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The duo also dusted off some fan-favourite classics and rarities

Depeche Mode kicked off their 2023 world tour in the US last night (March 23) – check out photos, fan-shot footage and the full setlist below.

The synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – delivered a 23-track set at the Golden 1 Center arena in Sacramento, California. To open the concert, they performed ‘My Cosmos Is Mine’ from their new album ‘Memento Mori’ for the first time.

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They also debuted ‘Speak To Me’ and ‘Soul With Me’ from the record, and played their recent single ‘Ghosts Again’ .

Elsewhere, Depeche Mode dedicated a live rendition of their 1990 single ‘World In My Eyes’ to their late bandmate Andy Fletcher. Black-and-white images of the musician – who died last May aged 60 – appeared on the big screens.

The final portion of the gig included outings for the classic songs ‘Enjoy The Silence’, ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ and ‘Personal Jesus’, the latter of which served as the encore closer, per Setlist.FM .

‘Sister Of Night’ made its first non-acoustic appearance in the set since 2009 (first time with Gahan on vocals), with ‘A Question Of Lust’ (Gore on vocals) returning as a full band version for the first time since 2013 (a stripped-back rendition was performed in 2017).

Later, Gahan and Gore duetted on ‘Waiting For The Night’, which hadn’t been played since 2009.

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Depeche Mode’s longtime creative director Anton Corbijn helmed the visual elements of the new stage show. See a selection of images and videos from the gig below.

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Depeche Mode played (via Setlist.FM ):

‘My Cosmos Is Mine’ (live debut) ‘Wagging Tongue’ ‘Walking In My Shoes’ ‘It’s No Good’ ‘Sister Of Night’ ‘In Your Room (Zephyr Mix)’ ‘Everything Counts’ ‘Precious’ ‘Speak To Me’ (live debut) ‘A Question Of Lust’ ‘Soul With Me’ (live debut) ‘Ghosts Again’ ‘I Feel You’ ‘A Pain That I’m Used To (Jacques Lu Cont Mix)’ ‘World In My Eyes’ (dedicated to Andrew Fletcher) ‘Wrong’ ‘Stripped’ ‘John The Revelator’ ‘Enjoy The Silence’

Encore: ‘Waiting For The Night’ ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ ‘Never Let Me Down Again’ ‘Personal Jesus’

Depeche Mode are also scheduled to tour in Europe, the UK and Ireland later this year. Find any remaining tickets for the UK dates here .

From then, the duo will head out on a second leg of North American shows between late September and mid-December, 2023 ( buy tickets here ).

In a four-star-review of ‘Memento Mori’ – Depeche Mode’s 15th studio effort, which follows 2017’s ‘Spirit’ – NME said the record is “comfortably their best album this side of the millennium, and, most importantly, a testament to creativity and friendship. The music world is richer for it.”

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New Fall Shows Added in the US, Canada and Mexico

Depeche mode’s first tour in over five years kicks off march 23, 2023 in sacramento, ca.

Following the rapturous reception to their new single “Ghosts Again,”  Depeche Mode  have added a new Fall leg of North American tour dates to the Memento Mori Tour, which will support Memento Mori, their forthcoming studio album due out March 24. With the addition of these 29 new shows, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductees will now set out on a colossal 75-date tour — their 19th tour and their first in over five years.

The Live Nation-presented tour begins March 23 with a limited North American run featuring stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Chicago’s United Center, and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The band will then embark on their European stadium tour on May 16, with noted stops including the Stade de France in Paris, Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, Milan’s San Siro Stadium, and London’s Twickenham Stadium. 

Following the end of the European summer run, the newly added tour dates bring the band back to North America in the Fall, with the tour stopping in Mexico City at Foro Sol before returning to the US and Canada. Newly announced tour stops include Austin’s Moody Center, Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, additional New York City shows at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center, Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena and more, and concluding with a multi-night run in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum and Crypto.com Arena.

Pre-sales will kick off with a Fan Pre-sale on Tuesday, February 21, with the general on sale beginning Friday, February 24 at 10am local time. For further information on the tour routing and ticket on-sale dates, please visit  depechemode.com . The full listing of dates, cities and venues is also below. On the Memento Mori Tour, the band will once again be partnering with luxury watchmaker Hublot to support charity endeavors tied to the tour.

