As the band perform their last show of the year tonight in Helsinki before the holiday break, Billboard has released their list of the Top 25 Tours of 2013 and Depeche Mode sit firmly in the #9 spot. Bon Jovi took top honors in the #1 spot, but also in the Top 10 are names like Pink, Bruce Springsteen, Rihanna, Beyoncé, and The Rolling Stones.. not a bad group to be apart of. Names of artists they were above? Let's see, oh I don't know... there is One Direction, Justin Bieber, Madonna, Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake, Paul McCartney, Bruno Mars, and more. Not to make it a competition and of course...
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Billboard has released it's "Hot Tours Ranking" and Depeche Mode's recent trek through North America was extremely successful. While it seems a tad obnoxious to release the earnings on some level, it's really interesting to see at the same time. Coming in behind Depeche were names like Michael Bublé, Iron Maiden, and more. Check out all the details after the jump!
Depeche Mode Dominates Hot Tours Ranking with $17.8 Million Gross
By Bob Allen, Nashville | October 25, 2013
Dave Gahan of Depeche Mode performs during their tour opener in support of The Delta Machine Tour at the DTE Energy...
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Over the last few months the great Timothy Saccenti has shared some of the films that he created for Depeche Mode's Delta Machine promotional warm up tour on his Vimeo channel. The "Heaven" video director made ten films in all and has shared the films for songs like "Should Be Higher", "Heaven", "The Child Inside", "Soothe My Soul", and most recently "Walking In My Shoes". There's also a outstanding "Promotion Tour Visuals Trailer" that is fun reedit compilation of all the visuals set to the sounds of the Black Asteroid remix of "Soothe My Soul". If you don't follow Tim on Vimeo or on social...
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Live Nation has put together a great promo video to promote the Delta Machine Tour. Besides shots of the band playing live, it has some great clips of fans praising the band. Some fans seeing them again, some expressing how excited they are seeing Depeche for the first time. Fans describing them as everything from "the forefathers of electronica" to "there's only one Dave!". It's a short clip, but well worth your time. See it after the jump!
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As the band gears up to take on North America, we start seeing some of the press starting to come in. While most of these press items get lost in the white noise that is social media, I thought this was a really fun read and wanted to share it here for everyone to check out. Gary Graff from The Oakland Press did a very nice piece on the band with some nice quotes and more. Read on to check it out.
Depeche Mode having fun, feeling more alive on stage
Published: Monday, August 19, 2013
By GARY GRAFF
Of The Oakland Press
Gary Graff on Music; @graffonmusic
Twenty years ago Depeche...
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