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;November 29, 2024
*2007-10-2x Interface, Spinner.com, AOL Studios, New York, NY, USA/Source 2: lossless audio upgrade for Dave's performance of 7 songs from "Hourglass"
**The videos at Source 1 were also upgraded to utilize this improved audio and are now streamable
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;July 9, 2024
==== Live recordings: ====
*1981-06-01 Bridge House, London, England, UK/Source 1: upgrade of decent audience recording
*1982-02-10 BBC Paris Studio, London, England, UK/Source 1: 2024 rework of the broadcast audio using higher-quality M4A 320kbps audio from a 2024 BBC 6 audio webstream broadcast
*1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK/Source 1: 2024 retransfer of the FM broadcast master cassette, with improved quality, incomplete "New Life" patched, and DJ intro/outro kept
*1990-06-29 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA/Source 1: decent audience recording - upgrade sourced from first-generation cassette copies
==== Interviews ====
*1981-08-23 Twentieth Century Box, ITV, UK: superb quality footage of DM's appearance on the Twentieth Century Box television program, including rehearsal footage, interviews with band members and fans outside the Crocs nightclub, and playback performances featuring footage from inside the Crocs nightclub
*2024-07-04 Depeche Mode Live Wiki interview with Matrixxman on 2017 album Spirit
==== Articles ====
*Suffer Well ("Simlish" version): added audio, music video, and information regarding the "Simlish" version of Suffer Well
*Playing The Angel mastering analysis'''
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;December - January 2024
*1981-11-03 Fagins, Manchester, England, UK/Source 1: a nice upgrade to an already very good sounding audience recording
*1986-03-21 The Tube, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK: excellent quality television broadcast including live performances of A Question Of Time and Black Celebration
*1986-05-27 The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC2: Depeche Mode interviewed in Paris, plus fantastic quality pro-shot clips of A Question Of Time and Fly On The Windscreen
*1993-07-31 Crystal Palace Sports Ground, London, England, UK/Source 1: upgraded version of the radio broadcast audio incorporating the recent higher quality BBC2 stream of 10 songs and completed with the missing 4 songs from an FM rebroadcast DAT master
=== Recordings from the 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour ===
==== Third leg recordings ====
*Very good audience recording from Orlando: 2023-10-10 Amway Center, Orlando, FL, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Miami: 2023-10-12 Kaseya Center, Miami, FL, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Atlanta: 2023-10-15 State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Philadelphia: 2023-10-25 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from New York: 2023-10-28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from New York: 2023-10-28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 2
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from Toronto: 2023-11-05 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Detroit: 2023-11-08 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Cleveland: 2023-11-10 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland, OH, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from Chicago: 2023-11-13 United Center, Chicago, IL, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Denver: 2023-11-16 Ball Arena, Denver, CO, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Seattle: 2023-11-26 Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Las Vegas: 2023-12-01 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience recording from San Francisco: 2023-12-03 Chase Center, San Francisco, CA, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from San Diego 1st night: 2023-12-06 Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from San Diego 2st night: 2023-12-08 Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA, USA/Source 1
*Excellent multiple feed matrix recording from Los Angeles (Kia Forum) 1st night: 2023-12-10 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Los Angeles (Crypto.com) 1st night: 2023-12-15 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1
*Excellent in-ear monitor / audience recording from Los Angeles (Crypto.com) 2nd night: 2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1
**Very good matrix recording of two audience recordings: 2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 2
**DMLiveWiki's very good audience recording 2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 3
**fried_morals' very good audience recording: 2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 4
==== Second leg recordings ====
*Very good in-ear monitor recording from Lyon: 2023-05-31 Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France/Source 2
*Excellent 3x in-ear monitor + 2x audience matrix recording from Rome: 2023-07-12 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Krakow: 2023-08-04 Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland/Source 1
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;October 29, 2023
Recently added recordings:
*Better quality version of the very good audience recording from 1982-12-09 Saarbrücken: 1982-12-09 University Aula, Saarbrücken, Germany/Source 1; thanks to Pascal K. from Madrid - Spain
*Very good soundboard-quality audio from 1982-12-14 Utrecht, an upgrade to the previous rework with improved sound quality: 1982-12-14 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands/Source 1
**Plus FM broadcast master audio from an LP-mode DAT dub which was used in the new rework: 1982-12-14 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands/Source 4
*Good sounding and uncirculated audience recording from 1984-03-09 Barcelona: 1984-03-09 Studio 54, Barcelona, Spain/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from 1984-10-13 Birmingham, upgrade to previous sources: 1984-10-13 Odeon, Birmingham, England, UK/Source 1
*subwave collection CH's very good master audience recording from 1987-11-12 Zurich: 1987-11-12 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland/Source 1
*subwave collection CH's very good master audience recording from 1990-10-12 Zurich: 1990-10-12 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland/Source 3
*First-generation copy and significant quality upgrade of Laurent A's very good audience recording from 1990-10-22 Paris: 1990-10-22 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1
*mcCoy's good sounding audience recording from the master DAT: 1993-06-26 Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France/Source 1
*Upgraded audio of the 1997-04-27 Spin Session: Depeche Mode, Spin Magazine, Westwood One Entertainment interview, sourced from a promo CD instead of an FM broadcast cassette recording
=== Recordings from the 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour ===
==== Second leg recordings ====
*Very good audience recording from 1st night Amsterdam: 2023-05-16 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from 2nd night Amsterdam: 2023-05-18 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Source 1
*Two good audience recordings from Stockholm: 2023-05-23 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden/Source 1 & 2023-05-23 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden/Source 2
*Two audience recordings from Leipzig: 2023-05-26 Leipziger Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany
*Good audience recording from Bratislava: 2023-05-28 Národný Futbalový Stadión, Bratislava, Slovakia/Source 1
*Good audience recording from Lyon: 2023-05-31 Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France/Source 1
*Pro-shot (Amazon Prime Video 1080p stream capture) from Barcelona: video | audio
*Two audience recordings from Dusseldorf night 1: 2023-06-04 Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany
