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Depeche Mode completed the late-night trifecta Friday as the band appeared on The Tonight Show to perform their Memento Mori track “Wagging Tongue.”

Since announcing their latest album just over a year ago, Depeche Mode first played then-new single “Ghosts Again” on The Late Show in February, and then played that song again on Jimmy Kimmel Live in March. On Friday, a night before their Madison Square Garden gig in New York, Depeche Mode finished out the 11 p.m.-hour circuit with a visit to Jimmy Fallon’s show.

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Priscilla Presley’s honesty regarding her life with Elvis Presley in her biography titled Elvis and Me stunned longtime fans of the King of Rock and Roll. The 1985 book depicted Priscilla’s life with the entertainer with candor and grace. It also inspired its readers to interpret Priscilla’s message in their way, including the members of a wildly popular Synthpop band, who based one of their biggest hits off the book’s contents.

Which band interpreted Priscilla Presley’s words into a hit 1989 song?

The band Depeche Mode found lots of inspiration in Priscilla Presley’s words within the pages of Elvis and Me so much so that Martin Gore wrote the song “Personal Jesus” about his interpretation of Priscilla and Elvis’ relationship.

Depeche Mode member Dave Ganan shared his thoughts regarding the inspiration behind the song with Entertainment Weekly: “I do think that particular phrase was inspired by something Martin read in [Priscilla’s] book,...

Depeche Mode have tapped a series of artists to remix their recent song “Wagging Tongue,” including British group Wet Leg. On the remix, the Isle of Wight duo, Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers, create a swirling atmosphere and lend their vocals to the track, which originally appeared on the band’s 15th full-length LP, Memento Mori.

Other artists who have remixed “Wagging Tongue” include Daniel Avery, Kid Moxie, Hawtin Gieser, and Gabe Gurnsey. The band has dubbed the release of the new songs the Wagging Tongue Remixes.

Depeche Mode released Memento Mori in March.

Depeche Mode, the post-synth-pop group that made sensual broodiness a part of the mainstream, have returned with a new album titled Memento Mori. You can stream it below.

Memento Mori, their first album in five years, is also their official return after the loss of founding member Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher in 2022. Their 15th record and much like many others of the last few years, Memento Mori is rooted in the unexpectedly free time the pandemic granted. The loneliness it bred thematically strings the tracks together, along with some more characteristically defining tropes of the group, like the binary between depuration and delight, and delusive devotion. Production by James Ford and Marta Salogni was key in communicating such rich yet glum atmospheres.

In an interview with Zane Lowe from Apple Music 1, Dave Gahan touched on how minimalism was a part of the group’s approach to the new album. “Some of...

As Depeche Mode ready themselves for a North American tour in support of their new album, Memento Mori (out Friday), they stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform the album’s lead single, “Ghosts Again.” Martin Gore played the song’s melancholy melody on a hollow body guitar until singer Dave Gahan, dressed in a sparkly blazer and with glitter around his eyes, started crooning the song’s lyrics all leading up to the chorus, “We’ll be ghosts again.” Drummer Christian Eigner gave some added swing to the song’s rhythm,...

Depeche Mode have always danced with death. Listen to, say, 1990’s “Enjoy the Silence” and you’ll detect a dark, simmering nihilism eager to remind us that we all die eventually. Even their most lustful tracks are accompanied by an urgency that borders on frantic, as though time might run out before the chance for one last bonk.

Memento Mori, the band’s 15th album, is unique because the inevitable has, in fact, happened – only much sooner than anyone could have predicted. The sudden death of keyboardist Andrew Fletcher, aged 60, last year means the band are now a duo. Dave Gahan and Martin Gore have been left to process the stark reality of what has always captivated their music.

The grief on the record is deeply felt, but perhaps more striking is its sense of resolve. “Soul With Me” is a magnificent ode to ageing: “I see the beauty/ As...

In “Ghosts Again,” one of many introspective moments on Depeche Mode’s 15th full-length, Memento Mori, Dave Gahan croons, “Time is fleeting.” This is not a new revelation, but the tranquility in his voice feels fresh. More than four decades have passed since the group formed as a quartet of mostly teens eager to immerse themselves in the nascent synth-pop culture with party anthems like “Just Can’t Get Enough.” Now, with only Gahan and Martin Gore left in the lineup following the death last year of keyboardist Andy “Fletch” Fletcher,...

