# 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

* "Christmas Island" (intro)
* "Black Celebration"
* "A Question of Time"
* "Fly on the Windscreen"
* "Shake the Disease"
* "Leave in Silence"
* "It's Called a Heart"
* "Everything Counts"
** "It Doesn't Matter Two" (*)
** "Somebody" (*) (only known performance: 16 August 1986 Copenhagen)
* "A Question of Lust" (*)
* "Here Is the House" (only known performances: 29 and 31 March 1986)
* "Blasphemous Rumours"
* "New Dress"
* "Stripped"
* "Something to Do"
* "Master and Servant"
* "Photographic"
* "People Are People"

### Encore 1

* "Boys Say Go!"
* "Just Can't Get Enough"

### Encore 2

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

## Tour dates

| Date | City | Country | Venue/Event |
| Europe ||||
| 29 March 1986 | Oxford | England | Apollo Theatre |
| 31 March 1986 | Brighton | England | Brighton Centre |
| 2 April 1986 | Dublin | Ireland | RDS Simmonscourt |
| 4 April 1986 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Maysfield Centre |
| 6 April 1986 | Glasgow | Scotland | Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre |
| 7 April 1986 | Whitley Bay | England | Whitley Bay Ice Rink |
| 9 April 1986 | Birmingham | England | National Exhibition Centre |
| 10 April 1986 | Birmingham | England | National Exhibition Centre |
| 12 April 1986 | Manchester | England | Manchester Apollo |
| 13 April 1986 | Bristol | England | Hippodrome |
| 14 April 1986 | Bournemouth | England | Windsor Hall |
| 16 April 1986 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
| 17 April 1986 | London | England | Wembley Arena |
| 24 April 1986 | Oslo | Norway | Skedsmohallen |
| 25 April 1986 | Gothenburg | Sweden | Scandinavium |
| 26 April 1986 | Stockholm | Sweden | Johanneshovs Isstadion |
| 28 April 1986 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Valby-Hallen |
| 29 April 1986 | Hanover | West Germany | Eilenriedehalle |
| 30 April 1986 | Aachen | West Germany | Eurogress |
| 2 May 1986 | Stuttgart | West Germany | Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle |
| 3 May 1986 | Munich | West Germany | Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle |
| 4 May 1986 | Zürich | Switzerland | Hallenstadion |
| 6 May 1986 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports Bercy |
| 7 May 1986 | Paris | France | Palais Omnisports Bercy |
| 8 May 1986 | Lyon | France | Palais des Sports de Gerland |
| 10 May 1986 | Brussels | Belgium | Forest National |
| 11 May 1986 | Düsseldorf | West Germany | Philips Halle |
| 13 May 1986 | Ludwigshafen | West Germany | Friedrich-Ebert-Halle |
| 14 May 1986 | Saarbrücken | West Germany | Saarlandhalle |
| 16 May 1986 | Hamburg | West Germany | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle |
| 17 May 1986 | Hamburg | West Germany | Alsterdorfer Sporthalle |
| 18 May 1986 | West Berlin | West Germany | Waldbühne |
| 20 May 1986 | Münster | West Germany | Münsterlandhalle |
| 21 May 1986 | Bremen | West Germany | Stadthalle |
| 22 May 1986 | Dortmund | West Germany | Westfalenhallen |
| 24 May 1986 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | Rotterdam Ahoy |
| 25 May 1986 | Rüsselsheim | West Germany | Walter-Köbel-Halle |
| North America ||||
| 1 June 1986 | Boston | United States | Wang Theatre |
| 3 June 1986 | Upper Darby Township | United States | Tower Theater |
| 4 June 1986 | Upper Darby Township | United States | Tower Theater |
| 6 June 1986 | New York City | United States | Radio City Music Hall |
| 7 June 1986 | New York City | United States | Radio City Music Hall |
| 8 June 1986 | New York City | United States | Radio City Music Hall |
| 10 June 1986 | Cuyahoga Falls | United States | Blossom Music Center |
| 12 June 1986 | Hopewell | United States | Finger Lakes Performing Arts Center |
| 13 June 1986 | Wantagh | United States | Jones Beach Amphitheatre |
| 14 June 1986 | Columbia | United States | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| 17 June 1986 | Montreal | Canada | Verdun Auditorium |
| 18 June 1986 | Vaughan | Canada | Kingswood Music Theatre |
| 20 June 1986 | Vaughan | Canada | Kingswood Music Theatre |
| 21 June 1986 | Clarkston | United States | Pine Knob Music Theatre |
| 22 June 1986 | Hoffman Estates | United States | Poplar Creek Music Theater |
| 24 June 1986 | Saint Paul | United States | St. Paul Civic Center |
| 26 June 1986 | Fort Worth | United States | Will Rogers Memorial Center |
| 28 June 1986 | Austin | United States | City Coliseum |
| 29 June 1986 | Houston | United States | Southern Star Amphitheatre |
| 1 July 1986 | Morrison | United States | Red Rocks Amphitheatre |
| 3 July 1986 | Park City | United States | Park West Amphitheatre |
| 5 July 1986 | Berkeley | United States | Hearst Greek Theatre |
| 6 July 1986 | Mountain View | United States | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| 8 July 1986 | Vancouver | Canada | Labatt's Expo Theatre |
| 11 July 1986 | San Diego | United States | San Diego Sports Arena |
| 13 July 1986 | Inglewood | United States | The Forum |
| 14 July 1986 | Irvine | United States | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre |
| 15 July 1986 | Irvine | United States | Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre |
| Asia ||||
| 21 July 1986 | Osaka | Japan | Festival Hall |
| 22 July 1986 | Nagoya | Japan | Aichi Kōsei Nenkin Kaikan |
| 23 July 1986 | Tokyo | Japan | NHK Hall |
| Europe ||||
| 4 August 1986 | Fréjus | France | Les Arènes |
| 5 August 1986 | Pietra Ligure | Italy | Stadio Comunale |
| 6 August 1986 | Rimini | Italy | Stadio Comunale |
| 8 August 1986 | Nîmes | France | Arenes de Nîmes |
| 9 August 1986 | Annecy | France | Stade le Vieux |
| 11 August 1986 | Royan | France | Esplanade du Stade |
| 12 August 1986 | Bayonne | France | Les Arènes |
| 16 August 1986 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Valby Idrætspark |

## 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