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The World Violation Tour was a 1990 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's seventh studio album, Violator , which was released in March 1990. It was estimated that by the end of the tour, Depeche Mode had toured to 1.2 million fans.

• 1 Tour details
• 2 Support acts
• 4 Tour dates
• 5 Remaining contents of the tour
• 6 Musicians
• 7 Bibliography

Tour details [ ]

The band rehearsed for the tour in Pensacola, Florida, the same city where the tour kicked off. It was the first time the band has performed live in the state, and the band received some flak from locals who didn't understand their appearance ("I've been called a faggot about twenty times today, mostly from guys leaning out of trucks. This is sort of a backward place, isn't it?" noted Alan Wilder).

The tour kicked off with a North American leg in late May, finishing up in early August in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. The North American dates were met with high demand with sellouts in Dallas, Chicago, Orlando, Tampa and Miami; 42,000 tickets for the concert at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey had reportedly been sold within four hours of going on sale, while the Dodger Stadium shows had sold out on the first day of sale. Later in the month, the group played a sole date in Australia, in Sydney, prior to a six-date tour of Japan in September. Following the Japanese dates, the band commenced a European tour, beginning in Brussels in late September. The leg included three dates at the Palais Omnisports Bercy in Paris, where the group performed to approximately 50,000 people. The jaunt lasted two months and concluded with the final show of the tour in Birmingham, U.K, in late November.

The projections were made by Anton Corbijn, whose work was projected on large video screens. The tour required approximately 100 stage crew and 11 articulated lorries to transport the stage set.

The performance of the group's cover of "Route 66", which was originally recorded with lead vocals by Martin Gore, was sung live by lead singer Dave Gahan on this tour.

Industrial band Nitzer Ebb opened for the band in North America. Rolling Stone magazine called out the tour as one of the highlights of the 1990 summer music scene, saying "These British synth poppers offer post-industrial melancholy you can dance to. And their misery certainly loves company – on their last tour, they sold out the Rose Bowl."

Support acts [ ]

• Jesus And The Mary Chain
• Electribe 101

Setlist [ ]

• "Kaleid-Crucified" (Intro)
• "World in My Eyes"
• "Shake the Disease"
• "Everything Counts" (Tim Simenon/Mark Saunders Remix)
• "Master and Servant"
• "Never Let Me Down Again" (Split and Aggro Mixes)
• "Waiting for the Night"
• "I Want You Now" (Acoustic)
• "Here Is the House" (Acoustic)
• "Little 15" (Acoustic)
• "World Full of Nothing" (Acoustic)
• "Blue Dress" (Acoustic, only performed at San Diego and Paris)
• "Sweetest Perfection" (Acoustic)
• "Policy of Truth"
• "Enjoy the Silence" (with bits from the 'Bass Line' remix)
• "Strangelove"
• "Personal Jesus" encore 1
• "Black Celebration"
• "A Question of Time" encore 2
• "Behind the Wheel"
• "Route 66" ( Bobby Troup cover )

Note: Setlist additions featuring multiple songs are options which were rotated between dates.

Tour dates [ ]

Remaining contents of the tour [ ].

Even though the tour is one of the most popular among fans, Depeche Mode never released any official content from the World Violation Tour for commercial purposes.

For a fan question, then-member Alan Wilder stated that the reason behind that was the fact that there was too little time lapsed from Music for the Masses Tour to release a new live EP from the tour, as the previous one was filmed and was released on the famous 101.

The lack of commercial release doesn't mean that there is no professional recording from the tour. Two concerts of the American leg of the tour, one in San Francisco and one in LA, were recorded by the staff of the stadium. The second one was even released on a small series promotional CD in Latvia, with as many as 250 printed copies.

The band thought for more than a decade that there were only short scenes filmed from the tour by TV channels. But the previously mentioned LA tour has a whole length video recording as well, which still waits to be fully released, as the band only issued 90 seconds long parts of each song on their website in 2012. They recalled the discovery that way.

Musicians [ ]

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore – guitar, samplers, percussion pads, lead and backing vocals
• Alan Wilder – samplers, percussion pads, drums, backing vocals
• Andrew Fletcher – samplers, percussion pads, backing vocals

Bibliography [ ]

• https://dmlive.wiki/wiki/Category:1990_World_Violation_Tour
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Violation_Tour
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• 2 Alan Wilder
• 3 Some Great Reward

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Category : 1990 World Violation Tour

The World Violation Tour was an international tour undertaken by Depeche Mode in support of their seventh studio album Violator .

