Q magazine described the 1993 Devotional Tour as “The Most Debauched Rock ‘n’ Roll Tour Ever”. According to The Independent , the “smack-blasted” Gahan “required cortisone shots just to perform, borderline alcoholic Gore suffered two stress-induced seizures, and Andrew Fletcher’s deepening depression resulted, in the summer of 1994, in a full nervous breakdown.” During the performance in New Orleans , Louisiana , Gahan suffered a heart attack brought on by drug use and had to be ushered out of the Lakefront Arena in an ambulance. In Denver , Colorado , local police arrested Gore and fined him $50 for disturbing the peace when he held a loud party in his hotel room. Fletcher declined to participate in the second half of the Exotic Tour due to mental instability; he was replaced on stage by Daryl Bamonte , who had worked with the band as a personal assistant since the beginning of their career in 1980.
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