Black Celebration Tour

The Black Celebration Tour was a 1986 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's fifth studio album, Black Celebration, which was released in March 1986.

The tour began with a European leg, starting in Oxford, England in late March and finishing in Rüsselsheim, West Germany in late May. A North American jaunt followed in early June, commencing in Boston and culminating mid-July in Irvine, California. Shortly after the North American leg, the group headed to Japan to play three dates.

In early August, the group began a second run of European shows, starting in Fréjus, France. The group performed four additional dates in France, as well as two shows in Italy, before wrapping up the tour in Copenhagen.

Book of Love joined the tour as the opening act on 29 April in Hanover, West Germany, and continuing for the rest of the first European leg and throughout all tour dates of the North American leg (ending on 15 July).

Set list

 * 1) "Christmas Island" (intro)
 * 2) "Black Celebration"
 * 3) "A Question of Time"
 * 4) "Fly on the Windscreen"
 * 5) "Shake the Disease"
 * 6) "Leave in Silence"
 * 7) "It's Called a Heart"
 * 8) "Everything Counts"
 * 9) *"It Doesn't Matter Two" (*)
 * 10) *"Somebody" (*) (only known performance: 16 August 1986 Copenhagen)
 * 11) "A Question of Lust" (*)
 * 12) "Here Is the House" (only known performances: 29 and 31 March 1986)
 * 13) "Blasphemous Rumours"
 * 14) "New Dress"
 * 15) "Stripped"
 * 16) "Something to Do"
 * 17) "Master and Servant"
 * 18) "Photographic"
 * 19) "People Are People"
 * 20) ; Encore 1
 * 21) "Boys Say Go!"
 * 22) "Just Can't Get Enough"
 * 23) ; Encore 2
 * 24) "More Than a Party"
 * 1) "More Than a Party"


 * Set lists differed between dates, with rotated songs (denoted above) and song omissions.
 * "(*)" denotes song sung by Martin Gore.

Musicians

 * Dave Gahan – lead vocals
 * Martin Gore – synthesisers, keyboards, melodica, metal pipes, lead and backing vocals
 * Alan Wilder – synthesisers, keyboards, metal pipes, backing vocals
 * Andrew Fletcher – synthesisers, keyboards, samplers, percussion pads, backing vocals

Support acts

 * Hula
 * The Fountainhead
 * Book of Love
 * The Blah Brothers
 * Eyeless in Gaza
 * New Order
 * Public Panic
 * Talk Talk