In a story about the quick sell out of the London O2 arena show, Uncut magazine brings a quote stating that the first single from the upcoming Mode album will hit radios in February. Make the jump for the full thing!
From UNCUT:
Depeche Mode's Tour of the Universe European leg announced last week has seen record number of tickets sold since going on sale last Friday (October 10).
A spokesman for the 02 Arena where DM will play their only UK date on May 30, 2009 says that tickets: "Sold out in literally minutes blocking phone lines and crashing websites as fans scrambled for tickets, all European...
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In a very wordy press release put out today, EMI officially restates what the band officially revealed at the press conference yesterday: Mode is back in the fold at Mute/EMI. The press release (copied in full after the jump) is fleshed out with comments from EMI staffers, Mode-man Andy Fletcher, as well as everybody's fave label boss: Daniel Miller!
EMI PRESS RELEASE (with the release date bit in bold):
Depeche Mode sign worldwide exclusive deal with EMI Music - to include the US for the first time
Agreement expands EMI label Mute's decades-long relationship with multi-platinum electronic...
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From Billboard.com: Updating a story first posted yesterday (Oct. 6). Depeche Mode has renewed its long-term deal with Mute/EMI and is planning to release its 12th studio album April 20, 2009. Past Depeche Mode albums were licensed by Mute to Warner Bros. in the United States but will be under EMI's control moving forward.
At a press event yesterday (Oct. 6) in Berlin, the band also unveiled its 2009 Tour of the Universe, which will play 28 stadium dates worldwide beginning May 10 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As-yet-unannounced dates in North and South America will follow; Live Nation is promoting.
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The band announced the dates for the first European leg of their upcoming Tour Of The Universe. The band were in Berlin, and in high spirits, to make the announcement. The tour will start on May 10 in Israel, and will bring the band to North America and South America later in the year. Dates and pictures after the jump:
May
10 - Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan Stadium
12 - Athens, Terra Vibe Park
14 - Istanbul, Santral Istanbul
16 - Bucharest, Park Izvor
18 - Sofia, Vasil Levski Stadium
20 - Belgrade, USCE Park
21 - Zagreb, Arena (Tuborg Greenfest)
23 - Warsaw, Gwardia Stadium
25 - Riga, Skonto...
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Finally, we are proud to announce that the new Recoil website has gone on-line. By popular demand, Shunt has decided to revert back to a mainly Html site while still retaining some Flash elements. This allows viewers more flexibility. Thanks almost entirely to Oliver Thiede, this new version is virtually complete and will be regularly updated with many new features.
We hope you'll agree that the design is much more comprehensive and allows more interactivity as well as access to archive material from Shunt (version 1.0). Recoil also has a thriving interactive Myspace and Facebook presence....
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