By their own admission, Depeche Mode have a thorough and reasonably democratic process that they go through to create a tour set list. And, yet, as the catalogue gets bigger with each new album, this mechanism presumably gets harder every time.
The Global Spirit Tour is underway, so a quick flight to the Netherlands from the UK was arranged for the gig in Amsterdam. The Almost Predictable, Almost blog has set itself the ambitious but fun task of trying to capture fan
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Faithful And Devoted could be about any band, not just Depeche Mode. The book’s author, Jenna Rose Robbins, could have been a Nirvana fan (another of 1993’s high-profile acts), or a follower of Smashing Pumpkins, Blur or Pearl Jam. The premise
You have to feel for seasoned broadcaster and doyenne of BBC 6Music radio station, Lauren Laverne, as she saunters on to the Barrowlands stage to absolute bedlam in front of her. The 38-year-old has probably seen some sights over the
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It is perhaps an illustration of the passion (devotion) that fans hold for Depeche Mode that everything they create often seems to inspire simple words such as “love” or “hate”. “I LOVE Ultra…”, “I HATE anything after 2005…”, “I LOVE
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After a few days of near-hysteria on social media and the Depeche Mode forums, Where’s The Revolution has finally “dropped”. The single is the first track to be released from the band’s forthcoming album, Spirit – their 14th studio long-player and
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One of the most popular posts on this website was during the summer, featuring Eric Whitacre’s haunting, choral version of Enjoy The Silence. And who can forget Michal Matejcik’s versions of Halo, Enjoy The Silence and Clean, performed on the harp?
There have been plenty of official remixes of the singles from Violator (and countless unofficial ones). World In My Eyes, Personal Jesus, Enjoy The Silence and Policy Of Truth have also been reworked slightly for their respective live outings over the
Continue readingViolator – acoustic and alternative live versions from over the years
Before any big interview, writers and journalists often ask around to find out if anyone has any tips about what to expect from the interviewee. This is usually done not in the hope of learning what they are likely to
Continue readingSpending an evening with… Francois Kevorkian
The lack of a bona fide, official video from the World Violation Tour means many fans have forgotten about (or never even seen) the visual elements. Although the stage design didn’t reach the creative heights of the Devotional Tour period a
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