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Depeche Mode Announce 29 Additional North American Dates on the Memento Mori World Tour

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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For further information re: Memento Mori, tour updates and more, please go to  depechemode.com

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Depeche Mode Announces New Album and World Tour

Depeche Mode will release a new album next spring called  Memento Mori . They'll also launch a global tour, their first live performances in five years and first since the death of founding member Andy Fletcher. A specific release date for  Memento Mori  has not been revealed, but according to band members, work on the album began early in the pandemic.

"Its themes were directly inspired by that time," singer Dave Gahan said in a press release. "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. 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 launch in Sacramento, Calif., on March 23 and head east, stopping in several major U.S. cities plus three Canadian venues. They'll perform at New York City's Madison Square Garden on April 14, before going overseas for shows across Europe. You can see the complete list of concert dates below. The album, which is currently being finished by producers James Ford and Marta Salogni in London, marks the band's 15th LP and follows 2017's  Spirit .

In a recent interview with  Rolling Stone , multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore clarified that the album's title, which translates in Latin to "remember that you must die," was chosen before Fletcher died and that the songs were not written as a response to his death.

"Unfortunately, Andy passed away when he was really looking forward to getting started with us," Gore said. "So I like the idea of 'memento mori' in a more positive way, in a 'Live each day and make the most of your time here.'" Gore also emphasized that he and his bandmates feel that Fletcher would have wanted them to continue making music without him: "He was always seen as the glue of the band. It would’ve been unthinkable for him to think that his death would've caused the end of the band."

According to the band, Memento Mori  will most likely feature 12 songs, plus a couple of extra tracks that will be used for a deluxe edition. "To me, it’s got a cinematic quality to it," Gahan said. "It takes you on a bit of a trip, starting in a place where we're like, 'This is my world,' and ending with, 'How do I make the most of it?'"

Memento Mori World Tour 2023 Mar. 23 - Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center Mar. 25 - San Jose, CA @ SAP Center Mar. 28 - Los Angeles, CA @ Kia Forum Mar. 30 - Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena Apr. 2 - San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center Apr. 5 - Chicago, IL @ United Center Apr. 7 - Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena Apr. 9 - Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre Apr. 12 - Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell Apr. 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 @ Woerthersee Stadion July 23 - Zagreb, HR @ Arena Zagreb July 26 - Bucharest, RO @ Arena Naționala July 28 - Budapest, HU @ Puskas Arena July 30 - Prague, CZ @ Letnany Airport Aug. 2 - Warsaw, PL @ PGE Narodowy Aug. 6 - Tallinn, EE @ Tallinna Lauluvaljak Aug. 8 - Helsinki, FI @ Kaisaniemen Puisto Aug. 11 - Oslo, NO @ Telenor Arena

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Memento Mori Tour dates (updated Oct 10)

October 6th, 2022 by editorial

Depeche Mode’s upcoming Memento Mori World Tour 2023 will hit North American arenas in March and April, with European stadium dates running from May till August.

Dates for Lyon and Bordeaux moved.

North America 23 Mar 2023 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center 25 Mar 2023 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center 28 Mar 2023 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum 30 Mar 2023 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena 02 Apr 2023 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center 05 Apr 2023 – Chicago, IL – United Center 07 Apr 2023 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 09 Apr 2023 – Quebec City, QC – Videotron Center 12 Apr 2023 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell 14 Apr 2023 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Europe 16 May 2023 – Amsterdam, The Nederlands – Ziggo Dome 18 May 2023 – Amsterdam, The Nederlands – Ziggo Dome *EXTRA DATE* 20 May 2023 – Antwerp, Belgium – Sportpaleis Antwerpen 23 May 2023 – Stockholm, Sweden – Friends Arena 26 May 2023 – Leipzig, Germany – Leipziger Festwiese 28 May 2023 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Národný Futbalový Stadión 31 May 2023 – Lyon, France – Groupama Stadium (moved from July 4) 02 Jun 2023 – Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival 04 Jun 2023 – Dusseldorf, Germany – Merkur Spiel-Arena 06 Jun 2023 – Dusseldorf, Germany – Merkur Spiel-Arena 09 Jun 2023 – Madrid, Spain – Primavera Sound Festival 11 Jun 2023 – Bern, Switzerland – Stadion Wankdorf 14 Jun 2023 – Dublin, Ireland – Malahide Castle 17 Jun 2023 – London, UK – Twickenham Stadium 20 Jun 2023 – Munich, Germany – Olympiastadion 22 Jun 2023 – Lille, France – Stade Pierre Mauroy 24 Jun 2023 – Paris, France – Stade de France 27 Jun 2023 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Parken 29 Jun 2023 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park 01 Jul 2023 – Frankfurt, Germany – Deutsche Bank Park *EXTRA DATE* 04 Jul 2023 – Bordeaux, France – Matmut Atlantique (moved from May 31) 07 Jul 2023 – Berlin, Germany – Olympiastadion 09 Jul 2023 – Berlin, Germany – Olympiastadion * EXTRA DATE * 12 Jul 2023 – Rome, Italy – Stadio Olympico 14 Jul 2023 – Milan, Italy – San Siro 16 Jul 2023 – Bologna, Italy – Stadio Renato Dall’Ara 21 Jul 2023 – Klagenfurt, Austria – Wörthersee Stadion 23 Jul 2023 – Zagreb, Croatia – Arena Zagreb 26 Jul 2023 – Bucharest, Romania – Arena Nationala 28 Jul 2023 – Budapest, Hungary – Puskás Aréna 30 Jul 2023 – Prague, Czech Republic – Letnany Airport 02 Aug 2023 – Warsaw, Poland – PGE Narodowy 06 Aug 2023 – Tallinn, Estonia – Tallinna Lauluväljak 08 Aug 2023 – Helsinki, Finland – Kaisaniemen Puisto 11 Aug 2023 – Oslo, Norway – Telenor Arena

