DAVE GAHAN & SOULSAVERS
London Coliseum, December 5
Gahan inhabits each song with yearning intensity and a splash of black humour
HOW many times do you have to sing someone else’s song before you can call it your own? There’s no right answer, of course. But if the hat fits, keep it on and style it out. Dave Gahan has been performing Martin Gore’s material for 40 years in Depeche Mode and it’s only now, with, his latest collaboration with Rich Machin’s gloom-rock troupe Soulsavers, that he admits to sometimes feeling like a fraud or an actor playing a role – particularly when compared to the greats he admires, the crooners and chameleons such as David Bowie, Frank Sinatra and Johnny Cash.
