Memento Mori World Tour

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Memento Mori World Tour
Tour by Depeche Mode
Memento Mori World Tour poster.jpg
Promotional poster for the tour
Location
  • North America
  • Europe
Associated album Memento Mori
Start date23 March 2023 (2023-03-23)
End date8 April 2024 (2024-04-08)
Legs4
No. of shows
  • 45 in North America
  • 67 in Europe
  • 112 in total
Depeche Mode concert chronology

The Memento Mori World Tour [1] was a worldwide concert tour by English electronic music band Depeche Mode in support of the group's 15th studio album, Memento Mori . The tour began on 23 March 2023 and concluded on 8 April 2024. This marked the first concert tour to not feature keyboardist Andy Fletcher, who died in 2022.

Contents

The tour was first announced on 4 October 2022, along with the Memento Mori album announcement at an event in Berlin. [2] A third leg of the tour for North America was announced on 16 February 2023, with 34 additional shows. [3] On 10 July 2023, a second European leg of the tour has been announced with 29 new dates in indoor arenas. [4]

Background

On 29 September 2022, Depeche Mode took to their social media channels to post a teaser of an upcoming announcement, reading "Berlin 4.10.22". [5] On 4 October 2022, a special event was held at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin hosted by Barbara Charone, [6] and was streamed live on YouTube. [7] Dave Gahan and Martin Gore were present to discuss details regarding their upcoming world tour to support the new album. [2]

Two shows on the tour were part of the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona and Madrid, which Depeche Mode headlined on Fridays 2 June and 9 June 2023. [8]

"Black Celebration" and "Policy of Truth" made their tour debuts at New York City's Barclays Center on 21 October 2023. [9]

The band have performed the song "World in My Eyes" on every show in memory of Fletcher, due to this being his favourite song. [10]

Setlist

Depeche Mode at Scotiabank Arena, April 2023 Depeche Mode Toronto 04-07-2023 IMG 013 (52806114434).jpg
Depeche Mode at Scotiabank Arena, April 2023

Setlist for North America (legs #1 and #3) and Europe (legs #2 and #4) [lower-alpha 1]

  1. "My Cosmos Is Mine"
  2. "Wagging Tongue"
  3. "Walking in My Shoes"
  4. "It's No Good"
  5. "Sister of Night"
  6. "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix)
  7. "Everything Counts"
  8. "Precious"
  9. "Speak to Me"
  10. "A Question of Lust" (*)
  11. "Soul with Me" (acoustic) (*)
  12. "Ghosts Again"
  13. "I Feel You"
  14. "A Pain That I'm Used To" (Jacques Lu Cont remix)
  15. "World in My Eyes"
  16. "Wrong"
  17. "Stripped"
  18. "John the Revelator"
  19. "Enjoy the Silence"
    Encore
  20. "Waiting for the Night" (acoustic)
  21. "Just Can't Get Enough"
  22. "Never Let Me Down Again"
  23. "Personal Jesus"

Setlist for European festival concerts (leg #2)

Depeche Mode performed at the Primavera Sound festival in Spain and omitted some songs from their setlist. [12]

  1. "My Cosmos Is Mine"
  2. "Wagging Tongue"
  3. "Walking in My Shoes"
  4. "It's No Good"
  5. "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix)
  6. "Everything Counts"
  7. "Precious"
  8. "Home" (*)
  9. "Ghosts Again"
  10. "I Feel You"
  11. "A Pain That I'm Used To" (Jacques Lu Cont remix)
  12. "World in My Eyes"
  13. "Stripped"
  14. "John the Revelator"
  15. "Enjoy the Silence"
    Encore
  16. "Just Can't Get Enough"
  17. "Never Let Me Down Again"
  18. "Personal Jesus"

Note: "(*)" denotes song sung by Martin Gore.

