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Depeche Mode is a British electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. They are considered pioneers of electronic music and one of the most influential bands of the 20th century. Their music is often described as a fusion of 'synthpop' and 'alternative rock'. Starting off as a minimalistic synth instrument-based group, they progressed into major international rock stars by the mid-1980s, combining their intricate yet melodic sound with a dark, edgy post-punk image. With 14 studio albums, they remain one of the world's most influential electronic music acts, and has been credited as influencing a broad spectrum of genres, from techno, house, dark wave, electronic dance music, industrial, gothic rock, metal and pop.

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Depeche Mode Announce 29 Additional North American Dates on the Memento Mori World Tour

New Fall Shows Added in the US, Canada and Mexico

Depeche mode’s first tour in over five years kicks off march 23, 2023 in sacramento, ca.

Following the rapturous reception to their new single “Ghosts Again,”  Depeche Mode  have added a new Fall leg of North American tour dates to the Memento Mori Tour, which will support Memento Mori, their forthcoming studio album due out March 24. With the addition of these 29 new shows, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020 inductees will now set out on a colossal 75-date tour — their 19th tour and their first in over five years.

The Live Nation-presented tour begins March 23 with a limited North American run featuring stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Chicago’s United Center, and Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. The band will then embark on their European stadium tour on May 16, with noted stops including the Stade de France in Paris, Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, Milan’s San Siro Stadium, and London’s Twickenham Stadium. 

Following the end of the European summer run, the newly added tour dates bring the band back to North America in the Fall, with the tour stopping in Mexico City at Foro Sol before returning to the US and Canada. Newly announced tour stops include Austin’s Moody Center, Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, additional New York City shows at Madison Square Garden and Barclays Center, Seattle’s Climate Pledge Arena and more, and concluding with a multi-night run in Los Angeles at the Kia Forum and Crypto.com Arena.

Pre-sales will kick off with a Fan Pre-sale on Tuesday, February 21, with the general on sale beginning Friday, February 24 at 10am local time. For further information on the tour routing and ticket on-sale dates, please visit  depechemode.com . The full listing of dates, cities and venues is also below. On the Memento Mori Tour, the band will once again be partnering with luxury watchmaker Hublot to support charity endeavors tied to the tour.

Reception to the Memento Mori tour has been overwhelming with shows quickly selling out across Europe and North America, and over 1.5 million tickets already sold for the initial 46 shows. The tour is on track to be one of Depeche Mode’s largest to date and is also well on its way to being one of the largest worldwide tours of 2023. The tour will feature Depeche Mode favorites and rarities, alongside new songs from Memento Mori, including the new single ”Ghosts Again,” which has been heralded as “a melancholic and joyful ode” (Vulture), “hypnotic” (Rolling Stone), and “a gorgeous, haunting song” (Revolver). The beautifully stark and cinematic Anton Corbijn-directed video for “Ghosts Again” released on February 9th can be viewed at  https://depechemode.lnk.to/GhostsAgain . 

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 – Leg One

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 18             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             Lyon, FR                            Groupama Stadium

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 1                Frankfurt, DE               Deutsche Bank Park 

July 4                Bordeaux, FR               Matmut Atlantique

July 7                Berlin, DE                     Olympiastadion 

July 9                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 4           Krakow, PL                    Tauron Arena

August 6           Tallinn, EE                     Tallinna Lauluväljak 

August 8           Helsinki, FI                    Kaisaniemen Puisto 

August 11         Oslo, NO                       Telenor Arena 

– New dates just added – 

September 21            Mexico City, MX          Foro Sol 

September 29            Austin, TX                      Moody Center 

October 1    Dallas, TX                      American Airlines Center

October 4    Houston, TX                 Toyota Center 

October 7    New Orleans, LA        Smoothie King Center

October 10  Orlando, FL                  Amway Center 

October 12  Miami, FL                      Miami-Dade Arena

October 19  Nashville, TN               Bridgestone Arena 

October 21  Brooklyn, NY               Barclays Center

October 23  Washington, DC         Capital One Arena 

October 25  Philadelphia, PA         Wells Fargo Center 

October 28  New York, NY              Madison Square Garden 

October 31  Boston, MA                  TD Garden

November 3               Montreal, QC              Centre Bell 

November 5               Toronto, ON                Scotiabank Arena

November 8               Detroit, MI                   Little Caesars Arena

November 10             Cleveland, OH             Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 

