Delta Machine Tour

The Delta Machine Tour

Tour by Depeche Mode
Associated album	Delta Machine
Start date	4 May 2013
End date	7 March 2014
Legs	3
Number of shows	2 in Asia 81 in Europe 24 in North America 107 total
Box office	$148 million
Depeche Mode concert chronology

Delta Machine Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English electronic music band Depeche Mode in support of the group's 13th studio album, Delta Machine, released 22 March 2013. Following a warm-up show in Nice, France on 4 May 2013, the tour kicked off in Tel Aviv, Israel, and continued through Europe until late July, culminating in Minsk - the group's first performance in Belarus. A North American tour followed in late August, beginning in the Detroit suburb of Clarkston, Michigan and culminating in Austin, Texas in early October. The band performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, which in 2013 was held across two weekends for the first time. A second leg in Europe went from 3 November Abu Dhabi to 7 March 2014 Moscow. Among the dates were Dublin, Amsterdam, Oslo and Belfast, their first shows in Northern Ireland in almost 30 years.

The 25 and 27 November 2013 nights in Berlin were filmed by Anton Corbijn and recorded for the CD/DVD release Depeche Mode Live in Berlin, released 17 November 2014.^[1]

The Delta Machine Tour is the 9th highest-grossing tour of 2013.^[2]

Critical reception

Reviews of the tour have been mixed. A review of the 7 May show in Tel Aviv was positive, citing an excited crowd and a strong performance from lead singer Dave Gahan "who held the crowd in sway the whole time with his deep baritone and slow-grind dance moves."^[3] A review of the 9 July show in Switzerland was negative, saying "Depeche Mode fans deserve something better." The show was well-attended, but the performance itself was reviewed poorly due to "mundane" backing videos, a lack of stage props and reliance on Dave Gahan, who was described as "Freddie Mercury reincarnated as a seahorse." The review rates the show 2 stars out of 4 ("average").^[4] A review of the 27 July show in Vilnius was especially positive, starting from the very title "Crowd of Many Thousands Raged at Depeche Mode's Concert" and emphasizing the crowd's excitement during "Enjoy The Silence", "Personal Jesus", "Just Can't Get Enough", "I Feel You" and "Never Let Me Down Again".^[5] A review of the 20 September show in Dallas praised Dave's vocals, saying "Gahan’s oily baritone is the firm anchor for Depeche Mode’s sleek, rhythmic songs, which came across more nuanced and vibrant than might be expected in a live setting." ^[6] A review of the 8 October show in Phoenix was very positive for both Dave and Martin, saying "As brilliant a job as Gahan does at making the spotlight feel wanted, the concert retained its momentum when he left the stage, allowing Gore an opportunity to be the front man." ^[7]

Setlist

This set list is representative of the performance on 8 October 2013. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.^[8]

1. "Welcome to My World"
2. "Angel"
3. "Walking in My Shoes"
   • "In Your Room"
4. "Precious"
5. "Black Celebration"
   • "Behind the Wheel"
   • "Stripped"
6. "Policy of Truth"
   • "World In My Eyes"
   • "Should Be Higher"
   • "In Your Room"
7. "Should Be Higher"
   • "Policy of Truth"
   • "In Your Room"
8. "Barrel of a Gun"
   • "John The Revelator"
9. Song performed by Martin Gore
   • "Higher Love"
   • "Only When I Lose Myself"
   • "The Child Inside"
   • "When The Body Speaks"
   • "Shake The Disease"
   • "Judas"
   • "Slow"
   • "Blue Dress"
10. Song performed by Martin Gore
    • "When The Body Speaks"
    • "The Child Inside"
    • "But Not Tonight"
    • "Judas"
    • "Home"
    • "Shake The Disease"
    • "Slow"
    • "Blue Dress"
11. "Heaven"
12. "Soothe My Soul"
    • "Behind the Wheel"
13. "A Pain That I'm Used To"
    • "John The Revelator"
14. "A Question of Time"
    • "Soft Touch / Raw Nerve"
15. "Secret To The End"
    • "In Your Room"
16. "Enjoy the Silence"
17. "Personal Jesus"
18. "Goodbye"

