The Delta Machine Tour was a 2013–14 worldwide concert tour by English electronic music band Depeche Mode in support of the group's 13th studio album, Delta Machine, released 22 March 2013. Following a warm-up show in Nice, France on 4 May 2013, the tour kicked off in Tel Aviv, Israel, and continued through Europe until late July. A North American tour followed in late August, beginning in the Detroit suburb of Clarkston, Michigan and culminating in Austin, Texas in early October. The band performed at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, which in 2013 was held across two weekends for the first time. A second leg in Europe went from 3 November Abu Dhabi to 7 March 2014 Moscow. Among the dates were Dublin, Amsterdam, Oslo and Belfast, their first shows in Northern Ireland in almost 30 years.

The 25 and 27 November 2013 nights in Berlin were filmed by Anton Corbijn and recorded for the CD/DVD release Live in Berlin, released 17 November 2014.

The Delta Machine Tour was the 9th highest-grossing tour of 2013.

Critical reception Reviews of the tour were mixed. A review of the 7 May show in Tel Aviv was positive, citing an excited crowd and a strong performance from lead singer Dave Gahan "who held the crowd in sway the whole time with his deep baritone and slow-grind dance moves." A review of the 9 July show in Switzerland was negative, reading, "Depeche Mode fans deserve something better." The show was well-attended, but the performance itself was reviewed poorly due to "mundane" backing projections, a lack of stage props and reliance on Gahan, who was described as "Freddie Mercury reincarnated as a seahorse." The review rates the show 2 stars out of 4 ("average"). A review of the 27 July show in Vilnius was especially positive, starting from the very title "Crowd of Many Thousands Raged at Depeche Mode's Concert" and emphasizing the crowd's excitement during "Enjoy the Silence", "Personal Jesus", "Just Can't Get Enough", "I Feel You" and "Never Let Me Down Again". A review of the 20 September show in Dallas praised Gahan's vocals, reading, "Gahan's oily baritone is the firm anchor for Depeche Mode's sleek, rhythmic songs, which came across more nuanced and vibrant than might be expected in a live setting." A review of the 8 October show in Phoenix was very positive for both Gahan and Martin Gore, reading, "As brilliant a job as Gahan does at making the spotlight feel wanted, the concert retained its momentum when he left the stage, allowing Gore an opportunity to be the front man."

Setlist

Intro (excerpt from "Welcome to My World") "Welcome to My World" "Angel" "Walking in My Shoes" "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix) "Precious" "Black Celebration" "Behind the Wheel" "Stripped" "Policy of Truth" "World in My Eyes" "Should Be Higher" "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix) "Should Be Higher" "Policy of Truth" "In Your Room" (Zephyr mix) "Barrel of a Gun" "John the Revelator" Song performed by Martin Gore "Higher Love" "Only When I Lose Myself" "The Child Inside" "When the Body Speaks" (acoustic version) "Shake the Disease" (acoustic) "Judas" (acoustic) "Slow" (acoustic) "Blue Dress" (acoustic) Song performed by Martin Gore "When the Body Speaks" (acoustic version) "The Child Inside" "But Not Tonight" (acoustic) "Judas" (acoustic) "Home" (acoustic) "Shake the Disease" (acoustic) "Slow" (acoustic) "Blue Dress" (acoustic) "Heaven" "Soothe My Soul" "Behind the Wheel" "A Pain That I'm Used To" (Jacques Lu Cont remix) "John the Revelator" "A Question of Time" "Soft Touch/Raw Nerve" "Secret to the End" "In Your Room" "Enjoy the Silence" "Personal Jesus" "Goodbye"

Song performed by Martin Gore "Home" (acoustic) "Somebody" "A Question of Lust" "But Not Tonight" (acoustic) "Condemnation" (acoustic) "Leave in Silence" (acoustic) "Halo" (Goldfrapp remix) Song performed by Martin Gore "Condemnation" (acoustic) "Just Can't Get Enough" "I Feel You" "Never Let Me Down Again" "Goodbye"

