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1993 Devotional tour backing tapes

== Notes ==
Six songs have backing tape audio available from the Devotional tour. The audio is sourced from a DVD copy of the in-studio demonstration VHS created around the time of the "Devotional" DVD release in 2004. The VHS contains 7 tour projections, with 6 of them featuring backing tape audio. Additionally, a time-coded video of Death's Door is included on the VHS, which has not been released on any official "Devotional" video release. Moreover, it features an unedited version of Enjoy The Silence with unmixed soundboard audio. You can find 90-second excerpts of the backing tape audio provided below. However, please note that Walking In My Shoes only has 1 minute and 6 seconds of audio; the rest of the video contains silence. 
If you're interested, there are two-minute excerpts available for listening from every track of the 1990 World Violation tour backing tapes. However, it's worth mentioning that the sound quality, while very good, may not be flawless like these excerpts. Additionally, you can find some very short snippets of seven tracks from the 1987-1988 Music For The Masses tour backing tapes available for listening. 
Unfortunately, we cannot share the full backing tapes on this wiki or DIME due to their origins from studio content and the fact that they come from an in-studio demonstration VHS tape. Furthermore, a lossless source for the audio is currently unavailable. Nevertheless, we hope you enjoy the 90-second excerpts of each track provided below.
== Excerpts ==
NOTE: This audio has been re-encoded from its original format (AC3 256kbps) in order to allow streaming. Quality may be noticeably diminished.
*Walking In My Shoes:
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/backing/devotional/devotional-backing-wims.mp3</html5media>
*Stripped:
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/backing/devotional/devotional-backing-stripped.mp3</html5media>
*Condemnation:
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/backing/devotional/devotional-backing-condemnation.mp3</html5media>
*I Feel You:
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/backing/devotional/devotional-backing-ify.mp3</html5media>
*Enjoy The Silence:
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/backing/devotional/devotional-backing-ets.mp3</html5media>
*In Your Room:
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/backing/devotional/devotional-backing-iyr.mp3</html5media>
== Screenshots ==
Screenshots of each track from the demo VHS.
DevoOuttakes-1.png|Walking In My Shoes
DevoOuttakes-2.png|Stripped
DevoOuttakes-3.png|Condemnation
DevoOuttakes-4.png|Judas
DevoOuttakes-5.png|I Feel You
DevoOuttakes-6.png|Enjoy The Silence
DevoOuttakes-7.png|In Your Room
DevoOuttakes-8.png|Death's Door
DevoOuttakes-9.png|Enjoy The Silence
Category:Tour backing tapes
Category:Tour production material
1994-02-09 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
The first show of the “Exotic” leg of the tour tonight, and everybody’s a bit nervous. Not just because it’s the first show of a new leg, but it’s our first gig ever on the African continent, and not many have played in South Africa. (They weren’t going to play S-S-S-Sun City, Whoa No…)
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation (*)
#A Question Of Lust (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-02-11 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
Alan has told me that a friend of a friend is pissed off for playing in South Africa. “Don’t they know that there’s apartheid there?”… He’s obviously done his homework then. A bachelor of political analysis from the university of life. What the stupid twat forgot to learn was that the dismantling of apartheid began in 1991, and if the people of SA are moving toward peace, staying away will not assist their cause. (I’ll come down off my soap-box now)
== Video ==
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#One Caress (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a good audience audio recording from a video source. Treble is fairly shrill and it's distant sounding.
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Download available
Category:External videos
1994-02-12 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
God, I love South Africa. Saturday afternoon, and they have live Premiership football on television, something we do NOT have in Blighty.
== Video ==
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Waiting For The Night (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a good audience audio recording from a video source. Treble is fairly shrill and it's distant sounding.
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Download available
Category:External videos
1994-02-14 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
I’ve got that horrible feeling that I forgot to do something today…
This concert is unique because it has the only confirmed performance of "Fly On The Windscreen" during the 1994 "Exotic" Tour (the other one being 1994-04-04 São Paulo).
"Clean" was also performed during this concert (for the first time on that tour), as well as the next night in Johannesburg.
This concert is also unique because Dave sings during "Condemnation". The song was presumably dropped between 1994-03-01 Singapore and 1994-03-12 Sydney; it is assumed that the song was performed at all of the South African dates and had Dave singing vocals. Martin sings vocals during "Condemnation" starting with 1994-03-16 Hong Kong for the remainder of the tour.
== Video ==
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Somebody (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Fly On The Windscreen
#Enjoy The Silence
#Clean
#A Question Of Time
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a good audience recording.
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Download available
Category:External videos
1994-02-15 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
Praise the Lord. I managed to get to the Interflora shop just before it closed last night.
This concert is one of 3 on the 1994 Exotic Tour where Clean was performed (along with the previous night in Johannesburg and the 1994-04-05 gig in São Paulo).
== Video ==
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Judas (*)
#One Caress (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Clean
#A Question Of Time
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a good audience audio recording from a video source. Treble is very shrill and there's some echoey sound and boominess.
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Download available
Category:Setlist sheet picture
Category:External videos
1994-02-15 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa/Source 1