November 13             Chicago, IL                    United Center

November 16             Denver, CO                  Ball Arena

November 18             Salt Lake City, UT       Vivint Arena

November 21             Edmonton, AB            Rogers Place 

November 24             Vancouver, BC            Rogers Arena 

November 26             Seattle, WA                  Climate Pledge Arena

November 28             Portland, OR                MODA Center

December 1                Las Vegas, NV             T-Mobile Arena 

December 3                San Francisco, CA       Chase Center 

December 6                San Diego, CA             Pechanga Arena

December 10             Los Angeles, CA          Kia Forum 

December 15             Los Angeles, CA          Crypto.com Arena 

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Depeche Mode:

Steve Martin |  [email protected]

Jillian Condran |  [email protected]

Live Nation Concerts:

Monique Sowinski |  [email protected]

Maya Sarin |  [email protected]

Valeska Thomas |  [email protected]

For further information re: Memento Mori, tour updates and more, please go to  depechemode.com

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Depeche Mode add 29 new North American tour dates

The fall leg of Depeche Mode's tour supporting upcoming album Memento Mori will hit The US, Canada and Mexico

Depeche Mode have added 29 dates to their tour in support of upcoming  15th studio album Memento Mori.  

The new run of North American shows will kick off at Foro Sol in Mexico City on September 21, and climax at the Crypt.com Arena in Los Angeles ten days before Christmas. The dates are in addition to Depeche Mode's previously announced tour of US Arenas, which begins next month, and subsequent run of European outdoor shows. Tickets for the new dates go on sale on February 24 at 10am local. 

Momento Mori is the band's first album since 2017's Spirit . It was produced by James Ford, with additional production work by Marta Salogni, and is the first new music released by the Essex band since the death, last May, of founding member  Andy 'Fletch' Fletcher .

"After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted," says Martin Gore, "and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning.” “Fletch would have loved this album," adds Dave Gahan. "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." 

Last week Depeche Mode shared the first single to be taken from the album, Ghosts Again . 

Depeche Mode 2023 Tour

Mar 23: Sacramento Golden 1 Center, CA Mar 25: San Jose SAP Center, CA Mar 28: Los Angeles Kia Forum, CA Mar 30: Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena, NV Apr 02: San Antonio AT&T Center, TX Apr 05: Chicago United Center, IL Apr 07: Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON Apr 09: Quebec City Videotron Centre, QC Apr 12: Montreal Centre Bell, QC Apr 14: New York Madison Square Garden, NY 

May 16: Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, Netherlands May 20: Antwerp Sportpaleis Antwerpen, Belgium May 23: Stockholm Friends Arena, Sweden May 26: Leipzig Leipziger Festwiese, Germany May 28: Bratislava Národný Futbalový Štadión, Slovakia May 31: Bordeaux Matmut Atlantique, France Jun 02: Barcelona Primavera Sound Festival, Spain Jun 04: Dusseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena, Germany Jun 06: Dusseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena, Germany Jun 09: Madrid Primavera Sound Festival, Spain Jun11: Bern Stadion Wankdorf, Switzerland Jun 14: Dublin Malahide Castle, Ireland Jun 17: London Twickenham Stadium, UK Jun 20: Munich Olympiastadion, Germany Jun 22: Lille Stade Pierre Mauroy, France Jun 24: Paris Stade de France, France Jun 27 Copenhagen Parken, Denmark Jun 29: Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park, Germany Jul 4: Lyon Groupama Stadium, France Jul 7: Berlin, DE Olympiastadion, Germany Jul 12: Rome Stadio Olympico, Italy Jul 14: Milan San Siro, Italy Jul 16: Bologna, IT Stadio Renato Dall’Ara, Italy July 21: Klagenfurt Wörthersee Stadion, Austria July 23: Zagreb Arena Zagreb, Croatia July 26: Bucharest Arena Națională, Romania July 28: Budapest Puskás Aréna, Hungary Jul 30: Prague Letňany Airport, Czech Republic Aug 02: Warsaw, PL PGE Narodowy, Poland Aug 06: Tallinn Tallinna Lauluväljak, Estonia Aug 08: Helsinki Kaisaniemen Puisto, Finland Aug 11: Oslo Telenor Arena, Norway

