Depeche add 5 UK dates in December *updated*

**EXTRA DATE ADDED IN LONDON**! Depeche Mode are hitting the homeland hard later this year, with 5 additional shows scheduled for the UK, starting with their first in Scotland since 1988. The dates stretch from after the already announced Dublin show on the 10th till their last show before Christmas on the 18th in Manchester. Pre-sale for all shows start tomorrow starts Wednesday or Thursday depending on the show! Dates below... December 10th - Dublin, The O2 (no presale) 12th - Glasgow, SECC 13th - Bimingham, LG Arena 15th - London, O2 Arena 16th - London, O2 Arena 18th - Manchester,...

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Depeche to play Russia in February 2010 says Russian promoter

The Russian concert promoter, PMI, revealed details of future Mode shows in an interview published in Fontanka today. According to Fontanka, Depeche Mode will be playing an already confirmed February 4th show in St. Petersburg, with a February 6th date in Moscow still to be confirmed. The article also mention the director of PMI being named Eugene Finkelstein, which gave me a good a chuckle. ANYWAY... a Google translation of the article below... The only concert of Madonna «Sticky & Sweet» in Russia will be held Aug. 2 at the Palace Square. 50 thousand tickets for the show will go on sale...

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