Depeche Mode, the pioneering ‘80s U.K. technopop band, has long had a strong following in Los Angeles — thanks to their exposure on local alternative stalwart Kroq — and now they’re proving a favorite of film and TV creative executives.

The group, consisting of co-founders Martin Gore and vocalist Dave Gahan after the death of keyboardist Andrew Fletcher in May 2022, is on a roll following its 2020 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, where they were introduced by Charlize Theron, who called them “the soundtrack of my life.”

Depeche Mode’s new Mute/Columbia Records album, “Memento Mori,” comes out March 24, their first since 2017’s “Spirit” and 15th overall, which will be followed by a year-long tour that launches March 23 in Sacramento and includes a show at L.A.’s Kia Forum on March 28 and four concluding area shows in December, two apiece at Kia and Crypto.com Arena.

A month before Depeche Mode release their new album Memento Mori, the Rock Hall-inducted now-duo stopped by The Late Show Thursday to perform the LP’s first single and one of the band’s classics.

In the episode, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore showcased their new song “Ghosts Again,” the first offering from Memento Mori. Then, as a web exclusive, Depeche Mode whipped out “Personal Jesus” for the Ed Sullivan Theater audience.

Memento Mori — Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album, their first since 2017’s Spirit and their first as a...

Depeche Mode served as the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night. The new wave icons performed their latest single “Ghosts Again,” a cut from their upcoming album, Memento Mori.

“Ghosts Again” carries an especially heavy weight considering it’s been only a year and a half since the passing of Depeche Mode’s founding keyboardist Andy Fletcher in June 2022. Although the band will never be the same without him, their appearance on Colbert serves as a fitting tribute that proves remaining members Dave Gahan and Martin Gore have no intention of stopping anytime soon.

Additionally, Depeche Mode also performed their classic song “Personal Jesus” for the Colbert audience, which they’ve now shared as a web exclusive. Watch them perform both songs below.

Memento Mori is out March 24th. It marks Depeche Mode’s 15th album overall, and it’s also one of Consequence...

Depeche Mode performed their new single “Ghosts Again” live for the first time during an appearance at the SanRemo Song Festival in Italy this weekend.

The appearance marked Depeche Mode’s first live performance in nearly five years. It also marked the first time Dave Gahan and Martin Gore shared the stage since the passing of founding member Andy Fletcher in June 2022.

In addition to “Ghosts Again,” Depeche Mode played their classic song “Personal Jesus.” Replay both performances below.

“Ghosts Again” appears on Memento Mori, Depeche Mode’s upcoming 15th album and one of the most anticipated releases of 2023. The album is due out on March 24th. In support of its release, the band will embark on a lengthy world tour (grab tickets here).

Depeche Mode Perform New Single “Ghosts Again” Live for the First Time: Watch

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Over four months after Depeche Mode announced the impending arrival of their new album Memento Mori, the Rock Hall-inducted band have finally shared the LP’s first single “Ghosts Again.”

The now-duo (following the death of Andy Fletcher) paired the synth-rock track with a video directed by longtime collaborator Anton Corbijn, who also photographed the Memento Mori album cover; Corbijn has helmed over 20 Depeche Mode videos over the past 35 years, including the visuals for “Policy of Truth,” “I Feel You” and “Never Let Me Down Again.”

“To me, ‘Ghosts Again...

For the win! ‘The Last of Us,’ a big bet for HBO from creators Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) and Israeli-American Neil Druckman, drew fantastic numbers with its debut episode on Sunday night. If the name Neil Druckman is new to you, he’s not exactly a newcomer: he’s one of the most successful video game developers out there, and, indeed, this new series starring Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, and Anna Torv is adapted from the blockbuster game of the same name. (Is this the first true television hit to emerge from the world of joysticks and consoles? How quickly we forget “Q*bert”!)

“The Last of Us” secured an audience of 4.7 million viewers across HBO’s linear network and the HBO Max streaming option, according to the network. This is the second-biggest debut in the last 13 years for the premium network, behind “House of the Dragon,” which, being a prequel...

Depeche Mode has announced new tour dates to coincide with the release of their upcoming album Memento Mori which was announced in October and will release in March of 2023. This will be the first Depeche Mode album to not include Andy Fletcher, who passed away this past Spring.

Martin Gore and Dave Gahan, the remaining bandmembers, began recording this project before the pandemic, but “After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue it as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted,” Gore told Live Nation Entertainment.