Reception to the Memento Mori tour has been overwhelming with shows quickly selling out across Europe and North America, and over 1.5 million tickets already sold for the initial 46 shows. The tour is on track to be one of Depeche Mode’s largest to date and is also well on its way to being one of the largest worldwide tours of 2023. The tour will feature Depeche Mode favorites and rarities, alongside new songs from Memento Mori, including the new single ”Ghosts Again,” which has been heralded as “a melancholic and joyful ode” (Vulture), “hypnotic” (Rolling Stone), and “a gorgeous, haunting song” (Revolver). The beautifully stark and cinematic Anton Corbijn-directed video for “Ghosts Again” released on February 9th can be viewed at  https://depechemode.lnk.to/GhostsAgain . 

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 2023 – Leg One

March 23          Sacramento, CA            Golden 1 Center 

March 25          San Jose, CA                  SAP Center 

March 28          Los Angeles, CA            Kia Forum 

March 30          Las Vegas, NV                T-Mobile Arena 

April 2               San Antonio, TX            AT&T Center 

April 5               Chicago, IL                     United Center 

April 7               Toronto, ON                  Scotiabank Arena 

April 9               Quebec City, QC           Videotron Centre 

April 12             Montreal, QC                Centre Bell 

April 14             New York, NY                Madison Square Garden 

May 16             Amsterdam, NL             Ziggo Dome 

May 18             Amsterdam, NL             Ziggo Dome 

May 20             Antwerp, BE                  Sportpaleis Antwerpen 

May 23             Stockholm, SE               Friends Arena 

May 26             Leipzig, DE                     Leipziger Festwiese 

May 28             Bratislava, SK                 Národný Futbalový Štadión 

May 31             Lyon, FR                            Groupama Stadium

June 2               Barcelona, ES                Primavera Sound Festival 

June 4               Dusseldorf, DE              Merkur Spiel-Arena 

June 6               Dusseldorf, DE              Merkur Spiel-Arena 

June 9               Madrid, ES                     Primavera Sound Festival 

June 11             Bern, CH                        Stadion Wankdorf 

June 14             Dublin, IE                      Malahide Castle 

June 17             London, UK                   Twickenham Stadium 

June 20             Munich, DE                   Olympiastadion

June 22             Lille, FR                          Stade Pierre Mauroy 

June 24             Paris, FR                         Stade de France 

June 27             Copenhagen, DK          Parken 

June 29             Frankfurt, DE                Deutsche Bank Park 

July 1                Frankfurt, DE               Deutsche Bank Park 

July 4                Bordeaux, FR               Matmut Atlantique

July 7                Berlin, DE                     Olympiastadion 

July 9                Berlin, DE                     Olympiastadion 

July 12              Rome, IT                       Stadio Olympico 

July 14              Milan, IT                       San Siro 

July 16              Bologna, IT                   Stadio Renato Dall’Ara 

July 21              Klagenfurt, AT              Wörthersee Stadion 

July 23              Zagreb, HR                    Arena Zagreb 

July 26              Bucharest, RO              Arena Națională 

July 28              Budapest, HU               Puskás Aréna 

July 30              Prague, CZ                     Letňany Airport 

August 2           Warsaw, PL                   PGE Narodowy 

August 4           Krakow, PL                    Tauron Arena

August 6           Tallinn, EE                     Tallinna Lauluväljak 

August 8           Helsinki, FI                    Kaisaniemen Puisto 

August 11         Oslo, NO                       Telenor Arena 

– New dates just added – 

September 21            Mexico City, MX          Foro Sol 

September 29            Austin, TX                      Moody Center 

October 1    Dallas, TX                      American Airlines Center

October 4    Houston, TX                 Toyota Center 

October 7    New Orleans, LA        Smoothie King Center

October 10  Orlando, FL                  Amway Center 

October 12  Miami, FL                      Miami-Dade Arena

October 19  Nashville, TN               Bridgestone Arena 

October 21  Brooklyn, NY               Barclays Center

October 23  Washington, DC         Capital One Arena 

October 25  Philadelphia, PA         Wells Fargo Center 

October 28  New York, NY              Madison Square Garden 

October 31  Boston, MA                  TD Garden

November 3               Montreal, QC              Centre Bell 

November 5               Toronto, ON                Scotiabank Arena

November 8               Detroit, MI                   Little Caesars Arena

November 10             Cleveland, OH             Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 