    
    

19. Song performed by Martin Gore
    • "Home"
    • "Somebody"
    • "A Question of Lust"
    • "But Not Tonight"
    • "Condemnation"
    • "Leave in Silence"
20. "Halo (Goldfrapp-Version)"
    • "Song performed by Martin Gore
    • "Condemnation"
21. "Just Can't Get Enough"
22. "I Feel You"
23. "Never Let Me Down Again"
24. "Goodbye"

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, amount of available tickets and gross revenue

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Revenue
Europe[9]
4 May 2013	Nice	France	Palais Nikaia	9,904 / 9,904	$678,141
Asia[9]
7 May 2013	Tel Aviv	Israel	Hayarkon Park	19,325 / 19,325	$1,752,446
Europe[9][10]
10 May 2013	Athens	Greece	Terra Vibe Park	26,283 / 26,283	$1,246,101
12 May 2013	Sofia	Bulgaria	Lokomotiv Stadium	18,892 / 26,300	$926,320
15 May 2013	Bucharest	Romania	Arena Națională	34,729 / 35,400	$1,797,985
19 May 2013	Belgrade	Serbia	Park Ušće	27,198 / 27,198	$1,081,965
21 May 2013	Budapest	Hungary	Ferenc Puskás Stadium	33,200 / 33,200	$1,899,677
23 May 2013	Zagreb	Croatia	Arena Zagreb	15,969 / 15,969	$959,845
25 May 2013	Bratislava	Slovakia	Štadión Pasienky	29,112 / 29,112	$2,066,297
28 May 2013	London	England	The O2 Arena	32,434 / 34,818	$2,244,220
29 May 2013
1 June 2013	Munich	Germany	Olympic Stadium	62,976 / 62,976	$4,956,599
3 June 2013	Stuttgart		Mercedes-Benz Arena	36,225 / 36,225	$2,891,300
5 June 2013	Frankfurt		Commerzbank-Arena	40,960 / 40,960	$3,295,523
7 June 2013	Bern	Switzerland	Stade de Suisse	39,241 / 39,241	$4,013,227
9 June 2013	Berlin	Germany	Olympic Stadium	66,388 / 66,388	$5,113,262
11 June 2013	Leipzig		Red Bull Arena	43,816 / 43,816	$3,466,135
13 June 2013	Copenhagen	Denmark	Parken Stadium	40,725 / 40,725	$3,792,609
15 June 2013	Saint-Denis	France	Stade de France	67,103 / 67,103	$5,332,840
17 June 2013	Hamburg	Germany	Imtech Arena	44,128 / 44,128	$3,533,609
22 June 2013	Moscow	Russia	Lokomotiv Stadium	27,886 / 27,886	$3,307,759
24 June 2013	Saint Petersburg		SKK Peterburgsky	22,502 / 22,502	$2,770,364
27 June 2013	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	11,348 / 11,348	$859,932
29 June 2013	Kiev	Ukraine	NSC Olimpiyskiy	36,562 / 38,640	$2,928,368
3 July 2013	Düsseldorf	Germany	Esprit Arena	87,308 / 87,308	$7,012,140
5 July 2013
7 July 2013[lower-alpha 1]	Werchter	Belgium	Werchter Festivalpark	N/A	N/A
9 July 2013[lower-alpha 2]	Locarno	Switzerland	Piazza Grande Locarno
11 July 2013[lower-alpha 3]	Bilbao	Spain	Kobetamendi
13 July 2013[lower-alpha 4]	Oeiras	Portugal	Passeio Marítimo de Algés
16 July 2013	Nîmes	France	Arena of Nîmes
18 July 2013	Milan	Italy	San Siro	57,919 / 57,919	$3,113,844
20 July 2013	Rome		Stadio Olimpico	56,007 / 56,007	$3,077,983
23 July 2013	Prague	Czech Republic	Eden Arena	33,297 / 33,297	$2,222,328
25 July 2013	Warsaw	Poland	National Stadium	53,181 / 53,181	$2,894,152
27 July 2013	Vilnius	Lithuania	Vingio Parko Estrada	23,794 / 23,794	$1,580,333
29 July 2013	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk-Arena	12,979 / 12,979	$1,269,457
North America[15]
22 August 2013	Clarkston	United States	DTE Energy Music Theatre	11,978 / 11,978	$534,980
24 August 2013	Tinley Park		First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre	22,773 / 22,773	$1,066,824
27 August 2013[lower-alpha 5]	Falcon Heights		Minnesota State Fair Grandstand	7,693 / 7,693	$497,172
30 August 2013	Atlantic City		Ovation Hall	3,803 / 3,803	$358,252
1 September 2013	Toronto	Canada	Molson Canadian Amphitheatre	16,110 / 16,110	$956,300
3 September 2013	Montreal		Bell Centre	10,880 / 10,880	$977,570
6 September 2013	Brooklyn	United States	Barclays Center	14,725 / 14,725	$1,303,305
8 September 2013	Wantagh		Nikon at Jones Beach Theater	12,907 / 12,907	$825,055
10 September 2013	Bristow		Jiffy Lube Live	11,041 / 11,041	$574,953
12 September 2013	Atlanta		Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood	9,868 / 9,868	$434,630
14 September 2013	Tampa		MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre	12,364 / 12,364	$526,038
15 September 2013	Sunrise		BB&T Center	10,760 / 10,760	$683,192
18 September 2013	The Woodlands		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	14,842 / 14,842	$815,614