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You can buy tickets for the Memento Mori Tour here. The tour begins in Sacramento, California and ends all the way in Oslo, Norway.

Depeche Mode Memento Mori Tour 2023 Dates

March 23, 2023 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center

March 25 – San Jose, CA – Sap Center

March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum

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Depeche Mode’s frontman Dave Gahan has reflected on his relationship with keyboard player, Andy Fletcher following his death.

The musician and band’s founding member died of an aortic dissection aged 60 in May.

Earlier this week, Depeche Mode announced news of their new album and their first live dates in five years.

Speaking to NME, Gahan admitted that the death of his bandmate was “the last thing we expected to happen”.

"I will forever wish I’d been a little bit kinder to Fletch as I go forward,” said Gahan reflecting on their relationship. “I will try to remember that with people I meet in the future too. I was always a bit of a d*** with him, he was always a bit of a d*** with me too.”

“That was the relationship we had. That’s what was good about him. He would also be the first person...

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Founded by a quartet of synth-loving schoolmates from Essex, England, in 1980, Depeche Mode ascended to rock stardom with their boundary-pushing music.

Forty-two years later, founding members Martin Gore and Dave Gahan are about to embark on yet another sonic adventure with the release of their 15th studio album, Memento Mori, and a world tour that kicks off March 3. They will play a number of arenas in North America (including L.A.’s Kia Forum on March 28) before heading to Europe, where they will headline a series of stadium shows.

Tragically, one of their founding members will not be along for the ride: Andy Fletcher died unexpectedly earlier this year. That the new album, titled well before Fletcher’s passing, is named for a Latin phrase about “the inevitability of death” adds unintended significance to the project.

Gore, 61, opened up to The Hollywood Reporter...

Depeche Mode have announced their first live dates in five years.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees announced the news on Tuesday (4 October) while in Berlin, and also announced a new album.

The Memento Mori Tour will support the forthcoming 15th studio record, titled Memento Mori, due out next spring.

This will be the band’s first tour since the death of founding member and keyboard player Andy Fletcher.

“Fletch would have loved this album,” said lead-singer Dave Gahan while speaking about Memento Mori.

“We’re really looking forward to sharing it with you soon, and we can’t wait to present it to you live at the shows next year.”

“We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time,” added the band’s guitarist and keyboardist Martin Gore.

“After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we...

During the peak of the pandemic, Depeche Mode’s members found themselves simultaneously making sense of Covid’s widespread loss while trying to appreciate life in the moment. Those two themes kept popping up when frontman Dave Gahan and singer and multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore were writing lyrics for what would become their 15th album. They embraced this idea by calling the album Memento Mori.

“The direct translation [for ‘memento mori’] is, ‘Remember that you must die,'” Gahan says via phone from Berlin, a few days before the band’s Tuesday press conference announcing Memento Mori.

Update, with cause of death Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, keyboard player and founding member of the British band Depeche Mode, died after suffering an aortic dissection while at home on May 26, the band said in a statement on Instagram today.

The cause of death was disclosed by the band at the request of Fletcher’s family, according to the post.

“So, even though it was far, far too soon, he passed naturally and without prolonged suffering,” the band said.

Here is the full statement from band members Dave Gahan and Martin Gore:

We wanted to take a moment and acknowledge the outpouring of love for Andy that we’ve seen from all of you over the last few weeks. It’s incredible to see all of your photos, to read your words, and to see how much Andy meant to all of you. As you can imagine, it’s been a strange,...

Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy “Fletch” Fletcher died after suffering an aortic dissection at his home last month at the age of 60.

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore and Dave Gahan revealed the musician’s cause of death — at his family’s request — on Facebook Monday, June 27. Per the Mayo Clinic, an aortic dissection occurs when the inner layer of the body’s main artery tears, allowing blood to rush through and split the middle and inner layers of the aorta. Though generally uncommon, aortic dissections often occur in men in their...

Julee Cruise, whose ethereal singing could conjure both nostalgic innocence and a menacing present, making her an ideal musical collaborator for David Lynch and the Twin Peaks director’s go-to composer Angelo Badalamenti, died Thursday. She was 65.

Her death was announced on Facebook by husband, the author and editor Edward Grinnan. A cause of death was not disclosed, but Grinnan wrote, “She left this realm on her own terms. No regrets. She is at peace.” Cruise disclosed in 2018 that she suffered from systemic lupus.

