Andy Fletcher

Spirits In The Forest – The Fan Interviews. Part 3: Liz Dwyer

The third of our exclusive interviews ahead of the release of Spirits In The Forest is with Liz Dwyer who lives in Los Angeles. She spoke to Sean Salo in New York at a press screening of the film on 7th November. How did you find out about the film? What did you think it would be? And did it match your expectations? It was early April 2018, and I received an email with “Depeche Mode film opportunity” in the subject line. That's one of those things that you immediately click on it. You see all the newsletters and everything in your inbox, and you’re like “not opening that...not...

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Spirits In The Forest – The Fan Interviews. Part 2: Cristian Flueraru

The second of our exclusive interviews ahead of the release of Spirits In The Forest is with Cristian Flueraru who is from Bucharest. He spoke to David McElroy at the London preview of the film on 30th October. When did you first find out you were going to be involved in the film? I think it was early spring 2018. I received an email and, from that, I thought that it was only going to be a two minute thing so I replied saying that I would be happy to be involved. There was then silence for a couple of months and I started to worry that nothing would happen. I then heard from them again,...

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Spirits In The Forest – The Fan Interviews. Part 1 : Daniel Cassus

Ahead of the release of Spirits In The Forest, we have been interviewing a number of the fans who take part in the film. The first interview is with Daniel Cassus from Berlin. David McElroy caught up with Daniel in London on 30th October at the preview screening of the film. When did you 1st find out your were going to be involved in the making of the film? I think it was some time in early 2018. The takeover had just finished, so it was around April. The people who ran the takeover kept teasing us with emails saying "it's not over yet, we’ve still got some surprises left for you"...

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Get Sprite With Tree – Depeche Mode : Spirits In The Forest

On Wednesday this week, the internet rumour mill began muttering about the long awaited Global Spirit Tour film with a website called spiritsintheforest.com popping up alongside a couple of reports talking about the new Depeche film. Yesterday, those rumours were confirmed and so we now have a new Depeche Mode film to look forward to. Well, some of us  do anyway; as ever there are plenty of fans upset about something they've not yet seen. The film promises to capture "the energy and spectacle of the band’s performance from the tour along with a deeper look into how their music and shows...

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HOME’s Top 10 Depeche Mode Moments Of 2015

As the year is winding down, we wanted to take a look back at 2015 and put together our Top 10 Depeche Mode Moments Of 2015.  It was a busy year for the members of Depeche Mode and it's great to see all of them out there continuing to express their creativity while they're inbetween Mode records. There was quite a lot to choose from, but we've narrowed it down to these particular moments for our Top 10. While we all wait to see what the future brings,  join us as we look back at the year that was 2015....   10. Martin L. Gore guest mix for BBC Radio 1 Martin L. Gore joined Heidi...

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