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1981-04-26 Lyceum, London, England, UK

== Notes ==
This night was organised by Mute, called the 'Mute Night, Silent Night'. Furious Pig, Palais Schaumburg, NON, Depeche Mode and Fad Gadget played in that order.
Daniel Miller told the NME beforehand: 
"I fought against the idea of a Mute night for years. There were all these Rough Trade tours and Factory nights – I hate all that corporate idea. But Fad Gadget and Depeche Mode wanted it, [Lyceum's promotor] John Curd phoned me up and in a moment of weakness I said yes. There aren't even enough Mute bands to fill the whole bill!"
Jäki Eldorado, tour manager for DAF and tour manager for DM's first tour in Germany, said: 
"I went with Palais Schaumburg to the first Mute festival in London. Called 'Mute Night, Silent Night at the Lyceum', the event took place on one Sunday in April in '81. Frank Tovey, a.k.a. Fad Gadget, headlined, and I met Depeche Mode there for the first time. Boyd Rice had not received a visa for England so he instead played over the telephone. He punished the audience with his white noise and everything, and all done over the phone. Next on the bill was Depeche Mode, who looked exactly like their own fans; they'd secured a support slot with Daniel's help."
Thomas Fehlmann elaborates:
"I first met Depeche Mode in 1981, when they'd just released the first or second single. Daniel Miller had invited the band I was in at the time, Palais Schaumburg, over to England to play the Mute Night, Silent Night at the Lyceum. The headliner was Fad Gadget; we played first, then Boyd Rice did a contribution over the phone from America — which I think went over the heads of the audience because it was just some static noise and some noise noise — then Depeche Mode, then Frank [Tovey, Fad Gadget]. It was the same day that Computer World by Kraftwerk was released and we all had the record under our arms, keen to get it on the turntable. Obviously, meeting Depeche Mode at this point in their career felt like a normal thing, there was nothing spectacular to be thought of it; you couldn't predict the kind of obverse curve they would take with their music, their career, not in the slightest. This was the first time that I heard their music too, and I wasn’t even super hot on it; these were the first singles which were super electro-pop. But because of Daniel, we certainly had an open mind. We felt that he had something to contribute to the world of music. And we were very pleased that he asked us to go over, it was our first gig in England, and therefore a happy meeting, but as I said it wasn’t really something dramatic."
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1981-04-30 The Pits, London, England, UK

== Notes ==
The support act was Uropa Lula. According to the 2023 book [https://walkingintheirshoes.info/ Walking In Their Shoes:
A Depeche Mode Fan’s Unofficial Guide To London], Mute Records' executive Hilde Swendgaard had booked this gig, and had placed the band which she was managing as the support act. She is quoted as saying: 
[...] The only thing I do remember is that Jazz Summers [later, one of Wham!'s managers and an owner of Big Life label] turned up. He was sniffing around to see if Depeche Mode or Uropa Lula would be interested in him managing them. Got to say he made my skin crawl, and both bands just ignored him. Not their kind of person."
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1981-05-03 Raquels, Basildon, England, UK

== Notes ==
It is most likely that Anton Corbijn's brother Maarten (also a photographer) traveled to this concert to shoot some photos for Dutch magazine "Vinyl", under his pseudonym "Kooos". That means that he shot DM about three months before his big brother did (which was for the cover of the August 22nd 1981 issue of the NME).
Tim Michael Williams, a Basildon photographer, says: 
"When Depeche Mode had played [on this night] at what was billed as a 'Futurist Night', the venue was barely a quarter full. On that night many of the people attending had been photographed and appeared in the early issues of Style magazine I.D. The futurist subculture had just become mainstream."
Andy Fletcher's sister Sue wrote in a Facebook group:
"I remember sneaking my mum in there. Andy was nervous and said he didn't want mum there, but hey, she had a great time, and Depeche Mode were great [...]"
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1981-05-25 Flicks, Dartford, England, UK