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Grinnan posted the message on the Facebook page of the band the B-52s. During the 1990s, Cruise often performed with the band, filling in for original co-vocalist Cindy Wilson when needed.

In the Facebook post, Grinnan wrote, “For those of you who go back I thought you might want to know that I said goodby to my wife,...

Ahead of the release of his instrumental EP The Third Chimpanzee, Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore has revealed the new single “Howler.”

The eerie, cerebral track comes accompanied by a video depicting a psychedelic painting of a howler monkey. Synths loom in and out, almost like the sound of primate.

“‘Howler’ was the first track I recorded for The Third Chimpanzee EP,” Gore said in a statement. “I resynthesized some vocals that almost sounded human, but not quite. That’s why I decided to name the track after a monkey.

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore has announced a new instrumental EP, The Third Chimpanzee, out January 29th.

Ahead of the release, the songwriter and guitarist dropped the first offering from the project, “Mandrill.” It’s accompanied by a video that features trippy paintings of the titular animal flashing along with the atmospheric track.

“The first track I recorded had a sound that wasn’t human,” Gore said in a statement. “It sounded primate-like. I decided to name it ‘Howler,’ after a monkey. Then, when it came time to name the EP,...

The members of Depeche Mode take a backseat in Anton Corbijn’s new concert film, “Depeche Mode: Spirits in the Forest.” Instead, the director shifts the spotlight to six fans, whose personal stories are woven throughout footage from the final night of band’s Global Spirit Tour in Berlin. Originally, the Dutch director simply wanted to create a document of his stage design for the tour, but the band felt that there needed to be a more impactful reason for the film and took inspiration from Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker 1989 endeavor on the group, “101.”

“I don’t like to watch concert films, myself,” Corbijn tells Variety. “[This] was initially very narcissistic for me. But it ended up being a great way to do it.”

The six fans, who come from all over the world — including Los Angeles, Romania and Mongolia —were selected from a massive pool of possible subjects.

Radiohead’s summer U.S. tour seems designed to prove a few self-evident truths. For one thing, In Rainbows remains their hands-down best album, though all votes for Kid A will be counted and “There There” is their peak song. For another thing: They’ve remembered how much fun it is to be the World’s Greatest Rock Band, to the point where their live show is a mad career-capping rush of exuberant energy. Their four-night run at New York’s Madison Square Garden last week was one for the ages.

Prince William mirrors the empathy – and humor – of his late mother Princess Diana, says a physician who has seen both of them in action first-hand.

William is president of the Royal Marsden Hospital, the same renowned cancer institution his mother represented from 1989 until her death in 1997. Now, as the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death in Paris nears on August 31, a leading specialist who chaperoned the princess when she visited the hospital and now works with William tells People of the royals’ similarities.

“ has that same wonderful sympathy, down-to-earth nature, way of speaking to patients and staff, and really getting engaged,...

Depeche Mode performed their rousing new song "Where's the Revolution" on The Tonight Show Wednesday. Over Martin Gore's smoldering guitar, Andrew Fletcher's mechanized synths, singer Dave Gahan delivered the song with ominous flare. "You've been pissed on for too long/ Your rights abuse/ Your views refused," he sang. 

"Where's the Revolution" will appear on Depeche Mode's upcoming album, Spirit, out March 17th. James Ford (Florence and the Machine, Arctic Monkeys) produced the record, which marks the band's first since 2013's Delta Machine. 

In an interview with Rolling Stone,...

U2, Nirvana, Depeche Mode, Arcade Fire, Joy Division, and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds isn’t a shabby list of names to be associated with in any capacity, and those are just a few of the bands that Anton Corbijn has directed iconic music videos for. The renowned photographer and filmmaker has always presented his subjects through a vision of his own, leading to a long history of famous images. His feature films haven’t been huge hits with the public though. So far Corbijn has only made two pictures – Control and The American – and, by their own accord, they’re not for everybody. The American even downright angered some filmgoers expecting a more action-heavy Clooney picture, but those aren’t the viewers Corbijn is aiming to please. The director is the subject of a new documentary, Anton Corbijn Inside Out, and for the digital release of the film, Corbijn...

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A noted visual artist comes into focus in Anton Corbijn Inside Out.

The 2012 documentary Anton Corbijn Inside Out is a portrait of one of the world’s most respected and influential visual artists, who has worked as a photographer, a filmmaker and a video director.

The result of nearly four years of access to Anton Corbijn (the director of The American and countless, highly-regarded music videos) and his collaborators by filmmaker Klaartje Quirijns, the film examines Corbijn’s youth, career and creative endeavors in an attempt to uncover the inspirations that have led to a remarkable and wildly influential body of work over the past thirty years.

Beginning as a photographer, the Netherlands-born Anton Corbijn played a large part in building the images of such artists as Joy Division, U2, Björk, and Depeche Mode via his luxurious black-and-white photographic work. He also contributed...

Before he was an acclaimed filmmaker, Anton Corbijn was the king of cool, but you might not have known it. He started his career as a photographer, where he captured a diverse array of artists such as Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Björk, Elvis Costello, Morrissey and more in iconic pictures. He then moved to music videos where again, his inventive eye made his name a brand, and he still dabbles in that world today, most recently helming "Reflektor" for Arcade Fire (and you can see his recently released director's cut of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box" right here). But now, the camera is getting turned on Corbijn himself. He's the subject of the forthcoming documentary "Anton Corbijn Inside Out," and it's one that fans of his work will want to track down. Directed by Klaartje Quirijns, it's a film that tracks both his life and work,...

It is the ultimate goal of some, to have your your music known universally, but be able to pop down to the shop to get a pint of milk and some smokes without it turning into a major operation in avoiding detection, involving dodgy disguises and taking the “long way there”.

There aren’t many musicians out there that can genuinely claim to be relatively anonymous, but enjoy the satisfaction and wealth a hit record or five brings.

Allow us to introduce you to a few of these crafty musos who have managed to play it right, so that they can blend into the crowd.

7. Martin Gore

Depeche Mode’s songwriter, lyricist, keyboardist, guitarist and occasional lead vocalist is, in the UK, at least nowadays, left to his own devices. Pretty amazing considering his band’s household name status and the fact that he was named by People With Money...

Depeche Mode are back with a vengeance.

With a new album set for release on 26 March, they are on a fan-pleasing mission, thrilling die-hard fans at SXSW Festival with a knock-em-dead performance, including some old favourites, and a bemusing interview in which frontman Dave Gahan confessed he's nothing more than "an overpaid stripper". Read more on that here...

Dave Gahan hard at work on the new album

Now, on the eve of 'Delta Machine', their 13th studio album and first once for four years, they've debuted a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album in New York, New Orleans and Santa Barbara.

The short documentary, hosted by Rolling Stone, shows the music-making process favoured by the band, who have been together since 1980.

Depeche Mode's songs invariably start with a few notes from Martin Gore

It illustrates how the exercise typically starts with Martin Gore picking out some tunes in the studio,...

Justin Timberlake's not-so-secret Myspace show at SXSW had many attendees of the 27-year-old South-by-Southwest music festival wondering if its indie-centric soul had finally been crushed -- as if Public Enemy performing inside a gigantic Doritos vending machine earlier in the week hadn't already done that.

But it takes more than a nation of nachos to hold Jt back.

If any other young soul singer fronting a 15-piece band had delivered the fiery performance that Timberlake did, it wouldn't have even been an issue. Certainly nobody was similarly slighting Prince, who also alighted in Austin on Saturday night to bring this year's SXSW to an all-star close. (Oh, plus Smashing Pumpkins performed a "secret" gig at a Red Bull party while P. Diddy was the special guest over at Fader Fort, following up Usher's surprise appearance with the Afghan Whigs the night before.)

So no, Timberlake didn't need SXSW to be "discovered,...

Depeche Mode, which will release its new album, “Delta Machine,” on March 26, will start at U.S. tour in August. The tour, which starts Aug. 22 at Detroit’s Det Energy Music Theater, comes after the British band concludes a European tour, which begins May 7. The group, helmed by Dave Gahan and Martin Gore, will will play 37 dates, including several stadium stops across Europe. Sales for the U.S. presale begin April 4. Depeche Mode will appear on "The Late Show With David Letterman" tonight and play a show at SXSW on March 15. Depeche Mode U.S. tour dates: Thursday, Aug. 22 ...

Depeche Mode has announced an extensive string of summer tour dates, including stops in Israel, Turkey, and Tampa, Florida. The trio will be out behind its latest record, Delta Machine, which hits stores March 26. Tickets go on sale to the general public Saturday, April 6, and a full list of stops is below The band will also be performing on Late Show With David Letterman tonight, and play a just-announced showcase at SXSW this Friday, March 15. Depeche Mode tour 2013 March 15—Brazos Hall—Austin, Texas May 7—Hayarkon Park—Tel Aviv, Israel May 10—Terra Vibe—Athens ...

Switched at Birth wraps its winter run with (something we hope will be) a carefully-supervised birth.

Unless this is the set-up for Switched at Birth: The Next Generation.

I hate being reminded how badly I function with a little less technology. If Revolution comes true, someone reserve me a space next to Spencer Hastings at the Rosewood Sanatorium.

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The Sofia Vergara-produced ABC pilot Killer Women has just become a Battlestar Galatica reunion, adding Michael Trucco to a cast that already includes Tricia Helfer, according to TVLine. Trucco will play the older brother of Helfer's character , the only woman to be a part of the Texas Rangers.

In a sharp business move, the building that serves as The Vampire Diaries' Mystic Grill, is being turned into a restaurant so that fans who travel to Convington, Georgia to see where their favorite show is filmed can have a Vampire Diaries-themed meal.

A Los Angeles radio station debuted Depeche Mode's "Heaven" a day earlier than expected, sending the new single over the airwaves Wednesday morning.

The new track is firmly in the band's wheelhouse, which makes sense given that songwriter Martin Gore said he wanted to return the group to the sound of its best years.

Update: The track's video has been released -- take a look above.

“Writing this album was incredibly daunting as I wanted the sound of this collection to be very modern," Gore said in press materials announcing the band's upcoming album, "Delta Machine." "I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It’s just got something magical about it."

Though a video is set to be released on Friday, the song's audio is currently only available at K-roq's website.

“With this release we’ve completely shifted our...

The perennial New Wave band is returning with their first new album in four years, ‘Delta Machine’! They’ve released a flurry of details surrounding the album, including a release date and a European tour to support! Read on for all the details!

Depeche Mode is back! The English electronic band has announced that their new album — their 13th! — will be released on March 26. Delta Machine will be their first album released in four years, following 2009′s Sounds of the Universe!

The album, produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood, will be released as both a 13-track standard edition and a deluxe edition, which will include four extra songs, remixes of first single “Heaven” by producers Matthew Dear, Blawan, Owlle, and Steps to Heaven. The deluxe edition will also come with a 28-page photo book by Dutch photographer and music video producer Anton Corbijn.

The album’s first single...

Depeche Mode have announced details of their new album. The band will release their 13th studio album Delta Machine in the UK on March 25 and a day later in the Us. The collection will be preceded by lead single 'Heaven', with the accompanying music video to premiere on Vevo on February 1. "Writing this album was incredibly daunting as I wanted the sound of this collection to be very modern," Martin Gore said. "I want people to feel good about listening to this record, to get some kind of peace. It's just got something magical about it." Dave Gahan added: "With this release we've completely shifted our idea of how to create an album. "When we hit a wall where we realise the album is beginning to sound too normal, we'll mess it up and really give it that (more)...

After leaving Emi, Depeche Mode has signed a worldwide deal with Columbia Records to release its 13th studio album—and follow-up to 2009's Sounds Of The Universe—in March. The English electronic trio comprised of Martin Gore, Dave Gahan, and Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher are set to embark on a mostly European tour to support the record, playing 34 shows in 25 countries beginning May 7 in Tel Aviv and ending July 29 in Minsk, Belarus. Even though the album is still untitled, Gore dropped some welcome hints in a press release about the forthcoming release saying, “The music has ...

The band behind "People are People," "Personal Jesus" and "Blasphemous Rumors" is back for more. Depeche Mode will release their 13th studio album in March, according to a press release. A global tour will follow the album's release, launching in Tel Aviv and traversing Europe and North America.

Founding member Martin Gore says the as-yet untitled album "has a similar vibe to 'Violator' and 'Songs of Faith' and 'Devotion.'"

"I think the songs on the album are among some of the very best we've done," he added -- a strong endorsement given that Gore has written the vast majority of the group's tracks. Dave Gahan described the project as having a "very organic and direct feel."

"It's not a blues record, but it definitely has a soulful vibe," Gahan added. "During the recording process we really tried to get the elements of performing and the live show into the album more.

Depeche Mode have confirmed that they will release their 13th studio album next year. The follow-up to 2009's Sounds of the Universe will be released in March 2013 via Columbia Records. Bandmember Martin Gore said: "I am very happy with how the album turned out. "The music has a similar vibe to Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion, and I think the songs on the album are among some of the very best we've done." Frontman Dave Gahan added: "The album (more)...

Depeche Mode has signed a new worldwide deal with Columbia Records and will release a new album in March 2013. The influential and critically acclaimed band, comprised of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher and managed by Jonathan Kessler, had previously spent its 30-year career with Warner Music labels Sire and Reprise and Emi’s Mute and Capitol. Depeche Mode’s 12 studio albums have reached the Top 10 in over 20 countries, including the U.S. and U.K. “Depeche Mode is one of the greatest rock bands of the modern era,” Columbia Records CEO Rob Stringer

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An American shooting range has announced that it will offer paying customers the chance to fire at pictures of TV judge Simon Cowell. The X Factor boss will join the likes of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi as potential targets at Machine Guns Vegas. A spokesman for Machine Guns Vegas stated: "We agree with Martin Gore from Depeche Mode that Simon Cowell has committed heinous crimes against humanity, and single-handedly demolished real musical talent across the planet. "The Cowell target is expected to (more)...

A shooting range will offer paying customers the chance to fire at Simon Cowell. The X Factor mentor will join the likes of Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi as potential targets at Machine Guns Vegas. Depeche Mode's Martin Gore has previously said that Cowell should be "shot". A spokesman for Machine Guns Vegas stated: "We agree with Martin Gore from Depeche Mode that Simon Cowell has committed heinous crimes against humanity, and single-handedly demolished real (more)...

Gun violence isn't a laughing matter. And Simon Cowell was not amused when Depeche Mode's Martin Gore recently told Music Week that "somebody should shoot" the X Factor judge. Simon has now fired back at the musician on Twitter, lashing out at Gore for his comments. "I read Martin gore wants to shoot me," Simon tweeted Monday. "He is in depeche mode. Do you realise how weird and stupid that makes you. Go and watch the news." In Martin's initial comments, he clarified he was "not advocating violence," but rather, he took issue with Simon's "influence in the music industry over the last god knows how many years." Simon explained he was...

Simon Cowell has called Depeche Mode's Martin Gore a 'weirdo' for suggesting he should be shot. The 51-year-old guitarist made a flippant comment during an interview last week, in which he voiced his opinion that Simon and his talent show 'The X Factor' are not good for the music industry, and joked someone should take a gun to Simon. Martin told Music Week: 'I'm not advocating violence, but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell. 'What happened to bands getting together? They are very few and far between now, and the ones that do probably can't afford to get into a studio and make a record.' But Simon has not taken the remark lightly after having received death...

Simon Cowell has called Depeche Mode's Martin Gore a ''weirdo'' for suggesting he should be shot. The 51-year-old guitarist made a flippant comment during an interview last week, in which he voiced his opinion that Simon and his talent show 'The X Factor' are not good for the music industry, and joked someone should take a gun to Simon. Martin told Music Week: ''I'm not advocating violence, but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell. ''What happened to bands getting together? They are very few and far between now, and the ones that do probably can't afford to get into a...

It probably wouldn't hurt Simon Cowell to have his own personal Jesus, because it appears that Depeche Mode founder Martin Gore is gunning for him. Or maybe "X Factor" honcho Cowell's razor-sharp Twit-wit is enough to protect him. Also read: Simon Cowell on "X Factor" Judges: "No One Has Any Job Security Anymore, Including Myself" Cowell lashed out at Gore via his Twitter account Sunday, calling the singer a "weirdo" after the '80s music icon said that Cowell should be shot for his effect on modern music. In an interview with Music Week magazine,...

London - X Factor creator Simon Cowell on Monday expressed his anger about a comment last week from Depeche Mode's Martin Gore that the music competition TV show star should be shot. Calling Gore a "weirdo," he said the musician's comments could instigate people amid continuing gun crime incidents in the U.S. Gore had shared his negative views of shows like X Factor and Cowell's influence with MusicWeek last week, saying: “I'm not advocating violence, but I think somebody should shoot Simon Cowell." "His influence in the music

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