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Spotnick wrote: But I did get your point... maybe it has to due with the Berlin wall being broken when Depeche Mode was on top of the charts with Violator, so it was one of their first contact with pop culture outside of communism.. I have no idea!
I am no "I know everything about Depeche Mode" man, but I think they played behind the wall a few years before it fell.
LE Roberts wrote:
i remember on the 101 tour, DM sold out the rose bowl.
Good call, Wood. I remember hearing somewhere that there were 77,000 there on that June evening. Hell, maybe somebody on here was there.
I was there and it was an amazing day. It was Thomas Dolby & OMD supporting. Don't remember Dolby's set, however OMD's was so good I was thinking they may over-shadow DM's performance. Fortunately, it didn't happen! DM's set was awesome. I even made it into a background scene of 101. 
68Pontiac wrote:
AgentWood wrote:
Time for Shed wrote:
i remember on the 101 tour, DM sold out the rose bowl. the rose bowl. (for europeans, the rose bowl has approximately the same capacity as the nou camp). i think they've played at the sun devil stadium in tempe (home to the arizona state university football team) a few times (capacity: over 73,000).
And what is your point Christy ?
you left out the last sentence of my post...which is the crux of my argument, mike.
read my earlier post. if the theory is that DM and the cure are huge in places that are dreary and industrial, why, in america, are they the most popular in the sunniest 'vacation spots,' and can sell out these enormous college football stadiums there rather than in the northeast or the rust belt which are more similar in look and feel to eastern europe?
True Wood, but there is a huge reason why the Hollywood Bowl could sell that many. During that time two radio stations were the Mecca of the American New Wave / punk / alternative / goth music. KROQ in Los Angelos and 91X in Baja California.
91X was important, since they are a pirate radio station. Since they are in Mexico they weren't restricted to US broadcasting rules; so they played any song they wanted to, and they could boost their signal so high I've been told it even reached parts of Arizona. It caused for a wide acceptance of new artists as the listener listened to more than their singles, and wasn't beat over the head with overplay of songs.
KROQ was important, because they set up alot of the big concerts (101 rose bowl included), and alot of the "multi-artists" venues. Such examples are Lalapalooza, Accustic Christmas, Cochella.
So I agree that the darker areas have more fans because of enviroment, California is different because of the radio stations around.
JHC
Two corrections:
* 91X's transmitter is located in Baja, however they are not a pirate station.
* KROQ was responsible for Acoustic Xmas, but not Coachella or Lalapalooza.