*Good audience recording from London: 2023-06-17 Twickenham Stadium, London, England, UK/Source 1
==== First leg recordings ====
*Phenomenal in-ear monitor / audience matrix recording from Sacramento - highly recommended: 2023-03-23 Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from San Jose: 2023-03-25 SAP Center, San Jose, CA, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience recording from Los Angeles: 2023-03-28 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Las Vegas - highly recommended: 2023-03-30 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from San Antonio - highly recommended: 2023-04-02 AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX, USA/Source 1
*Very good audience / feed matrix recording from Chicago: 2023-04-05 United Center, Chicago, IL, USA/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from Toronto - highly recommended: 2023-04-07 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada/Source 1
*Very good audience recording from Quebec City: 2023-04-09 Videotron Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada/Source 1
*Excellent audience / feed matrix recording from New York - highly recommended: 2023-04-14 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1
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;March 26, 2023
Recently added recordings:
*From 2023-02-14 Taratata, France 2, Studios du Lendit, Saint-Denis, France:
**Source 1: 720p video
**Source 2: 128kbps audio from HDTV broadcast
**Source 3: 720p "mosaic" videos which show 8 camera angles simultaneously
*2023-03-25 SAP Center, San Jose, CA, USA/Source 1: loughney's very good master audience recording
;March 4, 2023
Recently added several recordings:
*2006-07-01 Eurockeennes Festival, Belfort, France/Source 1: good, but incomplete master audience recording
*2017-09-09 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1: excellent Assistive Listening Device / audience recording matrix by RyanJ, improved with correcting phase cancellation
*2017-09-11 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 1: excellent Assistive Listening Device / audience recording matrix by RyanJ, improved with correcting phase cancellation
*2018-02-16 SKK, St. Petersburg, Russia/Source 1: very good audience recording
*2023-02-19 Alte Kongresshalle, Munich, Germany: audience recording of full concert, interview, and the later radio broadcast of 3 songs
;February 2, 2023
Recently added several upgrades to existing recordings:
*1986-07-13 The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA/Source 1 - now sourced from master cassette, slight upgrade in sound quality
*1990-07-06 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA/Source 1 - upgrade of James K's very good audience recording, sourced from a combination of a fresh Nakamichi transfer of the available two out of three master cassettes and completed with a raw 1st-generation cassette copy
;January 26, 2023
Recently added several upgrades to existing recordings:
*1982-05-07 The Ritz, New York City, NY, USA/Source 1 - excellent audience recording, sourced from 1st generation cassette
*1986-06-24 St. Paul Civic Center, St. Paul, MN, USA/Source 1 - superb audience recording, fresh Nakamichi retransfer of master cassettes
*1987-12-18 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA/Source 2 - 2nd generation cassette
*1990-06-18 Radio City Music Hall, New York, NY, USA/Source 1 - low-generation cassette transfer, better sounding than prior version which had noise destruction artifacts
*1990-07-05 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX, USA/Source 1 - fresh Nakamichi retransfer of master cassettes
;November 19, 2022
Added more of Elly Apfel's recordings from the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour sourced from first-generation cassette copies:
*1987-11-07 Messehalle, Hannover, Germany/Source 1 - very good audience recording
*1987-11-09 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany/Source 1 - very good audience recording
*1987-11-11 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany/Source 1 - very good, but unfortunately incomplete audience recording
And added MC's very good first-generation audience recording from 1990-11-01 Berlin: 1990-11-01 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany/Source 1
;October 23, 2022
Added two of Elly Apfel's recordings from the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour sourced from first-generation cassette copies:
*1987-11-04 Grugahalle, Essen, Germany/Source 2 - very good audience recording
*1987-11-06 Sporthalle, Cologne, Germany/Source 1 - excellent audience recording
;October 4, 2022
Transcription of 2022-10-04 Press Conference, Berliner Ensemble, Berlin, Germany is available to read.
;September 20, 2022
Three new recordings:
*1990-10-17 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany/Source 2 - MC's very good master audience recording
*1990-10-28 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany/Source 2 - MC's good first-generation audience recording
*2001-09-29 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany/Source 3 - RP's very good master DAT audience recording
;September 11, 2022
Added two more of RP's DAT master recordings:
*1998-09-19 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany/Source 2
*2006-01-23 Sazka Arena, Prague, Czech Republic/Source 1
;August 21, 2022
Added two of RP's DAT master recordings from the 1993 "Devotional" Tour:
*1993-05-21 Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland/Source 2
*1993-06-16 Waldbuhne, Berlin, Germany/Source 3
;May 31, 2022
:Added a superior transfer of the soundboard recording from 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK in memoriam of Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher who passed away on May 26, 2022. Stream and download the recording here.
;February 13, 2022
:Recently added more first-generation copies of Elly Apfel's recordings:
*1987-10-26 Palasport, Bologna, Italy/Source 1
*1987-10-29 Palasport, Turin, Italy/Source 1
*1987-11-02 Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Stuttgart, Germany/Source 1
*1987-11-03 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany/Source 1
;December 7, 2021
Added an excellent quality VHS master recording of the 1982-12-14 Utrecht television broadcast of 5 songs + interview. Stream and download it here.
;September 21, 2021
45-second excerpts of demos of 12 songs and studio outtake / rough versions of 2 songs from the 2013 album Delta Machine are available to listen to at Delta Machine Demos.
;May 8, 2021
Added an excellent quality pre-FM recording from 1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France, free of DJ chatter, and with one missing song added from the FM broadcast master reel recording. Stream and download it here.
;March 20, 2021
Several recordings have been added in the past several weeks:
*1982-03-06 Rockola, Madrid, Spain/Source 1: nearly complete soundboard-quality audio recording sourced from a recent YouTube upload
*1990-03-2x Wherehouse incident footage: about 20 minutes of raw news and police footage regarding the 1990-03-20 Wherehouse record store incident
*1999-02-28 Behind The Music, VH1: 45-minute episode of VH1's "Behind The Music" documentary about Depeche Mode
*2001-03-13 Electronic Press Kit, Mute Records: Electronic Press Kit for the Exciter album, captured from an original promotional VHS for improved quality over the previous first-generation copy
*2001-08-07 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, NBC Studios, Burbank, CA, USA/Source 1: two rehearsals of I Feel Loved plus the broadcast version as it appeared on The Tonight Show
*2010-01-31 Globe, Stockholm, Sweden/Source 1: dmplus's very good audience recording
;January 21, 2021
Nearly all circulating audio recordings from the 2009-2010 "Tour Of The Universe" are now available to stream & download. Please e-mail or send a message on Twitter if you are aware of gaps that can be filled.