As of September 2023, no film footage or audio from the World Violation tour has been released in an official capacity. Alan Wilder states in a Q&A on the official Recoil project website that, with the release of 1989's 101 , the band felt it was too soon to produce a new live concert film.

Reportedly, one concert during Depeche Mode's three-night stint in Paris 1990 was recorded for a live album release, as several fans reported seeing mobile recording units outside the venue.

• 1 Line up and songwriting credits
• 2 Dates with downloads available
• 3 Dates without available downloads
• 4 Recommended recordings

Line up and songwriting credits

• Dave Gahan - lead vocals
• Martin L. Gore - keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, occasional lead vocals (denoted by (*) in track listings)
• Andrew Fletcher - keyboards
• Alan Wilder - keyboards, backing vocals

All songs performed were written by Martin L. Gore, except for Route 66 which was written by Bobby Troup.

Dates with downloads available

• 1990-05-28 Civic Centre, Pensacola, FL, USA
• 1990-05-30 Orlando Arena, Orlando, FL, USA
• 1990-05-31 Miami Arena, Miami, FL, USA
• 1990-06-06 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA
• 1990-06-13 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 1990-06-14 The Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 1990-06-16 Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ, USA
• 1990-06-18 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA
• 1990-06-21 Montreal Forum, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 1990-06-22 CNE Grandstand, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 1990-06-24 Star Lake Amphitheater, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• 1990-06-26 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA
• 1990-06-29 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA
• 1990-06-30 Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• 1990-07-02 World Music Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
• 1990-07-03 World Music Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA
• 1990-07-05 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA
• 1990-07-06 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA
• 1990-07-09 Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, USA
• 1990-07-11 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO, USA
• 1990-07-16 Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 1990-07-21 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA
• 1990-07-22 Cal Expo Amphitheatre, Sacramento, CA, USA
• 1990-07-28 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA
• 1990-07-31 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA
• 1990-08-04 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 1990-08-05 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 1990-08-31 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, Australia
• 1990-09-06 Kobe World Kinen Hall, Kobe, Japan
• 1990-09-08 Koseinenkin Hall, Kanazawa, Japan
• 1990-09-09 Nagoya-Shi Kokaido, Nagoya, Japan
• 1990-09-11 Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
• 1990-09-12 Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan
• 1990-09-28 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
• 1990-09-29 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
• 1990-09-30 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany
• 1990-10-02 Valbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1990-10-03 Valbyhallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1990-10-05 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden
• 1990-10-06 Globe Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
• 1990-10-08 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
• 1990-10-09 Messehalle, Hannover, Germany
• 1990-10-11 Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
• 1990-10-12 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland
• 1990-10-14 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany
• 1990-10-15 Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany
• 1990-10-17 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
• 1990-10-21 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 1990-10-22 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 1990-10-23 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France
• 1990-10-25 Stade Couvert Régional, Liévin, France
• 1990-10-26 Ahoy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• 1990-10-28 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
• 1990-10-29 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
• 1990-10-31 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
• 1990-11-01 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany
• 1990-11-03 Hall Rhenus, Strasbourg, France
• 1990-11-05 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 1990-11-07 Palacio de los Deportes, Madrid, Spain
• 1990-11-09 Palais des Sports, Marseilles, France
• 1990-11-11 Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy
• 1990-11-12 Paleur, Rome, Italy
• 1990-11-14 Patinoire de Mériadeck, Bordeaux, France
• 1990-11-15 Patinoire de Mériadeck, Bordeaux, France
• 1990-11-17 Parc De Penfeld, Brest, France
• 1990-11-19 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK
• 1990-11-20 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK
• 1990-11-22 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK
• 1990-11-23 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK
• 1990-11-26 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK
• 1990-11-27 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK

Dates without available downloads

• 1990-06-02 The Sun Dome, Tampa, FL, USA
• 1990-06-04 Lakewood Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA, USA
• 1990-06-08 Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA
• 1990-06-09 Great Woods Amphitheater, Mansfield, MA, USA
• 1990-06-10 Great Woods Amphitheater, Mansfield, MA, USA
• 1990-06-25 Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• 1990-06-28 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA
• 1990-07-08 Starplex Amphitheatre, Dallas, TX, USA
• 1990-07-12 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Denver, CO, USA
• 1990-07-14 Olympic Saddledome, Calgary, AB, Canada
• 1990-07-18 Portland Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR, USA
• 1990-07-20 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA
• 1990-07-25 Salt Palace, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• 1990-07-27 Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Phoenix, AZ, USA
• 1990-07-29 San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, CA, USA
• 1990-08-01 Universal Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA
• 1990-09-04 Shimin Kaikan, Fukuoka, Japan

Recommended recordings

These recordings are highly recommended as they are generally regarded as some of the best recordings from this tour. This is not an exhaustive list of very good sounding recordings.

• 1990-07-21 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA (Soundboard)
• 1990-08-04 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Soundboard)
• 1990-08-05 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Audience)
• 1990-10-12 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland (Audience)
• 1990-10-23 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France (Audience)
• 1990-11-11 Palatrussardi, Milan, Italy (Audience)

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Video: Depeche Mode shares rare footage of 1990 ‘Violator’ show at Dodger Stadium

As we’ve noted before , pro-shot footage of Depeche Mode’s  1990  World Violation Tour long has been a Holy Grail for fans. And while the band itself apparently didn’t film the tour, the first of DM’s two epic shows at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium in August 1990 was filmed by the stadium’s crew — the tape of which remains in the band’s possession.

Depeche Mode previously has hosted this footage on its website , but now the band has just uploaded it — roughly 90-second clips of each song performed on Aug. 4, 1990 — to Vimeo, which means we can share it all with you as well. Now who’s going to launch a petition to get the full concert posted and/or released on DVD as well?

Check out the footage below, along with a note from the band about its origins.

Video Recorded: August 4th, 1990 Video Director: Dodger Stadium crew Video Source: NTSC VHS tape Fans have wanted a good recording of this tour for over a decade, but that has been virtually impossible to come by. While audience recording bootlegs (of fluctuating quality) have surfaced of this tour, there has never been anything of true quality that has been available to the fans. While on a week long break in England back in 2002, the band’s webmaster raided their office in London. Among the treasures discovered was a videotape with a very simple, hand-written label (“Dodgers 080490”). Dust covered, and sitting in the office since the end of the tour, this tape would have surely been lost and/or forgotten, if the webmaster had not “borrowed” it from the offices. The video featured here was recorded “live to tape”. All effects, camera changes, and recorded audio was recorded in a raw, “one take” mix. As such, some camera angles, and audio flaws, might pop up from time to time. For such a historic document, we don’t think the occasional flaw (or old “video toaster” effect) will distract from the performances. Voted by you, the fans, as the most desired live concert in the Archives Concert Series, here are excerpts from the World Violation Tour, exclusively from depeche mode dot com. SPECIAL NOTE: The audio for these clips is a raw, unmixed soundboard feed.

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Ah the irony of Dave having to grunt, groan, moan, and “c’mon” during the intro to Enjoy the Silence. :-)

UGH! Why didn’t that tech genius Barassi deinterlace the video??! This looks terrible!!!

You know we want to buy this. First time I saw Mode was during this tour. DVD it already.

“Shut up and take my money”.

I was at this show! Fantastic! And Electronic opened…one of their only live gigs ever…and a fantastic but short set from Nitzer Ebb. Can’t believe it’s been 23 years!

I was there for both nights, Rob, and I have to agree with you as to how cool it was to see Electronic and Nitzer Ebb. Of course, DM put on the greatest concert those two nights … ah, fond memories. I’d love to own this show on BluRay!

I was there as well! Although I believe it was on the second night.

As I said on the Depeche-Mode.com forum, the video is “as is”. If the video is ever released, color correcting, deinterlacing, and other items will be done to the video. For the web, you get it “as-is”. Next time, ask before flaming. Choose to be informed, over being a flaming troll. :)

A great show/tour and I think I speak for every DM-fan out there: We want the whole concert as it is. Even if it´s stripped down as this one:)

@Barassi: This video had to be digitized at some point from the VHS (so it’s not really “as-is” in the first place) and it would have been trivial to deinterlace during conversion.