== Notes ==
A good audience recording. Treble is very shrill, and there's some echoeynesss and boominess, but that's to be expected with camcorder audio. "Rush" is missing about half the song (including the intro). "Never Let Me Down Again" fades in and misses part of the beginning.
This concert is unique because it has the only confirmed performance of "Judas" during the 1994 "Exotic" Tour. "Clean" was also performed; other confirmed performance of the song was the previous night in Johannesburg, of which a recording is also available.
This concert is slightly unique because Dave sings during "Condemnation". The song was presumably dropped between 1994-03-01 Singapore and 1994-03-12 Sydney; it is assumed that the song was performed at all of the South African dates and had Dave singing vocals. Martin sings vocals during "Condemnation" starting with 1994-03-16 Hong Kong for the remainder of the tour.
== Listen ==
You can listen to this entire recording below.
<html5media>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/complete.m4a</html5media>
== Track list ==
#[3:47] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/01.m4a</sm2> Rush
#[4:50] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/02.m4a</sm2> Halo
#[5:21] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/03.m4a</sm2> Behind The Wheel
#[4:44] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/04.m4a</sm2> Everything Counts
#[6:32] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/05.m4a</sm2> World In My Eyes
#[6:23] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/06.m4a</sm2> Walking In My Shoes
#[4:08] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/07.m4a</sm2> Condemnation
#[4:56] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/08.m4a</sm2> Judas (*)
#[4:56] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/09.m4a</sm2> Never Let Me Down Again
#[7:18] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/10.m4a</sm2> I Feel You
#[5:50] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/11.m4a</sm2> Personal Jesus
#[6:39] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/12.m4a</sm2> Enjoy The Silence
#[6:03] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/13.m4a</sm2> Clean
#[4:46] <sm2>https://media.dmlive.wiki/stream/dm1994-02-15.aud-vidsrc.unknown.unknown.flac1644/14.m4a</sm2> A Question Of Time
*Total time: 1:16:13
== Lineage ==
*Hi8 master video -> unknown transfer -> unknown generation -> FLAC level 8
== Download ==
*Download ZIP - FLAC 16-bit 44.1KHz - 501.94MB
Category:Audience recordings
Category:Source
Category:Streamable
1994-02-18 Good Hope Centre, Capetown, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
February 17th, CAPE TOWN: It’s great to be back in Cape Town. Everybody has election fever here. You can feel the anticipation in the air. If the ANC get in (as they will), some of the delightful extreme right-wingers are threatening to re-locate (uninvited) to New Zealand. I bet the Maoris are pleased about that…
February 18th, CAPE TOWN: I’ve just been reading “A South African Political Brief”, given to me by the record company. Under the heading of “Major Social Problems” they list “extremely high levels of crime and violence, illiteracy and a high divorce rate”. Coming from Basildon, I hardly thought them worth mentioning…
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Judas (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-02-19 Good Hope Centre, Capetown, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
February 20th, CAPE TOWN: Oh dear, oh dear. Maybe this tour is jinxed. Alan, myself and Jerry Meltzer (security) went for a nice Italian dinner tonight. We had to leave the restaurant early as Alan was complaining of abdominal pains. Back at the hotel, he went to his room but refused to see a doctor as it was “only overeating”. I went to my room to get him some Alka-Seltzer and on exiting the lift on the way back, I could hear a screaming, coming from Alan’s room 30 yards away, that sounded like a dog being neutered, without anaesthetic. I dragged him out of his room and into a waiting car and by the time we reached the hospital he was foaming at the mouth and screaming phrases that sounded like out-takes from “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The doctors have examined him and confirmed that he has a kidney stone, definitely not caused by “overeating”. Alan insists that he can pass the stone naturally, through his water, (like passing a hedgehog according to Kessler) but unfortunately the doctors have insisted on inserting a laser down the eye of his manhood… (ouch!)
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#A Question Of Lust (*)
#One Caress (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-02-22 Expo Centre, Durban, South Africa