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Sep 21: Mexico City Foro Sol, Mexico Sep 29: Austin Moody Center, TX Oct 01: Dallas American Airlines Center, TX Oct 04: Houston Toyota Center, TX Oct 07: New Orleans Smoothie King Center, LA Oct 10: Orlando Amway Center, FL Oct 12: Miami FTX Arena, FL Oct 19: Nashville Bridgestone Arena, TN Oct 21: Brooklyn Barclays Center, NY Oct 23: Washington Capital One Arena, DC Oct 25: Philadelphia Wells Fargo Center, PA Oct 28: New York, Madison Square Garden, NY Oct 31: Boston TD Garden, MA Nov 03: Montréal Bell Centre, QC Nov 05: Toronto Scotiabank Arena, ON Nov 08: Detroit Little Caesars Arena, MI Nov 10: Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, OH Nov 13: Chicago United Center, IL Nov 16: Denver Ball Arena, CO Nov 18: Salt Lake City Vivint Smart Home Arena, UT Nov 21: Edmonton Rogers Place, AB Nov 24: Vancouver Rogers Arena, BC Nov 26: Seattle Climate Pledge Arena, WA Nov 28: Portland Moda Center, OR Dec 01: Las Vegas T-Mobile Arena, NV Dec 03: San Francisco Chase Center, CA Dec 06: San Diego Pechanga Arena, CA Dec 10: Inglewood The Kia Forum, CA Dec 15: Los Angeles Crypto.com Arena, CA

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Depeche Mode, Still Mourning, Return With Tour and New Album ‘Memento Mori’

By Kory Grow

During the peak of the pandemic, Depeche Mode ‘s members found themselves simultaneously making sense of Covid’s widespread loss while trying to appreciate life in the moment. Those two themes kept popping up when frontman Dave Gahan and singer and multi-instrumentalist Martin Gore were writing lyrics for what would become their 15th album. They embraced this idea by calling the album Memento Mori .

“The direct translation [for ‘memento mori’] is, ‘Remember that you must die,'” Gahan says via phone from Berlin, a few days before the band’s Tuesday press conference announcing Memento Mori . “A lot of the songs are going into that place of reminding ourselves that our time is fleeting, and you got to make the best of it — in a positive way.” Gore says he first heard the Latin phrase from a friend. “I just thought, ‘What a great album title for the songs that had been written already,'” he says.

Before they could get in the studio, though, the title took on far greater meaning for Gahan and Gore. On May 26, Andy “Fletch” Fletcher, who co-founded Depeche Mode and played synthesizers and bass in the group since 1980, died naturally of an aortic dissection. Did they second-guess the title after Fletch’s death? “I think it cemented it, if anything,” Gore says.

“Obviously, everybody will think that all of the songs were quickly written after Andy died,” Gore continues. “But everything was planned and ready to go. Unfortunately, Andy passed away when he was really looking forward to getting started with us. So I like the idea of ‘memento mori’ in a more positive way, in a ‘Live each day and make the most of your time here.'”

