Depeche Mode lead vocalist Dave Gahan performs on stage at SAP Center in San Jose, Calif., on Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group)
It had been more than five years since Depeche Mode last performed in the Bay Area.
And judging by the sizable pre-show buzz going on inside the SAP Center in San Jose on Saturday (March 25), fans may just have been counting down the days since the English electronic act had rolled through the same venue — as well as Oakland Arena — with its blockbuster Global Spirit Tour in October 2017.
Fans were absolutely buzzing