One of my best friends in high school used to say she preferred the music of “post modern” (as the genre was dubbed at the time) groups like Depeche Mode because their sound was timeless, vs. the e…
— following the death last year of Andrew Fletcher, the longtime member who suffered an aortic dissection in May. Despite the death-filled imagery of “Momento Mori,” the band’s 15th studio album, and the band’s often melancholy songwriting , there’s still a bit of a celebratory mood to a Depeche Mode concert these days.
For Depeche Mode, taking the stage in Los Angeles is like the returning team playing to the home crowd. This is where some of the band’s biggest memories have been made . The famed “101” concert at the Rose Bowl in 1988, which sparked a concert film and album. It’s hard to forget the 1990 Depeche Mode riot outside Wherehouse Music on La Cienega, when thousands of fans tried to get inside a KROQ event.
Despite coming out 42 years ago, “Just Can’t Get Enough” seems to have a new spring in its step, and brings down the house late in the set. On this tour, Depeche Mode has been mixing things up and playing “Everything Counts” early in the set along with ASL visuals emphasizing how those grabbing hands grab what they can. “Walking in My Shoes” got a funky bit of a remix, and “Enjoy the Silence,” which remains Depeche Mode’s biggest hit, received the extended jam it deserved this time.
Men of few words, Gahan and Gore mostly let the music do the talking, saying very little during the 2-hour show. As a twosome, there seems to be a new dose of camaraderie between Gahan and Gore on stage, even as Gahan does his best rock star struts across the stage and Gore hops from instrument to instrument.
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