Other than the concert poster to the right, nothing else is currently known about this concert. DM Live contacted Rusty Egan asking if he might have any memorabilia from the concert and this poster was all he had. DM Live also inquired whether this concert or the earlier one at Flicks on March 30th was recorded in any way, and presumably neither was since Rusty did not mention anything about any recordings. Many thanks to Rusty for providing the poster photo!
Support act: Shock (which included mime duo Tik and Tok)
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1981-06-01 Bridge House, London, England, UK

== Notes ==
Mad Shadows was the support act.
Boys Say Go! was performed a second time at this concert for an unknown reason.
== Set list ==
#New Life
#Just Can't Get Enough
#Ice Machine
#Big Muff
#Tora! Tora! Tora!
#Dreaming Of Me
#Boys Say Go!
#The Price Of Love
#Photographic
#Television Set
#Boys Say Go!
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a decent audience recording.
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Download available
1981-06-02 Hammersmith Palais, London, England, UK

== Notes ==
Depeche Mode (as well as an unknown band named 'Siam') were the support act for The Psychedelic Furs. Depeche Mode supported The Psychedelic Furs again at 1983-03-26 Chicago.
Here is BBC Radio 6 Music's host Tom Robinson's memory of this night:
Back then I used to read the NME religiously from cover to cover, and early in 1981 their single of the week was an indie release by a new young all-synth band called Depeche Mode. The gig guide showed they were opening for The Psychedelic Furs at Hammersmith Palais that week and I bought myself a ticket. The Furs were a big noise back then, with a debut album on CBS Records, posters everywhere and gigging on a grand scale thanks to lavish tour support from their label.
The Palais was rammed with their fans, and the support band had been crammed into a small apron of stage, hemmed in my giant amplifiers, guitar stands, PA stacks, monitors, keyboards, drum risers and - at the back of the stage - a SuperTrooper followspot mounted on a stand like a machinegun.
Depeche Mode turned out to be four small shy skinny youths with three cheap bottom-of-the-range synths on makeshift stands and no backline at all. There was no sign of Vince's drum machine - instead at the front of the stage Dave Gahan had a radio cassette recorder that was wired into the PA system. As he announced each song, he would pull a cassette out of his shirt pocket, put it in the machine and out would come a plinky DR-55 drum pattern at exactly the right speed. A foolproof lo-tech solution to the tempo problem.
Their sound was young, fresh, sexy and quite unlike anything I'd seen or heard before. The Furs were as heavy dull and predictable as a Sherman tank and after two numbers I slipped away. As to what happened next... New Life went to number 11 that month on the unknown indie label Mute - while later in the year, for all the Furs' touring and promotional push, Pretty in Pink failed to even dent the UK Top 40.
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1981-06-11 Richard Skinner Session, BBC Radio 1, London, England, UK

== Notes ==
According to Deb Danahay, this session was originally broadcast on BBC Radio One on June 17, 1981.The BBC Genome Project lists a Richard Skinner segment broadcast on June 17, 1981. However, no further details of the broadcast are available. Since 2009, BBC Radio 6 Music has rebroadcast this session in full or in part on multiple occasions.
Several example broadcasts:
*Chris Hawkins - January 27, 2009 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00h5m75)
*Clare McDonnell - March 14, 2009 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00j5vnd)
*Chris Hawkins - November 5, 2009 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00npgkz)
*Gideon Coe - April 8, 2010 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00rwwfr)
*In Their Own Words: Depeche Mode - March 30, 2021 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000tmzf)
This session is sometimes referred to as a John Peel session, however there does not seem to be any evidence that John Peel had ever invited Depeche Mode for a session.Source: John Peel Wiki - Depeche Mode - section "Links to Peel"
Boys Say Go! from this session appears on the compilation 1 And Only • 25 Years Of Radio 1 (Band Of Joy BOJCD25), released in 1992. The track is erroneously titled "Boys Say No" on this compilation.
== Track list ==
#Boys Say Go!
#Tora! Tora! Tora!
#Photographic
#Big Muff
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a lossless version of all four tracks without any DJ interruptions.
== References ==
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Download available
Category:Promotional events
Category:Notable concerts
1981-06-11 Richard Skinner Session, BBC Radio 1, London, England, UK/Source 1