November 13             Chicago, IL                    United Center

November 16             Denver, CO                  Ball Arena

November 18             Salt Lake City, UT       Vivint Arena

November 21             Edmonton, AB            Rogers Place 

November 24             Vancouver, BC            Rogers Arena 

November 26             Seattle, WA                  Climate Pledge Arena

November 28             Portland, OR                MODA Center

December 1                Las Vegas, NV             T-Mobile Arena 

December 3                San Francisco, CA       Chase Center 

December 6                San Diego, CA             Pechanga Arena

December 10             Los Angeles, CA          Kia Forum 

December 15             Los Angeles, CA          Crypto.com Arena 

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Depeche Mode Announce First New Album and Tour in 5 Years

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Depeche Mode have announced a new album, Memento Mori , and accompanying tours of North America and Europe. The follow-up to their 2017 LP, Spirit , is out on an as-yet-unannounced date next spring, via Columbia . The North American shows kick off in Sacramento, California, in March 2023, and take in a handful of cities in the United States and Canada, culminating in a Madison Square Garden concert on April 14. A huge arena tour of Europe follows. Check out the dates below.

Memento Mori is the band’s first album since the death in May of founding member Andy “Fletch” Fletcher . Martin Gore said of the album, “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.”

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03-23 Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center 03-25 San Jose, CA - SAP Center 03-28 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum 03-30 Las Vegas, NV - T-Mobile Arena 04-02 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center 04-05 Chicago, IL - United Center 04-07 Toronto, Ontario - Scotiabank Arena 04-09 Quebec City, Quebec - Videotron Centre 04-12 Montreal, Quebec - Centre Bell 04-14 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 05-16 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome 05-20 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis Antwerpen 05-23 Stockholm, Sweden - Friends Arena 05-26 Leipzig, Germany - Leipziger Festwiese 05-28 Bratislava, Slovakia - Národný Futbalový Štadión 05-31 Bordeaux, France - Matmut Atlantique 06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival 06-04 Dusseldorf, Germany - Merkur Spiel-Arena 06-06 Dusseldorf, Germany - Merkur Spiel-Arena 06-09 Madrid, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival 06-11 Bern, Switzerland - Stadion Wankdorf 06-14 Dublin, Ireland - Malahide Castle 06-17 London, England - Twickenham Stadium 06-20 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion 06-22 Lille, France - Stade Pierre Mauroy 06-24 Paris, France - Stade de France 06-27 Copenhagen, Denmark - Parken 06-29 Frankfurt, Germany - Deutsche Bank Park 07-04 Lyon, France - Groupama Stadium 07-07 Berlin, Germany - Olympiastadion 07-12 Rome, Italy - Stadio Olympico 07-14 Milan, Italy - San Siro 07-16 Bologna, Italy - Stadio Renato Dall’Ara 07-21 Klagenfurt, Austria - Wörthersee Stadion 07-23 Zagreb, Croatia - Arena Zagreb 07-26 Bucharest, Romania - Arena Națională 07-28 Budapest, Hungary - Puskás Aréna 07-30 Prague, Czechia - Letňany Airport 08-02 Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy 08-06 Tallinn, Estonia - Tallinna Lauluväljak 08-08 Helsinki, Finland - Kaisaniemen Puisto 08-11 Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena

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UPDATE (Feb. 16, 2023): Depeche Mode have announced an additional 29 North American tour dates, all of which can be viewed further down the page. The group also released the new single "Ghosts Again" last week and you can listen to that here .

For those wondering, Depeche Mode will continue after the death of longtime keyboardist Andy Fletcher , who died on May 26 of this year. During a press event to announce their upcoming plans, the duo of Dave Gahan and Martin Gore revealed that a new album is en route and that the band will return to the road in 2023.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame band have titled their 15th studio album, Memento Mori , with the album expected to arrive next spring, though a firm release date was not revealed as of yet. However, the album's release is expected to coincide with the band's forthcoming return to the road for their first shows in five years.

The two musicians had teased the possibility of their future, sharing a photo of themselves in the studio following Fletcher's death earlier this year. But with the album announce and tour news, it's official that they will push forward.

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.”