Also added a few recordings:
*BONGFAN1: interview disc from 2001
*1990-10-05 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden/Source 2: good audience recording from first-generation SVHS tape copy
*2007-10-2x Interface, Spinner.com, AOL Studios, New York, NY, USA: low-res videos of 7 songs & the audio from each video
Be sure to also peruse the Depeche Mode sample sources page, now expanded with audio examples for many entries which you can play in your browser in order to better demonstrate the sounds and methods used.
;December 25, 2020
:Merry Christmas! Added a few recordings:
*1993-12-20 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK/Source 2: good audience recording of the final concert of the 1993 "Devotional" Tour; upgrade to existing source
*2005-12-09 Patriot Centre, Washington, DC, USA: pro-shot videos of Suffer Well and Precious along with the soundboard audio from each video
*Something Went Wrong (compilation): volume 18 of the compilation has been added
;December 5, 2020
Added a few recordings:
*1983-12-08 Deutschlandhalle, Berlin, Germany/Source 1: second-generation cassette recording, upgrade to the previous source
*1984-11-28 Teatro Tenda, Milan, Italy/Source 1: Fabio B's good sounding master audience recording, freshly transferred and now with the correct speed
*2005-11-03 St Pete Times Forum, Tampa, FL, USA/Source 1: CPR's very good audience recording, digital MiniDisc transfer; previously uncirculated
*2005-11-07 Toyota Center, Houston, TX, USA/Source 1: CPR's very good audience recording, digital MiniDisc transfer; previously circulating only as lossy WMA 128kbps
;September 5, 2020
:Added a few recordings:
*1982-03-24 Trinity Hall, Hamburg, Germany/Source 2: Jens Lissat's very good master audience recording, previously uncirculated
*1985-07-30 Torwar Hall, Warsaw, Poland/Source 5: decent audience recording
*1998-11-05 SkyDome, Toronto, ON, Canada/Source 2: Stu's good master audience recording
;August 23, 2020
:Added a pre-FM broadcast reel recording of 1984-12-09 Hamburg, which includes "Ice Machine" not found on "The World We Live In And Live In Hamburg" home video release. Stream and download it here.
;July 25, 2020:
Added a few recordings:
*1981-09-29 Les Bains Douches, Paris, France/Source 1: excellent sounding FM radio broadcast recording from master reel-to-reel tape
*1990-08-04 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 4: decent audience recording
*1990-08-05 Dodgers Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 2: decent audience recording
;April 12, 2020:
Added hscottm's very good master audience recording from 1994-06-29 Star Lake Amphitheatre, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Stream and download it here. The previous "Source 1" was the same recording, but a worse-sounding cassette copy.
;March 30, 2020:
Added several new recordings:
*2018-07-23 Waldbühne, Berlin, Germany/Source 1: Ronny's very good audience recording
*1983-09-20 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK/Source 2: a decent audience recording, most notable for having a snippet of the "Work Hard" backing track heard after "Just Can't Get Enough" unlike on that concert's Source 1
*1998-09-16 Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria/Source 2: a good audience recording, unfortunately with distorted bass
;March 28, 2020
Added several new recordings:
*2001-06-16 Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto, ON, Canada/Source 2: CPR's good audience recording
*2005-11-05 The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA, USA/Source 2: Slickmode's very good audience recording
*2005-11-05 The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA, USA/Source 3: MW's decent audience recording
*2005-11-05 The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA, USA/Source 4: Slickmode's good in-ear monitor recording of Peter Gordeno's keyboard feed
*2005-11-05 The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA, USA/Source 5: Slickmode's in-ear monitor recording of the soundcheck before the concert
*2005-11-25 Glendale Arena, Phoenix, AZ, USA/Source 3: Slickmode's very good, but unfortunately incomplete audience recording
;February 29, 2020
:Added an excellent quality pro-shot video recording of 1982-10-25 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK, along with its audio, as Source 1 and Source 2 respectively.
;December 3, 2019
:Some recent additions:
*Fresh transfer of 1990-03-20 The Wherehouse (Sire-Reprise PRO-C-4329), a promotional cassette tape that was presented as an apology to fans who were inconvenienced or suffered minor injuries as a result of the 20 March 1990 Wherehouse record store incident.
*Better sounding retransfers of Jofa's master audience recordings from 1993-05-28 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden and 1993-05-29 Globe, Stockholm, Sweden. Stream and download them here:
**1993-05-28 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden/Source 1
**1993-05-29 Globe, Stockholm, Sweden/Source 2
*In Santa Barbara - B Roll Footage, a Mute Records promotional VHS which contains about 9 minutes and 16 seconds of footage of Depeche Mode in the studio while working on Exciter and around Santa Barbara, California, likely filmed in July, September, and October of 2000. The footage was filmed by Anton Corbijn.
;October 12, 2019
:PDF scans of all 52 issues of BONG, the official Depeche Mode fan club magazine, plus the 1998 BONG calendar and 1990 US issue, are now available to read at your convenience here!
Happy reading!
;September 17, 2019
:Added Fabio B's very good sounding first generation audience recording from 1984-03-06 Orfeo Music Hall, Milan, Italy. Stream and download it here.
;August 11, 2019
:Added Fabio B's good sounding master audience recording from 1987-10-29 Palasport, Turin, Italy. Stream and download it here.
;July 4, 2019
:We have added an excellent soundboard source of 7 songs for 2001-06-30 Philadelphia, available to stream and download here. 
:The Sample sources page has been established to document all noteworthy samples employed by Depeche Mode and Recoil throughout their careers, including Nitzer Ebb album Ebbhead produced by Alan Wilder in 1991. 
