Nitzer Ebb did the '90 tour with Depeche Mode.  
-L

Anna Borg wrote:

>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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>

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