Update

"Black Celebration" and "Construction Time Again" remasters coming March 26th. "Ultra and "Exciter" to follow shortly after. US dates will be available soon.

The entire Remastered catalog - on Vinyl! March 5th (batch one) and April 2nd (batch two) - Europe only.

"The Best Of, Volume 1" - special edition three LP vinyl set! February 12th - Europe only

"The Complete Depeche Mode" on iTunes (digital box set - 644 tracks!) - Out NOW

"Martyr" (single) - Out NOW (USA/Canada - digital only) - Out NOW (UK/Europe)

"The Best Of, Volume 1" - New "Best Of" collection, with new song "Martyr" - Out NOW! CD, CD + DVD, and Digital Deluxe Editions!

"Touring The Angel: Live In Milan" DVD - Out NOW!

"A Broken Frame", "Some Great Reward", "Songs Of Faith And Devotion", "Speak And Spell", "Music For The Masses" and "Violator" - Remasters! - Out NOW!

Live Here Now - (almost) 50 live recordings of the third leg of Touring The Angel! Hurry - they are selling out quick!




-- THE NEWS --

Happy 2007 everyone. Hope the holidays went well for you all. We will get to the release news in a moment, but first...

BAND PROGRESS REPORT
http://www.depechemode.com/
The band are currently on a break, after the conclusion of their successful "Touring The Angel" world tour. In the coming months, watch for news on what new projects the boys have in the works. In the meantime, be sure to check out The Archives area of the site, which will now be updated weekly with new content (audio, video, images and more). In fact, the first update was this last Friday...


ROCK AM RING 2006
http://archives.depechemode.com/video/live_concert_footage/20060604_rockamring.html
In the first Archives update (of many) of 2007, you can find three tracks from the Rock Am Ring date of the "Touring The Angel" tour. Judas, Stripped and Photographic - all full length video streams!

There was a decision to be made. 90 second excerpts from multiple shows, or a few select songs from each show, in full length. We think you will agree that a full streaming song or two is better than multiple excerpts. More coming, so stay tuned throughout the year! We're back to Friday Archives updates! End your work week with a new DM Archives update!


Now, for the release news...


NEXT BATCH OF REMASTERS
http://remasters.depechemode.com/
"Black Celebration" and "Construction Time Again" are the next titles in the batch of remasters. They will be released on March 26th (in Europe, with a North American release date to follow shortly). "Ultra" and "Exciter" will be released shortly after that. Watch for more details...


REMASTERS...ON VINYL!
http://remasters.depechemode.com/
The ten studio album remasters will be released on special vinyl editions, in two waves. The first batch will be on March 5th, and the second batch will be on April 2nd. Click on the covers of the Remasters site for full details on each release. Please note that these are European only releases. Fans outside of Europe will have to get these releases via import. We suggest going through MuteBank. They have a number of tasty package deals going on right now.


BEST OF...VINYL
http://bestof.depechemode.com/unitedkingdom.html
On February 12th, the "Best Of" album will be being issued on a special three disc LP set! If any of you picked up the recent limited gatefold 12" of Martyr, and were impressed with the deluxe packaging, just wait until you see this! Again, this will be a "Europe only" release, but fans not currently living in Europe can get this release (and many others) via mail order through MuteBank. You will find the link to MuteBank in our "Store" area of the web site. We recommend you check them out.


CONTEST TO END ALL CONTESTS - THE RESULT
http://www.depechemode.com/forthemasses/contest.html
A big congratulations to Doug Smith. His entry was picked, and he won all 43 LiveHereNow CD's (techncially 42 - we lost one, but still, not too shabby). Watch the site for more contests coming up. Along with the weekly Archives updates, there will be a number of contests this year. From older promotional releases, to special items (like one-off t-shirt designs), there will be a lot of goodies available this year.


THE DM STORE
http://www.depechemode.com/store/
If you haven't noticed, the DM Store has been cleaned up! Many of you had complaints regarding the navigation in the store. This has now been fixed in the US Store (with the UK store to follow shortly). Also, this year, a number of new items will be hitting the shop. We will make announcements when the new content is ready to go...



Reminders...

THE COMPLETE DEPECHE MODE
http://thecomplete.depechemode.com/
644 tracks. $169 (US). Every album. Every single. Exclusive acoustic tracks, exclusive live rehearsals, and loads of promo-only and digital-only tracks. iTunes have given Depeche Mode the ultimate box set treatment (previously only given to U2 and Stevie Wonder - not too shabby).

Remember, you don't need to have an iPod to buy this box set, just the iTunes program (free for Mac and PC users at apple.com).


MARTYR ON VINYL...AND PRECIOUS PICTURE DISC
http://bestof.depechemode.com/ (click on the "l12 bong 39" Martyr single link at the top of the UK or Germany pages)
The "Martyr" vinyl has been released, and it includes some remixes of classic DM tracks. The limited 12" singles comes in a very clean gatefold sleeve, and is not to be missed. Also out is the "Martyr" 7" picture disc, and a 7" picture disc for the first single from Playing The Angel, "Precious"!

http://www.recordstore.co.uk/mutebank/productdetail.jsp?productPK=unittest-aFPPychnNsarQDC0qN3IEb-1

The Precious 7" picture disc was not originally released when the single first came out last year. A large number of die hard fans gathered together, and through fan site depmod.com, started a petition for the single's release. Ladies and gentlemen, here is your picture disc!