== Notes ==
Alan suffered from kidney stones and had an operation the day before, so the show had to be cancelled.
From Daryl Bamonte's tour diary:
February 22nd, DURBAN: The operation went well yesterday, but as heroic as Alan tried to be, there was no way that he was going to do a show tonight. The first show here is cancelled, not a very common thing for DM. I wish I could have got to Durban earlier. Dave and Martin spent the day swimming with dolphins, which sounds very groovy. Kessler’s gone back to America for a couple of weeks.
Category:Cancelled concerts
1994-02-23 Expo Centre, Durban, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#A Question Of Lust (*)
#One Caress (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-02-25 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
Dave and I have just worked out that we’ve now been in South Africa for more days than we’ve been in England since May 13th last year. It’s starting to feel like we live here.
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Waiting For The Night (*)
#One Caress (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-02-26 Standard Bank, Johannesburg, South Africa

== Notes ==
The Outsiders were the support act. Source
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
February 27th, TRAVEL: We finally bid farewell to South Africa. It was an enjoyable stay, but after four weeks of hard work, we’re looking forward to an interesting visit to the Far East.
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#A Question Of Lust (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-03-05 Entertainment Centre, Perth, Australia

== Notes ==
Caligula was the support act.
It is unknown if Condemnation was performed on this date, and if so, whether it had Dave or Martin on lead vocals. 1994-03-08 Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia is the first recording after the South African dates of the 1994 Exotic Tour to have Condemnation dropped from the setlist temporarily due to Dave's trouble singing the song; it is dropped until 1994-03-16 Open Air Stadium, Hong Kong, Hong Kong where Martin sings lead vocals. The song was presumably played and sung by Dave for all of the South African dates, based on recordings from several of those dates.
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
There is something strange going on. People are starting to act weird. Too much time spent at the airports, I reckon.
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Judas (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-03-07 Theabarton Centre, Adelaide, Australia

== Notes ==
It is unknown if Condemnation was performed on this date, and if so, whether it had Dave or Martin on lead vocals. 1994-03-08 Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Australia is the first recording after the South African dates of the 1994 Exotic Tour to have Condemnation dropped from the setlist temporarily due to Dave's trouble singing the song; it is dropped until 1994-03-16 Open Air Stadium, Hong Kong, Hong Kong where Martin sings lead vocals. The song was presumably played and sung by Dave for all of the South African dates, based on recordings from several of those dates.
Martin Gore told MTV Brasil: 
"For me, it doesn't really matter, the size of the place. The audiences are always good. Our audiences are always good. Maybe we're spoilt by that fact. In Australia we played the smallest place we played for years, and it was a really good concert. It was only about 1,700 people. And sometimes it really doesn't matter. Sometimes you get a really good feel from playing a stadium and so many people, and if there's real hysteria there, you can get a real feel from that. But sometimes, a really small place, where the sound is contained, and the audience is as wild [as at a larger venue] is equally exciting."
Apparently, Dave Gahan had an argument at the hotel with Michael Bolton and his minders because Bolton wouldn't sign a woman's tour programme.
Caligula was the support act.
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Judas (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Unconfirmed setlist
1994-03-08 Tennis Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

== Notes ==
Caligula was the support act.
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
I managed to blag a pair of jeans, a pair of shorts, two T-shirts and a pair of sunglasses from Stussy and Massimo today, thus doubling the size of my wardrobe in an instant. The gig tonight is in “Batman Avenue”. Nice to see the Aussies have a sense of humour.
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#One Caress (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is Brent Graham's good audience recording sourced from master tapes.
=== Ticket scans ===
T-1994-03-08-1.jpg|Credit to Brent Graham (bomber1978@optusnet.com.au).
T-1994-03-08-2.jpg|Credit to Brent Graham (bomber1978@optusnet.com.au).
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Download available
Category:Ticket scan
1994-03-10 Festival Hall, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

== Notes ==
Caligula was the support act.
According to a first-hand account provided in BONG magazine issue twenty-two, Dave Gahan sang "Reach out and touch Dave" during the chorus section of in response to a fan's sign bearing the text.
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#Condemnation
#Judas (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
1994-03-12 Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia

== Notes ==
Caligula was the support act.
Here is Daryl Bamonte's entry for the famous Devotional Tour Diary, published in Bong magazine in 1994:
March 13th, SYDNEY: I had lunch with my aunt Terri today, and she said I look just like my dad did when she left England to emigrate. Now, I don’t know what my dad got up to in Dagenham in the Fifties, but he would have to go some way to look like THIS…
== Video ==
== Set list ==
#Rush
#Halo
#Behind The Wheel
#Everything Counts
#World In My Eyes
#Walking In My Shoes
#Stripped
#One Caress (*)
#I Want You Now (*)
#In Your Room
#Never Let Me Down Again
#I Feel You
#Personal Jesus
#Somebody (*)
#Enjoy The Silence
#Policy Of Truth
#A Question Of Time
== Sources ==
*Source 1 is a decent audience recording; it's fairly muffled and has boomy bass.
Category:1994 Exotic Tour
Category:Download available
Category:External videos