Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex, in 1980.
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24 Facts About Depeche Mode
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Depeche Mode have had 54 songs in the UK Singles Chart and 17 Top 10 albums in the UK chart; they have sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
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Gore recalled that the first time the band played as Depeche Mode was a school gig in May 1980.
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Depeche Mode said that although the concerts were selling well, Depeche Mode struggled to sell records.
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Depeche Mode has filmed some of their live performances and designed stage sets, as well as most covers for albums and singles starting from Violator.
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On 7 March 1988, with no previous announcement that they would be the headlining act, Depeche Mode played in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle, East Berlin, becoming one of the few Western groups to perform in the Communist East Germany.
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On 7 September 1988, Depeche Mode performed "Strangelove" at the 1988 MTV Video Music Awards at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles.
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Depeche Mode continued to work on his personal project Recoil, releasing a fourth album in 1997.
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In March 2001, Depeche Mode held a press conference at the Valentino Hotel in Hamburg to announce the Exciter Tour.
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Later that year it was announced that Depeche Mode were splitting from their long-term US label, Warner Music, and signing with EMI Music worldwide.
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In 2009, Depeche Mode allowed their likeness to be used in Valve's Left 4 Dead 2.
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On 15 January 2009, the official Depeche Mode website announced that the band's 12th studio album would be called Sounds of the Universe.
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Depeche Mode contributed their cover of the U2 song "So Cruel" to the tribute album AHK-toong BAY-bi Covered honouring the 20th anniversary of Achtung Baby, a 1991 album by U2.
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On 26 May 2022, Depeche Mode announced that Andy Fletcher had died, aged 60, after suffering an aortic dissection while at home.
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Former Depeche Mode member Alan Wilder stated that learning of Fletcher's death was "a real bolt from the blue".
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On 15 August 2022, the social media accounts for Depeche Mode posted a photo of Gahan and Gore in a recording studio, with them tweeting, "finding stability in what we know and love, and focusing on what gives life meaning and purpose", which magazines like NME suggested was a hint at work on a new studio album.
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On 4 October 2022, Depeche Mode announced their new album Memento Mori and a tour which will start on 23 March 2023.
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Depeche Mode were considered a teen pop band during their early period in the UK, and interviewed in teen pop magazines such as Smash Hits.
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Depeche Mode's music has mainly been described as synth-pop, new wave, electronic rock, dance-rock, alternative rock and pop rock.
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Depeche Mode have released a total of 14 studio albums, 10 compilation albums, six live albums, eight box sets, 13 video albums, 71 music videos, and 54 singles.
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Depeche Mode were able to take that spirit and spread it, which is really kind of a sacred responsibility.
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Early in their career, Depeche Mode was dismissive of benefit concerts such as Live Aid.
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