[Live] Depeche Mode @SAP Center, San Jose 2023.03.25

Though Dave's voice was a little off tune, I still love Depeche Mode. They are the icon of electronic music history.

- Update 2: About Dave’s voice. I don’t worry at all as I watched their performance on TV shows recently and he could still nail each song. So I assume it was issue with in-ear monitors which doesn’t provide enough feedback to his ear so he wasn’t sure about the tune. What’s your opinion?

- update: I may never understand what DM means to all of you and I want to say thank you for all the warm words! I grew up in 90s but I was very into bands in 80s. I got to know DM from a documentary movie about Joy Division (well it was called Synth Britannia, need to refresh my memory), and "New Life" was the opening song of the movie. I was hit by the melody, which brought up the feeling of hope from the “shabby” London streets. I knew it was the band coming to my life at the right time.

The crowd was very very great yesterday and people were swinging, dancing along with the music. I was sitting far away but everyone around me was so engaged. Hope you enjoy it in my video too!

PS: I've done quite a lot of recording work so no need to worry about my arm! I have a small tripod in hand and that makes me feel nothing if I hold it all the time. I will still make good video recordings and re-master the sound to bring concert to life (fighting heavy bass and surfacing the vocal). Stay tuned!

Setlist

Speak to Me (Outro)
(Intro)
My Cosmos Is Mine
Wagging Tongue
Walking in My Shoes
It's No Good
Sister of Night
In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)
Everything Counts
Precious
Speak to Me
A Question of Lust
Soul With Me (Acoustic)
Ghosts Again
I Feel You
A Pain That I'm Used To (Jacques Lu Cont's Remix)
World in My Eyes (Dedicated to Andrew Fletcher)
Wrong
Stripped
John the Revelator
Enjoy the Silence

Encore:
Waiting for the Night
Just Can't Get Enough
Never Let Me Down Again
Personal Jesus