Exciter Tour

The Exciter Tour was Depeche Mode's 2001 world tour, featuring concerts spanning over 20 countries and featuring some of their greatest hits, usually the more recent tracks up to 2001. It promotes their 2001 album, "Exciter".

Exciter Tour officially began June 15, 2001 in Montreal, Quebec. It ended in Mannheim, Germany on November 5 of the same year.

Also, in Los Angeles on June 4, the band played a special rehearsal show for invited guests only, mostly winners of worldwide contests and members of the media. There were also rehearsal shows in Quebec City, Quebec and Ottawa, Ontario.

The band planned a tour extension, where they would have more shows in Europe for the Summer of 2002. However, that tour remained a plan.

Director Anton Corbijn, who designed the set, filmed the two Paris shows in October. The footage was compiled to a DVD movie, "One Night in Paris", and was released in late 2002.

et

The set was very general compared to the other Depeche Mode tours, but one of the main things the set has was a large movie theater-sized white screen behind the band, which would usually display various light patterns, but would sometimes feature films or pictures. Memorable ones included a raindrop animation during "Waiting for the Night", a still video of a sun setting in a canyon during Martin's acoustic songs, a goldfish and a shark swimming around a blue screen during "In Your Room", and an entirely never-before-seen humorous video of the band at a cafe during "It's No Good". You can view them on the "One Night in Paris" DVD set. There were also lights and various objects at the top of the set, which would illuminate during certain songs.

The set was designed by Anton Corbijn.

Current Dates

North America (United States & Canada)

"Poe opened in all shows except the June 4 show."

Europe

etlist

There were eight songs from the album it promotes, "Exciter". The setlist mostly spanned songs from their more recent albums, which caused some criticism from fans who wanted the more older tracks to appear. The oldest song in the main setlist was "Black Celebration" from the album of the same name, released in 1986.

Normally, the setlist for Depeche Mode shows are consistent. However, sometimes songs are switched with other songs, usually the Martin Gore vocal songs. Exceptions are noted above in "Setlist Notes". All songs are sung by David Gahan unless otherwise noted.

#Easy Tiger/Dream On (acoustic) [Intro]
#The Dead of Night
#The Sweetest Condition
#Halo
#Walking in My Shoes
#Dream On
#When the Body Speaks
#Waiting for the Night
#Martin Gore acoustic track, which was one of the following
##The Bottom Line
##Surrender
##Dressed in Black
##Sister of Night
##Condemnation
##Judas
##It Doesn't Matter Two
##Somebody
#Breathe (sung by Martin)
#Freelove
#Enjoy the Silence
#I Feel You
#In Your Room
#It's No Good
#I Feel Loved
##Was removed from the Setlist on September 9th
#Personal Jesus

Encore
#Home (sung by Martin Gore)
##During the final show, and only the final show, the song was preceded by "World Full of Nothing"
#Clean
##On some Europe shows, the song was replaced by an acoustic version of "Condemnation", still sung by Gahan.
#Black Celebration
#Never Let Me Down Again

etlist Stats

The following (except "Previous Tour", "Biggest Revival", "Most recent" and "Debut") are judging from the main setlist, excluding intro. If there are songs that were played that were not on the setlist, then they are not included except in (Parenthesses).
*Songs from "Exciter": 8
*Songs from "Ultra": 2 (4)
*Songs from "Songs of Faith and Devotion": 3 (5)
*Songs from "Violator": 5
*Songs from "Music for the Masses": 1
*Songs from "Black Celebration": 1 (3)
*Songs from "Some Great Reward": 0 (1)
*Songs from "Construction Time Again": 0
*Songs from "A Broken Frame": 0
*Songs from "Speak and Spell": 0
*Songs not from a studio album: 0 (1)
*Songs played at the "Singles Tour": 7 (9)
*Total songs (not including intro): 20
*Biggest revival: "Black Celebration", not played since 1990, 11 years
*Most recent non-current-album song: "Surrender"
*Non-Current-Album debut: "Surrender", "Dressed In Black"

Rehearsal

The setlist from the rehearsal show in Los Angeles was not the same as the main setlist, although no songs played at the The Roxy Theatre were not played in the main setlist.

Setlist:
#Easy Tiger/Dream On (acoustic) [Intro]
#Walking in My Shoes
#Clean
#Halo
#When the Body Speaks
#Breathe (sung by Martin)
#Dream On
#Enjoy the Silence
#I Feel You
#In Your Room
#I Feel Loved

Encore
#The Bottom Line (sung by Martin, acoustic)
#Personal Jesus

Total Songs During All Legs Played by Record

*Songs from "Exciter":
#Dream On
#The Sweetest Condition
#When the Body Speaks
#The Dead of Night
#Freelove
#I Feel Loved
#Breathe
#Easy Tiger (along with “dream on” acoustic as an intro)
*Songs from "Ultra":
#Home
#It's No Good
#Sister of Night
#The Bottom Line
*Songs from "Songs of Faith and Devotion":
#I Feel You
#Walking in My Shoes
#Condemnation
#Judas
#In Your Room
*Songs from "Violator":
#Personal Jesus
#Halo
#Waiting for the Night
#Enjoy the Silence
#Clean
*Songs from "Music for the Masses":
#Never Let Me Down Again
*Songs from "Black Celebration":
#Black Celebration
#It Doesn't Matter Two
#World Full of Nothing
#Dressed in Black
*Songs from "Some Great Reward":
#Somebody
*Songs from "Construction Time Again":None
*Songs from "A Broken Frame": None
*Songs from "Speak and Spell":None
*Songs not from a studio album:
#Surrender

Performers

Depeche Mode
*David Gahan - Lead vocals
*Martin Gore - Guitar, Keyboards, Backup vocals, Lead vocals
*Andrew Fletcher - KeyboardsAssistance
*Peter Gordeno - Keyboards
*Christian Eigner - Drums
*Jordan Bailey - Backing vocals
*Georgia Lewis - Backing vocals

Opening Acts

*Poe (US leg except rehearsal)
*Fad Gadget (Europe leg)
*Technique (Europe leg)
*Brainstorm (Europe leg)

ee also

* Depeche Mode Tours
* Touring the Angel