An Interview with Dave's Stage Partner

May 28, 2025

By: Purple

Imagine being able to be Dave's stage partner night after night...and not only that, but to also have him hold you close to him and croon tunes like "Stripped", "World In My Eyes", and "Enjoy The Silence" right in your ear all the while. Well, there are a select few who have been extremely lucky to have experienced this not just once in their lives, but many times. But why have we never heard of or from these lucky few before? Well, wonder no more, as we at DGD have finally managed to snag an interview with one of them, and an in-person one at that! So, sit tight while we sit down with them and get some exclusive insight into what it's like to perform with and be so close to Dave on stage.

I met up with our special guest in a cafe where they were brought to my table by their minder and carefully set down onto the chair across from me. Unfortunately, they are unable to walk on their own, having very short but spindly-looking legs that have been immobile and stiff since the day they were born. They appear extremely thin and slender and even while sitting down, I could tell that they are about my height or taller. Their face is gaunt-looking and so dark that I can't really see their eyes and their hair is black and shiny, though I can't tell if their hair is cut really short or if it is done up into a tight bun of sorts as it looks almost perfectly spherical. They also appear to be wearing what looks like a silver figure-hugging suit. They lean back against the chair appearing to be very relaxed and not looking at me, but perhaps up at the interesting patterns on the ceiling. I clear my throat and begin.

DGD: It's very nice to meet you! And I'm sorry, but I don't think I ever got your name. What is it?

Guest: I like to be called Mic. At least, that is what Dave used to call me.

DGD: Ah, yes, Dave...we will get into talking about him in a second. First off, I just wanted to get to know you. This is the first time anyone has ever heard from or about you! Can you tell us a little about yourself- where you grew up, and how you got into the music business?

Mic: To be honest, I am not sure exactly where I grew up but I remember sharing a space with others who were just like me. Some of my earliest memories were a group of us who used to take turns going into these very small rooms and in there, a man or woman would tell us stories or sing to us. They called these things "performances" or "rehearsals" and I just remember being an important part of them. I actually liked it when they performed songs for me. They would stand very close to me and I could hear and feel their breath. Some of the songs were soothing and they made me feel relaxed. I was happiest during these song performances and I think they could sense that, so what happened was that I was eventually signed up to be part of something very big- it was going to be a string of song performances by a very special singer.

DGD: Oh! Was that very special singer Dave Gahan, by any chance?

Mic: Yes it was.

DGD: Can you tell us about when you first met Dave, then? What happened?

Mic: Yeah, it really feels like only yesterday when I first met him. So, I remember being placed on top of this huge platform in a huge room. The room was so huge that I could not even see the ends of it. In front of me were many chairs- there were tens of them, maybe hundreds, and they were all empty. Right behind me was a drum kit which I had seen many times before though this was the biggest I had ever seen quite honestly, and there were other musical instruments and strange contraptions around me, too. I also noticed others who looked just like me and they were just standing by watching. But I was in the center of all of them it seemed.

On my first meeting with Dave, I had no idea what to expect. Somehow, I knew that I was there to be sung to by him, but I was not sure why we were in such a large place. I thought maybe it was because he was a really large man or something. I knew that he was a very important person because the others made it sound like he was. Eventually, I saw him saunter in, and I was taken by surprise not by how large he was, but actually by how similar to me he looked. He was about my same height and and had a slender figure. He even had shiny black hair like me. Someone pointed him to me, and then he walked right up to me on his own and began speaking to me. I was used to being spoken to in close proximity like he did just then, but what took me by surprise was how confidently and aggressively he took to me. His fingers were long and slender and fit around my neck perfectly and his grasp was not too gentle and not too hard. He seemed to know exactly how to handle me. I was also struck by the sound of his voice. His voice was deep and resonant; I heard it echo throughout the great room we were in and I even felt it vibrate within my bones. The whole experience felt very different to how I had been treated by many singers before him.

DGD: Thank you for that very detailed description of your first meeting! Wow...so, did you think that he was someone special even that early on?

Mic: Yes, I really believe so. When he started to sing to me, it only solidified my belief that he was someone truly special.

DGD: Ooh, so tell me more about that then.

Mic: As I said, his voice to me was unusual. It was very deep and seemed to carry so far that it reached the edges of the great room and bounced back. But his voice also awakened something within me. I cannot really explain it, but it was like I never wanted him to stop singing, you know? I do not even remember which song it was that he sang to me; I am sure that if you played it back for me that I would instantly recognize it, but I was just so tuned in to the sound of his voice and the feeling of my whole body vibrating to it. Also when he sang, he would hold tightly onto me with a desperation of sorts and put his hands all over me...not just on my neck but all along my delicate torso.

DGD: Oh, is that right? So, he got, um, quite handsy with you then?

Mic: Yes. I guess he was a very tactile and sensual person, so he would get quite handsy, at least with me.

DGD: So, tell us about your first big performance together then. What are your memories from that?