== Notes ==
A superb soundboard recording of four songs performed as a studio session for Richard Skinner at BBC Radio One. Notably, this version offers a lossless upgrade and is free from any DJ interruptions during the music.
Thanks to an anonymous contributor for providing this recording to be shared in memoriam of Depeche Mode co-founder Andrew "Fletch" Fletcher.
== Listen ==
You can listen to this entire recording below.
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== Track list ==
#[2:44] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-06-11.sbd.unknown.0.flac1644/01.m4a</sm2> Boys Say Go!
#[3:21] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-06-11.sbd.unknown.0.flac1644/02.m4a</sm2> Tora! Tora! Tora!
#[3:20] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-06-11.sbd.unknown.0.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> Photographic
#[4:09] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-06-11.sbd.unknown.0.flac1644/04.m4a</sm2> Big Muff
*Total time: 13:34
== Lineage ==
*Complete soundboard pre-FM recording
*soundboard -> master tape (unknown type) -> unknown transfer -> CD-R -> ripped with Windows Media Player -> WMA Lossless -> re-encoded to FLAC level 8
*auCDtectTaskManager log included
== Download ==
*Download ZIP - FLAC 16-bit 44.1kHz - 92MB
Category:Soundboard recordings
Category:Pre-FM recordings
Category:Master recordings
Category:Source
Category:Streamable
Category:Recommended recordings
1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK

== Notes ==
This date has a complete soundboard recording available to download below.
Playback performances of New Life and "Shout" were also filmed before the live set. Excerpts of each were broadcast on 1981-08-23 Twentieth Century Box, ITV, UK, starting from time stamp 4:38:
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/TCB.webm</html5media>
According to their website, Tony Mayo of Naked Lunch suggested to Twentieth Century Box that they should feature Depeche Mode on the same episode as them.
Robert Marlow said in Jonathan Miller's 'Stripped' biography:
"[Daniel Miller] struck me as painfully shy [...]. But the bloke who ran Crocs, who was a bit of a ducker and diver, wouldn't pay Depeche Mode. They'd pulled a lot of people in there, so Daniel apparently pulled him over the bar! I just can't imagine it, because Dave was always ready to give someone a dig, but Vince swears it's true!"
The Three Laws was the support act.
== Set list==
#Television Set
#Dreaming Of Me
#Big Muff
#New Life
#Boys Say Go!
#Tora! Tora! Tora!
#The Price Of Love
#Just Can't Get Enough
#Photographic
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a superb soundboard recording sourced directly from the first-generation cassette copy, transferred on a top-of-the-line Nakamichi cassette deck.
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Download available
1981-07-23 The Venue, London, England, UK

This concert was Depeche Mode's first London concert following the huge success of New Life and was a compete sell-out. It also happened to be Martin Gore's 20th birthday.
This concert saw the unveiling of the first new songs to the band's set since the beginning of the year. Dave announced the two new songs as "Operator" and "Pretty Boy". By Autumn and the release of the debut album Speak & Spell, these titles had been changed to Puppets and What's Your Name?, respectively. This information is mentioned in the Smash Hits magazine, issue October 1, 1981 review by Mark Ellen who attended the gig at 1981-09-19 The Venue, London, England, UK.
== Set list ==
#Summer 1981 Intro
#Television Set
#Boys Say Go!
#New Life
#Puppets
#Ice Machine
#Big Muff
#Just Can't Get Enough
#What's Your Name?
#Tora! Tora! Tora!
#Photographic
#The Price Of Love
#Dreaming Of Me
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a good audience recording.
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Download available
1981-07-23 The Venue, London, England, UK/Source 1