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Even now, the two musicians are still making sense of their bandmate’s absence. “You don’t always get to say goodbye,” Gahan says. “With this, it was just one of those things where all of a sudden, Martin and I are sitting in a pew in a church together, and Fletch is not here anymore, just like that.”

“It’s obviously really hard to lose your closest friend,” Gore says. “Andy was there with me from way before the band and I feel like he was the one in the trenches with me the whole way. So it’s very tough.”

But Gore feels his bandmate would have wanted Depeche Mode to continue. “He was always seen as the glue of the band,” he says. “It would’ve been unthinkable for him to think that his death would’ve caused the end of the band.”

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Gahan and Gore didn’t see each other face to face to work on the album until July. The singer feels that if Fletch were working on the album, he’d have joked, “Can we just stop talking about death?” “I missed that in the studio,” the singer says, “and I know Martin did, too. We felt like he was still there with us.”

The group opened the Berlin event with a short montage, showing close-ups of music gear as echoey, undeniably Depeche Mode music plays in the background. The soundtrack had a throbbing, fuzzy synth bass line and operatic vocals. Eventually, the camera pulled out to show the musicians together in the studio. Eventually, Gahan’s voice enters and he sings, “We know we’ll be ghosts again.”

Neither Gahan nor Gore feel ready to name any of Memento Mori’s song titles — days before the Berlin event, they’re not even quite sure what the final titles are for the musical selections they’re playing — but they say the structure of the album as a whole came together naturally. “To me, it’s got a cinematic quality to it,” Gahan says. “It takes you on a bit of a trip, starting in a place where we’re like, ‘This is my world,’ and ending with, ‘How do I make the most of it?'” The music, Gahan says, sounds melancholy but it’s also braided with hope and joy. The record will likely feature 12 songs with a few saved over as extras for a deluxe edition.

When asked in Berlin if the band will be paying tribute to Fletch on the tour, Gahan said the group was still figuring it out but had zeroed in on some of Fletch’s favorite Depeche Mode songs. “He’ll be there in spirit, I’m sure, judging us,” he said with a laugh.

In another light moment, a journalist asked if the band would ever consider doing an “unplugged” tour. “We can’t really unplug because we’re an electronic band,” Gahan said, chuckling. Gore added, “We can try it with battery packs or something.”

In an unusual move for Depeche Mode, the group will start its Memento Mori tour in North America instead of Europe. “I can’t remember the last time we started in America, if we ever have,” Gore says. “I’m sure we did at some point, but it just seemed like something different to do.” (The European leg will begin May 16. Some of the venues the group next year will play include Madison Square Garden, Chicago’s United Center, Twickenham Stadium and the Stade de France.) The band will return to North America in Sept. 2023 for another round of 29 arena shows.

Until then, they will press forward while continuing to grieve their friend and bandmate’s death. “It was very odd coming to Berlin and coming into a hotel where we have been with Andy many times, and just seeing the bar where we’d often seen sitting,” Gore says. “That was a bit of a reality check. Everything that we’re doing from this point forward is different, so we just have to put our heads down and do the best we can.”

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Depeche Mode Expand 2023 North American Tour

By Jazz Monroe

Depeche Mode have added a new haul of shows to the North American tour that begins next month. The extra dates kick off in Mexico in late summer and run through to mid-December, with stops in most major cities on the coasts and a few in between. See their full tour schedule below.

The tour, which includes a spot at Primavera 2023 , promotes new album Memento Mori , out March 24 via Columbia . It is the band’s first album in five years, and the first since the death last year of founding member Andy “Fletch” Fletcher. “Fletch would have loved this album,” Dave Gahan said in press materials. “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.” Memento Mori follows Depeche Mode’s 2017 LP, Spirit . A single from the record, “ Ghosts Again ,” is out now.

