Exotic Tour/Summer Tour '94
Tour by Depeche Mode | |
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Associated album | Songs of Faith and Devotion |
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Start date | 9 February 1994 |
End date | 8 July 1994 |
Legs | 8 |
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Depeche Mode concert chronology |
The Exotic Tour/Summer Tour '94 was a 1994 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's eighth studio album, Songs of Faith and Devotion, which was released in March 1993. The tour is an extension of the Devotional Tour in 1993, which reached Europe and North America.[1] The tour visited territories which the band had never performed in or had not toured in for some time, reaching Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America. The tour commenced in Johannesburg, South Africa in early February. As of 2016, this was the last tour the group visited Australia, Southeast Asia or South Africa. In May 1994, the group visited North America on the "Summer Tour, '94". This was the second leg of North American dates promoting Songs of Faith and Devotion and took place mostly in outdoor venues and amphitheatres.
The tour marked a tumultuous time for the group, with keyboardist Andrew Fletcher taking leave from touring duties after two months due to "mental instability" and lead singer Dave Gahan's continuing issues with drug addiction. Fletcher was replaced by Daryl Bamonte on all dates from April to July. This is the last tour with Alan Wilder as a member of Depeche Mode.
Set list
[edit]- "Rush"
- "Halo"
- "Behind the Wheel"
- "Everything Counts"
- "World in My Eyes"
- "Walking in My Shoes"
- "Stripped"
- "Condemnation" (*) (excluding Johannesburg dates)
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- "Judas" (*)
- "A Question of Lust" (*)
- "Waiting for the Night" (*)
- "One Caress" (*)
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- "I Want You Now" (*)
- "One Caress" (*)
- "Somebody" (*)
- "In Your Room"
- "Never Let Me Down Again"
- "I Feel You"
- "Personal Jesus"
- Encore 1
- "Somebody" (*)
- "Fly on the Windscreen" (select dates)
- "Enjoy the Silence"
- Encore 2
- "Policy of Truth" (9 February – 14 April 1994)
- "Clean" (select dates)
- "A Question of Time"
- Set lists differed between dates, with rotated songs (denoted above) and song omissions.
- "(*)" denotes song sung by Martin Gore.
Tour dates
[edit]Support acts
[edit]- Babasónicos (Buenos Aires)
- Juana la loca (Buenos Aires)
- Primal Scream (12 May – 8 July 1994)
- Stabbing Westward (select dates)
Personnel
[edit]Depeche Mode
[edit]- Dave Gahan – lead vocals
- Martin Gore – guitar, synthesizers, samplers, lead and backing vocals
- Alan Wilder – synthesizers, samplers, piano, drums, percussion pads, backing vocals
- Andrew Fletcher – synthesizers, samplers (February and March dates only)
Additional musicians
[edit]- Daryl Bamonte – synthesizers, samplers (substituting for Andrew Fletcher during April–July dates)
- Hildia Campbell – backing vocals
- Samantha Smith – backing vocals
References
[edit]- ^ "Exotic Tour (Summer Tour '94)". archives.depechemode.com. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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