DEPECHE MODE ANNOUNCE FIRST LIVE SHOWS IN FIVE YEARS
‘Memento Mori’ World Tour to Kick Off March 23, 2023 In Sacramento, CA
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductees Depeche Mode announced today at a special event in Berlin that they will be releasing a new album and embarking on a world tour in 2023. The Memento Mori Tour will support the band’s forthcoming 15th studio album, Memento Mori, due out in Spring 2023.
In a break from tradition, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore revealed today that the Live Nation-presented tour will begin with a special, limited series of North American arena dates starting March 23rd, before the band heads to Europe for their summer stadium tour. These limited North American dates will feature stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Chicago’s United Center, Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, among others. The band will then begin their European stadium tour on May 16th, with noted stops including the Stade de France in Paris, Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, Milan’s San Siro Stadium, and London’s Twickenham Stadium. For further information on the tour routing and ticket on-sale dates, please go to depechemode.com. The full listing of dates, cities and venues is also below.
In speaking about Memento Mori, Martin Gore commented, “We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time. After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.” Dave Gahan added, “Fletch would have loved this album. We’re really looking forward to sharing it with you soon, and we can’t wait to present it to you live at the shows next year.”
| The Memento Mori Tour will be Depeche Mode’s 19th tour and their first in over five years. The band’s most recent outing, the 2017-2018 Global Spirit Tour was its longest to date and was one of the year’s highest grossing tours, with the band playing to more than 3 million fans over the course of 130 shows across Europe and North America. Memento Mori will be Depeche Mode’s 15th studio album and the follow-up to 2017’s critically acclaimed Spirit, which reached #1 in 11 territories, charting in the Top 5 in more than 20 others. Memento Mori will be released worldwide in Spring 2023 via Columbia Records. Having sold more than 100 million records and played to more than 35 million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode remains an ever-evolving and singularly influential musical force. An indelible inspiration to fans, critics and artists alike, Depeche Mode continues to forge ahead, with the Memento Mori album and tour representing the opening of the newest chapter of a peerless and ongoing legacy.Memento Mori World Tour 2023 March 23 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center March 25 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center March 28 – Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum March 30 – Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena April 2 – San Antonio, TX – AT&T Center April 5 – Chicago, IL – United Center April 7 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena April 9 – Quebec City, QC – Videotron Centre April 12 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell April 14 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden May 16 – Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome May 20 – Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis Antwerpen May 23 – Stockholm, SE – Friends Arena May 26 – Leipzig, DE – Leipziger Festwiese May 28 – Bratislava, SK – Národný Futbalový Štadión May 31 – Bordeaux, FR – Matmut Atlantique June 2 – Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound Festival June 4 – Dusseldorf, DE – Merkur Spiel-Arena June 6 – Dusseldorf, DE – Merkur Spiel-Arena June 9 – Madrid, ES – Primavera Sound Festival June 11 – Bern, CH – Stadion Wankdorf June 14 – Dublin, IE – Malahide Castle June 17 – London, UK – Twickenham Stadium June 20 – Munich, DE – Olympiastadion June 22 – Lille, FR – Stade Pierre Mauroy June 24 – Paris, FR – Stade de France June 27 – Copenhagen, DK – Parken June 29 – Frankfurt, DE – Deutsche Bank Park July 4 – Lyon, FR – Groupama Stadium July 7 – Berlin, DE – Olympiastadion July 12 – Rome, IT – Stadio Olympico July 14 – Milan, IT – San Siro July 16 – Bologna, IT – Stadio Renato Dall’Ara July 21 – Klagenfurt, AT – Wörthersee Stadion July 23 – Zagreb, HR – Arena Zagreb July 26 – Bucharest, RO – Arena Națională July 28 – Budapest, HU – Puskás Aréna July 30 – Prague, CZ – Letňany Airport August 2 – Warsaw, PL – PGE Narodowy August 6 – Tallinn, EE – Tallinna Lauluväljak August 8 – Helsinki, FI – Kaisaniemen Puisto August 11 – Oslo, NO – Telenor Arena |
