The 2009 Depeche Mode Convention of the Universe, presented by www.depmod.com, is taking place on June 9th in Berlin - the day before Depeche Mode play at the Olympic Stadium. Appearing at the event will be Nitzer Ebb and De/Vision, along with a host of DJs, including a couple of Homies. Now's your chance to score some free tickets...
For your chance to win 2 tickets to this special event, hit the comments with your DEPECHE MODE song requests for the DJs. Please be sure to let us know why you picked the song(s) you are requesting. Make sure you put a valid email in the appropriate box when commenting...
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Depeche Mode are pleased to announce they will restart their interrupted Tour Of The Universe in Leipzig, Germany on June 8th. On May 12th, lead singer Dave Gahan suffered a severe bout of gastroenteritis, leading to his hospitalization and the cancellation of the Athens concert. While in hospital, further medical tests revealed a low-grade malignant tumour in Dave's bladder, which has since been successfully removed. At doctors' orders Dave Gahan must take a break until June 8th, to ensure that he makes a full recovery. The Leipzig show on June 8th will be the first concert following Dave's recovery.
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Here is HOME's review of the Club Promo CD (PCDBong41) for Depeche Mode's next single Peace. While verities of remixers were chosen, were the right verity chosen?? Hmmm... more after the jump!
Here is my review of the promo mixes for Peace and I am sad to report that this might be the worst remix package to come from Mode that I can remember.
Peace - Hervé's 'Warehouse Frequencies' Remix
Wow, I don’t even know where to start with this one. To be honest, I’m no fan of electro and I am actually holding back telling you all how much I hate it! That being said, the sound, while on the verge...
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The following dates have been cancelled: May 23 - Warsaw, Gwardia Stadium (Poland), May 25 - Riga, Skonto Stadium (Latvia), May 27 - Vilnius, Zalgirio Stadionas (Lithuania)
This brings the total number of shows cancelled so far up to 9:
12 - Athens, Terra Vibe Park (Greece)
14 - Istanbul, Santral (Turkey)
16 - Bucharest, Park Izvor (Romania)
18 - Sofia, Vassil Levski Stadium (Bulgaria)
20 - Belgrade, Usce Park (Serbia)
21 - Zagreb, Arena (Croatia)
23 - Warsaw, Gwardia Stadium (Poland)
25 - Riga, Skonto Stadium (Latvia)
27 - Vilnius, Zalgirio Stadionas (Lithuania)
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The second single from "Sounds Of The Universe" will hit stores of both the online and brick'n'mortar kind on June 15th*. The single, which is being released on 7", CD single and CD maxi, as well as an assortment of digital download bundles will include remixes by Justus Köhncke, MGMT, SixToes, Herve, Jonsi (of Sigur Ros fame) and more. Hit the jump for full tracklisting info.
Bong41 - 7" Single
1. Peace (Single Version) (3:36)
2. Come Back (Jonsi Remix) (4:02)
CDBong41 - CD single
1. Peace (Single Version) (3:36)
2. Fragile Tension (MGMT Remix) (4:16)
LCDBong41 - CD maxi
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