:The Live sound banks page has been updated to include additional background information regarding a variety of lots sold at the 2011 Alan Wilder / Depeche Mode Collection.
;March 30, 2019
:We have moved to a new domain: dmlive.wiki. All old links should still function, whether they are links to the wiki or forum. Please e-mail me if you find anything that doesn't work!
*Added PLG's 1st gen recording from 1993-07-03 Parc Penfeld, Brest, France, upgrading the previous source; stream and download it here.
;March 19, 2019
:All recordings now have direct-download links instead of cumbersome torrent downloads, and streams & downloads have been moved to a new server. Please let me know of any dead download links, or streams that don't work anymore.
;December 26, 2018
:Added 9 soundboard tracks from 2001-05-30 Exciter Tour Rehearsals, Sound Design Studios, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. Stream and download them here.
;December 25, 2018
:Merry Christmas! Added a few recordings:
*1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland/Source 1: undited pre-FM recording
*2009-04-xx Tour Of The Universe Tour Rehearsals, SIR Studios, New York, NY, USA: three variants; a pre-FM CD, a recording of an FM rebroadcast, and the original webstream capture
;December 24, 2018
:Added two master audience recordings from 2013-11-13 Leeds Arena, Leeds, England, UK:
*Source 1: motr1912's very good audience recording
*Source 2: Christopher Myatt's good audience recording
;December 23, 2018
:Renamed the "Demos & Studio Pre-Mixes" section to Demos & Studio Outtakes. Streams are now provided of all songs in their entirety (where available), including outtakes. A direct download is also provided containing FLAC versions of the songs, where available.
;December 22, 2018
:Added a second-generation audience recording from 1982-03-05 Rockola, Madrid, Spain, previously uncirculated. Stream and download it here.
;December 21, 2018
:Added Philippe Petit's good master audience recording from 1985-07-07 Werchter Festival, Werchter, Belgium. Stream and download it here.
;December 20, 2018
:Added Lars K's good master audience recording from 1993-12-20 Wembley Arena, London, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
;December 19, 2018
:Added Pictureshow Radio's good master audience recording from 1990-06-26 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA. Stream and download it here.
;December 18, 2018
:Added Lars K's good master audience recording from 1993-12-18 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
;December 17, 2018
:Added Lars K's good master audience recording from 1993-12-17 G-MEX Centre, Manchester, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
;December 16, 2018
:Added a very good audience recording from 1993-05-31 Garbsen, Hannover, Germany. Stream and download it here.
;December 15, 2018
:Added a master FM broadcast recording of the 3-song broadcast from 1981-08-26 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK. Stream and download it here.
;December 14, 2018
:Added two recordings from 2005-12-11 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City, CA, USA:
*Source 1: full pre-FM recording
*Source 2: Hugo's good master audience recording
;December 13, 2018
:Updated the Something Went Wrong compilation of live mistakes, glitches, and goofs, expanding the compilation from 11 CDs to 18 CDs.
;June 27, 2018
:Added the webstream of 2018-06-26 Volt Festival, Sopron, Hungary. Both the livestream capture and its audio are available to stream and download.
;June 24, 2018
:Added the Sky Arts HDTV broadcast of 4 tracks from 2018-06-23 Isle of Wight Festival, Newport (Isle of Wight), England, UK. Both the video capture and its audio are available to stream and download.
;September 4, 2017
:Added:
*2001-07-01 Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, Boston, MA, USA/Source 2: davevil's very good master audience recording, unfortunately missing the last four tracks
*2017-07-01 Stade de France, Paris, France/Source 1: Pikifou74's very good master audience recording
*2017-07-21 PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland/Source 1: Gille_de_Binche's very good master audience recording
*2017-07-21 PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland/Source 2: Martini's decent master audience recording
*2017-08-25 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO, USA/Source 1: slewofboots' good master audience recording
*2017-09-01 Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT, USA/Source 1: Ringfedder's very good master audience recording
Also corrected some file tagging / out-of-order problems for the recordings for 2001-07-05 Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, USA, 2001-10-06 Arena, Oberhausen, Germany and 2001-10-07 Sport Paleis, Antwerp, Belgium; please re-download them if you want the corrected versions.
;July 15, 2017
:Added:
*2001-03-13 Electronic Press Kit, Mute Records: video from 1st gen copy of Mute VHS.
*2001-03-24 CD:UK, ITV, The London Studios, London, England, UK/Source 2: 1st gen copy of Mute in-house VHS containing several takes and camera angles of TV performance filming session.
*2017-07-13 SKK, St. Petersburg, Russia: WB's good master audience recording.
;July 9, 2017
:Four sources added from 2017-07-08 NOS Alive Festival, Lisbon, Portugal.
*Source 1: 540p webstream capture
*Source 2: 96kbps HE-AAC webstream audio by itself, split into tracks
*Source 3: television broadcast audio
*Source 4: FM broadcast recording (recommended only for collectors due to excessive radio host chatter)
;July 1, 2017
:Filled in some gaps and provided some upgrades to a few sources:
*1984-11-17 Olympen, Lund, Sweden/Source 2: good first generation audience recording
*1986-07-13 The Forum, Inglewood, CA, USA/Source 1: decent audience recording, previously unavailable
*1988-02-21 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium/Source 1: Phil G's very good audience recording, first generation
*1994-06-20 Kingswood, Toronto, ON, Canada/Source 1‎‎: AF's good master audience recording
*1994-07-04 Pine Knob Music Theatre, Detroit, MI, USA/Source 1‎: Falko N's good master audience recording
*1994-07-06 Riverbend Music Centre, Cincinnati, OH, USA/Source 1: Falko N's good master audience recording
*2001-06-30 First Union Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA/Source 2: 5-track FM broadcast, unfortunately MP3-sourced
*2013-06-22 Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow, Russia‎‎: two good master audience recordings
*2017-06-20 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany/Source 1‎‎: rene-dm's good master audience recording
*2017-06-29 Stadio Renato dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy/Source 1: GP's very good master audience recording
;June 30, 2017
:Nearly all circulating audio recordings from the 2001 "Exciter Tour" are now available to stream & download. I'm aware of a few recordings missing, I'll fill those gaps in tomorrow.