It is neither “trolling” nor “flaming” to express this criticism of the video.

Is there also footage of the performances by Electronic and Nitzer Ebb?

Awesome. Thanks Daniel.

Oh and +1 for any future DVD release.

Brings back memories of own swapping of fan-shot videos. The rawness didn’t matter as it added to the atmosphere.

I was at this concert and my memories of it are so fuzzy! I got various bootlegs of it but SO nice to see the videos! Thank YOU and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

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Seriously though, this is some killer footage.

LOL!!!!!! I mean YIKES!

Very good news. Maybe “MUTE or They” have also the raw video material on tape 16mm or even 35 mm. For the 16 mm you can scan for 2K resolution. It would really be amazing to see Dodger Stadium concert on Blu-ray, even in the format frame 3:4. “MUTE or They” record label, we count for you…

One of these days hopefully they’ll release this on DVD or blu-ray. People have been begging, pleading, pining and petitioning for this on some kind of digital format since…well…forever now. I always thought a limited edition release of this concert would be the way to go. Fancy, deluxe packaging, ltd. numbered editions and all. Regardless, I’m beginning to think any form of release of this concert may never happen. The “rough mix” of the footage – note there isn’t any crowd noise – is probably one of the biggest obstacles. No crowd noise on a live recording is…well, weird…just give the “Violator Live” album that’s floating around a listen. Not to mention making sure all the folks – camera men, sound people and all – are properly credited and compensated. Those are just two issues that immediately come to mind. Lots of hurdles to jump if it were ever to be relased =( However, The Depeche camp could make a small fortune on the release of this concert footage (if done right) and it continues to seem to be ignored. It blows my mind.

This tour at Red Rocks was my first ever DM concert, road trip awesomeness! They should clean it up and release it! :)

Saw this tour in Vancouver, BC,,,,, Nitzer Ebb, another all time personal fave, opened. I was 18. As these extremely rare videos show,,, It was indeed, perfection.

Wish there was live footage of electronic.

I was at this show and finding this has made me so happy!!! brings back great memories

I went to the Loa Angeles Depeche Mode Convention at The Palace in Hollywood in 2000 and 2002 and met KROQ’s Richard Blade who was the host of the convention. The dj in charge of playing all their music and rare videos happen to show this tape on the big screen for everyone to see. He showed “Everything Counts” “Behind The Wheel/Route 66” in full, it showed the date in opening credits reading 8/4/90 it looked like this same tape pro shot but was not multicam it was directly in front of the stage centered. So I believe they have multi versions of this tape for each camera the stadium crew were filming with. They then put them all together and created the multicam tape. The Dj looked like Daniel Miller of their record company I should have asked him about this when I had the chance and I probably would have got hooked up lol I did ask some of the vendors selling all their merchandise,memorabilia,records,live bootlegs which they had a grip for sale if they had any of the two shows from Dodger Stadium on tape or cd they didn’t have anything on them and replied most of The World Violation Tour Bootlegs were not good quality which are up for grabs now online for free. If they can show the vid to fans at the convention I don’t see why they just don’t release it in full,or put it up for full viewing on the bands website? The band has many proshots on the site in the archives that also include The Music For The Masses Tour 88 at the Rose Bowl,Ultra Party 97 London,Ultra Party 97 at The Shrine,KROQ Acoustic Xmas 98,these are all proshots also and never have been released in full neither.So the band has tons of rare tapes of all their tours and just refuse to release them.

This was my first music concert and I was blown away ! Fresh out of High School and skipped work to go to this concert and it will forever live in my memory. It’s true what they about your first concert you will never forget it especially if it’s Depeche Mode !

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More depeche mode soundboard recordings of ‘world violation tour’.

Two excellent soundboard recordings made during the 1990 ‘World Violation Tour’ by the English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act’s seventh studio album, ‘Violator’, have made their way to the grand public after being available before in a rather small circle.

The unmixed recordings Side-Line received in the past few months are not ready for commercial use and probably were just made as a reference, something confirmed by former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder to Side-Line: “If we had wanted to record and release a live disc from that tour, we could have recorded any of the shows and then would have replaced any errors or vocals that weren’t up to scratch. If this recording [that you have] is just off the desk, or a rough mix for reference, there was no intention to release it.”

