Exciter Tour

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The Exciter Tour was Depeche Mode's 2001 world tour, featuring concerts spanning over 20 countries and featuring some of their greatest hits, usually the more recent tracks up to 2001. It promotes their 2001 album, Exciter.

Exciter Tour officially began June 15, 2001 in Montreal, Quebec. It ended in Mannheim, Germany on November 5 of the same year.

Also, in Los Angeles on June 4, the band played a special rehearsal show for invited guests only, mostly winners of worldwide contests and members of the media. There were also rehearsal shows in Quebec City, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario.

The band announced a tour extension, where they would have more shows in Europe for the Summer of 2002. However, despite that the dates were announced, the tour was later cancelled.

Director Anton Corbijn, who designed the set, filmed the two Paris shows in October. The footage was compiled to a DVD movie, One Night in Paris, and was released in late 2002.

1 Set
2 Current Dates
- 2.1 North America (United States & Canada)
- 2.2 Europe
3 Setlist
4 Performers
5 Opening Acts
6 See also

[edit] Set

The set was very general compared to the other Depeche Mode tours, but one of the main things the set has was a large movie theater-sized white screen behind the band, which would usually display various light patterns, but would sometimes feature films or pictures. Memorable ones included a raindrop animation during "Waiting for the Night", a still video of a sun setting in a canyon during Martin's acoustic songs, a goldfish and a shark swimming around a blue screen during "In Your Room", and an entirely never-before-seen humorous video of the band at a cafe during "It's No Good". You can view them on the One Night in Paris DVD set. There were also lights and various objects at the top of the set, which would illuminate during certain songs.

The set was designed by Anton Corbijn.

[edit] Current Dates

[edit] North America (United States & Canada)

Poe opened in all shows except the June 4 show.

Date	City	Venue	Setlist Notes Martin acoustic song in Bold
June 4, 2001	Los Angeles, California	The Roxy	See "Rehearsal" setlist
June 11, 2001	Quebec City, Quebec	Colisee Pepsi Arena	The Bottom Line
June 13, 2001	Ottawa, Ontario	Corel Centre	The Bottom Line
June 15, 2005	Montreal, Quebec	Molson Centre	The Bottom Line
June 16, 2001	Toronto, Ontario	Molson Amphitheatre	The Bottom Line
June 19, 2001	St. Paul, Minnesota	XCEL Energy Center	The Bottom Line
June 20, 2001	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Marcus Amphitheatre	The Bottom Line
June 21, 2001	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	Marcus Amphitheatre	The Bottom Line
June 22, 2001	Chicago, Illinois	World Music Theatre	The Bottom Line
June 23, 2001	Detroit, Michigan	DTE Energy Music Theater	The Bottom Line
June 24, 2001	Cleveland, Ohio	Blossom Music Center	The Bottom Line
June 27, 2001	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	The Bottom Line
June 28, 2001	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	Surrender
June 30, 2001	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	First Union Center	The Bottom Line
July 1, 2001	Boston, Massachusetts	Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts	The Bottom Line
July 3, 2001	Wantagh, New York	Jones Beach Amphitheatre	Dressed in Black
July 5, 2001	Washington DC	Merriweather Post Pavillion	The Bottom Line
July 7, 2001	Ft. Lauderdale, Florida	National Car Rental Center	The Bottom Line
July 8, 2001	Tampa, Florida	Ice Palace	The Bottom Line
July 9, 2001	Atlanta, Georgia	Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre	The Bottom Line
July 13, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana	UNO Lakefront Arena	The Bottom Line
July 14, 2001	Houston, Texas	Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion	The Bottom Line
July 15, 2001	San Antonio, Texas	South Texas Amphitheatre	The Bottom Line
July 17, 2001	Dallas, Texas	Smirnoff Music Center	Sister of Night
July 19, 2001	Las Cruces, New Mexico	Pan American Center	Sister of Night
July 20, 2001	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Journal Pavilion	Surrender
July 21, 2001	Denver, Colorado	Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre	Sister of Night
July 23, 2001	Salt Lake City, Utah	E Center	Sister of Night
July 27, 2001	Portland, Oregon	E Center	Sister of Night
July 28, 2001	Vancouver, British Columbia	Pacific Coliseum	Surrender
July 29, 2001	Seattle, Washington	Gorge Amphitheatre	Sister of Night
August 1, 2001	Sacramento, California	Sleep Train Amphitheater	Surrender
August 3, 2001	Concord, California	Chronicle Pavilion	Sister of Night
August 4, 2001	Mountain View, California	Shoreline Amphitheatre	Surrender
August 5, 2001	Santa Barbara, California	Santa Barbara Bowl	Sister of Night
August 8, 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada	The Joint	Surrender
August 10, 2001	Phoenix, Arizona	America West Arena	Sister of Night
August 11, 2001	San Diego, California	Coors Amphitheatre (San Diego)	Sister of Night
August 14, 2001	Los Angeles, California	Staples Center	Surrender
August 15, 2001	Los Angeles, California	Staples Center	Sister of Night
August 18, 2001	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond	Dressed in Black
August 19, 2001	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond	Condemnation

