2017-04-21 Global Spirit Tour Rehearsals, S.I.R. Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Notes
An invitee of this secret event uploaded this flyer (see right) in a Facebook group on Wednesday April 19, 2017. He removed the address before uploading it. He and about 40 other people have received an email from Columbia Records with an invitation to attend this secret event. The invitees have won the invitation because of their participation in the pre-sale of the concerts in Los Angeles later this year. It was not revealed what the event would entail although all evidence leads to a rehearsal studio, and the invitees had to turn in their phones before being taken to another location in Los Angeles. As it turns out, they had to meet at the Amoeba Records on Sunset Blvd from where they had to walk to S.I.R. studios.
Invitee Rob Rohm reported the following shortly after the event:
"Depeche Mode rehearsal with less than 50 people. There was a photographer/videographer. [My wife] and I were up against the small stage in this tiny Hollywood rehearsal studio with Martin Gore directly in front of us, 2 feet away. Dave Gahan was about 8-10 feet away from us. They performed the following songs that I can think of off the top of my head [setlist copied below, ed]. I saw the entire set list [sheet]. Management didn't let us stay for whole set but the fans in Europe are in for a treat. The set list contained 22 songs. One thing that was really fun to see was Dave Gahan sitting at the drum set while Martin and Peter performed Question of Lust. Dave was goofing around pretending to play drums."
Adam Bravin of the band She Wants Revenge (who is a big DM fan and who also supported DM with his band in 2006, see the Support acts page for more info) was in attendance.