Depeche Mode will start their touring in the U.S. with a limited series of North American dates, kicking things off on March 23. From there, the group will head back to Europe for a summer stadium tour. All dates, cities and venues can be seen below, and ticketing info can be found via their website .

Depeche Mode 2023 World Tour Dates

March 23 - Sacramento, Calif. @ Golden 1 Center March 25 - San Jose, Calif. @ SAP Center March 28 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Kia Forum March 30 - Las Vegas, Nev. @ T-Mobile Arena April 2 - San Antonio, Texas @ AT&T Center April 5 - Chicago, Ill. @ United Center April 7 - Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena April 9 - Quebec City, Quebec @ Videotron Centre April 12 - Montreal, Quebec @ Centre Bell April 14 - New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden May 16 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Ziggo Dome May 20 - Antwerp, Belgium @ Sportpaleis Antwerpen May 23 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Friends Arena May 26 - Leipzig, Germany @ Leipziger Festwiese May 28 - Bratislava, Slovakia @ Národný Futbalový Štadión May 31 - Bordeaux, France @ Matmut Atlantique June 2 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival June 4 - Dusseldorf, Germany @ Merkur Spiel-Arena June 6 - Dusseldorf, Germany @ Merkur Spiel-Arena June 9 - Madrid, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival June 11 - Bern, Switzerland @ Stadion Wankdorf June 14 - Dublin, Ireland @ Malahide Castle June 17 - London, England @ Twickenham Stadium June 20 - Munich, Germany @ Olympiastadion June 22 - Lille, France @ Stade Pierre Mauroy June 24 - Paris, France @ Stade de France June 27 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Parken June 29 - Frankfurt, Germany @ Deutsche Bank Park July 4 - Lyon, France @ Groupama Stadium July 7 - Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion July 12 - Rome, Italy @ Stadio Olympico July 14 - Milan, Italy @ San Siro July 16 - Bologna, Italy @ Stadio Renato Dall’Ara July 21 - Klagenfurt, Austria @ Wörthersee Stadion July 23 - Zagreb, Hungary @ Arena Zagreb July 26 - Bucharest, Romania @ Arena Națională July 28 - Budapest, Hungary @ Puskás Aréna July 30 - Prague, Czech Republic @ Letňany Airport Aug. 2 - Warsaw, Poland @ PGE Narodowy Aug. 6 - Tallinn, Estonia @ Tallinna Lauluväljak Aug. 8 - Helsinki, Finland @ Kaisaniemen Puisto Aug. 11 - Oslo, Norway 2 Telenor Arena

Newly Added Dates (Announced Feb. 16)

Sept. 21 – Mexico City, Mexico @ Foro Sol Sept. 29 – Austin, Texas @ Moody Center Oct. 01 – Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center Oct. 04 – Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center Oct. 07 – New Orleans, La. @ Smoothie King Center Oct. 10 – Orlando, Fla. @ Amway Center Oct. 12 – Miami, Fla. @ Miami-Dade Arena Oct. 19 – Nashville, Tenn. @ Bridgestone Arena Oct. 21 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Barclays Center Oct. 23 – Washington, D.C. @ Capital One Arena Oct. 25 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Wells Fargo Center Oct. 28 – New York, N.Y. @ Madison Square Garden Oct. 31 – Boston, Mass. @ TD Garden Nov. 03 – Montreal, Quebec @ Centre Bell Nov. 05 – Toronto, Ontario @ Scotiabank Arena Nov. 08 – Detroit, Mich. @ Little Caesars Arena Nov. 10 – Cleveland, Ohio @ Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse Nov. 13 – Chicago, Ill. @ United Center Nov. 16 – Denver, Colo. @ Ball Arena Nov. 18 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ Vivint Arena Nov. 21 – Edmonton, Alberta @ Rogers Place Nov. 24 – Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rogers Arena Nov. 26 – Seattle, Wash. @ Climate Pledge Arena Nov. 28 – Portland, Ore. @ MODA Center Dec. 01 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ T-Mobile Arena Dec. 03 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Chase Center Dec. 06 – San Diego, Calif. @ Pechanga Arena Dec. 10 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Kia Forum Dec. 15 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Crypto.com Arena

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Twickenham Stadium, London Dave Gahan is a mic-spinning, limb-bending, theatrical marvel as the band gallop through decades’ worth of hits. And the presence of Andrew Fletcher, the keyboardist who died last year, is touchingly felt