Mic: Oh, I will never forget it! It was on that same day when we first met. See, I thought that first time that he sang to me was our big performance. After all, it was such an uplifting and memorable experience that it had to be, right? But I was wrong! Once Dave was done and he left, I was just left standing there all by myself. I waited for someone to come pick me up and take me back home, but no one came. An hour went by and still no one came, so I started to feel scared. Had they forgotten about me? I wondered. Then after a while, I noticed the chairs in front of me started to fill up with people. The tens and hundreds of rows of chairs that stood empty before? Well, they started to become packed with people very quickly! I could not believe it. Many of them were watching me and the others behind me and that was when the real panic started to set in. Were each and every one of these people here to see me? And were each and every one of them going to come up onto the platform and speak to or sing to me or something??? Suddenly, I found myself wishing badly to see Dave again and have him sing to me and hold onto me. The man I had just barely met an hour before had suddenly become the center of my universe, strangely enough.

But I simply stood there and continued to wait a while longer. I had no choice but to suffer in silence. Soon, I was aware of the lights going dim and then I could no longer see anything. There was a loud noise in front of me and all around me that grew and grew and eventually became deafening. I could no longer think. And then...he appeared again.

DGD: Dave, you mean?

Mic: Yes, Dave...I actually heard him and felt him before I even saw him. There were lights shining on both of us but I did not realize that he had come into the room again. But I remember feeling those familiar long fingers firmly taking a hold of my neck and then instantly hearing the sound of his voice ring throughout my body. I even remember the first words that he sang- "I'm not sure what I'm looking for anymore."

DGD: Oh, that's "A Pain That I'm Used To!" So, this was during Touring the Angel then?

Mic: Yeah, I guess. It was not until much later that I had learned that this was part of a tour. I just remember feeling so many sensations at once and everything was so loud and moving so fast. Just like the name of the song, it was not what I was used to. But unlike the song, I realized that I was not feeling any pain at all. It was actually quite enjoyable!

DGD: Right. Please go on with your story then. What else do you remember from that first big night with Dave?

Mic: Like I said, I did not know quite what to expect at first, but in the end, I had so much fun! It really was the time of my life. In addition to being sung to for over an hour by that wonderful voice, Dave also danced with me the entire time. I remember also being picked up and waved around and being spun around him many times. It was hard for me to see him clearly, so I do not even remember what he looked like or what he was wearing, but I just remember hanging on for dear life as he danced around the platform with me in his arms, sometimes holding me out over the edge of it as far as his arms would extend and sometimes holding me very close to him. I remember especially enjoying myself when he would hold my neck with one hand and use the other to hold my waist and put his lips right up against me. His voice would soften just a tad and suddenly, I felt like all of the other sounds in the room no longer mattered. There was other music playing the whole time, of course, but I only cared about Dave's voice.

DGD: Oh, that is very sweet! So, I wanted to ask you something very personal, if you don't mind. When I watch Dave perform with you, I notice that he does get very...intimate with you, even to the point of being downright suggestive. I wanted to ask how moments like that made you feel?

Mic: Which moments are you referring to exactly?

DGD: Well, I mean, for instance, during "Policy of Truth" he kind of, pardon my forwardness, rubs his crotch against you.

Mic: Oh, he did not "kind of" do that, he did do it! And he has done it many times since!

DGD: And how did that make you feel?

Mic: I do not know if I can describe it...it was...beyond words.

DGD: Okay then...what about the moment during "World In My Eyes" when he slowly, um, runs his fingers along the lower part of your torso?

Mic: Well, let us just say that the first time he did that, I did not know what came over me. The song, by itself, sounded very sexy to me when I first heard it and I was really enjoying listening to him sing it to me. He must have gotten really into it because during it, he touched me in ways I had never been touched before by anyone. I am so glad that he was holding onto me with his other hand because I probably would have fainted right then and there.

DGD: Mic, you realize you are quite lucky, no? There are many fans out there who wish they could be in your shoes.

Mic: That actually sounds like another song that he liked to sing to me! But yes, from some of the things I have read from fans, I have come to realize that I am very lucky. Unfortunately, that tour was the very last time I saw Dave, though. It is a hard truth for those like me that we do not stay with the same person for very long and that is not something I have control over.

DGD: Do you miss him?

Mic: For a long time, I missed him very much and I wondered if he ever missed me or thought about me. But over time, I think it was our memories together that I missed the most. One funny memory I also have from that first performance was that I remember being so shaken when he let out a scream during one of his songs. He put his mouth right up against me and let out this bloodcurdling scream and I probably would have fallen over if it were not for him holding tightly onto me. But then he did that again and again and after many times I got very used to it because I could tell that he was happy and enjoying himself. Perhaps he enjoyed it just as much as I enjoyed being held and spun around by him, so I did not mind at all after a while. Dave always made sure that I had a really great time no matter what. He made me feel really special on that tour and I will never forget it.

DGD: That is awesome! And thank you for sharing that funny memory, too. Yes...such is life. Good things don't seem to last forever, it seems. At least you have those wonderful memories to cherish, though. But Mic, I just want to say "thank you" for sharing your stories! You have really been a wonderful guest. I wish you the best in the next phase of your life!

Mic: It is my pleasure.

Disclaimer: This article was written purely for fun and entertainment purposes. Sincere apologies if this offends anyone as that was not the intent.