Speaking to Kerrang! Radio, Fletch let slip that the band's current schedule will be beefed up with about five months worth of extra dates, with the tour ending in February 2010. At the moment the last show announced is in Florida on September 5th. Not to be outdone, Dave went even further on BBC Radio 6, revealing that the band have additional UK dates lined up before Christmas, and even suggested the band might play Glastonbury in 2010.
Fletch on Kerrang! Radio
Dave on BBC Radio 6
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The band will be playing a special warm up show at Rock Hal in Luxembourg on May 6th. The show precedes the official tour start, which is May 10th in Tel Aviv. The capacity for the show is a mere 6500, and tickets will go on sale starting March 4th.
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Dave unveiled a few nice details about the upcoming tour to SPIN magazine. Anton's involved with the stage design again, and there's already a contender for opening song. Read an excerpt from the interview below.
According to singer Dave Gahan, the tour's staging is being co-designed by famed photographer and filmmaker Anton Corbijn, and it will be as moody as the band's music. "Some of the drawings I've seen Anton and our stage crew working on, there's going to be a lot of light and shade and mood," he tells SPIN.com. Gahan also leaks the fact that the group is considering using Universe track...
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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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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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