D epeche Mode have been thrilling stadiums for 35 years now. Immortalised in their classic tour movie 101, their first ever megashow, at the Pasadena Rose Bowl, established rules of engagement which pertain to this day. You shall sing the Thatcher-baiting chorus of Everything Counts over and over while frontman Dave Gahan holds out his microphone. You shall follow Gahan’s cue to sway your arms from side to side during Never Let Me Down Again. Still, much has changed. The four young men from Essex who appeared on the cover of 101 like a synth-pop Beatles became first a trio and then, with the premature death of keyboardist Andrew Fletcher last year, a duo. While drummer Christian Eigner and multi-instrumentalist Peter Gordeno, both in the touring fold since 1998, carry the sonic weight, it is hard not seeing Fletcher waving amiably from behind his synthesiser.

Death has been a driving concern for songwriter Martin Gore since the mid-80s – alongside sex, sin and guilt – but its presence is more deeply felt in material from their sombre new album Memento Mori. The video for Ghosts Again , their best single in many years, shows the duo playing chess in homage to The Seventh Seal, while the show’s key visual motif is a skull. Fletcher’s subtly animated face fills the screens during World in My Eyes, providing a necessary moment of phone-waving communal remembrance in a stadium where diehards in old tour T-shirts mingle with a refreshing number of younger converts.

Most touchingly, Gahan and Gore seem to have rediscovered their appreciation for one another in their sixties. They don’t talk much (their defining hit, after all, is called Enjoy the Silence ) but their body language speaks volumes. Note the way Gahan returns to the stage for the end of Gore’s solo performance of Soul With Me’s blue-eyed R&B to express his enthusiasm, or how tenderly their voices mesh on an intimate encore of Waiting for the Night to greet the darkening sky. Given their candidly documented history of distance, this dramatisation of their rapprochement is enormously touching.

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Depeche Mode are weirdly prone to starting shows in first gear but once the video screens snap from black-and-white to colour for Everything Counts, they gallop through decades’ worth of hits with barely a detour. How they alone of their generation made synth-pop colossal still fascinates. The messianic techno-blues of Personal Jesus and I Feel You has obvious power but the monolithic mass of Never Let Me Down Again (recently heard in The Last of Us) or the Orwellian Stripped is still astounding: stadium rock without the rock. The pulsating glam-house of A Pain That I’m Used To is another sui generis highlight; Just Can’t Get Enough’s peppy teen bop a delightful outlier. Really though, their success on stage comes down to Gahan’s preposterous theatricality: louche, flouncy, Jaggerish. At first resembling a Vegas vampire before stripping down to a series of colourful waistcoats, he is a bum-waggling, mic-spinning, limb-bending, rabble-rousing marvel. In the midst of death, he explodes with life.

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Forty-two years after the release of their debut album, the members of Depeche Mode — well, the surviving ones — are in on the joke of their somehow having become old guys.

As Dave Gahan, 60, and Martin Gore , 61, played their synth-rock classic “Enjoy the Silence” on Tuesday night at the Kia Forum, images of a bejeweled skull rotated on a wall of video screens behind them; later, Gahan noticed the thousands of glowing smartphones in the crowd and said, “Everybody used to have cigarette lighters, but I guess that’s not a thing anymore.”

That Depeche Mode would still be on the road in 2023 — Tuesday’s concert came just days into a lengthy world tour behind the band’s new studio LP, “Memento Mori” — is no great surprise. Rock nostalgia is a huge business, and right now business is good for Depeche Mode, which three years ago was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and which recently had its late-’80s “Never Let Me Down Again” prominently featured in HBO’s hit “ The Last of Us .” What’s more, echoes of the band’s signature style — sleek but hard-hitting, anxious yet darkly ecstatic — are detectable in music by younger acts like the Weeknd and Halsey, the latter of whom was in the audience at the Forum alongside the many OG types who looked like they’d been at Depeche Mode’s legendary Rose Bowl gig in 1988 .

