News galore today, as the band have already announced US dates, USA Today ran the cover exclusively on their site, and now the official site has been updated with all the juicy details for the deluxe edition of the album. Five additional new tracks, six remixes, FOURTEEN demos incl. "Clean" and "Walking In My Shoes" and more video content that you can shake a sharp stick at. Go feast your eyes after the jump!
Deluxe Box Set Edition
CD 1 - Sounds Of The Universe
1. In Chains
2. Hole To Feed
3. Wrong
4. Fragile Tension
5. Little Soul
6. In Sympathy
7. Peace
8. Come Back
9. Spacewalker
10....
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Source: USA Today
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The band announced today, via the official website, the dates and cities for their upcoming North American leg of "Tour Of The Universe". No specific venues yet, but they should be announced shortly. Anyway... cities and dates for the group's 2009 North American concert tour are:
Friday, July 24th (Toronto)
Saturday, July 25th (Montreal)
Tuesday, July 28th (Washington, DC)
Friday, July 31st (Boston)
Saturday, August 1st (Atlantic City)
Monday, August 3rd (New York)
Monday, August 10th (Seattle)
Wednesday, August 12th (San Francisco)
Friday, August 14th (San Diego)
Sunday, August 16th...
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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."
The...
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