With a new album in the racks – not to mention a gig that’ll go down in Glasgow lore – we catch up with founding member Andrew Fletcher to plot just how a mere pop band from the early 80s became something approaching the iconic “We’re one of the most popular bands in the world,” says Andrew…

Essex boys Dépêche Mode will descend on London Stadium on June 3 to celebrate the release of their new album, Spirit, alongside 37 years of hits. It’s the only on-sale UK date of the year and follows an earlier intimate warm-up show at Glasgow Barrowlands, in spring. Synth man Andy ‘Fletch’…

Van egy olyan mondás, hogy a zene a hangjegyek közti tér, vagy űr, ahogy jobban tetszik. Valószínűleg Martin Gore is erre hivatkozhat jó pár éve, mivel a Depeche Mode utóbbi lemezeit bármivel lehetett vádolni, csak túlfogalmazottsággal nem. Ezen a formulán nem nagyon változtat a Spirit sem,…

Throughout their 37-year career, Depeche Mode have always taken you on a trip to a New Life, into a Strangelove or straight to Heaven and the route they’ve chosen – bubblegum synth-pop, industrial krautrock or electro-gospel blues –has never been mundane. For their latest album, Spirit, the band…

Booze! Drugs! Lesbian strippers! One of the biggest rock bands on the planet, Essex synth warriors DEPECHE MODE also used to be amongst the most hedonistic. But on the release of their 14th studio album, Spirit, founding member Andrew ‘Fletch’ Fletcher tells a truly gutted OLAF TYARANSEN that their…

(Columbia) UK release date: 17 March 2017 If music is indeed the soundtrack to our times, then Depeche Mode‘s first album for five years is a suitably bleak one. It’s a post-Brexit, Trumpian world now, and Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher obviously aren’t too happy about it. Over the…

‘We don’t agree on anything the alt-right stand for’: Martin Gore Photograph: Travis Shinn Peter Robinson Thursday 6 April 2017 17.55 BSTLast modified on Friday 7 April 2017 14.43 BST Afternoon, Martin! A couple of years ago I asked your mate Dave what the next Depeche Mode album would…

Depeche Mode occupies a unique place among the constellation of synthpop acts that emerged from the UK post-punk scene around three decades ago. Since the release of Songs of Faith & Devotion in 1993, they’ve been entirely disinterested in the “pop” half of that portmanteau, creating instead a…

After decades of premier league blockbuster fame, Depeche Mode’s deluxe sex-dungeon soundtracks inevitably offer few fresh twists. That said, Spirit, their second album for the Columbia label, is still a pleasingly punchy, crunchy and angry affair. Making his debut working with the group, producer…