Depeche Mode at the Hollywood Bowl

I’m a huge Depeche Mode fan and anytime they make it to the Los Angeles/Orange County area, I’m bound to make it to at least one of the shows. This time around, I was lucky enough to make it to the Hollywood Bowl show last night (August 17th, 2009). My wife and I went with one of my cousins and we had seats 37, 39, and 41 in section J2.

I’ve never been to the Hollywood Bowl so this was a completely new experience. First things first, I think the traffic control was absolutely terrible. The parking situation at the Bowl is also terrible. They use stacked parking which I think is one of the worst ways to handle parking. Basically at the end of the show we were stuck in the parking lot for literally an hour.

What I did like about the Bowl is the outdoor setting. It was refreshing to be in an open-air venue, especially with all the pot smoke that was floating around. Also, I felt that the acoustics were better than the Staples Center or the Honda Center (compared to previous DM concerts at these venues).
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