The shows that are on the street now were recorded in San Francisco and Los Angeles in 1990 and thus most probably originate from tapes that were recorded by the band to see “how the show was sounding generally, or how well or badly it was being mixed out front.”

The 1990 ‘World Violation Tour’ has been on of the most sought after live recordings especially because the band and its label, Mute Records, never released a single live recording from it. We asked Wilder why no release from this tour ever saw the light of day: “Remember we had not long released ‘101’ so no-one in the band camp would have been keen on doing another live album at that time. They are much more commonplace these days with the obligatory ‘live’ DVD post every tour etc. In those days, people didn’t do them so nearly so readily.”

The ‘World Violation Tour’ kicked off with a North American leg in late May, starting in Pensacola, Florida and finishing up in early August in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. Later in the month, the group played a sole date in Australia, in Sydney, prior to a six-date tour of Japan in September. Following the Japanese dates, the band commenced an extensive European tour, beginning in Brussels, Belgium in late September. The jaunt lasted two months and concluded with the final show of the tour in Birmingham, U.K. in late November.

The following songs were included in an acoustic set performed by Martin Gore during the said tour: “I Want You Now” “Here Is the House’ “Little 15” “World Full of Nothing” “Blue Dress” “Sweetest Perfection”

Source: Side-Line

3 Responses to More Depeche Mode Soundboard Recordings Of ‘World Violation Tour’

Where are they being circulated?

good question for side-line

Alan’s POV is interesting, but I’ve had these for ages. I figured every die hard knew of these by now. The backing tapes are even floating out there as well.

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Strange/Strange Too DVD/Blu-ray Review

December 12th, 2023 by editorial

Anton Corbijn, long-time Depeche Mode collaborator and artistic visionary for the band, let it “slip” earlier this year during a Momento Mori promotional interview that he was overseeing the transfer of the original Super 8 footage for the short film Strange. I assumed at the time we would be getting Strange Too, too, and was equally excited and surprised to hear of the rerelease of the beloved additions to the band’s videography during this crucial era of their career. 

Being blessed to live in Southern California until after the end of the Exciter tour, I can tell you that the years surrounding the release of both short films were extraordinary as a Depeche Mode fan. Richard Blade, a DJ for World Famous KROQ radio in Los Angeles at the time, was filmed for the VH1 Behind the Music: Depeche Mode, saying he believed that the band could have found further fame had they produced more mainstream videos than those of Anton Corbijn. While we’ll never know the accuracy of Blade’s opinion, I can say that I absolutely disagree. Anton’s visual representation of Depeche Mode, strangely (as the titles allude), was a perfect fit for the abundantly relatable yet still wholly ambiguous lyrical stylings of Martin Gore. This combination of music and visuals is captured heartwarmingly in the Blu-Ray and DVD release of Strange/Strange Too. I would have said it was “perfectly” captured, but time has taken its toll on the film of Anton Corbijn’s already somewhat gritty and grainy style. 

The Packaging

I’ve never been much of a fan of the modern era of Depeche Mode physical releases. Call me old school, but I prefer the CD/DVD jewel cases of the past and am less of a fan of the paper/cardboard digipaks accompanying the physical versions. As a digipak version, after seeing the promotional images, I already wished we were getting two separate releases of the original films and videos. But, after getting my Amazon delivery (I miss going to the local record and import shops on the day of a DM release), I was pleasantly surprised at how a simple yet effective double release was packaged together. 

The two covers adorning front and back, a technique mirrored in the removable liner notes after opening the gatefold, was clever in keeping the set simple yet still inclusive of interesting content before you place the single disc into your DVD/Blu-Ray player. It’s always a joy to see Anton Corbijn’s notes attached to his handy work, and it’s no less enjoyable here in the folded reversible pull-out. Of course, seeing Anton’s classic photos of the band is never a disappointment. But, we are also treated to some, albeit very minimal (as is typical for Anton), new artwork included in the notes and carried over to the disc menu, with Anton’s unmistakable artistic “doodles” of hand-drawn rectangles around the clickable menu items. The inner gatefold also features broad brushes of greys and black, with a smattering of white. While ultimately unremarkable, it still is one hundred percent Anton Corbijn. It rounds out the release’s visuals that keep in theme with all of Depeche Mode’s releases with Anton at the creative helm. Personally, at a time when we are no longer treated to an abundance of Anton Corbijn artwork for the various releases attached to Memento Mori, it was a nice treat to have Strange/Strange Too created with such detail and added attention. 