Shows + List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenue. Date City Country Venue Attendance Revenue Europe 4 May 2013 Nice France Palais Nikaïa 9,904 / 9,904 $678,141 Asia 7 May 2013 Tel Aviv Israel Yarkon Park 19,325 / 19,325 $1,752,446 Europe 10 May 2013 Athens Greece Terra Vibe Park 26,283 / 26,283 $1,246,101 12 May 2013 Sofia Bulgaria Lokomotiv Stadium 18,892 / 26,300 $926,320 15 May 2013 Bucharest Romania Arena Națională 34,729 / 35,400 $1,797,985 19 May 2013 Belgrade Serbia Park Ušće 27,198 / 27,198 $1,081,965 21 May 2013 Budapest Hungary Ferenc Puskás Stadium 33,200 / 33,200 $1,899,677 23 May 2013 Zagreb Croatia Arena Zagreb 15,969 / 15,969 $959,845 25 May 2013 Bratislava Slovakia Štadión Pasienky 29,112 / 29,112 $2,066,297 28 May 2013 London England The O2 Arena 32,434 / 34,818 $2,244,220 29 May 2013 1 June 2013 Munich Germany Olympic Stadium 62,976 / 62,976 $4,956,599 3 June 2013 Stuttgart Mercedes-Benz Arena 36,225 / 36,225 $2,891,300 5 June 2013 Frankfurt Commerzbank-Arena 40,960 / 40,960 $3,295,523 7 June 2013 Bern Switzerland Stade de Suisse 39,241 / 39,241 $4,013,227 9 June 2013 Berlin Germany Olympic Stadium 66,388 / 66,388 $5,113,262 11 June 2013 Leipzig Red Bull Arena 43,816 / 43,816 $3,466,135 13 June 2013 Copenhagen Denmark Parken Stadium 40,725 / 40,725 $3,792,609 15 June 2013 Saint-Denis France Stade de France 67,103 / 67,103 $5,332,840 17 June 2013 Hamburg Germany Imtech Arena 44,128 / 44,128 $3,533,609 22 June 2013 Moscow Russia Lokomotiv Stadium 27,886 / 27,886 $3,307,759 24 June 2013 Saint Petersburg SKK Peterburgsky 22,502 / 22,502 $2,770,364 27 June 2013 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 11,348 / 11,348 $859,932 29 June 2013 Kyiv Ukraine NSC Olimpiyskiy 36,562 / 38,640 $2,928,368 3 July 2013 Düsseldorf Germany Esprit Arena 87,308 / 87,308 $7,012,140 5 July 2013 7 July 2013 Werchter Belgium Werchter Festivalpark rowspan="5" rowspan="5" 9 July 2013 Locarno Switzerland Piazza Grande Locarno 11 July 2013 Bilbao Spain Monte Cobetas 13 July 2013 Oeiras Portugal Passeio Marítimo de Algés 16 July 2013 Nîmes France Arena of Nîmes 18 July 2013 Milan Italy San Siro 57,919 / 57,919 $3,113,844 20 July 2013 Rome Stadio Olimpico 56,007 / 56,007 $3,077,983 23 July 2013 Prague Czechia Eden Arena 33,297 / 33,297 $2,222,328 25 July 2013 Warsaw Poland National Stadium 53,181 / 53,181 $2,894,152 27 July 2013 Vilnius Lithuania Vingio Parko Estrada 23,794 / 23,794 $1,580,333 29 July 2013 Minsk Belarus Minsk-Arena 12,979 / 12,979 $1,269,457 North America 22 August 2013 Clarkston United States DTE Energy Music Theatre 11,978 / 11,978 $534,980 24 August 2013 Tinley Park First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre 22,773 / 22,773 $1,066,824 27 August 2013 Falcon Heights Minnesota State Fair Grandstand 7,693 / 7,693 $497,172 30 August 2013 Atlantic City Ovation Hall 3,803 / 3,803 $358,252 1 September 2013 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre 16,110 / 16,110 $956,300 3 September 2013 Montreal Bell Centre 10,880 / 10,880 $977,570 6 September 2013 Brooklyn United States Barclays Center 14,725 / 14,725 $1,303,305 8 September 2013 Wantagh Nikon at Jones Beach Theater 12,907 / 12,907 $825,055 10 September 2013 Bristow Jiffy Lube Live 11,041 / 11,041 $574,953 12 September 2013 Atlanta Aaron's Amphitheatre at Lakewood 9,868 / 9,868 $434,630 14 September 2013 Tampa MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre 12,364 / 12,364 $526,038 15 September 2013 Sunrise BB&T Center 10,760 / 10,760 $683,192 18 September 2013 The Woodlands Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 14,842 / 14,842 $815,614 20 September 2013 Dallas Gexa Energy Pavilion 16,220 / 16,220 $792,656 22 September 2013 Chula Vista Sleep Train Amphitheatre 19,405 / 19,405 $1,019,015 24 September 2013 Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Bowl 4,949 / 4,959 $447,217 26 September 2013 