Depeche Mode: «Тур «Жаңа Ереуіл»»

2005–06 concert tour by Depeche Mode

Touring the Angel was a 2005–06 concert tour by English electronic group Depeche Mode in support of the act's 11th studio album, Playing the Angel, which was released in October 2005. The tour, which was officially announced in June 2005 in Düsseldorf, Germany, kicked off in October with a warm up show in New York City called "Starting the Angel". It encompassed two continents, Europe and North America, with two legs between each. The concerts held in Assago, near Milan, Italy were filmed and later released on a DVD release entitled Touring the Angel: Live in Milan.

The stage set, which was designed by Anton Corbijn, was elaborate compared to previous Depeche Mode tours. It consisted of specially constructed pods to contain the act's MIDI controllers. Hidden screens at the rear of the stage, which displayed distorted images of the band members and movies related to the song being performed, were unveiled midway during the group's performance. These screens were accompanied by a large grey ball shaped prop on the left of the stage, which contained an additional screen as well as a LED display which emitted various messages. The tour began in late October 2005 with a special rehearsal show in New York City, dubbed "Starting the Angel". The date was exclusive to invited guests, most of whom won access through radio station and internet contests. The first full fledged show was in Tampa, Florida in early November, kicking off a six week North American leg. The tour was supposed to begin in Sunrise, Florida, but that date was cancelled due to the after effects of Hurricane Wilma, which had spread across southern Florida a week prior to the show. The first leg ultimately concluded mid December at the annual Almost Acoustic Christmas show, organised by radio station KROQ, in Universal City, California. The unique performance saw the band play a selection of songs in a stripped down acoustic set. In January 2006, the group kicked off an extensive tour of Europe, beginning in Dresden, Germany. The leg lasted twelve weeks and included multiple shows in a number of cities. It also saw the addition of "Leave in Silence" in the group's setlists, which had not been performed live since the Black Celebration Tour in 1986. The tour eventually finished in early April with two dates in London; the band were the first act to perform in the newly refurbished Wembley Arena. In April 2006, the group returned to North America for a second round of shows, taking place in a mixture of indoor and outdoor venues. The leg began in Mountain View, California, followed by an appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California. In May 2006, the tour was slightly disrupted when lead singer Dave Gahan developed laryngitis during the group's performance at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, Missouri. Six tracks into the concert, Gahan left the stage for Martin Gore to begin his solo set performance, which was promptly extended by four additional songs until Gahan's condition was clarified. The show was officially cut and the concert to be held the following night in Chicago was cancelled. A press release regarding the cancellations stated that Gahan's voice was "challenged throughout the concert by the unusually cold temperatures at the venue" as well as a result of "coming off three concerts in Mexico." No make up date was announced to compensate for the axed performance in Kansas City. The tour resumed in Wantagh, New York and concluded later in the month in Bristow, Virginia. In June 2006, the group began a second leg in Europe. All shows, apart from one in Dublin, were held outdoors. A number of dates were festival appearances, from the Heineken Jammin' Festival in Italy to the Benicàssim Festival in Spain. The leg kicked off in Nuremberg, Germany at the Rock im Park Festival. Two dates on this leg were cancelled. A show to be held in Lisbon was pulled after it was claimed that the organisation promoting the shows had failed to pay suppliers' bills. Another date, to be held in Tel Aviv, Israel, was cancelled due to the Second Lebanon War. It was stated that the group's technical support team refused to travel to the region, citing "security fears". The show was to be their first ever in Israel, as well as the sole Asian performance and final date of the entire tour. The trek instead culminated in Athens at Terra Vibe Park in early August, after nine months and 124 shows. In total, the band played to more than 2.8 million people across 32 countries. The group eventually performed in Israel on Tour of the Universe in 2009. Speaking about the tour, Gahan praised it as "probably the most enjoyable, rewarding live show we've ever done. The new material was just waiting to be played live. It took on a life of its own. With the energy of the crowds, it just came to life." Audio recordings of concerts on Touring the Angel were made available through the band's website on double CD format or as a digital download under the generic name Recording the Angel. All dates on the second legs of North America and Europe, excluding the shows in Kansas City, Kristiansand and Benicàssim, were released. In September 2006, a live DVD of the group's concerts at the Fila Forum in Milan, Italy was released, entitled Touring the Angel: Live in Milan. The video was filmed and directed by Blue Leach.

