World Violation Tour

World Violation Tour
Concert tour by Depeche Mode
Associated album	Violator
Start date	28 May 1990
End date	27 November 1990
Legs	3
Shows	88 43 in North America 38 in Europe 6 in Asia 1 in Oceania
Depeche Mode tour chronology
Music for the Masses Tour (1987–1988) World Violation Tour (1990) Devotional Tour (1993)

World Violation Tour was a 1990 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's seventh studio album, Violator, which was released in March 1990. It was estimated that by the end of the tour, Depeche Mode had toured to 1.2 million fans.

Tour details

The band rehearsed for the tour in Pensacola, Florida, the same city where the tour kicked off. It was the first time the band has performed live in the state, and the band received some flak from locals who didn't understand their appearance ("I've been called a faggot about twenty times today, mostly from guys leaning out of trucks. This is sort of a backward place, isn't it?" noted Alan Wilder).

The tour kicked off with a North American leg in late May, finishing up in early August in Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium. The North American dates were met with high demand with sellouts in Dallas, Chicago, Orlando, Tampa and Miami; 42,000 tickets for the concert at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey had reportedly been sold within four hours of going on sale, while the Dodger Stadium shows had sold out on the first day of sale. Later in the month, the group played a sole date in Australia, in Sydney, prior to a six-date tour of Japan in September. Following the Japanese dates, the band commenced a European tour, beginning in Brussels in late September. The leg included three dates at the Palais Omnisports Bercy in Paris, where the group performed to approximately 50,000 people. The jaunt lasted two months and concluded with the final show of the tour in Birmingham, U.K. in late November.

The projections were made by Anton Corbijn, whose work was projected on large video screens. The tour required approximately 100 stage crew and 11 articulated lorries to transport the stage set.

The performance of the group's cover of "Route 66", which was originally recorded with lead vocals by Martin Gore, was sung live by lead singer Dave Gahan on this tour.

Industrial band Nitzer Ebb opened for the band in North America. Rolling Stone magazine called out the tour as one of the highlights of the 1990 summer music scene, saying "These British synth poppers offer post-industrial melancholy you can dance to. And their misery certainly loves company - on their last tour, they sold out the Rose Bowl."

Setlist

1. "Kaleid-Crucified" (Intro)
2. "World in My Eyes"
3. "Halo"
4. "Shake the Disease"
5. "Everything Counts"
6. "Master and Servant"
7. "Never Let Me Down Again"
8. "Waiting for the Night"
9. Song performed by Martin Gore
   • "I Want You Now"
   • "Here Is the House"
   • "Little 15"
10. Song performed by Martin Gore
    • "World Full of Nothing"
    • "Blue Dress"
    • "Sweetest Perfection"
11. "Clean"
12. "Stripped"
13. "Policy of Truth"
14. "Enjoy the Silence"
15. "Strangelove"
16. "Personal Jesus"

    encore 1

17. "Black Celebration"
18. "A Question of Time"

    encore 2

19. "Behind the Wheel"
20. "Route 66"

Note:

