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For those of you who know Depeche Mode, last night was a depressing night in Kansas City. Depeche Mode played at Starlight Theatre, but they stopped the show about an hour after starting. I've been reading a lot of articles this morning, and listening to 96.5 The Buzz (the promoter), and there are as many theories about this as there were people at the concert.
Some of the rumors are:
- they were recently in Mexico (Dave's birthday was May 9), and they think that Dave ate some bad veggies, or that he got Montezuma's Revenge, which may have left him dehydrated, with the runs
- technical problems - I've read a few articles from people close to the stage saying that the sound guys messed up
I personally believe the second theory more. Enough people are in agreement that Dave was constantly making the “speed up” gesture to the sound engineer, as if the lyric prompter wasn't moving as fast as the music.
Also, after every song, Dave was in the wings arguing with the sound guys about something. During the songs, there were sound guys cruising around the stage.
Halfway into the intro of “Stripped”, Dave stopped the song, had it out with a sound guy, then they had to restart that song. After that, Dave was gone. Martin came out to sing some ballads, and when we was done, that was it.
Andy came out and said “Well, it looks like we'll have to call it a day. Thanks for coming out and supporting us.” The lights came on, everybody booed, and we went home.
I really hope that they come back for another show, but their last U.S. gig is on May 21 in DC, and then they go to Europe until August. If they don't come back before May 21, I think we'll never see them again. Rumors are also saying that their GM (Andy Fletcher, keyboardist) said that they gave a full show, and that there will be no refund. I'm thinking about calling my Credit Card company and contesting the charges. I'm also going to call Starlight Theater and TicketMaster and see what else can be done.
If you have any other information about what happened last night, and if there's going to be an encore or a refund, please let me know.
Doug
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