+ List of concerts, showing date, city, country, and venueDateCityCountryVenue/EventNorth America28 October 2005New York City United StatesBowery Ballroom3 November 2005TampaSt. Pete Times Forum5 November 2005DuluthArena at Gwinnett Center7 November 2005HoustonToyota Center8 November 2005DallasAmerican Airlines Center9 November 2005San AntonioSBC Center11 November 2005DenverMagness Arena12 November 2005West Valley CityThe E Center15 November 2005VancouverCanadaGeneral Motors Place16 November 2005SeattleUnited StatesKeyArena18 November 2005San JoseHP Pavilion19 November 2005San DiegoiPayOne Center21 November 2005Los AngelesStaples Center22 November 200523 November 2005AnaheimArrowhead Pond25 November 2005GlendaleGlendale Arena26 November 2005Las VegasThe Joint29 November 2005RosemontAllstate Arena30 November 2005Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn Hills1 December 2005TorontoCanadaAir Canada Centre3 December 2005Atlantic CityUnited StatesBorgata Event Center4 December 2005MontrealCanadaCentre Bell7 December 2005New York CityUnited StatesMadison Square Garden8 December 20059 December 2005FairfaxPatriot Center11 December 2005Universal CityGibson Amphitheatre (KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas)Europe13 January 2006DresdenGermanyMessehalle15 January 2006HamburgColor Line Arena16 January 200618 January 2006BerlinVelodrom20 January 2006DüsseldorfLTU Arena21 January 200623 January 2006PragueCzech RepublicSazka Arena24 January 2006ErfurtGermanyMessehalle26 January 2006FrankfurtFesthalle Frankfurt29 January 2006AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis31 January 2006GenevaSwitzerlandSEG Geneva Arena1 February 2006MarseilleFranceLe Dôme de Marseille3 February 2006ToulouseLe Zénith4 February 2006LyonHalle Tony Garnier6 February 2006MadridSpainPalacio de Deportes7 February 20068 February 2006LisbonPortugalPavilhão Atlântico10 February 2006BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant Jordi11 February 200614 February 2006MunichGermanyOlympiahalle15 February 200616 February 2006ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle18 February 2006AssagoItalyFila Forum19 February 200621 February 2006ParisFrancePalais Omnisports Bercy22 February 200623 February 200625 February 2006CopenhagenDenmarkParken Stadium26 February 2006GothenburgSwedenScandinavium28 February 2006OsloNorwayOslo Spektrum1 March 2006StockholmSwedenGlobe Arena3 March 2006Saint PetersburgRussiaCKK Arena4 March 2006MoscowLuzhniki Palace of Sports6 March 2006HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Arena9 March 2006StuttgartGermanyHanns Martin Schleyer Halle10 March 2006FriedrichshafenMessehalle11 March 2006MannheimSAP Arena13 March 2006GrazAustriaMessehalle14 March 2006KatowicePolandSpodek16 March 2006TallinnEstoniaSaku Suurhall Arena17 March 2006RigaLatviaArena Riga18 March 2006VilniusLithuaniaSiemens Arena21 March 2006BudapestHungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena22 March 2006ZagrebCroatiaDom Sportova24 March 2006AmnévilleFranceLe Galaxie25 March 2006DouaiGayant Expo26 March 2006RotterdamNetherlandsRotterdam Ahoy28 March 2006ZürichSwitzerlandHallenstadion30 March 2006ManchesterEnglandManchester Evening News Arena31 March 2006BirminghamNational Exhibition Centre2 April 2006LondonWembley Arena3 April 2006North America27 April 2006Mountain ViewUnited StatesShoreline Amphitheatre29 April 2006IndioEmpire Polo Club (Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival)30 April 2006Las VegasTheatre Under The Stars4 May 2006Mexico CityMexicoForo Sol5 May 20067 May 2006MonterreyMonterrey Arena10 May 2006Kansas CityUnited StatesStarlight Theatre13 May 2006WantaghJones Beach Amphitheater14 May 2006HolmdelPNC Bank Arts Center17 May 2006MontrealCanadaCentre Bell18 May 2006TorontoAir Canada Centre20 May 2006Atlantic CityUnited StatesBorgata Event Center21 May 2006BristowNissan PavilionEurope2 June 2006NurembergGermanyLuitpoldarena (Rock im Park)4 June 2006NürburgNürburgring (Rock am Ring)5 June 2006BremenWeserstadion7 June 2006AarhusDenmarkNRGi Park9 June 2006WarsawPolandStadion Legii11 June 2006BratislavaSlovakiaInter Štadión12 June 2006BudapestHungaryFerenc Puskás Stadium14 June 2006LjubljanaSloveniaBežigrad Stadium16 June 2006ImolaItalyAutodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari (Heineken Jammin' Festival)17 June 2006InterlakenSwitzerlandGreenfield Festival21 June 2006SofiaBulgariaLokomotiv Stadium23 June 2006BucharestRomaniaStadionul Național25 June 2006LondonEnglandHyde Park (O2 Wireless Festival)26 June 2006DublinIrelandPoint Theatre28 June 2006BerlinGermanyWaldbühne29 June 2006ArrasFranceGrand Place d'Arras (Main Square Festival)1 July 2006BelfortSite Naturel du Malsaucy (Eurockéennes)2 July 2006WerchterBelgiumFestivalpark (Rock Werchter)6 July 2006KristiansandNorwayQuart Festival7 July 2006StockholmSwedenStockholm Olympic Stadium10 July 2006LocarnoSwitzerlandPiazza Grande (Moon and Stars)12 July 2006BerlinGermanyWaldbühne13 July 200615 July 2006LeipzigFestwiese17 July 2006RomeItalyStadio Olimpico19 July 2006NyonSwitzerlandPaléo Festival20 July 2006NîmesFranceArena of Nîmes22 July 2006San SebastiánSpainAnoeta Stadium23 July 2006BenicàssimFestival Internacional de Benicàssim25 July 2006TorreviejaParque Antonio Soria26 July 2006GranadaPlaza de Toros30 July 2006IstanbulTurkeyTurkcell Kuruçeşme Arena1 August 2006AthensGreeceTerra Vibe Park