My Depeche Mode Tour Blog 2017/18 Schulzi on Global Spirit Tour : Depeche Mode in Copenhagen, January 9 or takeover by Evelina

Yippie yeah, the tour started finally again. here come's the review of Evelina:

The train was coming from Sweden to Denmark really early on a very chilly and windy Tuesday. I am one of those suckers for Early Entry tickets. I like to be really close to the stage because I am only 158 cm tall or short depending on how you see it and I don’t like to see other peoples backs when I attend a concert. So there was nothing else to do than to dress up in the warmest of cloths, hope for the best and expect Dave to Cover us! He did not to my big disappointment show up with some hot chocolate and warm blankets (you’d expect that too if you tried walking in my shoes).

Standing outside in the queue with no info, no fence to make us stand in a nice line. It all just became worse and worse with no info, no staff on the inside either. Five minutes before we were let into the arena they came. Livenation does not live up to the expectations they set in their e-mail, The grabbing hands grab all they can right?

Once inside I got the spot that I wanted just a tiny bit to the left of Dave. Me and my Swedish flag was off to a good start after all those hours of being out in the cold air. The warm-up band Pumarosa was to my big surprise one of the better ones I have had the pleasure of hearing at a Depeche Mode gig (nothing ever compares to the departed Fad Gadget performance on the Exciter tour of course).
Also surprising was the fact that there was no change to the setlist. I was hoping for Martin to change one of his songs; why not sing Surrender and that they perhaps would do one more song from Spirit instead of a song from Ultra - but no. Not that I didn’t enjoy the setlist but hey Come on you’re letting me down after a Holiday break you can give the audience something new! Starting with Going Backwards, It’s no good and A barrel of a gun – I really like it when they’ve donet hat part because it means the annoying Press Photographers leave the area in front of the barrier. I think the crowd was on fire really early on and A pain that I am used to always grabs me. I love the base, I love how Gordeno plays (please let me think he’s awesome – he really is a good musician). Then it was time for Useless and it is my favorite Ultra song – as is all of the other songs from Ultra. ;) Don’t make me pick one, it’s impossible even if Dave has stated that Nothing’s Impossible.

Precious is a song I’d really like to hear Martin do but Dave does it great to so why change. Dave gave it all in World in my eyes and the crowd was magical to watch – you do turn around and watch your fellow Devotees as a front rower. Cover me really keeps hitting me hard, I love that song. Even if I have related to the lyrics in a totally different way then Dave ever thought when writing them. Then it was time for some more Ultra I mean I had an Insight or rather Martin did. I loved the way he sang it in Copenhagen. I don’t know why but he sang it a little bit differently then in Paris at Bercy on the 5th of December. And then he brought us all Home and I kind of wish they would make him sing Surrender instead. When Dave returned to sing In your room he was more than welcome back and taking the arena to a completely different level with Where’s the revolution and the Danish fans had cut out tiny red fabric that they wawed during the song. Very cute. Then it was time for my jumping song Everything counts and I must say I was heart-broken not having my dear friend Troy by my side jumping there with me. It’s really not the same with a young girl next to you that you don’t know who only knows the lyrics to songs from Violator and nearly doesn’t move at all. Well if I jumped into you I am sorry. Or am I? It was a concert and you have to give Dave something back and you do so by clapping your hands, singing along, jumping, dancing or what ever but you don’t just stand there… Stripped and Enjoy the silence followed and then it was time for Never let me down again - as if you could Dave? The crowd loved it and I think it was then Dave commited the worst crime. He claimed that Copenhagen simply was the best… oh didn’t I hear you say those exact same words in Paris – ”Paris you simply are the best”.

Martin did Strangelove as his encore and after that we all had to show Dave some love for his shoes. Walking in my shoes, not sure I would like to after a night on the stage. ;) A question of time got me jumping again and the crowd - how they wawed their arms. Dave threw his microphone stand on stage. That was new to me. Ending it with a feverish Personal Jesus.

I must say that I loved the way Dave sang – he had toned down in a way I have not seen him before not the energy but the way he sings is different – go ahead Dave let me hear you sing that way forever!

I also must thank the very nice Danish Devotee woman who paid a locker at Royal Arena for me so that I could store my stuff and not have to bring them with me in. And dear Royal Arena if you make it so that poeple only can pay by using your ap you should make sure that it works and that it doesn’t say technical error when you want to pay with a Mastercard (this happend to fellow Devotees too)!

And a big thank you to you Claudia for letting me once again take part of your blog giving you my review ot the Depeche Mode concert at Royal Arena in Copenhagen, it was a real pleasure!