 05, 2009 at 7:46 PM
I have nothing but respect for depech mode and i have enjoyed their music for over 20yrs now.and for the record "I Just Can't Get Enough" and i don...
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snowy from Tribeca - August 05, 2009 at 10:15 AM
Agree with other posts. If you think that Everything Counts and People are People are the best of DM then you are not qualified to be reviewing thi...
Report This Comment epiland from brooklyn - bay ridge - August 04, 2009 at 2:58 PM
I was at the show last night, Depeche Mode is more then just People Are People, Everything Counts or Just Can't Get Enough. They have a new album o...
Report This Comment epiland from brooklyn - bay ridge - August 04, 2009 at 2:58 PM
I was at the show last night, Depeche Mode is more then just People Are People, Everything Counts or Just Can't Get Enough. They have a new album o...
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