Depeche Mode might not be as big as bands such as U2 or Coldplay, but its fan base is dedicated. “They wear black clothing,” Shah-Tayler begins. “They are interested in various things.

That Depeche Mode would still be on the road in 2023 ... jacket he slipped off after two songs to reveal a vest with no shirt beneath it, Gahan had a Michael Imperioli-in-“The White Lotus ...

the band inserted the bridge to Linkin Park’s “A Place For My Head” in the middle of a Depeche Mode song and screamed at the bowling-shirt-clad boomers until they were white in the face.

Having ditched his shirt in favor of wearing just a vest over his torso, Gahan returned for a crisp “Ghosts Again,” the classic Depeche Mode-sounding lead single from “Memento Mori.” ...

Depeche Mode’s concert Sunday night was for diehard ... your favorite band in your 40s and 50s and wear a cool concert T-shirt when you’re a grandfather – both good things.