Mountain View Shoreline Amphitheatre 19,192 / 19,192 $837,827 28 September 2013 Los Angeles Staples Center 43,957 / 43,957 $4,255,118 29 September 2013 2 October 2013 4 October 2013 Austin Zilker Metropolitan Park 6 October 2013 Paradise Pearl Concert Theater 2,549 / 2,549 $426,876 8 October 2013 Phoenix Ak-Chin Pavilion 11,698 / 11,698 $520,425 11 October 2013 Austin Zilker Metropolitan Park Asia 3 November 2013 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates du Arena EuropeEurope box score: 7 November 2013 Belfast Northern Ireland Odyssey Arena 5,767 / 5,767 $413,820 9 November 2013 Dublin Ireland The O2 13,005 / 13,005 $1,248,337 11 November 2013 Glasgow Scotland SSE Hydro 8,739 / 8,739 $564,206 13 November 2013 Leeds England First Direct Arena 7,565 / 7,565 $523,669 15 November 2013 Manchester Phones 4 U Arena 11,816 / 11,816 $827,673 19 November 2013 London The O2 Arena 15,953 / 15,953 $1,127,258 21 November 2013 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena 15,673 / 15,673 $1,414,404 23 November 2013 Hanover TUI Arena 12,561 / 12,561 $1,114,647 25 November 2013 Berlin O2 World 28,332 / 28,332 $2,455,660 27 November 2013 29 November 2013 Herning Denmark Jyske Bank Boxen 13,387 / 13,387 $1,314,297 1 December 2013 Erfurt Germany Messehalle 12,300 / 12,300 $1,109,288 3 December 2013 Bremen ÖVB Arena 11,949 / 11,949 $1,053,666 5 December 2013 Oberhausen König Pilsener Arena 11,938 / 11,938 $1,045,625 7 December 2013 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome 16,750 / 16,750 $1,453,121 9 December 2013 Malmö Sweden Malmö Arena 6,946 / 6,946 $619,829 11 December 2013 Gothenburg Scandinavium 8,785 / 8,785 $803,454 13 December 2013 Oslo Norway Telenor Arena 12,743 / 12,743 $1,238,945 15 December 2013 Helsinki Finland Hartwall Areena 10,232 / 10,232 $922,858 15 January 2014 Barcelona Spain Palau Sant Jordi 18,127 / 18,127 $1,346,629 17 January 2014 Madrid Palacio de Deportes 32,270 / 32,270 $2,351,081 18 January 2014 21 January 2014 Montpellier France Park&Suites Arena 12,486 / 12,486 $892,108 23 January 2014 Lyon Halle Tony Garnier 15,545 / 15,545 $1,048,621 25 January 2014 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 21,024 / 21,024 $1,734,868 27 January 2014 Birmingham England LG Arena 11,780 / 11,780 $865,531 29 January 2014 Paris France Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy 33,132 / 33,132 $2,351,239 31 January 2014 2 February 2014 Strasbourg Zénith de Strasbourg 12,025 / 12,025 $858,597 4 February 2014 Mannheim Germany SAP Arena 11,280 / 11,280 $1,012,272 6 February 2014 Bratislava Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Arena 10,149 / 10,149 $1,051,319 8 February 2014 Vienna Austria Wiener Stadthalle 13,645 / 13,645 $1,135,251 10 February 2014 Prague Czechia O2 Arena 18,033 / 18,033 $1,188,844 12 February 2014 Dresden Germany Messehallen Dresden 12,280 / 12,280 $1,088,710 14 February 2014 Zürich Switzerland Hallenstadion 24,436 / 24,436 $2,388,629 15 February 2014 18 February 2014 TurinItaly Torino Palasport Olimpico 11,697 / 11,697 $839,308 20 February 2014 Assago Mediolanum Forum 11,239 / 11,239 $859,476 22 February 2014 Casalecchio di Reno Unipol Arena 12,833 / 12,833 $981,579 24 February 2014 Łódź Poland Atlas Arena 15,764 / 15,764 $1,238,986 28 February 2014 Minsk Belarus Minsk-Arena 11,544 / 11,544 $1,120,699 2 March 2014 Riga Latvia Arena Riga 11,615 / 11,615 $838,208 4 March 2014 Saint Petersburg Russia SKK Peterburgsky 18,848 / 18,848 $1,884,045 7 March 2014 Moscow Olimpiyskiy 23,531 / 23,531 $2,685,552 Total 1,976,829 / 1,983,635 $148,037,231

Musicians

Depeche Mode Dave Gahan – lead vocals Martin Gore – guitar, synthesizers, lead and backing vocals Andy Fletcher – synthesizers

Additional musicians Peter Gordeno – synthesizers, samples, bass guitar, backing vocals Christian Eigner – drums, synthesizers

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