Depeche Mode and Young Fathers - Memento Mori Tour - Chase Center - San Francisco - Dec. 3, 2023

On December 3, I drove to San Francisco with Joe the Plumber to watch Depeche Mode. I was apprehensive about the parking situation there, and finding our way, but everything worked out OK. It was helpful that it was a Sunday evening, and there were few competing events to put pressure on the parking situation. 

Chase Center is a pretty venue! 

Joe is such a classic rock guy. He had never heard of Depeche Mode. even though they've been in full public view since 1980. Ah well. 

Joe and I both liked Young Fathers, the opening act. Joe liked Depeche Mode's first four songs, but then they went in a different direction. I thought the first four songs were weird, and then things got better. 

The tickets courtesy of Eleanor McAuliffe.  Here's the view from the our seats, up in the nosebleed section near the ceiling.

   

I danced several songs on the (very steep) steps. As I did so, others were dancing around me. I want to show some of the people dancing around me.

 

The opening band was Young Fathers. I hadn't heard of them before, but they are quite interesting. From Edinburgh, Scotland:

   

 Here is the entire Depeche Mode portion of the San Francisco concert: