News: Depeche Mode Announce First Live Shows In Five Years
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Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductees Depeche Mode announced today at a special event in Berlin that they will be releasing a new album and embarking on a world tour in 2023. The Memento Mori Tour will support the band’s forthcoming 15th studio album, Memento Mori, due out in Spring 2023.
In a break from tradition, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore revealed today that the Live Nation-presented tour will begin with a special, limited series of North American arena dates starting March 23rd, before the band heads to Europe for their summer stadium tour. These limited North American dates will feature stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Chicago’s United Center, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, among others. The band will then begin their European stadium tour on May 16th, with noted stops including the Stade de France in Paris, Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, Milan’s San Siro Stadium, and London’s Twickenham Stadium. For further information on the tour routing and ticket on-sale dates, please go to depechemode.com. Tickets go on general sale this Friday 7th October at 10am at https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist-depeche-mode-3848
In speaking about Memento Mori, Martin Gore commented, “We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time. After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.” Dave Gahan added, “Fletch would have loved this album. 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.”
The Memento Mori Tour will be Depeche Mode’s 19th tour and their first in over five years. The band’s most recent outing, the 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour was its longest to date and was one of the year’s highest-grossing tours, with the band playing to more than 3 million fans over the course of 130 shows across Europe and North America.
Memento Mori will be Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album and the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed Spirit, which reached #1 in 11 territories, charting in the Top 5 in more than 20 others. Memento Mori will be released worldwide in Spring 2023 via Columbia Records.
Having sold more than 100 million records and played to more than 35 million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode remains an ever-evolving and singularly influential musical force. An indelible inspiration to fans, critics and artists alike, Depeche Mode continues to forge ahead, with the Memento Mori album and tour representing the opening of the newest chapter of a peerless and ongoing legacy.
Memento Mori World Tour 2023March 23 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 CenterMarch 25 – San Jose, CA – SAP CenterMarch 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia ForumMarch 30 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile ArenaApril 2 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T CenterApril 5 – Chicago, IL – United CenterApril 7 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank ArenaApril 9 – Quebec City, QC – Videotron CentreApril 12 – Montreal, QC – Centre BellApril 14 – New York, NY – Madison Square GardenMay 16 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo DomeMay 20 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis AntwerpenMay 23 – Stockholm, SE – Friends ArenaMay 26 – Leipzig, DE – Leipziger FestwieseMay 28 – Bratislava, SK – Národný Futbalový ŠtadiónMay 31 – Bordeaux, FR – Matmut AtlantiqueJune 2 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound FestivalJune 4 – Dusseldorf, DE – Merkur Spiel-ArenaJune 6 – Dusseldorf, DE – Merkur Spiel-ArenaJune 9 – Madrid, ES – Primavera Sound FestivalJune 11 – Bern, CH – Stadion WankdorfJune 14 – Dublin, IE – Malahide CastleJune 17 – London, UK – Twickenham StadiumJune 20 – Munich, DE – OlympiastadionJune 22 – Lille, FR – Stade Pierre MauroyJune 24 – Paris, FR – Stade de FranceJune 27 – Copenhagen, DK – ParkenJune 29 – Frankfurt, DE – Deutsche Bank ParkJuly 4 – Lyon, FR – Groupama StadiumJuly 7 – Berlin, DE – OlympiastadionJuly 12 – Rome, IT – Stadio OlympicoJuly 14 – Milan, IT – San SiroJuly 16 – Bologna, IT – Stadio Renato Dall’AraJuly 21 – Klagenfurt, AT – Wörthersee StadionJuly 23 – Zagreb, HR – Arena ZagrebJuly 26 – Bucharest, RO – Arena NaționalăJuly 28 – Budapest, HU – Puskás ArénaJuly 30 – Prague, CZ – Letňany AirportAugust 2 – Warsaw, PL – PGE NarodowyAugust 6 – Tallinn, EE – Tallinna LauluväljakAugust 8 – Helsinki, FI – Kaisaniemen PuistoAugust 11 – Oslo, NO – Telenor Arena
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