[edit] Europe

Date	City/Country	Venue	Setlist Notes Martin acoustic song in Bold	Opening Act
August 28, 2001	Tallinn, Estonia	Song Festival Grounds	Surrender	Brainstorm
August 29, 2001	Riga, Latvia	Skonto Stadium	Sister of Night	Brainstorm
August 31, 2001	Vilnius, Lithuania	Vingis Park	Sister of Night	Brainstorm
September 2, 2001	Warsaw, Poland	Horse Race Track	Sister Of Night	Brainstorm
September 4, 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Paegas Arena	Surrender	Fad Gadget
September 5, 2001	Berlin, Germany	Waldbuhne	Surrender	Fad Gadget
September 6, 2001	Berlin, Germany	Waldbuhne	Sister of Night "Condemnation" played instead of "Clean"	Fad Gadget
September 8, 2001	Hamburg, Germany	Trabrenbahn	Sister of Night Last performance of "I Feel Loved"	Fad Gadget Technique
September 9, 2001	Leipzig, Germany	Festwiese	Surrender Rainy weather had affects on David's health. "I Feel Loved", "Clean", and "Black Celebration" were cut from the setlist. The latter two returned the next show.	Fad Gadget Technique
September 11, 2001	Vienna, Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	Sister of Night	Fad Gadget Technique
September 12, 2001	Budapest, Hungary	Kisstadion	Surrender	Fad Gadget
September 16, 2001	Moscow, Russia	Olympiski	Sister of Night	Technique
September 18, 2001	St. Petersburg, Russia	SCC Peterburgsky	Surrender	Technique
September 19, 2001	Helsinki, Finland	Hartwall Arena	Surrender	none
September 21, 2001	Stockholm, Sweden	Globe	Sister of Night	Fad Gadget
September 22, 2001	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum	Surrender	Fad Gadget
September 23, 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Parken Stadium	Sister Of Night	Fad Gadget
September 25, 2001	Amneville, France	Le Galaxie	Surrender	Fad Gadget
September 26, 2001	Cologne, Germany	Kölnarena	Sister of Night	Fad Gadget
September 27, 2001	Cologne, Germany	Kölnarena	Dressed in Black "Condemnation" played instead of "Clean"	Fad Gadget
September 29, 2001	Munich, Germany	Olympiahalle	Surrender	Fad Gadget
September 30, 2001	Munich, Germany	Olympiahalle	The Bottom Line "Condemnation" played instead of "Clean"	Fad Gadget
October 2, 2001	Nürnburg, Germany	Nuremburg Arena	Sister of Night	Fad Gadget
October 3, 2001	Stuttgart, Germany	Schleyerhalle	Surrender	Fad Gadget
October 4, 2001	Zurich, Switzerland	Hallenstadion	Sister of Night	Fad Gadget
October 6, 2001	Oberhausen, Germany	König Pilsener Arena	Judas	Fad Gadget
October 7, 2001	Antwerp, Belgium	Sportpaleis Merksem	It Doesn't Matter Two	Fad Gadget
October 9, 2001	Paris, France	Bercy	It Doesn't Matter Two	Fad Gadget
October 10, 2001	Paris, France	Bercy	Sister of Night "Condemnation" played instead of "Clean"	Fad Gadget
October 11, 2001	Paris, France	Festhalle	It Doesn't Matter Two	Fad Gadget
October 13, 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	It Doesn't Matter Two	DJ Set
October 14, 2001	Madrid, Spain	Vistalegre	Judas	none
October 17, 2001	London, England	Wembley	It Doesn't Matter Two	Fad Gadget
October 18, 2001	London, England	Wembley	Surrender "Condemnation" played instead of "Clean"	Fad Gadget
October 20, 2001	Manchester, England	MEN Arena	Judas	Fad Gadget
October 21, 2001	Birmingham, England	NEC	Sister of Night	Fad Gadget
October 23, 2001	Lyon, France	Halle Tony Garnier	It Doesn't Matter Two	Fad Gadget
October 24, 2001	Milan, Italy	Fila Forum	Judas	Fad Gadget
October 25, 2001	Bologna, Italy	PalaMalaguti	It Doesn't Matter Two "Condemnation" played instead of "Clean"	Fad Gadget
October 28, 2001	Athens, Greece	Basket Ball Arena	It Doesn't Matter Two	Technique
October 30, 2001	Istanbul, Turkey	Abdi Ipekci Arena	Somebody	Technique
November 3, 2001	Zagreb, Croatia	Dom Sportova	Surrender	Technique
November 5, 2001	Mannheim, Germany	Maimarkthalle	Somebody "World Full of Nothing" played before "Home" in the first encore	Technique