Yet none of that assured that the group would feel as vital as it did Tuesday in a gutsy two-hour performance that didn’t defy age so much as question what age has to mean. “Memento Mori” follows the unexpected death last year of Depeche Mode’s founding keyboardist, Andy Fletcher, and though the material was written before he died (of an aortic dissection), songs like “Ghosts Again” and “Before We Drown” ponder mortality with the same blend of vulnerability and determination that the group once applied to its thoughts on religion, alienation and sexual obsession. The result, paradoxically, is Depeche Mode’s most alive-sounding album in years.

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Dressed in a suit jacket he slipped off after two songs to reveal a vest with no shirt beneath it, Gahan had a Michael Imperioli-in-“The White Lotus” vibe as he crooned through the moody philosophy of the new LP’s “My Cosmos Is Mine” and “Wagging Tongue.” Gore, who wore an ash-colored jacket printed with more skulls, switched between guitar and keyboards and took over lead vocals for “Soul With Me,” a very pretty ballad from “Memento Mori” about “heading for the ever after.”

Against the throbbing bass and blipping synths of “Ghosts Again,” one of several tracks on the album Gore co-wrote with Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs, Gahan twirled across the stage like a goth(-ier) Stevie Nicks — a heartening sign that he and Gore are finding some solace in performing these songs suffused with grief.

As strong as “Memento Mori” is, nobody came to the Forum just to hear new stuff. Rounded out by Christian Eigner on drums and Peter Gordeno on keyboards, Depeche Mode luxuriated in the sensual gloom of oldies including “Walking in My Shoes,” “Precious” and “World in My Eyes,” during which a vintage photo of a young Fletcher appeared on the video screen. “I Feel You” was grinding and lascivious, “John the Revelator” funky and clanging; “A Pain That I’m Used to” rode a morbid disco groove that wouldn’t quit.

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Gahan and Gore began their encore with a bluesy acoustic rendition of “Condemnation” before revving up the chipper synth-pop of the band’s first big hit, “Just Can’t Get Enough.” Then they closed with “Never Let Me Down Again” and the happily inevitable “Personal Jesus,” both pumping with fresh blood you hope for their sake is still in supply by the time this tour circles back to Southern California in December for another six (!) arena dates.

“L.A., let’s see those hands,” Gahan told the crowd as the show reached its emotional climax. He took a moment to admire the sea of waving arms, then added, “It never gets old.”

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Preview: Depeche Mode Announce 2023 World Tour

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 23, 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 16, 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. The full listing of dates, cities, and venues is also below.

Watch a video trailer for the Memento Mori World Tour 2023 by Live Nation on YouTube:

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.”

Depeche Mode co-founder Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher passed away of natural causes on May 26.

Read our coverage of Martin Gore in conversation with Mute Records’ Daniel Miller at Moogfest 2019.

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  No. 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.

Most USA tour dates go on sale to the public on Friday, Oct. 7, with many venues participating in presales on Oct. 6, via Ticketmaster.

Memento Mori World Tour 2023

March 23 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center March 25 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum March 30 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena April 2 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center April 5 – Chicago, IL – United Center April 7 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena April 9 – Quebec City, QC – Videotron Centre April 12 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell April 14 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden May 16 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome May 20 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis Antwerpen May 23 – Stockholm, SE – Friends Arena May 26 – Leipzig, DE – Leipziger Festwiese May 28 – Bratislava, SK – Národný Futbalový Štadión May 31 – Bordeaux, FR – Matmut Atlantique June 2 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival June 4 – Dusseldorf, DE – Merkur Spiel-Arena June 6 – Dusseldorf, DE – Merkur Spiel-Arena June 9 – Madrid, ES – Primavera Sound Festival June 11 – Bern, CH – Stadion Wankdorf June 14 – Dublin, IE – Malahide Castle June 17 – London, UK – Twickenham Stadium June 20 – Munich, DE – Olympiastadion June 22 – Lille, FR – Stade Pierre Mauroy June 24 – Paris, FR – Stade de France June 27 – Copenhagen, DK – Parken June 29 – Frankfurt, DE – Deutsche Bank Park July 4 – Lyon, FR – Groupama Stadium July 7 – Berlin, DE – Olympiastadion July 12 – Rome, IT – Stadio Olympico July 14 – Milan, IT – San Siro July 16 – Bologna, IT – Stadio Renato Dall’Ara July 21 – Klagenfurt, AT – Wörthersee Stadion July 23 – Zagreb, HR – Arena Zagreb July 26 – Bucharest, RO – Arena Națională July 28 – Budapest, HU – Puskás Aréna July 30 – Prague, CZ – Letňany Airport August 2 – Warsaw, PL – PGE Narodowy August 6 – Tallinn, EE – Tallinna Lauluväljak August 8 – Helsinki, FI – Kaisaniemen Puisto August 11 – Oslo, NO – Telenor Arena

Here are photos of Depeche Mode announcing their 2023 world tour in Berlin on Oct. 4, 2022. Press conference photos by Sven Darmer, courtesy of Live Nation, Columbia Records, and Nasty Little Man.

