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Depeche Mode Says Europe Music 'Terror-Resistant'


British band Depeche Mode said on Thursday the September 11 suicide hijack attacks in the United States had hardly affected European musicians and concert-goers. He contrasted this to the U.S. situation, where the music industry had slowed down. Andy Fletcher, keyboardist in the technopop band that is still going after 22 years, said Europeans had had more experience of “terrorist attacks” than Americans and as a result were able to get on with their lives more quickly. “A lot of American bands and acts have canceled because they are not really used to terrorism in their own country,” Fletcher said… Read more »

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Depeche Mode Is On Automatic In Los Angeles – Review


Why do rock stars have to get old? That’s all I kept thinking Wednesday night (8/15), watching Dave Gahan try to twirl up a storm onstage as Depeche Mode brought the Exciter tour to the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Gahan is game, strutting around stage but sliding up his mic stand, he looks more like a middle-aged stripper, and Martin Gore’s all energy, moving to the music but that guitar looks way too big for his tiny frame. And Andy Fletcher … well, Andy Fletcher’s doing nothing, but it’s cool ’cause its Depeche Mode, right? The answer is a… Read more »

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311, Rancid, Pennywise To Open Warped Tour


Rancid, 311, and Pennywise will help kick off the 2001 model of the Vans Warped Tour Friday (June 22) in Phoenix. Other acts featured on the seventh edition of the venerable punk tour include Alien Ant Farm, Fenix TX, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, New Found Glory, radical country act Hank 3 & Assjack, and rapper Kool Keith. The tour will cover 45 dates through mid-August and feature more than 30 bands per day. Other acts joining at a later date include the Living End, the Rollins Band, the Dub Pistols, D12, and, for one night (July 14) in… Read more »

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Pennywise Moves Police-Postponed Show Indoors


Pennywise has found a new location for its free concert on today (June 19) after West Hollywood, California authorities thwarted the group’s plan for an outdoor show because of the confrontational tone of its new single,’ “F-k Authority.” The local punk veterans will now perform indoors at the House Of Blues, just blocks down the Sunset Strip from the original, planned location-the parking lot of Tower Records. Other details remain the same-set time will be at 3 p.m. and tickets are available on a first-come basis to those who purchase Pennywise’s new album, Land Of The Free?, when it goes… Read more »

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Depeche Mode Kicks Off World Tour In Quebec City


Depeche Mode, the influential British technopop band that has flourished for two decades, kicked off a five-month world tour in Quebec City Monday night, promoting its new songs in an effort to leave behind its 1980s hits and its years of rock ‘n’ roll excess. The two-hour show, which will tour 24 countries, focused on Depeche Mode’s new album “Exciter,” offering a smoother sound that returns to the band’s roots of pop music with romantic lyrics and electronic melodies. The show was meant to capture the imagination of a new generation of fans, not necessarily the die-hard 1980s supporters. Solid,… Read more »

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Depeche Mode Gears Up For New World Tour


Depeche Mode, the influential British technopop band that flourished in the 1980s, kicks off a five-month tour in Canada this week with a new album and what one founding member said is a hard-earned feeling of serenity. “It is the first time for a long, long time, in about 15 years probably, that all three members of Depeche Mode are happy and stable in their private and working lives,” keyboardist Andrew Fletcher, 39, told Reuters in an interview. “It is enjoyable to be in Depeche Mode at the moment, and I would not have said that five years ago.” Fletcher,… Read more »

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Depeche Mode Plan Summer North American Tour


Sulky Depeche Mode fans finally have something to smile about – the seminal synth-pop trio are launching a North American tour beginning June 15. The band – singer Dave Gahan and keyboardists Andrew Fletcher and Martin Gore – will embark on its first road trip in more than three years to support May’s Exciter, kicking things off in Montreal and winding through the United States before wrapping up August 14 in Los Angeles. Produced by Mark Bell, best known for his work on Bj—rk’s Homogenic (1997) and Selmasongs (2000), Exciter is the band’s first studio album since 1997’s Ultra. “Dream… Read more »

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