;June 17, 2017
:Added:
*Nanka's good master audience recording from 2017-06-11 HDI Arena, Hannover, Germany.
*Ronny's very good master audience recording from 2017-06-12 HDI Arena, Hannover, Germany.
You can stream & download those recordings from the concerts' pages.
;June 11, 2017
:Added a pro-shot video of the first three tracks (plus some support act footage) from 1998-09-05 Olympiski, Moscow, Russia sourced from a second-generation VHS tape.
*Stream & download the video here.
*Stream & download just the audio by itself here.
;June 7, 2017
:Added:
*Gilles_de_Binche's very good master audience recording from 2017-05-29 Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille, France.
*motr1912's very good master audience recording and ONE8UNG's good master audience recording from 2017-06-03 London Stadium, London, England, UK.
You can stream & download those recordings from the concerts' pages.
Also corrected an issue with missing file tags on the 16-bit 44.1khz version of Ronny's master audience recording from 2017-05-27 Amsterdam; if you want the corrected version, re-download the torrent on that page.
;May 29, 2017
:Added:
*motr1912's very good master audience recording from 2017-05-09 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium.
*Ronny's very good master audience recording from 2017-05-27 Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany.
You can stream & download those recordings from the concerts' pages.
;May 12, 2017
:Added Ronny's very good master audience recording and ONE8UNG's good master audience recording from 2017-05-07 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You can find links to stream and download them on that page.
;May 9, 2017
:Added Trekytt's master audience recording from 2017-05-05 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden. Stream and download it here.
;April 23, 2017
:Added:
*Where's The Revolution from 2017-03-01 The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
*Video & audio from 2017-03-17 Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin, Germany are now streamable on that page.
*Video & audio from 2017-03-26 BBC 6 Music Festival, Barrowland Ballroom, Glasgow, Scotland, UK are now streamable and downloadable on that page.
;March 23, 2017
:Added robertmode's master FM broadcast recording from 2017-03-21 Studios Rive Gauche, RTL2, Paris, France and the original RTL2 Internet radio stream here, respectively:
*robertmode's master FM broadcast recording
*RTL2 Internet radio stream (MP3 128kbps)
;March 17, 2017
:The video & audio from 2017-03-17 Funkhaus Nalepastrasse, Berlin, Germany are now available to download. Sorry, no streaming yet.
;February 7, 2017
:Added an alternate version of the soundboard recording from 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK, without the destructive noise reduction and equalization that Source 1 (the common DIME version) has. There is also less wow & flutter. It's unfortunately encoded as 320kbps MP3, but there should be no audible degradation of quality. Stream & download it here: 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK/Source 2
;January 2, 2017
:All circulating audio recordings from the 1998 "The Singles" Tour are now available to stream & download. Happy New Year!
;November 30, 2016
:In celebration of 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland's 32nd anniversary, I've added a crystal-clear sounding FM broadcast master recording. Stream & download it here: 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland/Source 1
;November 15, 2016
:Added Craig's master cassette-sourced audience recording from 1994-05-14 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA; stream & download it at Source 2.
;October 23, 2016
:Added a few audio recordings from the several promotional television appearances around the time of the "Ultra" parties:
*1997-04-04 TFI Friday, London, England, UK
*1997-04-21 Nulle Part Ailleurs Studios, Paris, France
*1997-04-25 EKML Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
*1997-05-10 Samstag Nacht, RTL, Cologne, Germany
;October 18, 2016
:All circulating audio recordings from the 1994 "Exotic" Tour are now available to stream & download. If you know of any I've missed, please contact me.
;October 12, 2016
:A transcript of yesterday's press conference in Milan is now available to read: 2016-10-11 Press Conference, Teatro dell'Arte, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
;October 8, 2016
:Corrected dates for the 1983 and 1984 Hammersmith Odeon, London recordings based on BBC Radio International's online catalog search page. See the revised pages for information and updated recordings:
*1983-10-08 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK
*1984-11-02 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK
Audio is unchanged for every source except for the pre-FM vinyl source of 1984; that one has been speed-corrected. Stream and download it here.
1983 London was also 33 years ago today; be sure to enjoy that recording to commemorate the anniversary!
;October 1, 2016
:All circulating audio recordings from the 1993 Devotional Tour are now available to stream & download. If you know of any I've missed, please contact me.
;September 3, 2016
:Added a better sounding VHS sourced soundboard recording from the 1981-10-23 Something Else television performance; stream and download it here.
;August 27, 2016
:Added:
*1990-07-03 World Music Theatre, Chicago, IL, USA/Source 1: JB's very good master audience recording
*1994-07-07 Marcus Amphitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA/Source 1: good to very good audience recording sourced from a fresh transfer of a low-generation tape, thanks to Brad
;August 23, 2016
:Added a very good sounding low-generation audience recording from 1993-10-19 Bradley Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Stream and download it here.
;August 21, 2016
:Added JB's very good audience recording from 1990-06-30 Marcus Ampitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA, sourced from a fresh transfer of the master tapes. You can stream & download it at 1990-06-30 Marcus Ampitheatre, Milwaukee, WI, USA/Source 2.
;August 20, 2016
:Added an upgrade for 1984-03-05 Teatro Tenda, Bologna, Italy/Source 1 sourced from a fresh transfer of a low-generation tape.
;August 13, 2016
:Added a fresh tape transfer of 1982-04-02 Théâtre Le Palace, Paris, France/Source 1, which doesn't have destructive noise reduction applied to it like the previously available version did.
