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Last night my good friend Josh and I made our way to the famed Hollywood Bowl to see Depeche Mode live in concert on their second LA date on their Tour of the Universe. When tix went on sale for this tour earlier this year, I mistakenly thought the show here in LA would take place while David and I were to be in London, England (you may recall, he and I were planning to attend Michael Jackson‘s This Is It Tour at the O2 Arena for David’s birthday) but by the time I realized my mistake (and after our London trip got canceled for obvs reasons) all the tix for the DM shows here in LA were sold out … or so I thought. A few tix were released over the weekend and I managed to get two great center seats for the show:

I love seeing shows at the Hollywood Bowl and I’m so glad Josh is a big DM fan like I am. He picked me up with his convertible top down and the DM blaring, we had a blast. After the jump, check out some of the photos I snapped at the show last night and check out the full setlist …

In Chains
Wrong
Hole To Feed
Walking In My Shoes
It’s No Good
A Question Of Time
Precious
Fly On The Windscreen
Little Soul
A Question Of Lust
Miles Away / The Truth Is
Policy Of Truth
In Your Room
I Feel You
Enjoy The Silence
Never Let Me Down Again

Personal Jesus
Waiting For The Night (Bare Version)

To be honest, I cannot believe last night was my first Depeche Mode concert … in all the many years I’ve been a fan, I’ve never been able to see them in concert. Let me tell you, they sounded great. Dave Gahan and Martin Gore both sound as amazing as ever (tho, as usual, Martin was the more weepy one). The show was full of hits but offered a lot of the really great new stuff, too. I am SO happy that I got to see them. The show was just … awesome. If you get the chance to catch them live, I highly recommend you check them out. Just … awesome.

Tonight, I’m heading out for a quick dinner with Mike before heading off to meeting #2 of The Turtle Party: Book Club. I’m also doing laundry and I’ve started packing for my upcoming trip to NYC. So much going on but happy, happy days.