Depeche Mode World Tour & New Album - 2009
If I had to pick a label to give a best of 2008 award to, It’d probably be a toss up between Mute and 4AD, with Matador, In the Red, and XL recordings trailing closely behind them. Latest from Mute Records: upcoming release from legendary new wavers Depeche Mode, and tour dates in 2009. EPIC. I saw Depeche Mode once, in like 2000 or 2001 - my friend called me up at the last second to ask me to meet him at the staples center in like an hour or two to use his leftover VIP ticket. They were playing with Poe. I had to call up my little boyfriend who was already on his way over to have me dye his hair black because he was desperately trying to be “cool” - and tell him to turn around. I’m totally not sorry. Truth be told, I probably wasn’t even sorry then. Anyway, back to the news:
Depeche Mode’s 12th studio album is scheduled for release on April 20th, 2009 - haha, 4/20. After the record’s release, 2009 will have Depeche Mode on a “Tour of the Universe” - Gahan and associates will play 28 stadium dates worldwide, and that epic journey is gonna kick off in Tel Aviv on May 10th. So far there’s nothing scheduled in the US, but dig it: if you live in Latvia, you can spend a ton of money for nosebleed tickets and rock out like it’s 1992.
DOWNLOADS:
Dave Gahan - Kingdom
Depeche Mode - Useless (K&D Session)
Poe - Angry Johnny
TOUR DATES:
May 10: Tel Aviv, Israel (Ramat Gan Stadium)
May 12: Athens (Terra Vibe Park)
May 14: Istanbul (Santral Istanbul)
May 16: Bucharest, Romania (Parc Izvor)
May 18: Sofia, Bulgaria (Vasil Levski Stadium)
May 20: Belgrade, Serbia (USCE Park)
May 21: Zagreb, Croatia (Arena)
May 23: Warsaw (Gwardia Stadium)
May 25: Riga, Latvia (Skonto Stadium)
May 27: Vilnius, Lithuania (Zalgirio Stadionas)
May 30: London (02 Arena)
June 2: Hamburg (HSH Nordbank Arena)
June 4: Dusseldorf, Germany (LTU Arena)
June 7: Leipzig, Germany (Zentralstadion)
June 10: Berlin (Olympiastadion)
June 12: Frankfurt (Commerzbank Arena)
June 13: Munich (Olympiastadion)
June 16, 18: Rome (Stadio Olimpico)
June 20: Werchter, Belgium (TW Classic Festival)
June 22: Bratislava, Slovakia (Inter Stadium)
June 23: Budapest (Puskas Ferenc Stadium)
June 25: Prague (Slavia Stadium)
June 27: Paris (TBA)
June 30: Copenhagen (Parken Stadium)
July 2: Bergen, Norway (Koengen)
July 3: Arvika, Sweden (Arvika Festival)
July 11: Oporto, Portugal (Super Bock Super Rock Festival)