;June 21, 2016
:Added several recordings over the past few days:
*1981-07-25 Zuiderpark, The Hague, The Netherlands/Source 1: upgrade of a good audience recording sourced from a low-generation cassette
*1984-12-05 Münsterlandhalle, Münster, Germany/Source 1‎‎: Nakamichi Dragon retransfer of Elly Apfel's first-generation audience recording; a very small upgrade over the previously available transfer
*1986-04-10 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK/Source 2‎: a very good sounding first-generation FM broadcast recording, including Shake The Disease
*2015-10-30 Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany/Source 3: Ronny's very good audience recording
*Forced To Mode: two very good audience recordings of the German Depeche Mode cover band Forced To Mode from 2016-06-04 Black Beach Festival, Hecklingen, Germany
;June 2, 2016
:Added:
*Fresh transfer of a first-generation cassette of Elly A's recording from 1987-10-23 Barcelona: 1987-10-23 Blaugrana Sports Palas, Barcelona, Spain/Source 1
;May 28, 2016
:Added:
*A low-generation speed-corrected tape transfer of 1983-12-02 Saga, Copenhagen, Denmark/Source 1, thanks to willer on DIME.
*Fresh transfer of a first-generation cassette of Elly A's recording from 1987-10-22 Madrid: 1987-10-22 Pabellon De Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain/Source 1
;May 14, 2016
:Upgrades of two audience recordings:
*1984-11-15 Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark/Source 1: new transfer of low-generation tape, slightly better sound the than previous version; thanks to willer on DIME
*1984-12-11 Sporthalle, Böblingen, Germany/Source 1: new transfer of low-generation tape which sounds much better overall than the previous version; thanks to darkdevoted
;April 16, 2016
:Some additions:
*1984-11-21 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany/Source 1: first generation copy of Elly Apfel's very good audience recording, thanks to darkdevoted
*1998-11-13 Miami Arena, Miami, FL, USA: addition of three recordings:
**Source 1 is a good sounding DAT-sourced audience recording.
**Source 2 is a previously uncirculating 8mm master audience right shot.
**Source 3 is the audio by itself from that video recording.
Also check out the 1980/1981 background info page, which chronologically describes a significant amount of background info from Depeche Mode's first two tours.
;February 27, 2016
:Added Elly Apfel's very good sounding audience recording from 1986-05-13 Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Ludwigshafen, Germany sourced from a first-generation cassette tape. Stream & download it here.
;February 13, 2016
:Added a fresh retransfer of 1986-03-31 New Conference Centre, Brighton, England, UK/Source 1 with improved quality to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album "Black Celebration".
;December 19, 2015
:All circulating audio recordings from the 1990 World Violation Tour are now available to stream and download.
;November 21, 2015
:Some additions:
*1986-05-22 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany/Source 1‎‎: mint vinyl rip from the 3xLP "A Question Of Time" bootleg
*1986-05-25 Walter-Köbel-Halle, Rüsselsheim, Germany/Source 1‎: fresh transfer of Elly Apfel's good sounding audience recording sourced from a first-generation cassette tape
*1986-08-16 Valbyparken, Copenhagen, Denmark/Source 2: fresh transfer of Elly Apfel's good sounding audience recording sourced from a first-generation cassette tape; previously uncirculated
;November 14, 2015
:Several additions:
*1993-06-30 Palais Omnisport De Paris Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1: excellent sounding audience recording; retransfer using a better cassette deck and lineage correction; retransferred & posted today in observance of the tragic attack on Paris that occurred yesterday, hopefully to brighten everyone's spirit a bit
*1997-04-10 Adrenalin Village, London, England, UK/Source 1: lossless copy of average cassette-sourced audience recording
*1997-05-16 Shrine Exposition Hall, Los Angeles, CA, USA/Source 4: very good sounding audience recording, previously uncirculated
*2015-11-02 La Cigale, Paris, France/Source 1: good audience recording considering the iPhone 6S Plus used as the recording device; bass is somewhat boomy and distorted at times, but still a listenable recording
;November 7, 2015
:Added Elly Apfel's very good sounding audience recording from 1986-05-22 Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany sourced from a first-generation cassette tape. Stream & download it here.
;November 2, 2015
:Added a second-generation cassette transfer of the incomplete soundboard recording from 1984-11-03 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK. Stream & download it here.
;November 1, 2015
:Added Elly Apfel's very good sounding audience recording from 1986-05-20 Münsterlandhalle, Münster, Germany sourced from a second-generation cassette tape. Stream & download it here.
;October 31, 2015
:Caught up with Dave Gahan & Soulsavers' 2015 "Angels & Ghosts" Tour. New additions include:
*2015-10-21 WFUV Session, MSR Studios, New York City, NY, USA - audio of the 6-track session for WFUV, plus videos of 3 of the tracks
*2015-10-26 BBC Radio 6, London, England, UK/Source 1 - digital satellite broadcast capture of performances of two tracks plus an interview with Mary Anne Hobbs - this is better quality than the BBC's internet stream
*2015-10-30 Later... with Jools Holland, Maidstone Studios, BBC Television Centre, BBC2 HD, England, UK/Source 1 - 1080p HD television capture of the full segment from last night's broadcast
*2015-10-30 Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany - 720p webstream capture, plus demuxed audio split into tracks available to stream & download. Dave's voice is unfortunately distorted due to an oversight at the venue's mixing desk. An audience recording will also be available early next week from this concert.
;October 27, 2015
:A Depeche Mode Live Wiki exclusive: added RyanJ's very good audience recording from Dave Gahan & Soulsavers' concert at 2015-10-22 Town Hall, New York, NY, USA. Stream & download it here.
A higher quality transfer of Alan Wilder's 1984 "Some Great Reward" Demo Tape has also been made available for streaming & downloading.
;October 20, 2015
:The proshot webstream from Dave Gahan & Soulsaver's first gig at 2015-10-19 The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles, CA has been made available to stream & download, both the full video and the audio by itself. 
;September 10, 2015
:New discussion forum launched! Check it out here.
;August 22, 2015
:Some upgrades and additions for the 1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour:
*1983-09-12 Colston Hall, Bristol, England, UK/Source 1: 4th generation audience recording, much better sounding source compared to the previous version
*1983-12-20 Stadthalle, Bremen, Germany/Source 1‎‎: speed-corrected and mostly de-clicked lossless source; still a decent audience recording at best
*1983-12-23 Musikhalle, Hamburg, Germany/Source 2: alternate source without destructive noise reduction causing annoying artifacts, but much more muffled
A 24-bit / 48khz version of 1982-02-21 Tiffany's, Glasgow, Scotland, UK/Source 1 has also been made available for download.