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Memento Mori

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Memento Mori (stylized as " Memento | Mori " on the album cover) is the fifteenth studio album by Depeche Mode (stylized as "Depeche|Mode" on the album cover), released on March 24, 2023 through Columbia and Mute. The album was produced by James Ford. It was preceded by the single "Ghosts Again" and the track "My Cosmos Is Mine" (released on streaming platforms), and is the first Depeche Mode studio album to be released after the death of co-founder and keyboardist Andy Fletcher on May 26, 2022. The album is promoted by the Memento Mori World Tour.

• 1 Background
• 4 Live debuts
• 5.1 Standard version
• 6 Reception
• 7 Commercial performance
• 9 Personnel
• 12 Certifications

Background [ ]

On May 26, 2022 Andy Fletcher unexpectedly died, with the cause of death later being revealed to be aortic dissection. Although songwriting and demo work on the album began prior to Fletcher's death, Dave Gahan stated in an interview with NME that Fletcher did not record any material for the album.

In the same NME interview, Martin Gore also explained how Richard Butler ended up co-writing seven songs for the album. In April 2020, Butler reached out to Gore to write songs together. He sent some lyrics, Gore added the music, and they went back and forth.

Gore said the songs were too good to be a side project, and so Depeche Mode put them on the album although Butler was never going to join the band.

“Martin sent me about six songs, and Richard Butler was singing on a few of them,” Dave Gahan recalled. “I was like, ‘…The fuck is this?’ Then Martin explained that during COVID he and Richard had written some songs together. I don’t care who wrote them, but they were some great songs.”

In August 2022, a photo of Gore and Gahan in the studio was shared on social media, indicating they were in the studio working on new material.

On October 4, 2022, the band held a press conference in Berlin, announcing their upcoming album titled Memento Mori and a world tour to go along with it. The album is scheduled to be released "towards the end of March" 2023, which will coincide with the tour starting on March 23, 2023.

"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." - Martin Gore on the creating process of the album, Live Nation Entertainment

A description of the album appeared on the band's official website: "The album's 12 tracks chart a vast expansion of moods and textures, from its ominous opening to its closing resolve—running the gamut from paranoia and obsession to catharsis and joy, and hitting myriad points between". The full tracklist of 12 songs was also announced. On Volt Magazin' s website, it was confirmed that "Dave Gahan and Martin Gore said there were five finished tracks that didn't make it onto the long player."

Releases [ ]

On February 3, 2023, the official Depeche Mode Twitter account announced Ghosts Again as the first single which was released on February 9, 2023 with its accompanying music video.

On March 9, 2023, My Cosmos Is Mine was released on streaming platforms to further promote the album. It was not released with an accompanying video. [ cit

Singles [ ]

• Ghosts Again - released on February 3, 2023
• My Cosmos Is Mine - released on March 9, 2023

Live debuts [ ]

On February 11, 2023, the band debuted Ghosts Again live in Sanremo, Italy. On February 14, 2023, Wagging Tongue was debuted live in La Plaine-Saint-Denis, France. On February 19, 2023, "My Favourite Stranger" was debuted live in Munich, Germany at a special fan event.

Track listing [ ]

Standard version [ ], reception [ ].

Memento Mori was acclaimed by critics on its release. The album received a score of 86 out of 100 from fourteen critics' reviews on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating "universal acclaim". At AnyDecentMusic?, which collects critical reviews from more than 50 media sources, the album scored 8.1 points out of 10, based on 11 professional reviews.

The Guardian gave it four out of five stars, writing "Gore's say-what-you-see lyrics are always best on the essentials of life – sex and death – and Ghosts Again is the pair's best single in aeons, a singalong meditation on mortality that's concise and powerful. Both are in fine voice. Gore's choirboy trills have never been richer than on Soul with Me, while Gahan ranges ever-restlessly from operatic to reptilian, the electro-pop Freddie Mercury. There's warmth in the album's fusion of industrial grind with delicate melody, and producer James Ford sparks a revivifying weirdness in songs such as My Cosmos Is Mine. For a record preoccupied by death, its big heart bursts with life."