No DC date, sadly!

There’s always fall! Plus there’s a block of time late April / early May where more dates (in theory) could be added, but I’m ever the optimist.

That DC date materialized, and it’s almost here! https://parklifedc.com/2023/02/24/preview-depeche-mode-capital-one-arena-10-23-23/

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Depeche Mode – Memento Mori World Tour 2023

Support: Jehnny Beth

Friday, July 7th, 2023 • Sunday, July 9th, 2023

Information regarding ticket sales:

Information regarding the ticket sales can be found at Live Nation .

We do not recommend purchasing tickets at unofficial vendors. The official ticket sales portals are Ticketmaster and Eventim.

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 itwith 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 inoverfive years. The band’s most recent outing, the 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour was its longest to dateand was one of the year’s highest grossingtours, with the band playingto more than 3 million fans over the course of 130 shows across Europe and North America.

Memento Moriwill 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.

Having sold more than 100million records and played to more than 35million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode remains an ever-evolvingand singularly influential musical force. An indelible inspiration to fans, critics and artists alike, Depeche Mode continues to forge ahead, with the Memento Morialbum and tour representing the opening of the newest chapter of a peerless and ongoing legacy.

Security Restrictions

For safety reasons, it is forbidden to bring glass bottles, cans, hard packaging or any objects that may be used as a throwing device (e.g. deodorant, perfume, etc.) to the venue. Therefore, these items will be collected at the entrance point.

For safety reasons it’s forbidden to bring bags bigger than DIN A4 (21cm x 29,7cm).

In order to minimize waiting times at the entrance, we ask all concertgoers to, to refrain from bringing bags. There is no possibility to hand in the bags on site. The access with smaller pockets (like fanny packs, little shoulder bags, clutches) is granted, nevertheless we also ask you to reduce everything on an absolutely necessary minimum (money, medicine, etc.).

Entrance will not be granted with the following items:

• big bags like backpacks, tote bags, travel bag, suitcases, baskets and cooling bags • professional cameras with zoom objectives and/or interchangeable lens and the function to videotaping • audio and videotaping devices • light and video equipment • GoPro cameras • selfie sticks • electronic devices such as tablets, laptops, power banks, etc. except mobile phones • Food and drinks (both will be available inside the venue), except non-alcoholic drinks in maximum 0.5 l tetra paks or pet bottles • Chairs, stools, folding chairs • weapons, knives, taser, batons, pepper spray, key & wallet chains etc. • torches, flashlights, glow sticks, laser pointer • big flags and posters (incl. sticks) • helmets

Please be also aware of our house regulations .

Accessibility

Local Public Transport At the S-Bahn stop S Olympiastadion, an elevator is only located at the exit marked „Flatowallee“. The metro station U Olympia-Stadion is also accessible by wheelchair. Both the S-Bahn station and the metro stop will guide you to the stadium’s main entrances at the East and South Gates.

Car Visitors driving to the stadium are asked to use the parking lot PO5, which offers wheelchair accessible parking. The exact number of parking spots may vary for each event.

In the Stadium The lower stands are accessible by wheelchair and walking aids via the entrances in blocks C/D, N, Q/R and S/T. An adequate number of kiosks and handicap-accessible bathrooms can be found in the lower stand areas as well.

Walking Aids Walking aids are permitted in the interior (standing area) in exceptional cases. These exceptions include crutches as well as walking sticks. Bringing a walker inside the standing area is not permitted. People with a walker are welcome in the seated areas. For the duration of the event, you can give up your walker with our security personell. It will then be stored in a seperate room and handed back to you once the event is over.