20 September 2013	Dallas		Gexa Energy Pavilion	16,220 / 16,220	$792,656
22 September 2013	Chula Vista		Sleep Train Amphitheatre	19,405 / 19,405	$1,019,015
24 September 2013	Santa Barbara		Santa Barbara Bowl	4,949 / 4,959	$447,217
26 September 2013	Mountain View		Shoreline Amphitheatre	19,192 / 19,192	$837,827
28 September 2013	Los Angeles		Staples Center	43,957 / 43,957	$4,255,118
29 September 2013
2 October 2013
4 October 2013[lower-alpha 6]	Austin		Zilker Metropolitan Park	N/A	N/A
6 October 2013	Paradise		Pearl Concert Theater	2,549 / 2,549	$426,876
8 October 2013	Phoenix		Ak-Chin Pavilion	11,698 / 11,698	$520,425
11 October 2013[lower-alpha 6]	Austin		Zilker Metropolitan Park	N/A	N/A
Asia[18]
3 November 2013[lower-alpha 7]	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	du Arena	N/A	N/A
Europe[20]
7 November 2013	Belfast	Northern Ireland	Odyssey Arena	5,767 / 5,767	$413,820
9 November 2013	Dublin	Ireland	The O2	13,005 / 13,005	$1,248,337
11 November 2013	Glasgow	Scotland	SSE Hydro	8,739 / 8,739	$564,206
13 November 2013	Leeds	England	First Direct Arena	7,565 / 7,565	$523,669
15 November 2013	Manchester		Phones 4 U Arena	11,816 / 11,816	$827,673
19 November 2013	London		The O2 Arena	15,953 / 15,953	$1,127,258
21 November 2013	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena	15,673 / 15,673	$1,414,404
23 November 2013	Hanover		TUI Arena	12,561 / 12,561	$1,114,647
25 November 2013	Berlin		O2 World	28,332 / 28,332	$2,455,660
27 November 2013
29 November 2013	Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen	13,387 / 13,387	$1,314,297
1 December 2013	Erfurt	Germany	Messehalle	12,300 / 12,300	$1,109,288
3 December 2013	Bremen		ÖVB-Arena	11,949 / 11,949	$1,053,666
5 December 2013	Oberhausen		König Pilsener Arena	11,938 / 11,938	$1,045,625
7 December 2013	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	16,750 / 16,750	$1,453,121
9 December 2013	Malmö	Sweden	Malmö Arena	6,946 / 6,946	$619,829
11 December 2013	Gothenburg		Scandinavium	8,785 / 8,785	$803,454
13 December 2013	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena	12,743 / 12,743	$1,238,945
15 December 2013	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Areena	10,232 / 10,232	$922,858
15 January 2014	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	18,127 / 18,127	$1,346,629
17 January 2014	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes	32,270 / 32,270	$2,351,081
18 January 2014
21 January 2014	Montpellier	France	Park&Suites Arena	12,486 / 12,486	$892,108
23 January 2014	Lyon		Halle Tony Garnier	15,545 / 15,545	$1,048,621
25 January 2014	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	21,024 / 21,024	$1,734,868
27 January 2014	Birmingham	England	LG Arena	11,780 / 11,780	$865,531
29 January 2014	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy	33,132 / 33,132	$2,351,239
31 January 2014
2 February 2014	Strasbourg		Zénith de Strasbourg	12,025 / 12,025	$858,597
4 February 2014	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena	11,280 / 11,280	$1,012,272
6 February 2014	Bratislava	Slovakia	Ondrej Nepela Arena	10,149 / 10,149	$1,051,319
8 February 2014	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	13,645 / 13,645	$1,135,251
10 February 2014	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	18,033 / 18,033	$1,188,844
12 February 2014	Dresden	Germany	Messehallen Dresden	12,280 / 12,280	$1,088,710
14 February 2014	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion	24,436 / 24,436	$2,388,629
15 February 2014
18 February 2014	Turin	Italy	Torino Palasport Olimpico	11,697 / 11,697	$839,308
20 February 2014	Assago		Mediolanum Forum	11,239 / 11,239	$859,476
22 February 2014	Casalecchio di Reno		Unipol Arena	12,833 / 12,833	$981,579
24 February 2014	Łódź	Poland	Atlas Arena	15,764 / 15,764	$1,238,986
28 February 2014	Minsk	Belarus	Minsk-Arena	11,544 / 11,544	$1,120,699
2 March 2014	Riga	Latvia	Arena Riga	11,615 / 11,615	$838,208
4 March 2014	Saint Petersburg	Russia	SKK Peterburgsky	18,848 / 18,848	$1,884,045
7 March 2014	Moscow		Olimpiyskiy	23,531 / 23,531	$2,685,552
Total				1,971,082 / 1,983,635	$148,037,231

