Tag: Depeche Mode

Video: Depeche Mode performs ‘Where’s the Revolution’ on ‘The Tonight Show’

Video: Depeche Mode performs ‘Where’s the Revolution’ on ‘The Tonight Show’

Depeche Mode’s new single “Where’s the Revolution” received its live debut Wednesday night when the band performed it on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” The track is the first released off the band’s upcoming 14th studio album, Spirit, which is due out on March 17.

Depeche Mode unveils 28-date fall North American leg of Global Spirit Tour

Depeche Mode unveils 28-date fall North American leg of Global Spirit Tour

Depeche Mode today announced the full North American leg of its upcoming Global Spirit Tour, a 28-date trek through the U.S. and Canada that put the synthpop vets in arenas and amphitheaters coast to coast from late August through late October. Pre-sales for the North American tour begin Monday.

Depeche Mode asks fans to get in line for upcoming North American tour presale

Depeche Mode asks fans to get in line for upcoming North American tour presale

With a European tour already announced, Depeche Mode are ramping up to unveil North American dates in support of their upcoming 14th studio album, Spirit — and they’re asking fans to reserve “a spot in line” for an upcoming ticket presale, then work to promote in order to move up in line.

Depeche Mode to release 14th album ‘Spirit’ in March — stream ‘Where’s the Revolution’

Depeche Mode to release 14th album ‘Spirit’ in March — stream ‘Where’s the Revolution’

Electronic-music giants Depeche Mode have revealed the full details of their upcoming 14th studio album, Spirit, which will be released March 17 in standard and deluxe formats, and is preceded by the just-released single “Where’s the Revolution” — which you can stream here.

Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’

Johnny Marr debuts video for Record Store Day cover of Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’

Former Smiths guitarist/songwriter Johnny Marr today debuted the video for his cover of Depeche Mode’s riff-heavy 1993 single “I Feel You,” a track he will release on a limited-edition 7-single on Record Store Day. Check out out the fairly dark clip right here.

Vintage Audio: Richard Blade chats up Depeche Mode at Wherehouse in-store

Vintage Audio: Richard Blade chats up Depeche Mode at Wherehouse in-store

With this week marking the 25th anniversary of the release of Depeche Mode’s landmark album Violator, we once again dip into the Slicing Up Eyeballs cassette archives, this time for a recording of the KROQ broadcast during the band’s infamous in-store appearance at a Wherehouse record store on the album’s U.S. release date.

Stream: Johnny Marr covers Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’ for Record Store Day single

Stream: Johnny Marr covers Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’ for Record Store Day single

On tour last year, Johnny Marr introduced a surprise to his encore set: a cover of Depeche Mode’s 1993 single “I Feel You.” Now, for Record Store Day, Marr is releasing a studio version of that cover as a limited-edition 7-inch single, backed by a live cover of The Smiths’ “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want.”

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore announces instrumental solo album ‘MG’ — hear first track

Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore announces instrumental solo album ‘MG’ — hear first track

Depeche Mode songwriter and co-founder Martin Gore next month will release a 16-track electronic instrumental album titled MG, a collection Mute Records is billing as the “soundtrack to an emotional and mysterious film of your own design.” You can stream the track “Europa Hymn” now.

Vintage Audio: DJs at San Diego’s 91X premiere Depeche Mode’s ‘Violator’ in 1990

Vintage Audio: DJs at San Diego’s 91X premiere Depeche Mode’s ‘Violator’ in 1990

With the 25th anniversary of the release of Depeche Mode’s smash album Violator approaching next month, we figured it was a great time to dust off this old tape from the Slicing Up Eyeballs archives that features a pair of DJs on San Diego’s 91X FM excitedly premiering the album a few days before its release on March 20, 1990.

Stream Marsheaux’s track-by-track remake of Depeche Mode’s ‘A Broken Frame’

Stream Marsheaux’s track-by-track remake of Depeche Mode’s ‘A Broken Frame’

For their forthcoming fifth album, contemporary Greek synthpop duo Marsheaux — Marianthi Melitsi and Sophie Sarigiannidou — have decided to remake a classic, recording a song-by-song cover of Depeche Mode’s 1982 sophomore record A Broken Frame.

Watch Johnny Marr cover Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’ in Edmonton, Canada

Watch Johnny Marr cover Depeche Mode’s ‘I Feel You’ in Edmonton, Canada

With Johnny Marr’s North American tour in support of the just-released Playland now entering its second half, the ex-Smiths guitarist has begun spicing up his encore set — already featuring some choice classics from his former band’s catalog — with a cover of Depeche Mode’s 1993 guitar rocker “I Feel You.”

New releases: Depeche Mode, The Cure, David Bowie, Nick Cave, The Jam, Fugazi, Bryan Ferry

New releases: Depeche Mode, The Cure, David Bowie, Nick Cave, The Jam, Fugazi, Bryan Ferry

This week’s new releases include a new live album and DVD from Depeche Mode, a Paul McCartney cover by The Cure, a new best-of from David Bowie, Nick Cave’s “20,000 Days on Earth” film, new albums from Bryan Ferry and Einstürzende Neubauten, and a collection of 1988 demos from Fugazi.

Premiere: 8-Bit Operators’ ‘Enjoy the Science: Tribute to Depeche Mode’ full-album stream

Premiere: 8-Bit Operators’ ‘Enjoy the Science: Tribute to Depeche Mode’ full-album stream

As we promised last week, we’re thrilled to be able to premiere the full-album, pre-release stream of the 8-Bit Operators collective’s new collection of chiptune covers of Depeche Mode classics — a 15-track collection of “highly musical, lo-bit video-game hardware re-imaginings.”