Parking Around the Olympiastadion Berlin there is a large number of public parking spaces, which can also be used for events (some subject to charges):

• Olympischer Platz (Olympic Place) (max. 2.8 tons per vehicle) • parking lot PO1 • parking lot PO4 with handicapped accessible parking spaces (max. 2.8 tons per vehicle) • parking lot PO5 with handicapped accessible parking spaces (max. 2.8 tons per vehicle) • parking lot PO7

Please follow the traffic guidance systems on event days.

Press accreditation

Accreditations are only available through the event organizer LIVE NATION Entertainment .

Travel & parking

We recommend travelling by local public transport.  

Local public transport The following lines will bring you close to the Olympiastadion:

U-Bahn The underground train (U-Bahn) U2 takes you directly to the station Olympiastadion. It’s only a short walk from there to the stadium (East Gate entrance: 500m, South Gate entrance: 870m).

S-Bahn The above ground train (S-Bahn) S3 and S9 takes you directly to the station Olympiastadion. It’s only a short walk from there to the stadium (South Gate entrance via exit Flatowallee: 200 m, East Gate entrance via exit Trakehner Allee: 250m).  

Bus With the bus lines M49 or 218 you can reach the stop Flatowallee. It’s only a short walk from there to the stadium. With the bus line 104 you can reach the underground station Neu-Westend. From there you can either walk directly to the stadium or take the underground train and exit at the station Olympiastadion.

Coming from Hamburg/Rostock:

• City ring towards Charlottenburg (A100)
• Exit Kaiserdamm, stay on Kaiserdamm until Theodor-Heuss-Platz
• Take exit Heerstraße; stay straight in the right lane
• Turn right into Flatowallee, stay straight to get to the stadium / South Gate

Coming from Munich/Nuremberg, Hannover/Magdeburg, Leipzig:

• Take the Avus (A115) toward Funkturm
• Exit Messedamm (Richtung A100), stay right
• Turn left at second light
• Turn right immediately into Jafféstrasse; stay on road until Heerstrasse
• Turn left into Heerstrasse, get in the right lane
• Turn right into Flatowallee, stay straight to get to stadium / South Gate
• Stay straight at second light and go underneath ICC brigde
• Turn left at the next light onto Masurenallee until Theodor-Heuss-Platz
• Take exit Heerstrasse, get in the right lane

Coming from Brandenburger Tor:

• Strasse Unter den Linden, towards Spandau
• Take Kaiserdamm past Theodor-Heuss-Platz, towards Spandau
• Stay on Heerstraße, get in the right lane

• Olympischer Platz (Olympic Place) (max. 2.8 tons per vehicle) • parking lot PO1 • parking lot PO4 with handicapped accessible parking spaces (max. 2.8 tons per vehicle) • parking lot PO7

Tickets for wheelchair users and the severely disabled

Tickets for wheelchair spaces can be purchased through Ticketmaster . Ticketmaster provides the following information:

Wheelchair users and severely disabled people with code “B” please call +49 (0)30 – 40 818 824 (local rate). Our competent colleagues from the call center will help you quickly and reliably every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Information ticket sales & Will Call Ticketmaster

We do not recommend purchasing tickets at unofficial vendors. The official ticket sales portals are Ticketmaster and Eventim. You can get VIP tickets in our shop.

For customers of Ticketmaster who choose to pick up the tickets at the venue, the tickets are ready for pickup on the day of the event. You need to bring a valid ID or passport to claim your tickets. For exact pickup details, you will receive an e-mail 2-3 days before the event. Please also check the junk/spam folder of your e-mail provider.

For any inquiries please contact [email protected].

Opening: 4:30 pm Opening VIP areas: 5 pm Jehnny Beth: 7:45 pm Depeche Mode: 8:45 pm Curfew: 11 pm

Legal protection for children and young persons

Public areas All ages are welcome. However, visitors under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian (at least 18 years old). Hearing protection is mandatory for children under the age of 6.

Children – including toddlers and babies – need their own ticket.

VIP areas Please note that children under the age of 6 are not granted access to the VIP areas, even if they are accompanied by a person who has custody or a legal guardian. Young people under the age of 16 may only take part in the concert if they are accompanied by a person who has custody or a person responsible for education. For this purpose, the educational assignment (according to §1 Para.1 No. 4 Youth Protection Act) must be filled out completely and carried with you at the concert.

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