== Notes ==
A good sounding audience recording.
The Summer 1981 Intro is missing.
== Listen ==
You can listen to this entire recording below.
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/complete.m4a</html5media>
== Track list ==
#[3:30] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/01.m4a</sm2> Television Set
#[2:43] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/02.m4a</sm2> Boys Say Go!
#[4:58] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> New Life
#[3:37] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/04.m4a</sm2> Puppets
#[3:53] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/05.m4a</sm2> Ice Machine
#[4:27] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> Big Muff
#[3:49] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/07.m4a</sm2> Just Can't Get Enough
#[2:59] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/08.m4a</sm2> What's Your Name?
#[3:10] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> Tora! Tora! Tora!
#[4:01] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/10.m4a</sm2> Photographic
#[4:41] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/11.m4a</sm2> The Price Of Love
#[3:46] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-07-23.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/12.m4a</sm2> Dreaming Of Me
*Total time: 45:34
== Lineage ==
AUD(x) - cassette -> Sony MDS-JE 700 -> Home CD-R Philips CD-R 560 -> CD-R -> EAC .WAV -> FLAC level 8 -> slowed down 3%, channels independently normalized to -1.0dB, any DC offset centered using Audacity 2.0.1 -> FLAC level 8
== Download ==
*Download ZIP - FLAC 16-bit 44.1khz - 231MB
Category:Audience recordings
Category:Cassette sourced recordings
Category:Source
Category:Streamable
1981-08-02 Jenkinsons, Brighton, England, UK/Source 1

== Notes ==
A good sounding audience recording, although there is some distortion perhaps from being recorded at too high of a level. This concert is notable for having a complete recording of the Summer 1981 Intro that sounds similar to a slowed down version of "Shout". Also, Boys Say Go! was played twice during this set for some reason.
Two concerts were played on this date at this venue, one at 5pm and one at 8pm. This recording is probably of the 5pm concert. The main page for this date has more information.
== Listen ==
You can listen to this entire recording below.
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/complete.m4a</html5media>
== Track list ==
#[6:37] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/01.m4a</sm2> Summer 1981 Intro / Television Set
#[2:46] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/02.m4a</sm2> Boys Say Go!
#[4:37] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> New Life
#[3:38] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/04.m4a</sm2> Puppets
#[3:58] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/05.m4a</sm2> Ice Machine
#[4:19] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> Big Muff
#[4:01] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/07.m4a</sm2> Just Can't Get Enough
#[2:52] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/08.m4a</sm2> What's Your Name?
#[3:14] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> Tora! Tora! Tora!
#[3:41] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/10.m4a</sm2> Photographic
#[3:53] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/11.m4a</sm2> The Price Of Love
#[3:57] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/12.m4a</sm2> Dreaming Of Me
#[3:54] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-02.aud.steve.1.flac1644/13.m4a</sm2> Boys Say Go!
*Total time: 51:27
== Lineage ==
*Audience master (unknown taper, tape type, and equipment) -> first generation cassette -> unknown transfer -> CD-R -> unknown ripping program -> FLAC level 8
*Taper: Steve
== Download ==
*Download ZIP - FLAC 16-bit 44.1khz - 340MB
Category:Audience recordings
Category:First generation recordings
Category:Cassette sourced recordings
Category:Source
Category:Streamable
1981-08-05 Rafters, Manchester, England, UK