Kory Grow of Rolling Stone praised the message of the album, stating "Acknowledging mortality defines much of Memento Mori, but it never feels heavy handed or even all that sullen. Some of the tracks even sound upbeat". He concluded, "As always with Depeche Mode, everything counts in large amounts, and on Memonto Mori , the stakes feel bigger than ever."

Cristina Jaleru of ABC News was also positive about the album stating "The 12 tracks are fully Depeche, fully intoxicating in sound, artistically evocative and sometimes puzzling (like the compelling but strange 'Caroline's Monkey'). The music is staring lovingly into the abyss and asking it to love it back; death is always hovering on the periphery of the sound, a grunge, industrial, rainy sound also filled with a strange kindness." and concluded. "Depeche Mode might be facing their own mortality but their power as musicians stretches into infinity."

Ultimate Classic Rock praised the album, favoring it to its predecessor Spirit stating "Depeche Mode's previous album, 2017's Spirit , suffered from some ill-fitting turns toward the political. There's little of that in Memento Mori . For the most part, this is classic band territory – moody goth draped in familiar lyrical subjects, now also informed by a world-stopping pandemic", but was critical on some tracks saying Don't Say You Love Me comes off like the result of a ChatGPT quest to write a Depeche Mode song, and Caroline's Monkey unsuccessfully juggles too many sounds and metaphors during its four-plus minutes."

Commercial performance [ ]

Coming soon.

The album will be supported by the Memento Mori World Tour . The tour starts on March 23, 2023 in Sacramento, California and ends on December 15, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Personnel [ ]

Depeche Mode

• Martin L. Gore

Additional musicians

• James Ford – programming
• Marta Salogni – programming
• James Ford – production
• Marta Salogni – production, mixing, engineering
• Greg White – engineer assistance
• Francine Perry – engineer assistance
• Grace Banks – engineer assistance
• Adrian Hierholzer – vocal engineering
• Matt Colton – mastering
• Anton Corbijn – cover, all visuals, art direction, design

Spotify [ ]

Weekly charts

Certifications [ ]

Sources [ ].

• https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/depeche-mode-new-album-tour-memento-mori-1234604069/
• https://www.nme.com/news/music/depeche-mode-interview-dave-gahan-new-album-tour-memento-mori-andy-fletcher-3323355
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memento_Mori_(Depeche_Mode_album)
• 1 Martin Gore
• 2 Dave Gahan
• 3 Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode, Still Mourning, Return With Tour and New Album ‘Memento Mori’

By Kory Grow

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 . “A lot of the songs are going into that place of reminding ourselves that our time is fleeting, and you got to make the best of it — in a positive way.” Gore says he first heard the Latin phrase from a friend. “I just thought, ‘What a great album title for the songs that had been written already,'” he says.

Before they could get in the studio, though, the title took on far greater meaning for Gahan and Gore. On May 26, Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, who co-founded Depeche Mode and played synthesizers and bass in the group since 1980, died naturally of an aortic dissection. Did they second-guess the title after Fletch’s death? “I think it cemented it, if anything,” Gore says.

“Obviously, everybody will think that all of the songs were quickly written after Andy died,” Gore continues. “But everything was planned and ready to go. Unfortunately, Andy passed away when he was really looking forward to getting started with us. So I like the idea of ‘memento mori’ in a more positive way, in a ‘Live each day and make the most of your time here.'”

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Even now, the two musicians are still making sense of their bandmate’s absence. “You don’t always get to say goodbye,” Gahan says. “With this, it was just one of those things where all of a sudden, Martin and I are sitting in a pew in a church together, and Fletch is not here anymore, just like that.”

“It’s obviously really hard to lose your closest friend,” Gore says. “Andy was there with me from way before the band and I feel like he was the one in the trenches with me the whole way. So it’s very tough.”

But Gore feels his bandmate would have wanted Depeche Mode to continue. “He was always seen as the glue of the band,” he says. “It would’ve been unthinkable for him to think that his death would’ve caused the end of the band.”

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Gahan and Gore didn’t see each other face to face to work on the album until July. The singer feels that if Fletch were working on the album, he’d have joked, “Can we just stop talking about death?” “I missed that in the studio,” the singer says, “and I know Martin did, too. We felt like he was still there with us.”

The group opened the Berlin event with a short montage, showing close-ups of music gear as echoey, undeniably Depeche Mode music plays in the background. The soundtrack had a throbbing, fuzzy synth bass line and operatic vocals. Eventually, the camera pulled out to show the musicians together in the studio. Eventually, Gahan’s voice enters and he sings, “We know we’ll be ghosts again.”

Neither Gahan nor Gore feel ready to name any of Memento Mori’s song titles — days before the Berlin event, they’re not even quite sure what the final titles are for the musical selections they’re playing — but they say the structure of the album as a whole came together naturally. “To me, it’s got a cinematic quality to it,” Gahan says. “It takes you on a bit of a trip, starting in a place where we’re like, ‘This is my world,’ and ending with, ‘How do I make the most of it?'” The music, Gahan says, sounds melancholy but it’s also braided with hope and joy. The record will likely feature 12 songs with a few saved over as extras for a deluxe edition.

When asked in Berlin if the band will be paying tribute to Fletch on the tour, Gahan said the group was still figuring it out but had zeroed in on some of Fletch’s favorite Depeche Mode songs. “He’ll be there in spirit, I’m sure, judging us,” he said with a laugh.

In another light moment, a journalist asked if the band would ever consider doing an “unplugged” tour. “We can’t really unplug because we’re an electronic band,” Gahan said, chuckling. Gore added, “We can try it with battery packs or something.”

In an unusual move for Depeche Mode, the group will start its Memento Mori tour in North America instead of Europe. “I can’t remember the last time we started in America, if we ever have,” Gore says. “I’m sure we did at some point, but it just seemed like something different to do.” (The European leg will begin May 16. Some of the venues the group next year will play include Madison Square Garden, Chicago’s United Center, Twickenham Stadium and the Stade de France.) The band will return to North America in Sept. 2023 for another round of 29 arena shows.

Until then, they will press forward while continuing to grieve their friend and bandmate’s death. “It was very odd coming to Berlin and coming into a hotel where we have been with Andy many times, and just seeing the bar where we’d often seen sitting,” Gore says. “That was a bit of a reality check. Everything that we’re doing from this point forward is different, so we just have to put our heads down and do the best we can.”

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Depeche Mode: Memento Mori review – a life-affirming farewell for Fletch

(Columbia) Andy Fletcher’s two surviving bandmates reflect on mortality on an album of warm, weird electro-pop

A ndy Fletcher’s death could’ve ended Depeche Mode. In Fletch’s 42-year tenure, curtailed last May, the Basildon band never made a truly bad album, rarely stooped to covers or re-records. The music gently declined in quality over the decades, but their tours grew bigger and better. Their final album would’ve been 2017’s Spirit , a decent tilt at reinventing the grand claustrophobia of 1987 masterpiece Music for the Masses . A solid legacy. Instead, surviving bandmates Martin Gore and Dave Gahan have assembled Memento Mori , an elegant farewell for Fletch.

Gore’s say-what-you-see lyrics are always best on the essentials of life – sex and death – and Ghosts Again is the pair’s best single in aeons, a singalong meditation on mortality that’s concise and powerful. Both are in fine voice. Gore’s choirboy trills have never been richer than on Soul With Me, while Gahan ranges ever-restlessly from operatic to reptilian, the electro-pop Freddie Mercury. There’s warmth in the album’s fusion of industrial grind with delicate melody, and producer James Ford sparks a revivifying weirdness in songs such as My Cosmos Is Mine. For a record preoccupied by death, its big heart bursts with life.

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Category : 2023-2024 Memento Mori Tour

The Memento Mori Tour was a 2023-2024 international tour undertaken by Depeche Mode in support of their fifteenth studio album Memento Mori . This tour was Depeche Mode's 19th tour, and the first tour following founding band member Andrew Fletcher 's passing in 2022.

A press conference was held at the Berliner Ensemble on October 4, 2022 at 13:00 CET to announce the new album and tour.

• 2 Line up and songwriting credits
• 3 Hublot partnership and charity support
• 4 Dates with downloads available
• 5 Dates without available downloads
• 6.1 Pre-tour events

The set list template below is representative of the main legs of the tour and is accurate through the end of the tour at 2024-04-08 Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany . Slots with more than one song listed have had at least one performance of that song.

Note that pre-tour events and festival appearances do not follow this set list, however, the below live performance counts do count rehearsals, pre-tour, and festival performances.

Line up and songwriting credits

Hublot partnership and charity support.

Depeche Mode once again has partnered with Hublot to support charity efforts around the Memento Mori Tour. Depeche Mode has supported Teenage Cancer Trust and charity: water for the past 10 years along with Hublot and fans' support. A video which explained Depeche Mode's support of these charities as well as new support of the environmentally focused Conservation Collective and participation in Live Nation's Green Nation touring program was posted to the official YouTube account on June 11, 2023 and is embedded below. Additionally, the audio from this video was played at each concert after the support act's performance concluded.

An audience recording of this message from 2023-10-12 Kaseya Center, Miami, FL, USA can be heard here:

Transcript of Martin's message:

Conservation Collective issued a newsletter on June 20, 2023 regarding Depeche Mode and Hublot's partnership.

Furthermore, there is a subpage of DepecheMode.com dedicated to the Hublot partnership.

Dates with downloads available

• 2023-02-14 Taratata, France 2, Studios du Lendit, Saint-Denis, France
• 2023-02-16 BBC Radio 2's Piano Room, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England, UK
• 2023-02-19 Alte Kongresshalle, Munich, Germany
• 2023-03-23 Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
• 2023-03-25 SAP Center, San Jose, CA, USA
• 2023-03-28 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2023-03-30 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA
• 2023-04-02 AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
• 2023-04-05 United Center, Chicago, IL, USA
• 2023-04-07 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2023-04-09 Videotron Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada
• 2023-04-14 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
• 2023-05-16 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2023-05-18 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2023-05-23 Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2023-05-26 Leipziger Festwiese, Leipzig, Germany
• 2023-05-28 Národný Futbalový Stadión, Bratislava, Slovakia
• 2023-05-31 Groupama Stadium, Lyon, France
• 2023-06-02 Primavera Sound Festival, Barcelona, Spain
• 2023-06-04 Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany
• 2023-06-06 Merkur Spiel-Arena, Dusseldorf, Germany
• 2023-06-17 Twickenham Stadium, London, England, UK
• 2023-06-24 Stade de France, Paris, France
• 2023-06-29 Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2023-07-01 Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany
• 2023-07-07 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
• 2023-07-09 Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany
• 2023-07-12 Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy
• 2023-08-04 Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland
• 2023-10-10 Amway Center, Orlando, FL, USA
• 2023-10-12 Kaseya Center, Miami, FL, USA
• 2023-10-15 State Farm Arena, Atlanta, GA, USA
• 2023-10-25 Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 2023-10-28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA
• 2023-11-05 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada
• 2023-11-08 Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI, USA
• 2023-11-10 Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, Cleveland, OH, USA
• 2023-11-13 United Center, Chicago, IL, USA
• 2023-11-16 Ball Arena, Denver, CO, USA
• 2023-11-26 Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA, USA
• 2023-12-01 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA
• 2023-12-03 Chase Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
• 2023-12-06 Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA, USA
• 2023-12-08 Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA, USA
• 2023-12-10 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2023-12-12 Kia Forum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2023-12-15 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2023-12-17 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2024-01-24 Utilita Arena, Birmingham, England, UK
• 2024-01-27 O2 Arena, London, England, UK
• 2024-01-29 AO Arena, Manchester, England, UK
• 2024-02-06 Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2024-02-08 Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2024-02-13 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany
• 2024-02-20 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany
• 2024-02-22 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2024-02-24 O2 Arena, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2024-03-05 Accor Arena, Paris, France
• 2024-03-26 MVM Dome, Budapest, Hungary
• 2024-04-03 Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany
• 2024-04-05 Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany
• 2024-04-08 Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany

Dates without available downloads

• 2023-02-11 Sanremo Music Festival, Teatro Ariston, Sanremo, Italy
• 2023-02-13 Quotidien, TMC, Studios Rive Gauche, Paris, France
• 2023-02-23 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Ed Sullivan Theater, New York City, NY, USA
• 2023-03-15 Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Hollywood Masonic Temple, Hollywood, CA, USA
• 2023-03-16 Memento Mori Tour Rehearsals, S.I.R. Studios, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• 2023-03-21 Memento Mori Tour Rehearsals, Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, USA
• 2023-04-12 Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2023-05-20 Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
• 2023-06-09 Primavera Sound Festival, Madrid, Spain
• 2023-06-11 Stadion Wankdorf, Bern, Switzerland
• 2023-06-14 Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland
• 2023-06-20 Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany
• 2023-06-22 Stade Pierre Mauroy, Lille, France
• 2023-06-27 Parken, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2023-07-04 Stade Matmut Atlantique, Bordeaux, France
• 2023-07-14 San Siro, Milan, Italy
• 2023-07-16 Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna, Italy
• 2023-07-21 Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt, Austria
• 2023-07-23 Arena Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
• 2023-07-26 Arena Nationala, Bucharest, Romania
• 2023-07-28 Puskás Aréna, Budapest, Hungary
• 2023-07-30 Letnany Airport, Prague, Czech Republic
• 2023-08-02 PGE Narodowy, Warsaw, Poland
• 2023-08-06 Tallinna Lauluväljak, Tallinn, Estonia
• 2023-08-11 Telenor Arena, Oslo, Norway
• 2023-09-21 Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2023-09-23 Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2023-09-25 Foro Sol, Mexico City, Mexico
• 2023-09-29 Moody Center, Austin, TX, USA
• 2023-10-01 American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX, USA
• 2023-10-04 Toyota Center, Houston, TX, USA
• 2023-10-07 Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA, USA
• 2023-10-19 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN, USA
• 2023-10-21 Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA
• 2023-10-23 Capital One Arena, Washington, DC, USA
• 2023-10-27 The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, NBC, New York, NY, USA
• 2023-10-31 TD Garden, Boston, MA, USA
• 2023-11-03 Centre Bell, Montreal, QC, Canada
• 2023-11-18 Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
• 2023-11-21 Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• 2023-11-24 Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• 2023-11-28 MODA Center, Portland, OR, USA
• 2024-01-22 O2 Arena, London, England, UK
• 2024-01-31 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
• 2024-02-03 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland
• 2024-02-10 Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2024-02-15 Mercedes-Benz Arena, Berlin, Germany
• 2024-02-17 Barclays Arena, Hamburg, Germany
• 2024-02-27 Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
• 2024-02-29 Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
• 2024-03-03 Accor Arena, Paris, France
• 2024-03-07 Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
• 2024-03-12 WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain
• 2024-03-14 WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain
• 2024-03-16 Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona, Spain
• 2024-03-19 MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2024-03-21 B.E.C., Bilbao, Spain
• 2024-03-23 Pala Alpitour, Turin, Italy
• 2024-03-28 Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy
• 2024-03-30 Mediolanum Forum, Milan, Italy

Recommended recordings

These recordings are highly recommended as they are generally regarded as some of the best recordings from this tour. This is not an exhaustive list of very good sounding recordings.

Notably, the prolific taper RyanJ has uploaded a total of 13 excellent audience/in-ear monitor matrix recordings from various dates during the North American legs of this tour. While we are unable to list all of them here, each recording is superb and is highly recommended for download. We, at the DMLiveWiki, sincerely express our gratitude to Ryan and Anonymous for their outstanding contributions to these recordings! A complete list of his recordings are available here .

Pre-tour events

• 2023-02-14 Taratata, France 2, Studios du Lendit, Saint-Denis, France (Soundboard)
• 2023-02-16 BBC Radio 2's Piano Room, BBC Maida Vale Studios, London, England, UK (pre-FM broadcast)
• 2023-02-19 Alte Kongresshalle, Munich, Germany (FM broadcast)
• 2023-03-23 Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, CA, USA (in-ear monitor/audience matrix)
• 2023-03-30 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA (in-ear monitor/audience matrix)
• 2023-04-14 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (in-ear monitor/audience matrix)
• 2023-10-28 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY, USA (in-ear monitor/audience matrix)
• 2023-11-05 Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada (in-ear monitor/audience matrix)
• 2023-11-13 United Center, Chicago, IL, USA (in-ear monitor/audience matrix)
• ↑ Swapped places with It's No Good once at 2023-03-30 T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV, USA .
• ↑ Was not performed at 2023-11-21 Rogers Place, Edmonton, AB, Canada .
• ↑ Dropped starting from 2024-03-14 WiZink Center, Madrid, Spain .
• ↑ Performed once in this slot only at 2024-04-08 Lanxess-Arena, Cologne, Germany

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Depeche Mode 140,000 devotees in the Olympiastadion Berlin

Depeche Mode are practically permanent guests in Berlin by now. After an unexpected death of keyboardist and founding member Andy Fletcher in May 2022, the two remaining band members Dave Gahan and Martin L. Gore announced their 15th studio album “Memento Mori” and the accompanying “World Tour” at a press conference in the capital of Germany. After 2009, 2013 and 2017, Depeche Mode found their way back to the Olympiastadion Berlin on July 7th and July 9th, 2023.

Two hot summer evenings awaited the approximately 70,000 visitors in the Olympiastadion. However, no sign of summer sluggishness: everyone celebrated and danced and sang loudly with their idols to old and new hits, which ranged from their debut album “Speak and Spell” (released in 1981) to the aforementioned “Memento Mori” (released in March 2023).

Over 40 years of music history that Gahan and Gore brought to the stage along with their long-time touring members Peter Gordeno (keyboards) and Christian Eigner (drums) and thus excited generations of their fans. Only a handful of artists know how to put a spell on a crowd, and Dave Gahan is one of them. Few words, pure presence and personality. Facial expressions, gestures, dances. Sometimes energetic, sometimes lascivious with circling hips. From the outside, it might seem like Martin Gore is stepping into the background, dedicating himself to his instruments in addition to the backing vocals, but comes out all the more intensively when he performs “Strangelove” in an acoustic version, all alone with his guitar, as he did on the second night. Goosebumps.

Depeche Mode performed for a total of 2 hours and 15 minutes or 23 songs each evening, ending both shows with their evergreen “Personal Jesus”. Just today, the band announced that their Memento Mori World Tour will continue in 2024, performing once again in Berlin.

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The band has not been seen live for five years, but now Depeche Mode is returning to the concert stages of this world. On the tour for their new studio album "Memento Mori", the British pop legends will also make a stop in Munich: on 20 June 2023 at the Open Air in the Olympic Stadium.

There are few bands that have maintained such a permanent position at the top of the world pop music scene over the decades. In 1982, Depeche Mode made its first guest appearance in Munich at the height of British New Wave, at that time still in the old Alabamahalle. Between 1987 and 2006, the band came to the Olympic Hall for eight concerts, followed by three acclaimed concerts in the Olympic Stadium in 2009, 2013 and 2017.

Now the fourth open air under the tent roof will follow on 20 June 2023, but for the first time without keyboardist Andy Fletcher, who died of an aortic rupture in May 2022 at the age of only 60. After the death of their friend and companion, Martin Gore and Dave Gahan were still thinking about the future of the band - only to decide to continue the Depeche Mode success story, finish the album and go on tour again.

"After Fletch's death, we decided to carry on because we're sure that's what he would have wanted," says Martin Gore, and his mate Dave Gahan adds: "Fletch would have loved this album." Memento Mori is Depeche Mode's 15th studio album, and the Memento Mori Tour is the 19th tour by the British global stars.

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Memento Mori World Tour

The Memento Mori World Tour [1] was a worldwide concert tour by English electronic music band Depeche Mode in support of the group's 15th studio album, Memento Mori . The tour began on 23 March 2023 and concluded on 8 April 2024. This marked the first concert tour to not feature keyboardist Andy Fletcher , who died in 2022.

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The tour was first announced on 4 October 2022, along with the Memento Mori album announcement at an event in Berlin . [2] A third leg of the tour for North America was announced on 16 February 2023, with 34 additional shows. [3] On 10 July 2023, a second European leg of the tour has been announced with 29 new dates in indoor arenas. [4]

On 29 September 2022, Depeche Mode took to their social media channels to post a teaser of an upcoming announcement, reading "Berlin 4.10.22". [5] On 4 October 2022, a special event was held at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm in Berlin hosted by Barbara Charone , [6] and was streamed live on YouTube. [7] Dave Gahan and Martin Gore were present to discuss details regarding their upcoming world tour to support the new album. [2]

Two shows on the tour were part of the Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona and Madrid , which Depeche Mode headlined on Fridays 2 June and 9 June 2023. [8]

"Black Celebration" and " Policy of Truth " made their tour debuts at New York City 's Barclays Center on 21 October 2023. [9]

The band have performed the song " World in My Eyes " on every show in memory of Fletcher, due to this being his favourite song. [10]

Setlist for North America (legs #1 and #3) and Europe (legs #2 and #4) [lower-alpha 1]

• " My Cosmos Is Mine "
• " Wagging Tongue "
• " It's No Good "
• " Walking in My Shoes "
• " Policy of Truth "
• " In Your Room " (Zephyr mix)
• " Everything Counts "
• " Precious "
• " My Favourite Stranger "
• " Before We Drown "
• " Home " (*)
• " Strangelove " (acoustic) (*)
• " Shake the Disease " (acoustic) (*)
• " But Not Tonight " (acoustic) (*)
• " Dressed in Black " (acoustic) (*)
• " Heaven " (acoustic) (*)
• " Somebody " (*)
• " Home " (acoustic) (*)
• " Ghosts Again "
• " I Feel You "
• " A Pain That I'm Used To " ( Jacques Lu Cont remix)
• " Behind the Wheel "
• " Black Celebration "
• " Stripped "
• " Enjoy the Silence " Encore
• " Condemnation " (acoustic)
• " Just Can't Get Enough "
• " Never Let Me Down Again "
• " Personal Jesus "

Setlist for European festival concerts (leg #2)

Depeche Mode performed at the Primavera Sound festival in Spain and omitted some songs from their setlist. [12]

• " World in My Eyes "
• " John the Revelator "

Note : "(*)" denotes song sung by Martin Gore .

• Dave Gahan – lead vocals
• Martin Gore – guitar, keyboards, lead and backing vocals
• Christian Eigner – drums, keyboards
• Peter Gordeno – keyboards, bass, backing vocals
• ↑ At the show in Edmonton, Canada, " A Question of Lust " was on the printed setlist but was not performed due to Martin Gore 's vocal problems. [11]

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Memento Mori is the fifteenth studio album by English electronic band Depeche Mode, released on 24 March 2023 through Columbia. The album was produced by James Ford, and marks their first album in six years since 2017's Spirit, the longest period of time between albums in the band's history.

" Wagging Tongue " is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode. It was released on 7 July 2023 as the third single from their fifteenth studio album, Memento Mori .

" Speak to Me " is a song by English electronic band Depeche Mode from their fifteenth studio album, Memento Mori . A remixed version of the song by Dutch disc jockey Oliver Heldens, characterized by a more techno-oriented backing track, was released on 11 August 2023 as the fourth single from the album.

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• by Sean Hannam | Apr 22, 2024

Depeche Mode frontman, Dave Gahan, once said of his bandmate, chief songwriter, Martin Gore, that he only ever pens lyrics about three subjects: death, pain and suffering.

Death hangs over this record – their fifteenth studio album – more so than ever, because it’s the first one the group, now a duo, have made without fellow member, Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher, who died in 2022. The title, Memento Mori, is a Latin phrase meaning ‘Remember you must die,’ but, ironically, the album was named and written before Fletcher’s passing.

Depeche Mode reunited with producer, James Ford, who was at the controls for 2017’s Spirit, which was the band’s most political record, but suffered from a lack of great and memorable songs.

The 12-track Memento Mori brings with it a sadness due to the circumstances in which it was made, but the good news is that it’s mostly a return to form – in fact, it’s the best album Depeche Mode have made since 1997’s brilliant and underrated Ultra, which was created in the wake of Gahan’s near-fatal drug overdose.

It isn’t a perfect record – the first half is stronger than the second and some of the songs, like the chugging ‘Always You’ and the dizzying ‘Never Let Me Go’, need repeated listening to sink in. Memento Mori would be a stronger album without them.

Opener, ‘My Cosmos Is Mine’, is a brilliant scene setter – creating a foreboding and unsettling atmosphere with its pulsing electronics and spacey synths. Choral-like backing vocals lend it a gothic sci-fi soundtrack feel, and co-producer and engineer, Marta Salogni, has processed Gahan’s and Gore’s vocals through lots of tape, creating otherworldly and psychedelic backwards effects.

‘Wagging Tongue’ – “Watch another angel die” – is a Gore and Gahan co-write. Based on a hypnotic, Kraftwerkesque keyboard part, it sounds a bit like Nick Cave doing Yazoo.

First single, the sublime pop of ‘Ghosts Again’, one of four songs Gore has written with Richard Butler of The Psychedelic Furs, manages to be both melancholy and uplifting at the same time.

Built on a trademark Gore guitar hook, it evokes the band’s classic 1990 hit ‘Enjoy The Silence’, as well as the Pet Shop Boys circa Behaviour and New Order’s ‘Bizarre Love Triangle.’

‘Don’t Say You Love Me’, another Gore and Butler composition, is wonderful – a dramatic and doomy Scott Walker-style torch song (“You’ll be the killer, I’ll be the corpse”) with James Bond strings and a great vocal performance by Gahan.

The shadowy and throbbing ‘My Favourite Stranger’ occupies more familiar Depeche Mode territory – it’s a jarring electro-industrial track, with squelchy synths and some, occasionally, irritating and upsetting squally sounds, but ‘Soul With Me’ offers some solace – a gorgeous and histrionic, Gore-sung ballad with an angelic arrangement and a touch of smooth ‘80s pop.

The oddly-titled ‘Caroline’s Monkey’, which references drug addiction – “Caroline’s monkey claws at her back, colder than winter, darker than black” – has a weird, mutated disco groove that is strangely reminiscent of Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’.

The final song, ‘Speak To Me’, is an epic interstellar ballad that also touches on narcotics in its lyrics. It sounds like Gahan is addressing the dark times in his past when he sings: “I heard you call my name, lying on the bathroom floor – no one here to blame.”

This is a great-sounding and intriguing album, with some inventive production techniques (some of which are very old indeed) that manages to immerse the listener in warm sonics, but also adds a disturbing edge to some of the songs.

Memento Mori isn’t up there with the band’s crowning glory, 1990’s Violator, and it may be overshadowed by the death of Fletcher, but it’s great to have a Depeche Mode record which sounds like it’s got some new life in it.

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Depeche Mode Setlist for 2023 Memento Mori Tour Revealed

Depeche Mode launched their 2023 tour a couple weeks ago and they’ll be on the road for the rest of the year!

The English electronic band, who were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2020, are currently traveling around the world on their Memento Mori tour.

Lead band members Dave Gahan and Martin Gore are both on the road for the tour. Sadly, one of the band’s founding members passed away last year.

This is the band’s 19th tour and their first in over five years. They are performing 80 dates through the end of the year! Following the limited North American run, the band will embark on a European stadium tour and then they’ll come back to North America in September.

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Keep scrolling to check out the full set list… **This set list is representative of the first show and might not be completely accurate for every show.

1. My Cosmos Is Mine 2. Wagging Tongue 3. Walking in My Shoes 4. It’s No Good 5. Sister of Night 6. In Your Room 7. Everything Counts 8. Precious 9. Speak to Me 10. A Question of Lust 11. Soul With Me 12. Ghosts Again 13. I Feel You 14. A Pain That I’m Used To 15. World in My Eyes 16. Wrong 17. Stripped 18. John the Revelator 19. Enjoy the Silence 20. ENCORE: Waiting for the Night at some shows / Condemnation at some shows 21. ENCORE: Just Can’t Get Enough 22. ENCORE: Never Let Me Down Again 23. ENCORE: Personal Jesus

Check out the set lists for more artists on tour right now!

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