Shows

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening acts, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue
DateCityCountryVenueOpening act(s)Attendance / CapacityRevenue
Leg #1 – North America
23 March 2023 Sacramento United States Golden 1 Center Kelly Lee Owens 13,228 (100%)$3,027,464
25 March 2023 San Jose SAP Center 13,306 (100%)$3,058,803
28 March 2023 Inglewood Kia Forum 14,669 (100%)$3,447,447
30 March 2023 Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena 15,224 (100%)$3,303,929
2 April 2023 San Antonio AT&T Center 15,308 (100%)$3,011,214
5 April 2023 Chicago United Center 15,144 (100%)$3,209,101
7 April 2023 Toronto Canada Scotiabank Arena 15,341 (100%)$2,124,793
9 April 2023 Quebec City Videotron Centre 12,455 (100%)$1,116,191
12 April 2023 Montreal Bell Centre 15,580 (100%)$1,655,868
14 April 2023 New York City United States Madison Square Garden Stella Rose & the Dead Language14,926 (100%)$3,302,047
Leg #2 – Europe
16 May 2023 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome Cold Cave
18 May 2023
20 May 2023 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis
23 May 2023 Stockholm Sweden Friends Arena
26 May 2023 Leipzig Germany Festwiese
28 May 2023 Bratislava Slovakia Tehelné pole
31 May 2023 Lyon France Groupama Stadium Young Fathers
2 June 2023 Barcelona Spain Parc del Fòrum
4 June 2023 Düsseldorf Germany Merkur Spiel-Arena Young Fathers86,208 (97%)$8,796,287
6 June 2023
9 June 2023 Madrid Spain Arganda del Rey
11 June 2023 Bern Switzerland Stadion Wankdorf Young Fathers
14 June 2023 Malahide Ireland Malahide Castle Young Fathers, Just Mustard [13]
17 June 2023 London England Twickenham Stadium Young Fathers
20 June 2023 Munich Germany Olympiastadion
22 June 2023 Lille France Stade Pierre-Mauroy Jehnny Beth
24 June 2023 Paris Stade de France
27 June 2023 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium
29 June 2023 Frankfurt Germany Deutsche Bank Park
1 July 2023
4 July 2023 Bordeaux France Matmut Atlantique
7 July 2023 Berlin Germany Olympiastadion 141,839 (100%)$14,535,661
9 July 2023 Hælos
12 July 2023 Rome Italy Stadio Olimpico
14 July 2023 Milan San Siro
16 July 2023 Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
21 July 2023 Klagenfurt Austria Wörthersee Stadion
23 July 2023 Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb
26 July 2023 Bucharest Romania Arena Națională
28 July 2023 Budapest Hungary Puskás Aréna Hope
30 July 2023 Prague Czech Republic Letňany
2 August 2023 Warsaw Poland PGE Narodowy
4 August 2023 Kraków Tauron Arena
6 August 2023 Tallinn Estonia Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
11 August 2023 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena
Leg #3 – North America
21 September 2023 Mexico City Mexico Foro Sol Kelly Lee Owens 193,912 (100%)$15,401,768
23 September 2023
25 September 2023
29 September 2023 Austin United States Moody Center DIIV
1 October 2023 Dallas American Airlines Center
4 October 2023 Houston Toyota Center
7 October 2023 New Orleans Smoothie King Center
10 October 2023 Orlando Amway Center
12 October 2023 Miami Kaseya Center
15 October 2023 Atlanta State Farm Arena
19 October 2023 Nashville Bridgestone Arena
21 October 2023New York City Barclays Center
23 October 2023 Washington, D.C. Capital One Arena
25 October 2023 Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center
28 October 2023New York CityMadison Square Garden
31 October 2023 Boston TD Garden
3 November 2023 Montreal Canada Bell Centre
5 November 2023TorontoScotiabank Arena
8 November 2023 Detroit United States Little Caesars Arena
10 November 2023 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
13 November 2023ChicagoUnited Center
16 November 2023 Denver Ball Arena Young Fathers
18 November 2023 Salt Lake City Delta Center
21 November 2023 Edmonton Canada Rogers Place
24 November 2023 Vancouver Rogers Arena
26 November 2023 Seattle United States Climate Pledge Arena
28 November 2023 Portland Moda Center
1 December 2023Las VegasT-Mobile Arena
3 December 2023 San Francisco Chase Center
6 December 2023 San Diego Pechanga Arena
8 December 2023
10 December 2023InglewoodKia Forum
12 December 2023
15 December 2023 Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena
17 December 2023
Leg #4 – Europe
22 January 2024LondonEngland The O2 Arena Nadine Shah
24 January 2024 Birmingham Utilita Arena Birmingham
27 January 2024LondonThe O2 Arena
29 January 2024 Manchester AO Arena
31 January 2024 Glasgow Scotland OVO Hydro
3 February 2024 Dublin Ireland 3Arena
6 February 2024 Antwerpen Belgium Sportpaleis
8 February 2024AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo Dome
10 February 2024CopenhagenDenmark Royal Arena
13 February 2024BerlinGermany Merecedes-Benz Arena Humanist
15 February 2024
17 February 2024 Hamburg Barclays Arena
20 February 2024BerlinMercedes-Benz Arena
22 February 2024PragueCzech Republic O2 Arena
24 February 2024
27 February 2024 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena
29 February 2024
3 March 2024ParisFrance Accor Arena Suzie Stapleton
5 March 2024
7 March 2024 Munich Germany Olympiahalle
12 March 2024MadridSpain WiZink Center
14 March 2024
16 March 2024Barcelona Palau Sant Jordi
19 March 2024 Lisbon Portugal Altice Arena
21 March 2024 Bilbao Spain Bizkaia Arena
23 March 2024 Turin Italy Pala Alpitour Deeper
26 March 2024BudapestHungary MVM Dome
28 March 2024MilanItaly Mediolanum Forum
30 March 2024
3 April 2024 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
5 April 2024
8 April 2024

Cancelled shows

List of dates, city, country, venue and reason of cancellation
DateCityCountryVenueReason
8 August 2023 Helsinki Finland Kaisaniemi park Forecasted severe weather conditions [14]

Musicians

Depeche Mode

Additional musicians

Notes

  1. At the show in Edmonton, Canada, "A Question of Lust" was on the printed setlist but was not performed due to Martin Gore's vocal problems. [11]

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