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 planned a tour extension, where they would have more shows in Europe for the Summer of 2002. However, that tour remained a plan.

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.

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[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, 2001 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 Technique
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 Areena 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 Amnéville, 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 Nürnberg, Germany Nuremberg 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.

  1. Easy Tiger/Dream On (acoustic) [Intro]
  2. The Dead of Night
  3. The Sweetest Condition
  4. Halo
  5. Walking in My Shoes
  6. Dream On
  7. When the Body Speaks
  8. Waiting for the Night
  9. 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
  10. Breathe (sung by Martin)
  11. Freelove
  12. Enjoy the Silence
  13. I Feel You
  14. In Your Room
  15. It's No Good
  16. I Feel Loved
    1. Was removed from the Setlist on September 9th
  17. 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"
  2. Clean
    1. On some Europe shows, the song was replaced by an acoustic version of "Condemnation", still sung by Gahan.
  3. Black Celebration
  4. 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).

[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:

  1. Easy Tiger/Dream On (acoustic) [Intro]
  2. Walking in My Shoes
  3. Clean
  4. Halo
  5. When the Body Speaks
  6. Breathe (sung by Martin)
  7. Dream On
  8. Enjoy the Silence
  9. I Feel You
  10. In Your Room
  11. I Feel Loved

Encore

  1. The Bottom Line (sung by Martin, acoustic)
  2. Personal Jesus

[edit] Total Songs During All Legs Played by Record

  1. Dream On
  2. The Sweetest Condition
  3. When the Body Speaks
  4. The Dead of Night
  5. Freelove
  6. I Feel Loved
  7. Breathe
  8. Easy Tiger (along with “dream on” acoustic as an intro)
  1. Home
  2. It's No Good
  3. Sister of Night
  4. The Bottom Line
  1. I Feel You
  2. Walking in My Shoes
  3. Condemnation
  4. Judas
  5. In Your Room
  1. Personal Jesus
  2. Halo
  3. Waiting for the Night
  4. Enjoy the Silence
  5. Clean
  1. Never Let Me Down Again
  1. Black Celebration
  2. It Doesn't Matter Two
  3. World Full of Nothing
  4. Dressed in Black
  1. Somebody

None

None

None

  • Songs not from a studio album:
  1. Surrender

[edit] Performers

Depeche Mode

Assistance

[edit] Opening Acts

[edit] See also

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