Setlist additions featuring multiple songs are options which were rotated between dates.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue
North America
01990-05-2828 May 1990	Pensacola, Florida	United States	Pensacola Civic Center
01990-05-3030 May 1990	Orlando, Florida		Orlando Arena
01990-05-3131 May 1990	Miami, Florida		Miami Arena
01990-06-022 June 1990	Tampa, Florida		Sun Dome
01990-06-044 June 1990	Atlanta, Georgia		Lakewood Amphitheatre
01990-06-066 June 1990	Columbia, Maryland		Merriweather Post Pavilion
01990-06-088 June 1990	Saratoga Springs, New York		Saratoga Performing Arts Center
01990-06-099 June 1990	Mansfield, Massachusetts		Great Woods Center
01990-06-1010 June 1990
01990-06-1313 June 1990	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		Spectrum
01990-06-1414 June 1990
01990-06-1616 June 1990	East Rutherford, New Jersey		Giants Stadium
01990-06-1818 June 1990	New York City, New York		Radio City Music Hall
01990-06-2121 June 1990	Montreal, Quebec	Canada	Montreal Forum
01990-06-2222 June 1990	Toronto, Ontario		CNE Grandstand
01990-06-2424 June 1990	Burgettstown, Pennsylvania	United States	Coco-Cola Star Lake Amphitheatre
01990-06-2525 June 1990	Cincinnati, Ohio		Riverbend Music Center
01990-06-2626 June 1990	Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio		Blossom Music Center
01990-06-2828 June 1990	Clarkston, Michigan		Pine Knob Music Theatre
01990-06-2929 June 1990
01990-06-3030 June 1990	Milwaukee, Wisconsin		Marcus Amphitheater
01990-07-022 July 1990	Tinley Park, Illinois		World Music Theater
01990-07-033 July 1990
01990-07-055 July 1990	The Woodlands, Texas		Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
01990-07-066 July 1990
01990-07-088 July 1990	Dallas, Texas		Starplex Amphitheatre
01990-07-099 July 1990
01990-07-1111 July 1990	Morrison, Colorado		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
01990-07-1212 July 1990
01990-07-1414 July 1990	Calgary, Alberta	Canada	Olympic Saddledome
01990-07-1616 July 1990	Vancouver, British Columbia		Pacific Coliseum
01990-07-1818 July 1990	Portland, Oregon	United States	Memorial Coliseum
01990-07-2020 July 1990	Mountain View, California		Shoreline Amphitheatre
01990-07-2121 July 1990
01990-07-2222 July 1990	Sacramento, California		California Exposition & State Fair
01990-07-2525 July 1990	Salt Lake City, Utah		Salt Palace
01990-07-2727 July 1990	Phoenix, Arizona		Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
01990-07-2828 July 1990	San Diego, California		San Diego Sports Arena
01990-07-2929 July 1990
01990-07-3131 July 1990
01990-08-011 August 1990	Universal City, California		Universal Amphitheatre
01990-08-044 August 1990	Los Angeles, California		Dodger Stadium
01990-08-055 August 1990
Australia and Japan
01990-08-3131 August 1990	Sydney	Australia	Hordern Pavilion
01990-09-044 September 1990	Fukuoka	Japan	Shimin Kaikan Hall
01990-09-066 September 1990	Kobe		World Kinen Hall
01990-09-088 September 1990	Kanazawa		Ishikawa Koseinenkin Hall
01990-09-099 September 1990	Nagoya		Nagoya-Shi Kokaido
01990-09-1111 September 1990	Tokyo		Nippon Budokan
01990-09-1212 September 1990
Europe
01990-09-2828 September 1990	Brussels	Belgium	Forest National
01990-09-2929 September 1990	Dortmund	Germany	Westfalenhallen
01990-09-3030 September 1990
01990-10-022 October 1990	Copenhagen	Denmark	Valby-Hallen
01990-10-033 October 1990
01990-10-055 October 1990	Gothenburg	Sweden	Scandinavium
01990-10-066 October 1990	Stockholm		Globe Arena
01990-10-088 October 1990	Frankfurt	Germany	Festhalle Frankfurt
01990-10-099 October 1990	Hanover		Messehalle
01990-10-1111 October 1990	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier
01990-10-1212 October 1990	Zurich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
01990-10-1414 October 1990	Frankfurt	Germany	Frankfurt Festhalle
01990-10-1515 October 1990	Stuttgart		Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle
01990-10-1717 October 1990	Munich		Olympiahalle
01990-10-2121 October 1990	Paris	France	Palais Omnisports Bercy
01990-10-2222 October 1990
01990-10-2323 October 1990
01990-10-2525 October 1990	Liévin		Stade Couvert Régional
01990-10-2626 October 1990	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Ahoy Rotterdam
01990-10-2828 October 1990	Hamburg	Germany	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
01990-10-2929 October 1990
01990-10-3131 October 1990	Berlin		Deutschlandhalle
01990-11-011 November 1990
01990-11-033 November 1990	Strasbourg	France	Rhenus Sport
01990-11-055 November 1990	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi
01990-11-077 November 1990	Madrid		Palacio de Deportes
01990-11-099 November 1990	Marseille	France	Palais des Sports
01990-11-1111 November 1990	Milan	Italy	Palatrussardi
01990-11-1212 November 1990	Rome		PalaEUR
01990-11-1414 November 1990	Bordeaux	France	Patinoire de Mériadeck
01990-11-1515 November 1990
01990-11-1717 November 1990	Brest		Parc du Penfeld
01990-11-1919 November 1990	London	United Kingdom	Wembley Arena
01990-11-2020 November 1990
01990-11-2222 November 1990	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
01990-11-2323 November 1990	London		Wembley Arena
01990-11-2626 November 1990	Birmingham		National Exhibition Centre
01990-11-2727 November 1990

Personnel

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore – guitar, keyboards, percussion pads, lead and backing vocals
• Alan Wilder – keyboards, percussion pads, drums, backing vocals
• Andrew Fletcher – keyboards, percussion pads, backing vocals

References

• Miller, Jonathan. Stripped: The True Story of Depeche Mode. Omnibus Press, 2004. ISBN 1-84449-415-2

External links

• Official site
• Depeche Mode on Myspace