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03-23 Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center 03-25 San Jose, CA - SAP Center 03-28 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum 03-30 Las Vegas, NV - T-Mobile Arena 04-02 San Antonio, TX - AT&T Center 04-05 Chicago, IL - United Center 04-07 Toronto, Ontario - Scotiabank Arena 04-09 Quebec City, Quebec - Videotron Centre 04-12 Montreal, Quebec - Centre Bell 04-14 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 05-16 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome 05-18 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome 05-20 Antwerp, Belgium - Sportpaleis Antwerpen 05-23 Stockholm, Sweden - Friends Arena 05-26 Leipzig, Germany - Leipziger Festwiese 05-28 Bratislava, Slovakia - Národný Futbalový Štadión 05-31 Lyon, France - Groupama Stadium 06-02 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival 06-04 Dusseldorf, Germany - Merkur Spiel-Arena 06-06 Dusseldorf, Germany - Merkur Spiel-Arena 06-09 Madrid, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival 06-11 Bern, Switzerland - Stadion Wankdorf 06-14 Dublin, Ireland - Malahide Castle 06-17 London, England - Twickenham Stadium 06-20 Munich, Germany - Olympiastadion 06-22 Lille, France - Stade Pierre Mauroy 06-24 Paris, France - Stade de France 06-27 Copenhagen, Denmark - Parken 06-29 Frankfurt, Germany - Deutsche Bank Park 07-01 Frankfurt, Germany - Deutsche Bank Park 07-04 Bordeaux, France - Matmut Atlantique 07-07 Berlin, Germany - Olympiastadion 07-09 Berlin, Germany - Olympiastadion 07-12 Rome, Italy - Stadio Olympico 07-14 Milan, Italy - San Siro 07-16 Bologna, Italy - Stadio Renato Dall’Ara 07-21 Klagenfurt, Austria - Wörthersee Stadion 07-23 Zagreb, Croatia - Arena Zagreb 07-26 Bucharest, Romania - Arena Națională 07-28 Budapest, Hungary - Puskás Aréna 07-30 Prague, Czechia - Letňany Airport 08-02 Warsaw, Poland - PGE Narodowy 08-04 Krakow, Poland - Tauron Arena 08-06 Tallinn, Estonia - Tallinna Lauluväljak 08-08 Helsinki, Finland - Kaisaniemen Puisto 08-11 Oslo, Norway - Telenor Arena 09-21 Mexico City, Mexico - Foro Sol 09-29 Austin, TX - Moody Center 10-01 Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center 10-04 Houston, TX - Toyota Center 10-07 New Orleans, LA - Smoothie King Center 10-10 Orlando, FL - Amway Center 10-12 Miami, FL - Miami-Dade Arena 10-19 Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena 10-21 Brooklyn, NY - Barclays Center 10-23 Washington, D.C. - Capital One Arena 10-25 Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center 10-28 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden 10-31 Boston, MA - TD Garden 11-03 Montreal, Quebec - Centre Bell 11-05 Toronto, Ontario - Scotiabank Arena 11-08 Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena 11-10 Cleveland, OH - Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 11-13 Chicago, IL - United Center 11-16 Denver, CO - Ball Arena 11-18 Salt Lake City, UT - Vivint Arena 11-21 Edmonton, Alberta - Rogers Place 11-24 Vancouver, British Columbia - Rogers Arena 11-26 Seattle, WA - Climate Pledge Arena 11-28 Portland, OR - Moda Center 12-01 Las Vegas, NV - T-Mobile Arena 12-03 San Francisco, CA - Chase Center 12-06 San Diego, CA - Pechanga Arena 12-10 Inglewood, CA - Kia Forum 12-15 Los Angeles, CA - Crypto.com Arena

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The story of Depeche Mode's Songs of Faith and Devotion album and tour is the most rock 'n' roll ever

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Early Depeche Mode albums were made by a band that looked and sounded like clean-cut choir boys. But by the time they rolled around to album number eight, they'd become snarling electronic grungers with as many bad habits as they had death wishes. 

