Depeche Mode EAST BERLIN DOCUMENTARY

Depeche Mode EAST BERLIN documentary about their visit in 1988. From 6 February to 13 March the second European leg of the MassesTour took place, comprising 25 concerts. In this period the legendary gig in EastBerlin also took place, on 7 March. DM had played some gigs in the Eastern Bloc before mainly in Hungary but they had never had the chance to play in East Germany. Fletch: We really wanted to play in EastBerlin, but we never were allowed to. And one day it finally worked We knew we had a massive fanbase in East Germany: from letters, from friends in WestBerlin, from the media. We were told we were bigger there than the Beatles. Later we were told that we were used as some kind of propaganda. We heard that normal fans had no real chance to get a ticket. We didn t know this, we just were keen to play in EastBerlin. Today I would say it would have been better not have to played that gig. Nevertheless, it was a great gig but it was also frustrating. Fans met somewhere but couldn t come close