Depeche Mode's "Tour of the Universe" is happening in conjunction with the release of the group's twelfth studio album, Sounds Of the Universe (Mute/Capitol/Virgin), which will be released on April 20th in Europe, and April 21st in North America. Alongside a standard CD format, Depeche Mode has announced that Sounds Of The Universe will also be released as a Special Edition CD+DVD and a Deluxe Box Set that will include a host of exclusive material:
• Three CDs containing the album, bonus songs and remixes, as well as 14 demos available exclusively-- a career first for Depeche Mode.
• A DVD that...
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UK fans will be happy to learn that the single UK date thus far announced for Tour Of The Universe, won't be the only UK gig on the tour. During the band's current promo stint, Dave Gahan spoke to Planet Sound, revealing that more dates are indeed in the pipeline - but no UK summer festivals. More after the break...
Exclusive: No Mode fests
Depeche Mode won't play any UK festivals this year, PS can reveal.
"We were looking at Glastonbury," Dave Gahan told PS. "We just couldn't fit it in among the dates we'd already booked - it would have meant moving shows around, and it became impractical."
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The band's official site today revealed that "Wrong", the first single from Depeche Mode's twelfth studio album "Sounds Of The Universe", will be released on April 6th, 2009 (April 7th in North America). The world premiere of "Wrong" will be on the Echo Awards television show in Germany on February 21st. The rest of the universe will get to hear "Wrong" on the radio, starting February 23rd. The site also unveiled the artwork for the single, which you can see after the jump.
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In this clip you can see Ben and Mart working on a riff for "Wrong"!
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There is a new movie coming out called "Metal Machine Music: Nine Inch Nails and the Industrial Uprising" that will feature Depeche Mode as well as many other bands. While the movie is mostly centered on NIN, it says that there is rare music and footage in which DM is included.Worth checking out!
Metal Machine Music: Nine Inch Nails and the Industrial Uprising is the fascinating history of an often overlooked, but vital, contemporary musical form. It's coming to DVD on April 7th from MVD.
Providing inspiration for the title of this DVD, Lou Reed’s 5th solo album split opinion dramatically...
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