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| From | Anna Borg <tallboyrecords@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Depeche Mode NYC 1987 (who opened for them?) |
| Date | Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:39:38 -0700 (PDT) |
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could it have been Book of Love?
I saw Depeche Mode in Berkeley same year, and I think
that's who opened on the west coast. I seem to recall
some interesting set situations. I also remember
Martin Gore wearing a long leather skirt and a long
string of pearls, and the girls screaming when he
twirled them.
anna
--- Rafael Paulino Neto <rpaulino@bignet.com.br>
wrote:
> Following the Duran Duran question, did anyone
> attend Depeche Mode's
> Madison Square Garden show in 1987? I've visited NYC
> twice that year,
> early in the year and then in December. I can't
> remember exactly which
> of those times I saw DM. They had a very melodic
> synth pop band opening
> for them, whose main song seemed to be one with a
> chorus that went
> something like 'we are the beautiful' or 'we are the
> people' (or
> something close). They had a produced stage set,
> with extras dressed
> either of secretaries, or like businessmen in suits
> and the such. I
> asked to several persons near me at the show, and
> nobody knew who this
> band was (and, btw, they didn't even bother). I
> liked their set a lot,
> much more than DM's. A couple of friends here in
> Brazil told me that
> Nitzer Ebb was the opening band on that tour, but I
> knew their music,
> and it just didn't seem to be them at all. Anyone
> well informed about
> that?
>
> Rafael.
>
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Anna Borg
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