Cancelled shows

List of cancelled concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and reason for cancellation

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
17 May 2013	Istanbul	Turkey	Maçka Küçükçiftlik Park	Traffic blockade[21]
27 June 2013	Borlänge	Sweden	Peace & Loves Festivalområde	Bankruptcy[22]
17 November 2013	Lille	France	Stade Pierre-Mauroy	Incomplete stadium's permanent heating system.[23]
26 February 2014	Kiev	Ukraine	Palats Sportu	Civil unrest[24]

Musicians

Depeche Mode

• Dave Gahan - lead vocals
• Martin Gore - guitar, synthesizers, lead and backing vocals
• Andy Fletcher - synthesizers

Backup musicians

• Peter Gordeno - synthesizers, bass guitar, backing vocals
• Christian Eigner - drums, synthesizers

Notes

1. The 7 July 2013 concert in Werchester, Belgium was a part of the Rock Werchter festival.^[11]
2. The 9 July 2013 concert in Locarno, Switzerland was a part of the Moon & Stars Festival.^[12]
3. The 11 July 2013 concert in Bilbao, Spain was a part of the Bilbao BBK Live music festival.^[13]
4. The 13 July 2013 concert in Oeiras, Portugal was a part of the Optimus Alive! festival.^[14]
5. The 27 August 2013 in Falcon Heights, Minnesota was a part of the Minnesota State Fair.^[16]
6. The 4–11 October 2013 concerts in Austin, Texas were a part of the Austin City Limits Music Festival.^[17]
7. The 3 November 2013 concert in Abu Dhabi, UAE was a part of the 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.^[19]

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