FYI

I have a copy of both European released remasters - Violator and Music for the Masses. They are absolutely fantastic and worth the June 6 date for America!

Official news from Depeche Mode dot com...

Live Hear Now - 50+ live recordings of the third leg of Touring The Angel!

Suffer Well - OUT NOW (UK) / digital download only (US)

Touring The Angel - Third leg about to start!

One Night In Paris / Devotional / 101 / Playing The Angel - UMD releases

Speak And Spell / Music For The Masses / Violator (the remasters) - out now (UK) - June 6th (US)!

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Live Here
50 official live recordings announced - Available to pre-order now!

Depeche Mode are proud to announce an exciting new collaboration with Live Here Now that will see 50 dates on their current world tour recorded and released as limited edition CD's and digital downloads.

Depeche Mode will play to more than two and a half million people across 31 countries during the "Touring The Angel" 2005/6 World Tour.

Recording will begin at the legendary Shoreline Amphitheater in California, where the band headline on Thursday, April 27th. After numerous dates across the United States, Depeche Mode return to Europe for a series of stadium shows and festival appearances throughout the summer.

Each concert will be recorded and mixed, giving fans a unique high-quality souvenir that truly captures the energy and atmosphere of the legendary Depeche Mode live experience. The two-disc set is available for a limited time and is packaged with deluxe artwork featuring new and exclusive photographs by Anton Corbijn. Fans can order at the venue on the night or online.

Live Here Now was established in 2004 to produce legal official concert recordings and offers a legitimate alternative to widespread live music piracy. Their clients to date include Moby, Goldfrapp, Mylo, Erasure, Heaven 17 and Throbbing Gristle.

Check out the concerts available to buy at here.

The Edwards Fondation - DM eBay auctions
Darrell Ives, DM's security manager, has organized a very special series of auctions. Starting today, fans will have the opportunity to bid on a selection of Touring The Angel related items (including many autographed items!). All proceeds from these auctions will go to The Edwards Foundation, which provides humanitarian support to children in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Hit the site for links to the latest auctions!

Remasters are out - UK Only
For those of you in Europe, have you picked up the first remastered discs yet? If not, what are you waiting for!?! Go get them now!

US fans - don't give up hope! Rhino will have the US versions of the discs in stores on June 6th!

Robert Smith v Anton Corbijn?
So...umm...yeah. That was a prank. :)

Push

According to Depeche Mode's website, the remasters are not going to be released until June 6th.

Touring the Angel

[Source: Live Here Now, April 19th, 2006]

We are extremely proud to announce an exciting new collaboration with Depeche Mode to record and release limited edition CD's and digital downloads of 50 dates on their current world tour.

Recording will begin at the Shoreline Amphitheater in California, where the band headline on Thursday 27th April. After numerous dates across the United States, Depeche Mode return to Europe for a series of stadium shows and festival appearances throughout the summer.

Each concert will be recorded and mixed, to create a unique high-quality souvenir that truly captures the energy and atmosphere of the legendary Depeche Mode live experience. The two-disc set is available for a limited time and is packaged with deluxe artwork featuring new and exclusive photographs by Anton Corbijn.

Depeche Mode are one of the most influential and ground breaking bands of the last 25 years. During the “Touring The Angel” 2005/6 World Tour they will play to more than two and a half million people across 31 countries. Their new album ‘Playing the Angel’, released in October last year, reached Number 1 in 16 countries and has sold two million copies worldwide.

The US live CD's and downloads are currently available to pre-order from our dedicated site - depechemodelive.com. European shows will be on sale soon.

Click here to order

Coachella

For those of you not attending Coachella, they will be doing a live webcast at the AT&T Blue Room.

Limited Edition Depeche Mode Vinyl

[Source: Side-Line, March 10th, 2006]

The closing track "The Darkest Star" from Depeche Mode's "Playing The Angel" album is released as an extremely limited edition 12" vinyl only single. Featuring two dark re-workings (Holden Remix and Holden Dub) from producer and Border Community main man James Holden, "The Darkest Star" will not be released in any other format.

A must for Depeche Mode collectors and fans alike and available here, but be quick, we were informed by Mute/EMI that this item is mega-limited.

Another fansite!

I stumbled across this Depeche Mode site and thought I'd share. I'm quite fond of it!

Another fansite!

I stumbled across this Depeche Mode site and thought I'd share. I'm quite fond of it!

Brown Owl Films

DEPECHE MODE FANS WANTED!
FOR OFFICIAL DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE BAND

Commissioned by DEPECHE MODE and MUTE RECORDS, Brown
Owl Films are currently making a documentary film
tracing the history of Depeche Mode as told by the
followers of the band.

We would like to make contact with fans and admirers
of Depeche Mode, who have personal stories, anecdotes, photographs, your own artwork,
scrapbooks, writing, diaries, film or video footage
and memorabilia willing to share their enthusiasm in a
documentary film for worldwide release through Mute Records.

If you would like to share your experience of being a
follower of the group and would like to be a part of
this unique project, please get in contact with us via
this email address:

info@brownowlfilms.com

We would like to hear from followers across the world
(in English and Non-English speaking territories), so
please forward this message to other admirers of the
band.

Please get in touch and write a brief summary of
yourself and the country you live and why you are a
devotee of the group. You may wish to use some of
these questions as a way to tell your story.

How did you first hear about Depeche Mode? How old were you? What does the band mean to you? Did you discover the music at a significant time in your life? How has their music affected you personally?

Have you made friends with people through your love of the band, are you involved in meetings or social activities based around the group?

What aspect of the band appeals to you most of all? The music, the image, the lyrics? Have the band influenced your own style and image, in what way?

Can you describe why you would like to meet the band? What aspects of yourself do you think they would like?

Have you made artwork about the band? Do you have a collection of memorabilia?

How does their music make an impact on your daily / weekly lifestyle?

We would like to hear from as many international devotees as possible. The aim is to tell the story of the bands followers and their support for the group.

This is an official documentary made in collaboration with Daniel Miller at Mute Records and we would be happy to provide a letter of authentication for the project.

Please contact us now
info@brownowlfilms.com

WWW.BROWNOWLFILMS.COM

You Tube Stuff!

Somebody


Puppets


Black Celebration


See You


Touring the Angel (rehearsal) (Very funny!)


Behind the Wheel


Fly on the Windscreen

1985

Here are a set of interviews done with each member of Depeche Mode in 1985.

Dave Gahan

Martin Gore

Alan Wilder

Andy Fletcher