== Notes ==
Two gigs were performed on this night; “under 16s” at 6:30pm, and “grown-ups” at 9:30pm. It is not known from which set the audience recording is from.
 wrote this concert review for Record Mirror (allegedly, Morrissey was friends with support act Ludus):
Depeche Mode may not be the most remarkably boring group ever to walk the face of the earth, but they're certainly in the running. Their sophisticated nonsense succeeds only in emphasising just how hilariously unimaginative they really are. At once we recognise four coiffured Barry White's (a nauseating version); "cain't git enough of your lerve" they profess too dull to be even boring. They resurrect every murderously monotonous cliche known to modern man, and "New Life" looms as nothing more than a bland jelly-baby. Still the man from 'Jackie' was impressed, knowing that, at least, these boys have nice hair... and the conveyor belt moves along.
Ludus, plainly wishing they were elsewhere, hammered out a passionate set to an audience possibly hand-picked for their tone deafness. But Ludus like to wallow in other people's depravities and therefore their music offers everything to everyone. Linder was born singing and has more imagination than Depeche Mode could ever hope for. Still Depeche Mode get the Jackie spread. No justice!
== Set list ==
#Television Set
#Boys Say Go!
#New Life
#Puppets
#Ice Machine
#Big Muff
#Just Can't Get Enough
#What's Your Name?
#Tora! Tora! Tora!
#Photographic
#The Price Of Love
#Dreaming Of Me
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is an excellent audience recording sourced from a lower-generation cassette source than Source 2, but it is unfortunately lossy encoded.
*Source 2 is a great audience recording.
Category:1981 Tour
Category:Download available
1981-08-05 Rafters, Manchester, England, UK/Source 2

== Notes ==
A great audience recording. Television Set fades in, and Tora! Tora! Tora! is missing the beginning due to tape flip.
A better sounding and more complete, but lossy, recording from this concert is available as Source 1.
== Listen ==
You can listen to this entire recording below.
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/complete.m4a</html5media>
== Track list ==
#[3:07] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/01.m4a</sm2> Television Set
#[2:40] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/02.m4a</sm2> Boys Say Go!
#[4:39] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> New Life
#[3:34] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/04.m4a</sm2> Puppets
#[3:55] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/05.m4a</sm2> Ice Machine
#[4:24] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> Big Muff
#[3:50] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/07.m4a</sm2> Just Can't Get Enough
#[2:46] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/08.m4a</sm2> What's Your Name?
#[3:34] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> Tora! Tora! Tora!
#[3:41] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/10.m4a</sm2> Photographic
#[1:17] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/11.m4a</sm2> Crowd
#[3:41] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/12.m4a</sm2> The Price Of Love
#[1:31] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/13.m4a</sm2> Crowd
#[4:55] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1981-08-05.aud.unknown.unknown.flac1644/14.m4a</sm2> Dreaming Of Me
*Total time: 46:53
== Lineage ==
*unknown taper and equipment -> unknown transfer -> CD-R -> Nero -> FLAC level 8
== Download ==
*Download ZIP - FLAC 16-bit 44.1khz - 249MB
Category:Audience recordings
Category:Source
Category:Streamable
1981-08-23 Twentieth Century Box, ITV, UK

== Notes ==
Twentieth Century Box, hosted by radio and television commentator Danny Baker, aired an episode about the band Naked Lunch, and also about Depeche Mode.
The episode contains footage of Depeche Mode at the Basildon Bowling Alley and at Dave Gahan's mother's house both filmed on June 26, 1981, rehearsing Let's Get Together and being notified that they are going to appear on Top Of The Pops in Blackwing Studios on June 23, 1981, the band being interviewed outside said studio, interviews with fans outside the venue prior to the 1981-06-27 Crocs, Rayleigh, Essex, England, UK concert, as well as footage recorded inside the venue which disappointingly consists of playback performances of New Life and Shout and not actual live concert footage.
The broadcast date of the episode was August 23, 1981. According to Naked Lunch's website's history section, Tony Mayo of Naked Lunch suggested to Twentieth Century Box that they should feature Depeche Mode on the same episode as them.
== Video ==
Many thanks to the official Naked Lunch website for acquiring and sharing this excellent quality video. The footage below contains only the relevant Depeche Mode segment of the episode and was cut out from the original file using LosslessCut. The full episode is available to view at Naked Lunch's website, at the bottom of this page.
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/TCB.webm</html5media>
Category:Interviews