;August 15, 2015
:All circulating recordings from the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour are now available to stream & download. Please note that the torrent filesets are still being uploaded to my seedbox and all torrents will be seeded in about four days, but feel free to enjoy the streams and queue up the torrents in your torrent client in the meantime! Also, please report any broken streams or torrent download links to admin [at] dmlive [dot] wiki or on Twitter @DMLiveWiki. Update August 19: All torrents are now being seeded. Please report any download difficulty to the email or Twitter handle mentioned earlier.
;August 13, 2015
:Added a speed-corrected fresh retransfer of twoshed's master FM broadcast recording from 1984-11-03 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK. Stream & download it here.
;July 25, 2015
:Some minor additions and an upgrade:
*1981-06-01 Bridge House, London, England, UK/Source 2: FLAC version, but sounds worse than the MP3 224kbps version (at Source 1), ironically. Made available primarily for collectors.
*1983-12-10 Musenaal, Mannheim, Germany/Source 1‎: Upgrade of the already very good audience recording involving speed correction, 260 pops and clicks manually eliminated from the last 17 minutes of the recording, and use of a slightly better sounding original source.
*1984-06-02 Suedwest Stadium, Ludwigshafen, Germany/Source 2‎: 7-track French FM broadcast. DJ talks too much. Had to make it mono (right channel unusable), and quality doesn't beat the complete copy at Source 1, but it's still certainly listenable. Another recording made available primarily for collectors.
More to come soon - about halfway done with preparing the MFTM tour for the wiki.
;June 20, 2015
:All circulating recordings from the 1986 Black Celebration Tour are now available to stream and download. Please note that it will be about 4 days before all torrents will be seeded, so load them up in your torrent client in the meantime and enjoy the streams. User registration has also been re-enabled. Update June 25: all torrents are now seeding.
;June 13, 2015
:Added a fresh transfer of Elly A's 1st generation audience recording from 1984-12-05 Münsterlandhalle, Münster, Germany. Stream and download it here.
;June 5, 2015
:Added a fresh retransfer of Brent Graham's good audience master recording from 1994-03-08 Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia here: Source 1
;May 23, 2015
:New additions:
*1982-03-26 Metropol, Berlin, Germany/Source 1: upgrade; good audience recording, clearer and less hissy sounding version than the one previously available
*1983-10-01 Apollo, Oxford, England, UK/Source 1: uncirculated partial audience recording, but pretty bad sounding; this one's pretty much only for the collectors
;May 19, 2015
:Stream & download a good sounding incomplete audience recording, previously uncirculated, from 1990-06-26 Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA here: Source 1
;May 9, 2015
:Sorry about the slow progress! Some new recordings:
*1981-09-26 Paradiso, Amsterdam, The Netherlands/Source 3: incomplete audience recording of the concert, still video-sourced but without the horrendous buzzing / ringing noise throughout. More muffled and hissy, but I still prefer that over the headache-inducing buzzing and ringing of the video soundtrack.
*1984-03-06 Orfeo Music Hall, Milan, Italy/Source 1: reworked version of 38f's audience master, now speed-corrected with improved channel balance & dynamics
*1987-10-22 Pabellon De Real Madrid, Madrid, Spain/Source 1: very good and properly speed-corrected, channel balanced second-generation audience recording from the first gig of the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses Tour
*1988-04-29 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, CA, USA/Source 1: very good audience recording, including Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
I am still working on having all recordings from the 1986 Black Celebration Tour available as well.
;April 11, 2015
:Stream & download a fresh retransfer & remaster of the incomplete soundboard recording from 1986-05-16 Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany at Source 2.
;March 19, 2015
:All recordings from the 1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour are now streamable and downloadable.
;March 15, 2015
:All recordings from the 1997 Ultra Parties and 2003 "A Night With Martin L. Gore" Tour are now streamable and downloadable. The 1984-1985 Some Great Reward Tour will be streamable & downloadable by this weekend.
;March 8, 2015
:All recordings from the 1983-1984 Construction Time Again Tour are streamable and downloadable. Not all torrents are being seeded as many are still uploading to the torrent server, but you can add any torrents you want to your torrent client and the download will proceed once the upload to my server is finished.
;March 5, 2015
:All recordings through the 1982-1983 A Broken Frame Tour are now streamable in their entirety (including DVDs) as well as by each individual track. Torrents should download much quicker now. If you were in the process of downloading a torrent, please re-download the torrent from the recording's page and start again. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please email me if you are still having trouble downloading torrents. I'm working on getting the CTA, SGR, and "A Night With Martin L. Gore" tours up - they will be streamable & downloadable within the next couple weeks.
;December 25, 2014
:Added a soundboard recording DAT Master Clone for 2001-10-11 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany. Stream & download it here: 2001-10-11 Festhalle, Frankfurt, Germany/Source 1 Merry Christmas!
;December 13, 2014
:In celebration of a couple gigs' anniversaries:
*Added a rework of 1982-12-14 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands creating the most complete, best sounding version possible. Stream and download the rework here: 1982-12-14 Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands/Source 1
*Also added a remastered audience recording of 1984-12-14 Alsterdorf Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany. Stream and download it here: 1984-12-14 Alsterdorf Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany/Source 1
*In addition, quite a few more recordings are now streamable. See the list of all streamable recordings on this page.
;November 17, 2014
:Added a rework of 1980-11-14 Technical College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK, which eliminates the overpowering bass and makes the entire recording clearer overall. Stream and download it here.
;November 9, 2014
:Added a rework of 1986-04-10 N.E.C., Birmingham, England, UK from three FM broadcast sources, creating the most complete and best sounding version available. Stream and download the recording here.
;November 2, 2014
:Added streams & downloads of three recordings from 1984-11-03 Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK to celebrate the concert's 30th anniversary:
*BBC pre-FM promotional vinyl - 12 tracks, stellar sound
*18-track soundboard tape - good sound
*BBC Radio 1 FM broadcast master tape - 11 tracks, very good sound, includes Blasphemous Rumours not found on pre-FM vinyl
;October 30, 2014
:Added the most complete version of 1980-10-30 Bridgehouse, London, England, UK to celebrate its 34th anniversary. This source includes Tora! Tora! Tora! which is not available on the common "Bridgehouse" vinyl bootleg. Stream and download it here.
