Depeche Mode: Do you know what was the most excessive tour of this band?

devotional tour It was a music tour Depeche Mode, which offered around 96 concerts. It is considered as “a tour of excesses and debauchery”.

Apparently there was a tour that was full of excesses for Depeche Mode, which even almost ended the lives of the members. It’s all because artists at that time lived to the fullest. “his time of rockers”. This tour was titled as devotional tour.

How was the ‘Devotional Tour’?

devotional tour It is considered one of the most excessive tours he did. Depeche Mode. These presentations began on May 19, 1993, just shortly after they released their eighth studio album.

the singer of Depeche Mode, Dave Gahan, in those years had a heroin addiction and apparently it was out of control. For his part, Martin Gore had seizures that affected his health, while Andy Fletcher left the tour long before it was over. However, Alan Wilder left the band after the tour concluded.

That is how Depeche Mode In 1993, he made his longest tour in his entire career: devotional tour. The concerts were for more than 6 months, since they offered around 96 concerts in total.

However, despite the debauchery experienced and the fatigue, Depeche Mode it only rested for two months and then the British band played more shows. They offered 63 more performances, which lasted until July 1994, although this time they called it Exotic Tour/ Summer Tour.

Likewise, Q magazine defined it as: “The most depraved rock and roll tour ever”.

What were the problems of the tour?

After the Violator album, Depeche Mode He came back in style as they had been inactive for two years, when they took some time off. Musician Dave Gahan defined it as: “the longest time we had been without seeing each other until that moment”speaking to Uncut magazine.

In addition, the singer Depeche Mode explained how was the context in which he developed ‘Devotional Tour’:

“I moved to Los Angeles and was hanging around with all these bands that were coming out at the time, like Jane’s Addiction. It was exciting, but excesses, alcohol and drugs, became a priority. I came back totally excited about this new way of rocking, but the others hadn’t been playing ball either.”