And while their parents might have been worried, the resulting album was one of their finest, and the subsequent tour their most ridiculous. Welcome to the rock 'n' synth peak that was Songs of Faith and Devotion.

Introduction

Songs of Faith and Devotion is widely regarded as Depeche Mode at their peak, but it's more of a twin peak, if we must be truly accurate.

SOFAD has an air of rock 'n' roll menace that makes it more Roskilde than Basildon, of that there is no doubt.

Previous album Violator is held in just as high esteem with DM fans, but is in many ways Devotion's opposite: a perfect, slick, song-crafted album where everything is in time and clean-shaven.

Songs of Faith and Devotion (SOFAD, if you'll excuse our already bruised fingertips) is Violator's wilder relation, with chunks of humanity slapped on the sequencers, slightly off-kilter synth-rock songs about human grubbiness, and an air of rock 'n' roll menace that makes it more Roskilde than Basildon, of that there is no doubt.

It's an album swaying about like a drunken cousin at Violator's wedding and, if not quite upstaging the host with its popular swagger, is certainly about to be told to stand outside and sober up for a bit. And have a bloody shave while it's at it.

Wherever next?

Whichever version of Depeche Mode is your peak, you can't deny the shadow Violator cast over subsequent Mode albums, especially so with SOFAD and its subsequent tour.

None of us came back with the idea that we were going to make Violator 2.

Violator had taken the band to another level in terms of their success across the globe. Its World Violation tour saw them play to well over a million people by the end of the 1990s, with 50,000-seat stadiums packed out across the States alone.

After a couple of years off - probably just to get over the hangovers - the band reconvened for album number eight with everyone wondering how to follow the peak success of Violator.

And it would be the same team tackling the thorny issue. The elements were in place: Martin Gore's songwriting, Dave Gahan's singing, Alan Wilder's drumming, programming and co-production, and Andrew Fletcher's enthusiasm.

Luckily, the album had the all-important re-addition of Flood, aka Mark Ellis, who had also produced Violator. We say 'luckily' because Flood bought his famously short attention span to the SOFAD party. He doesn't like repeating the recording process with any album as he gets bored so easily, so was already guiding the band away from Violator for this recording.

Also luckily, Depeche were on board with that, and more than up for a change in direction. Gahan said at the time that “none of us came back with the idea that we were going to make Violator 2.”

Unluckily, this new path was about the only thing they all agreed on during the recording…

The Recording - "It was going to be wonderful"

The recording of SOFAD started well. Martin had written some songs - again with the idea that they were going to go in a different direction.

You spend a year making a record, you might as well have fun while you do it.

"We'll just try to record them differently and make everything new and exciting," he said to Paul Morley on Channel 4 before the recording. "So we came over to Madrid. You spend a year making a record, you might as well have fun while you do it." Famous last words…

But armed with new songs, a producer with different ideas, and Alan especially chomping at the bit for new recording methods, the plan was that this Madrid studio would be the ideal place for the band to focus on their new direction.

'We Were Going to Live Together, Record Together and It Was Going to Be Wonderful' is the hilariously titled documentary on what happened next. The band had not seen each other for two years and were suddenly packed into a studio too far to walk anywhere just to blow off some steam. "Wonderful" it was not.

"It was just an incredibly hard record to make," is Flood's opening comment in the documentary, and you can tell from his eyes that even that is a massive understatement. He's rarely spoken about SOFAD since, such is the apparent PTSD.

I created a monster.

The problems were caused not only by the studio location and pressure to follow up Violator, but also to explore all-new recording methods while they were at it, and all overshadowed by a lead singer's drug problems that had gone supernova since he'd last seen the band.

Gahan had also assumed an all-new rock star persona: long-haired, skinny, bearded and with an attitude to match, thanks to a new appreciation of US rock bands picked up during his time in LA.

"I created a monster," he told later told NME, and it would have to be this monster that Flood and Wilder would have to channel and join up with Gore's songs to create SOFAD.