;October 28, 2014
:Added a very good audience recording from 1987-10-27 Paleur, Rome, Italy. It is an upgrade over the commonly circulating lossless version sourced from the "Italiantour 11/87" CD bootleg. You can stream and download it here. Sorry, lossy only.
;October 21, 2014
:Added audience recordings from the three nights in Paris during the 1990 World Violation Tour to celebrate their 24th anniversary. The third night has the best recording and the most interesting & rarely performed Martin acoustic tracks (Little 15 and Blue Dress). You can stream and download them at the following links:
*1990-10-21 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1
*1990-10-22 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1
*1990-10-23 Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France/Source 1
;October 13, 2014
:Added a superb audience recording of 1993-06-30 Palais Omnisport De Paris Bercy, Paris, France sourced from a first-generation cassette tape. Listen to the entire recording and download it here. Also added a stream of the webcast audio from 2013-10-11 Austin City Limits Festival, Austin, TX, USA.
;September 16, 2014
:Torrents are being seeded again, but I have a paltry 1Mbps connection (around 120KBps). I will explore seedbox options and possibly direct-download links; if you know of a seedbox or file host who offers 750GB+ of storage for a reasonable price, please email me! Until then, I do apologize for the slow download speeds.
;September 10, 2014
:You may experience difficulty downloading torrents at the moment. All recordings are currently hosted from the webmaster's home connection. He is in the middle of moving and there is no internet at his apartment yet. Please be patient, hopefully the recordings will be seeded again by this weekend. In a month or two, we will switch to a seedbox in order to allow very high availability of the recordings as well as greatly increased download speeds.
;August 26, 2014
:To celebrate the 33rd anniversary of the concert at 1981-08-26 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England, UK, an uncirculated lossless first-generation FM broadcast recording of three tracks is now available. Download it here.
;August 15, 2014
:Added a recording of Peter Gordeno's in-ear monitor feed from 2006-01-21 LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany. It is only available as MP3 320kbps. Download it here: 2006-01-21 LTU Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany/Source 2
;August 13, 2014
:Added an FM broadcast DAT master of Dave's performance at 2003-06-12 Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred, Sweden.
;August 2, 2014
:Added an interview of Dave speaking about his second solo album "Hourglass": 2007-09-13 EMI, London, UK. Also added some samples / excerpts of soundboards from the following dates, mostly obtained from SoundCloud:
*Several samples from the 1987 - 1988 Music For The Masses Tour Backing Tapes.
*Snippets of Leave In Silence and Here Is The House from 1986-03-00 Black Celebration Tour Rehearsals.
*A sample of Enjoy The Silence, seemingly encoded from a lossless source, from 1990-07-21 Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountainview, San Francisco, CA, USA. Compare it to the other Enjoy The Silence sample on the same page which is encoded from the commonly circulating lossy source.
*Several excerpts from 2001-07-23 E Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
;July 27, 2014
:Added an FM broadcast master of the original broadcast from 1982-03-28 De Lantaren, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (found at Source 2) and a rework of sources 1 & 2, yielding the most complete version available of the two FM broadcasts (found at Source 3).
;June 29, 2014
:Added all circulating recordings from the 1982-1983 A Broken Frame Tour. The Something Went Wrong compilation of 11 CDs worth of mistakes and technical difficulties is also now available to download; sorry about the delay.
;June 22, 2014
:Added all circulating recordings from the 1982 See You Tour. Particularly good new additions include:
*Better source for 1982-03-22 Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, Sweden soundboard audio from a TV broadcast; although it is lossy, it has excellent sound.
*1982-03-24 Trinity Hall, Hamburg, Germany/Source 1 is one of the best audience recordings from the tour.
Also added a nearly-complete audience recording of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark's opening set for Depeche Mode on 1988-06-18 Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA, USA. You may download it here: OMD Source 1.
;June 8, 2014:
:Added all circulating recordings from the 1980 Tour and 1981 Tour. Please report dead links, download difficulty, and any other trouble you may encounter to admin [at] dmlive [dot] wiki. Thank you for your patience! I know I'm slow at uploading these recordings.
;April 27, 2014:
:Added a complete Swiss Radio DRS3 FM broadcast from 1984-11-30 St. Jacobs Sporthalle, Basel, Switzerland. Download it here: 1984-11-30 Basel - Source 4.
;March 30, 2014:
:Added a demos and studio pre-mixes section containing samples of all of the currently circulating demos and studio pre-mixes which have not been commercially released. The Summer 1980 Demo Tape is also available.
;March 25, 2014:
:Added a good audience recording of the 2001-03-24 CD:UK, ITV, The London Studios, London, England, UK television performance. A total of five takes were performed and recorded.
;March 21, 2014:
:Added an FM radio broadcast from 1984-12-09 Alsterdorf Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany, including the track Ice Machine which has not yet appeared on any release of "The World We Live In And Live In Hamburg".
;February 21, 2014:
:Added a very good audience recording from 1986-05-10 Forest National, Brussels, Belgium and a decent audience recording of 2013-09-15 BB&T Center, Sunrise, FL, USA (shameless plug - it's the webmaster's recording :) ). We do apologize about the lack of updates and will change that very soon!
;February 12, 2014:
:Added a nearly-complete audience audio recording of 2013-04-26 The Troubadour, Los Angeles, CA, USA from master video clips. This concert had the first live performance of But Not Tonight.
; January 28, 2014:
:Added:
*1980-11-14 Technical College, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, England, UK audience recording
*1988-02-13 Scandinavium, Gothenburg, Sweden audience recording
*2006-03-21 Papp Laszlo Arena, Budapest, Hungary soundboard (first three tracks only)
*2003-05-07 Mayan Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, USA has a soundboard recording of Sweetest Perfection available for listening and download. Unfortunately, it is MP3 192kbps 32khz, but it is still definitely worth a listen. This was not noted anywhere obvious until now, our apologies.
; January 27, 2014:
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