The Visuals

Seeing the MUTE logo always gives me a nostalgic hit of dopamine. And, as I mentioned, I would have liked initially to have seen these films/video collections released separately. But as soon as the menu screen came up, seeing Anton’s artwork and an easy-to-navigate menu between the two artistic works, it made all the sense to package them as they have. I also found the background soundtrack on the menu to be a welcome surprise. 

I appreciated the added text inside the gatefold explaining the difficulty of the conversion process and its impact on this release. The only time I saw a noticeable difference was during the Strangelove portion of Strange, where there was abundant graining within some of the shots. It wasn’t enough to ruin the experience for me, but enough to at least notice. Otherwise, both Strange and Strange Too were just as enjoyable as the last time I had watched them decades ago on my worn-out VHS tapes, and even more enjoyable from a format standpoint having them on Blu-Ray. 

Apart from the limited availability of Clean and Halo on past releases and now having them persevered in this release, it’s the films Strange and Strange, too, as the main attraction that matters most with this release. Drawing back upon that quote and the not-so-subtle jab at Anton’s artistic style, it’s precisely Corbin’s style that continued to fuel my passion for this band between major releases. The genius of what Anton Corbijn created in both these films rests in his less is more approach. Anton didn’t get overindulgent in his art; he kept the content between the videos short. Long enough to get an impression of his artistry yet short enough to understand that the viewer wants to get to the good stuff, the music. Was the video for A Question of Time weird to me as a sixteen-year-old? Sure, but I had an open mind because I already loved this band so dearly. Were the Strange interviews between the music videos of European models and old men bizarre? Absolutely, but again, I kept an open mind because this was something the band approved of and, therefore, I approved of. For Strange Too, abandoning the black and white aesthetic for color on Strange Too as a fan, I was already sold when I first saw the promotional ads for the pending release. Along those lines, I appreciate the noted difference in the titles of these releases, such as Black and White Mode and Colour Mode by Anton Corbijn, on the packaging. Also, on a personal note, it’s fun to see the visuals from Strange Too, many of which were ultimately used for the live visuals on the World Violation Tour, especially in the clean promo clip in the film. World In My Eyes is a personal favorite of mine, being filmed entirely on that tour. A part of me thinks if the band cares enough to release these gems from so many years ago, then maybe we’ll get that proper World Violation Tour physical release. Dare to Dream On. 

Ultimately, this lifelong Depeche Mode fan is more than happy with the Strange/Strange Too release. The fact that as much attention to detail and care was given to create this release shows how much Dave, Martin, and the current iteration of their promotional team understand the love that fans like you and me have for this band. Now, how about that The World We Live In and Live in Hamburg Blu-ray release? 

Reviewed by special guest contributor Jon Justice for Home. You can listen to DEPECHE MODE: the podcast on all podcast platforms, on YouTube under “My Nerd World with Jon Justice”, and www.MyNerdWorld.net @TheJonJustice TikTok @theMyNerdWorld @JonJustice Instagram  @TheMyNerdWorld on X

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DEPECHE MODE World Violation Tour: Live in Berlin 1990 2CD set

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Recorderd Live at Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany, November 01, 1990

Limited Edition of 150 copies on double CD set in cardboard digisleeve (slim digipak)

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Materiál z World Violation Tour na DVD alebo CD?

Možno mnohí z vás postrehli v diskusnom fóre debatu o sounboardoch z jednotlivých tour kapely, a niektorí si možno všimli, že ukážka z World Violation Tour v podobe Enjoy The Silence sa nedávno objavila na Internete. A zrejme ide o dlho hľadaný "soundboard". Nad týmto faktom sa pozastavilo aj dnešné internetové vydanie magazínu Side-line, ktoré zároveň pripomenulo rozhovor s Andy Fletcherom (Side-line č.42), kde Andy spomenul, že materiály z WVT sa niekedy objavia na DVD alebo CD. Spomínanú ukážku z Enjoy The Silence si môžte vypočuť na webe side-line.com

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