[edit] Setlist

There were eight songs from the album it promotes, Exciter. The setlist mostly spanned songs from their more recent albums, which caused some criticism from fans who wanted the more older tracks to appear. The oldest song in the main setlist was "Black Celebration" from the album of the same name, released in 1986.

Normally, the setlist for Depeche Mode shows are consistent. However, sometimes songs are switched with other songs, usually the Martin Gore vocal songs. Exceptions are noted above in "Setlist Notes". All songs are sung by David Gahan unless otherwise noted.

Easy Tiger/Dream On (acoustic) [Intro]
The Dead of Night
The Sweetest Condition
Halo
Walking in My Shoes
Dream On
When the Body Speaks
Waiting for the Night
Martin Gore acoustic track, which was one of the following
1. The Bottom Line
2. Surrender
3. Dressed in Black
4. Sister of Night
5. Condemnation
6. Judas
7. It Doesn't Matter Two
8. Somebody
Breathe (sung by Martin)
Freelove
Enjoy the Silence
I Feel You
In Your Room
It's No Good
I Feel Loved
1. Was removed from the Setlist on September 9th
Personal Jesus

Encore 1

Home (sung by Martin Gore)
1. During the final show, and only the final show, the song was preceded by "World Full of Nothing"
Clean
1. On some Europe shows, the song was replaced by an acoustic version of "Condemnation", still sung by Gahan

Encore 2

Black Celebration
Never Let Me Down Again

[edit] Setlist Stats

The following (except "Previous Tour", "Biggest Revival", "Most recent" and "Debut") are judging from the main setlist, excluding intro. If there are songs that were played that were not on the setlist, then they are not included except in (Parenthesses).

Songs from Exciter: 8
Songs from Ultra: 2 (4)
Songs from Songs of Faith and Devotion: 3 (5)
Songs from Violator: 5
Songs from Music for the Masses: 1
Songs from Black Celebration: 1 (3)
Songs from Some Great Reward: 0 (1)
Songs from Construction Time Again: 0
Songs from A Broken Frame: 0
Songs from Speak and Spell: 0
Songs not from a studio album: 0 (1)
Songs played at the Singles Tour: 7 (9)
Total songs (not including intro): 20
Biggest revival: "Black Celebration", not played since 1990, 11 years
Most recent non-current-album song: "Surrender"
Non-Current-Album debut: "Surrender"

[edit] Rehearsal

The setlist from the rehearsal show in Los Angeles was not the same as the main setlist, although no songs played at the The Roxy Theatre were not played in the main setlist.

Setlist: