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As Depeche Mode ready themselves for a North American tour in support of their new album, Memento Mori (out Friday), they stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform the album’s lead single, “Ghosts Again.” Martin Gore played the song’s melancholy melody on a hollow body guitar until singer Dave Gahan, …

In “Ghosts Again,” one of many introspective moments on Depeche Mode‘s 15th full-length, Memento Mori, Dave Gahan croons, “Time is fleeting.” This is not a new revelation, but the tranquility in his voice feels fresh. More than four decades have passed since the group formed as a quartet of mostly …

Depeche Mode have shared the opening track from their upcoming LP Memento Mori, “My Cosmos Is Mine.” On the heels of the pulsing synth-pop first single, “Ghosts Again,” “My Cosmos Is Mine” is darker, slower, and more foreboding than its predecessor and kicks off the band’s first album without late …

A month before Depeche Mode release their new album Memento Mori, the Rock Hall-inducted now-duo stopped by The Late Show Thursday to perform the LP’s first single and one of the band’s classics. In the episode, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore showcased their new song “Ghosts Again,” the first offering …

Over four months after Depeche Mode announced the impending arrival of their new album Memento Mori, the Rock Hall-inducted band have finally shared the LP’s first single “Ghosts Again.” The now-duo (following the death of Andy Fletcher) paired the synth-rock track with a video directed by longtime collaborator Anton Corbijn, …

Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan has turned in a menacing new cover of the Raveonettes’ “Chains.” Gahan crafted the version with frequent Depeche Mode collaborator, Kurt Uenala. While the Raveonettes’ original featured a striking clash of buzzsaw guitars and clattering percussion, Gahan and Uenala give the song an electronic and industrial …

Kendrick Lamar, Rosalía, and Depeche Mode are among the headliners for the 2023 Primavera Sound festival, which will be taking place over two weekends in Barcelona and, for the first time, Madrid. Primavera Sound’s first weekend will run May 31 through June 4 at the Parc Del Fòrum in Barcelona; …

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 …

Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy “Fletch” Fletcher died after suffering an aortic dissection at his home last month at the age of 60. Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore and Dave Gahan revealed the musician’s cause of death — at his family’s request — on FacebookMonday, June 27. Per the Mayo Clinic, an …

Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, the co-founder and keyboardist of beloved synth-pop and New Wave stalwarts Depeche Mode, died at the age of 60. Fletcher’s bandmates announced his death Thursday on social media; Rolling Stone has confirmed that the cause of death was natural causes. “We are shocked and filled with overwhelming …