Depeche Mode Touring the Angel, iPayOne Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, Sat., 19 Nov 2005, 8:00pm
Title (Album, Track)
- Intro: excerpts from Lilian (18,11) -- I'm pretty sure that's what I heard
- A Pain That I'm Used To (18,1) -- Mart rocks on the guitar
- John the Revelator (18,2)
- A Question of Time (7,6)
- Policy of Truth (10,7)
- Precious (18,5)
- Walking in My Shoes (11,2)
- Suffer Well (18,3)
- Damaged People (18,10) -- Dave takes a break, and Mart takes over
- Home (13,3) -- still Mart
- I Want It All (18,7) -- Dave returns
- The Sinner in Me (18,4) -- slightly more rockin' than the album
- I Feel You (11,1)
- Behind the Wheel (8,6)
- World in My Eyes (10,1)
- Personal Jesus (10,3)
- Enjoy the Silence (10,6)
Encore 1:
- Somebody (5,6 or 6,9) -- Martin on lead vocals
- Just Can't Get Enough (1,11) (actually single version like (6,3))
- Everything Counts (3,4 or 4,9)
Encore 2:
- Never Let Me Down Again (8,1)
- Goodnight Lovers (16,13)
Albums:
- 1 Speak & Spell
- 3 Construction Time Again
- 4 People Are People
- 5 Some Great Reward
- 6 Catching Up with Depeche Mode
- 7 Black Celebration
- 8 Music for the Masses
- 10 Violator
- 11 Songs of Faith and Devotion
- 13 Ultra
- 16 Exciter
- 18 Playing the Angel
dM always rocks, especially in San Diego (and So. Cal in general with its great, dedicated fan base), according to Kim (who saw an Exciter Tour show in DC with a just a lukewarm crowd). Kim joined me and the usual suspects (Ben, Bob, Natalie, Carl) as with last time, except that Ben wasn't there for the Singles tour, and Joanne and Susan also joined us this time. Pretty much the same set list between concerts on this tour, except that, according to Tita Fabbee, who went to two LA shows, her second show had "A Question of Lust" replacing "Somebody" (not a bad substitution). Also according to her (from an LA Times article), the new album's sales were double in So. Cal compared to its next market. No surprise, Playing the Angel is a good album, and Touring the Angel was a good show, typical high-energy fun from frontman Dave (shakin' it and showin' it off) and Mart (guitar riffs and sensitive vocals), the continuing tradition of live drums and a hi-tech-looking stage setup. The Raveonettes opened, good house-music band with possible New Order influences and two female leads.
