September 25, 2006

"The most popular electronic band the world has ever known" - Q
"One of the greatest British pop groups of all time" - Sunday Telegraph

Depeche Mode's 'Touring The Angel' was one of the most successful, highly grossing and critically acclaimed tours of the last year. Hailed as the greatest live performances of their career, it can be re-lived from September 25th when it's released as a special edition 3-disc set, featuring the full-length live show and a host of exclusive extras on two DVDs and a live audio CD.

Directed by Blue Leach, who has previously worked with R.E.M, it was recorded at Milan's Fila Forum on February 18th and 19th 2006 and sees the band at their live best with a pulsing sound, electric stage presence and ecstatic audience.

"Touring the Angel was probably the most enjoyable, rewarding live show we've ever done", says Dave Gahan. "The new material was just waiting to be played live. It took on a life of its own. With the energy of the crowds, it just came to life"

"It had been four years since the last tour, so we were ready to take the album on the road" adds Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher. "For us, everything came together - it was one of our definitive live moments, especially as we got to perform older, equally special tracks."

The first DVD features over 20 stunning live songs, including the recent hit singles 'Precious', 'A Pain That I'm Used To', 'Suffer Well' and 'John The Revelator' plus the definitive 'Just Can't Get Enough', 'I Feel You', 'Enjoy The Silence' and many more.

DVD2 features a range of exclusive extras, including: two bonus live songs - 1986's smash-hit 'A Question of Lust' and 'Playing The Angel's 'Damaged People' - plus a 20-minute documentary featuring Anton Corbijn, who directed the video for 'Suffer Well' and created the tour's six stage screens, which also appear here.

"We worked with Anton Corbijn on the stage designs, which gave a continuity from the videos" adds Dave Gahan. "It was definitely felt like one of our strongest tours - both musically and visually"

Additionally, the DVD boasts the official tour announcement from Germany, summer 2005, and the previously unreleased 'Playing The Angel' electronic press kit. Meanwhile, the audio CD features over thirty minutes of stunning live tracks from the concert.

The European leg of the world tour followed 24 American dates and featured four UK shows - including two at London's Wembley Arena. It sold-out 69 arena dates throughout 30 countries, with 800,000 tickets sold in Europe alone, and was their first since 2001's 'Exciter', where they played to nearly two million people. In total, Depeche Mode played to 2.5 million people across 31 countries this year.

International sales of 'Playing The Angel' have surpassed two million, seeing them reach Number 1 in eighteen countries, plus Top Ten in the UK, US and Canada. The album has been certified multiple platinum and gold in 20 countries.

Depeche Mode are: Dave Gahan, Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher and Martin Gore.

THE DVD TRACKLISTING IS:
A Pain That I'm Used To
John The Revelator
A Question of Time
Policy of Truth
Precious
Walking In My Shoes
Suffer Well
Macro
Home
I Want It All
The Sinner In Me
I Feel You
Behind The Wheel
World In My Eyes
Personal Jesus
Enjoy The Silence
Shake The Disease
Just Can't Get Enough
Everything Counts
Never Let Me Down Again
Goodnight Lovers
PLUS
A Question of Lust
Damaged People

THE AUDIO TRACKLISTING IS:
A Pain That I'm Used To
John The Revelator
Precious
Suffer Well
Macro
I Want It All
The Sinner In Me
Damaged People

DM + Football

In honor of the World Cup...

Live

I received this in the mail today...Everyone at the DC show -- here it comes :)


This is to let you know that we have just despatched the following items:

1 x Depeche Mode - Live at Nissan Pavilion Washington, DC (Bristow, VA) - CD

If you have ordered CDs from more than one show, please note that your orders will be shipped separately and you will receive an individual shipping confirmation for each CD you have ordered.

Approximate delivery times

UK: 3-4 days
Europe: 4-5 days
North, Central and South America: 5-10 days Rest of the World: 10-14 days

Delays can sometimes occur but if your order has not arrived within
14 days of the despatch date contact us at: help@recordingtheangel.com

DM on Sirius

Sirius Satellite Radio will be playing DM ALL 4th of July weekend on the First Wave channel! And....apparently Mart, Dave and Fletch will be doing some guest DJing.

Sirius Radio

DM Photos

Since things are a little slower now in the Depeche Mode department, I did some e-surfing to find some great photo sites. These are in no way affiliated with the official Depeche Mode site, but they offered a lot of great photos...These were my top 4.

New Wave Photos
Princess-DM
Depeche Mode Fatal
Kohdm

Updates...

+ The Mute records sub division Live Here Now started taking pre-orders for the forthcoming "Touring The Angel" European tour dates.

+ Shunt - The Official Recoil Website bulletin news. Alan is currently in his Thin Line studio working on new Recoil material. The project is progressing well although it is unlikely that a release date will be announced this year.

+ John The Revelator & Lilian single at No.11 in the UK! Click here for the track listings.

Official Update

FOURTH SINGLE - JOHN THE REVELATOR / LILIAN
Fourth Single
The fourth single will be released next week! Check out the audio samples now up on the site, and the live music video, in our "releases" area. Full listings will also appear in our Archives shortly (we are waiting on some missing items from Mute UK).



THIRD LEG: EUROPE
Europe
The band are about to start the European part of the third leg of "Touring The Angel". While waiting for the next shows, why not check out the shows becoming available this week from LiveHereNow! Mixed, professionally packaged, and ready to be played at a very loud volume. The CD versions are limited to 2,500 copies (for each show), so don't delay!



ROCK AM RING BROADCAST
Broadcast
On Sunday June 4th, the band will be playing the Rock Am Ring festival. You can watch the show live on MTV Central, and WDR German-Television. If you are not in Germany, you can still see the show! Check out rockpalast.de, and stream the show!



GOLDFRAPP
Opening up at select festival stops on the third leg are Goldfrapp (check out their remixes of both "Halo" and "A Pain That I'm Used To").

A few comments from the boys:

"We're excited that Goldfrapp will be supporting us for some of our festival dates this summer," said Dave Gahan. "There's a real connection between their music and ours."

"I'm looking forward to seeing Goldfrapp live," says Martin Gore. "It makes for an exciting bill."



RHINO COMPETITION
Contest
Rhino Records will be releasing the first of the remastered Depeche Mode albums on June 6th. To celebrate this, Rhino Records is having a competition on the Rhino Records web site. Enter to win all three remasters, plus a special promotional poster!



NEW VIDEO CLIPS
http://archives.depechemode.com/video/exclusives/103105_anton_as_fletch.html
http://archives.depechemode.com/video/exclusives/kesslercam.html
http://archives.depechemode.com/video/live_concert_footage/20060426_concord.html
We are starting to go through the wealth of content that is currently building up from "Touring The Angel". Here are three video nuggets. In the first clip (filmed Halloween 2005, at the Jacksonville Florida rehearsals), Anton does his best impression of Fletch. In the second (filmed April 26th, 2006, at the Concord, California rehearsals), the band play a rather goth version of "Photographic". Lastly, we have KesslerCam(tm)! Check out Mr. Kessler's footage of the band recording "John The Revelator", back in April of 2005.



NEW TOUR PHOTOS
Photos
A special thank you to all the fans who continue to send in the pictures they have taken at the shows. While we are getting a bit behind in putting the pictures up, we still want them, so keep them coming. In the meantime, check out the shots from the Coachella show, now online.



SUFFER WELL - BEHIND THE SCENES
Keep watching - it is due soon...



reminder:

THE EDWARDS FOUNDATION - DM eBay AUCTIONS
Ebay
Darrell Ives, DM's security manager, has organized a very special series of auctions. 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!