On 7 March 1988, with no previous announcement that they would be the headlining act, Depeche Mode played in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle , East Berlin, becoming one of the few Western groups to perform in East Germany .
They also performed concerts in Budapest and Prague in 1988.
In 1988, Channel 4 began using “Don’t Get Mad…” as the music for the American Football programme, which ran over the next three years.
The band were first introduced to the acid house scene by McGee in 1988. They were at first sceptical; Gillespie said: “I always remember being quite fascinated by it but not quite getting it.” The band developed a taste for it and began attending raves. The band met up with…
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The band achieved UK Top 40 hits with ” Can U Dig It? ” and ” Wise Up! Sucker ” from their album This Is the Day…This Is the Hour…This Is This! In late 1988, PWEI were invited by Rush Management to support Run-DMC on their European tour. Main support…
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The debut single, “A Sheltered Life”, was released later in 1988 on the Big Cat label ,
Buck-Tick had become popular enough that they could only play at large halls now. They missed small live houses, so they organized a secret gig under the false name “Bluck-Tlick” at Shinjuku Loft on January 24, 1988. The alias was taken from a shōjo manga that was based on themselves,…
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In December 1987, the band released a further single, ” Touched by the Hand of God “, with a Kathryn Bigelow -directed video parodying glam-metal . The song was one of four new tracks recorded for the American comedy film Salvation! , and reached number 20 on the UK Singles…
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The Music for the Masses Tour began on 22 October 1987.
Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine were formed on 6 August 1987 when Carter and Morrison were the only band members to turn up for a charity gig at the London Astoria , and went on stage to perform as a duo with backing tapes.