Depeche Mode Demo Tape Surface Online

ShareA demo tape with early Depeche Mode recordings surfaced last Friday at SoundCloud. Its content, excerpts of ‘Photographic’, ‘Ice Machine’ and the previously unreleased ‘Radio News’. Initially there were doubts about the authenticity of the recordings. Vince Clarke twice denied the genuineness of the tracks via Twitter, first writing “Nah… (we were never that good… [...]

Depeche Mode Has Lost Several Demos, Including The One For ‘Personal Jesus’

ShareDepeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher has told Side-Line that several demos from the band have gone missing. One of the missing demos is ‘Personal Jesus’, which was released as a single on August 29, 1989, and which was the first single from the album ‘Violator’. Written by Martin L. Gore, the song became a big hit [...]

Sounds Of The Universe The Album

ShareAlongside a standard CD format, ‘Sounds Of The Universe’ will also be released as a Special Edition CD+DVD set and a Deluxe Box Set featuring three CDs, a DVD and a host of exclusive extras. The album will also be released as a double vinyl LP (including a ‘Sounds Of The Universe’ CD) and as [...]

Depeche Mode To Start Work On New Album

ShareDepeche Mode have finally set a date for when work starts on their forthcoming album, which will hopefully see the light of day in a years time. The band had a meeting just before Easter to make a rough time line and listen to demos. The meeting took place in Santa Barbara, and was also [...]

Andy Fletcher Is Talking DM

ShareWith fan speculation at an all time high, Andy Fletcher, who has maybe fueled some of that speculation in the past, has discussed future plans for a new record and tour for Depeche Mode next year. Andy Fletcher, always one to be pretty open about Depeche Mode happenings, revealed in a recent interview that they [...]