On Friday (July 7th) Depeche Mode will play the first of two concerts in Berlin’s Olympiastadion. Due to popular demand, there will be an additional concert two days later (July 9th) where Depeche Mode will be on stage at the Stadion am Olympiapark – and fans will have the opportunity to see Dave Gahan and the rest of the band live.
As part of their current “Memento Mori” tour, Depeche Mode have performed in numerous stadiums in recent weeks, such as in the Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena, Olympiastadion in Munich. and in Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park. The concerts in Berlin will also take place in the open air.
The French singer-songwriter Jehnny Beth can be seen in the opening act on Friday (7 July). On Sunday (July 9th) Depeche Mode will support the British trip-hop band Hælos from London in the opening act. They each begin at 7:00 p.m.
setlist
- Speak to Me (Outro)
- My Cosmos Is Mine
- Wagging Tongue
- Walking in My Shoes
- It’s no good
- sister of night
- In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)
- Everything Counts
- Precious
- Speak to Me / My Favorite Stranger
- A Question of Lust / Home
- Soul With Me (Acoustic)
- Ghosts Again
- I feel you”
- A Pain That I’m Used To (Jacques Lu Cont Remix)
- World in My Eyes (for Andrew Fletcher)
- wrong
- stripped
- John the Revelator
- Enjoy the silence
encore
- Waiting for the Night (Acoustic) / Condemnation (Acoustic)
- Just Can’t Get Enough
- Never Let Me Down Again
- Personal Jesus
tickets
Last tickets for concert on Friday (July 7th) are over ticketmaster available. These are mostly resale tickets, ie tickets that are resold by fans to fans. Therefore, the ticket prices can vary greatly and deviate from the original price. If you want to be in the front row, for example, you have to shell out 287.50 euros. Tickets for normal standing room inside cost between 161.28 euros and 116.15 euros. Tickets for grandstand seats are traded up to 401.35 euros.
For the concert on Sunday (July 9th) there is the possibility to Eventim to get so-called FanSale tickets. These are also tickets that are passed on to fans by private sellers. Ticket prices here start at EUR 98.90. At ticketmaster you can still get tickets at the original price. There you pay 135.50 euros for standing room. The other official ticket prices vary between 118.25 and 174.00 euros.
arrival
Olympic Stadium
Olympic place 3
14053 Berlin
On this concert weekend, the Loveparade successor “Rave the Planet” will be held in Berlin. As there will be numerous road closures across the city, concertgoers are advised to leave their cars at home and use public transport instead.
Subway
Concert-goers can take the U2 underground line to the Olympiastadion underground station. From there it is only a short walk to the stadium (East Gate entrance: 500 m, South Gate entrance: 870 m). The average journey time is 14 minutes from the Zoological Garden, 24 minutes from Potsdamer Platz and 34 minutes from the Alexanderplatz S-Bahn.
Train
The S-Bahn line S5 takes you to the S-Bahn station Olympiastadion. From there it is only a few minutes’ walk to the stadium (South Gate entrance via the Flatowallee exit: 200 m, East Gate entrance via the Trakehner Allee exit: 250 m). The average journey time is 7 minutes from Spandau train station, 14 minutes from the Zoological Garden, 22 minutes from Friedrichstrasse and 26 minutes from Alexanderplatz.
bus
Concert-goers can take bus lines M49 and 218 to the Flatowallee stop. This is within walking distance to the Olympic Stadium. The 104 bus takes you to the Neu-Westend underground station. From there you can either go directly to the stadium or take the U12 underground line one more stop to the Olympiastadion station.
Weather
The weather will be pleasantly warm on Friday 7th July with summer temperatures of 25 degrees Celsius and cloudless skies. From 10 p.m. it cools down to about 20 degrees. Rain is not to be expected on this Friday concert. Even at night it will be clear and stay dry.
On Sunday, July 9th, it will be even hotter in Berlin, but cloudy. Temperatures will stay around 29 degrees Celsius until evening. During the night they fall to almost 23 degrees. The sky will remain slightly cloudy throughout the night. The chance of rain is currently zero percent.