The studio tech

The problem with a rock direction for the Mode at this point was basic and quite simple: they weren't a rock band. With Wilder the only trained musician, there was no way they'd go into the studio and just play Gore's tunes.

We're not capable of going into a room, playing together, and coming up with some magical piece of music.

"When we just go in and play together, we end up sounding like a pub rock band," Wilder told Sound On Sound/Keyboard Magazine in July 93 . "We're not capable of going into a room, playing together, and coming up with some magical piece of music."

But the solution was studio technology - certainly no stranger to the band - but used in a completely different way. With every album before SOFAD, Depeche Mode had used cutting-edge studio gear to create new sounds, whether that was synth for their pop, or the Emulators for their darker, industrial beats. With Songs of Faith and Devotion they effectively used the technology to sound human.

On tracks like Walking In My Shoes and I Feel You, the drums were played and recorded live, but then samples were taken, looped and sequenced in Cubase in a different order. Not a new thing by any means now, but it was for the Mode at the time.

Alan summed the differences between this approach and previous album Violator in the We Were Going To Live Together… documentary: "Violator is very programmed with lots of individual sampled sounds. But they are all programmed on the exact beat, whereas later [with SOFAD] we'd use big chunks of performance that would have all the inherent mistakes and humanity.

"For me the combination of using all of that modern technology with all of that character is what makes more interesting music."

Despite the issues in the studio - understandably by this time, everyone was getting on everybody else's nerves - Wilder and Flood would piece the album together over long 12-hour sessions.

Our guitar parts tend to go quite weird. We run them through Leslies and other devices that make them less guitar-like.

And while the sound was way more 'LA' than 'Essex circa 1981', there were a surprising number of synths used on SOFAD to back up all that sampling.

As Wilder explained to SOS/Keyboard : "We've still got the same selection of samplers - Akais and [Emu] Emulators. And lots of rackmounted and modular synths: a Minimoog, Oberheims, the Roland 700 system, ARP 2600s. There are fewer modern synthesizers than ever before - no DX7s, PPGs or things like that."

And even though rock was the new star, it was never going to be normal rock.

"We have a very strong aversion to typical rock guitar playing," Wilder added. "Our guitar parts tend to go quite weird. We run them through Leslies and other devices that make them less guitar-like while still keeping some of the power of the instrument."

Post Traumatic SOFAD Disorder

SOFAD came out in January 1993 and hit the top of the charts in 10 countries, including both the US and UK. It has currently sold four million units and remains one of Depeche Mode's most critically-acclaimed recordings.

This huge Bugs Bunny doll would become quite animated when I was out of my mind.

But as successful as the album was, the signs were probably on that Madrid studio wall that the tour that resulted from those recording sessions would be anything but normal.

The Devotional tour that played across close to 100 dates in 1993 probably requires its own film one day. Call it 'Spinal Tap 3', if you like, but make it a proper documentary, not a comedy.

There have been stories, rumours, facts and fiction written about the tour: that the band drove in different limos and stayed at different hotels; that they had their own psychiatrist and spiritualist; that support bands came and went because they couldn't keep up; even that Dave slept in a coffin.

But what was undoubtedly true about the tour was the subsequent impact that it had on the band's health.

With his spiralling drug problems, Gahan ended up "living in a little apartment in Santa Monica and I had this huge Bugs Bunny doll [which] would become quite animated when I was out of my mind," he told ModeFan.com in 2005.

"I also had a Tin Man and a Lion. The Tin Man used to speak to me. It was basically psychotic behaviour, which of course now I can see. But at the time I thought, “Doesn’t everyone have these things?”

The fallout, both in the long and short term, was just as bad elsewhere.

Fletch had a breakdown and at one stage left the tour, Gore had seizures and admitted his alcoholism, and Wilder was so affected he simply left the band.

After a hefty drugs overdose, he died for two minutes, complete with a near death experience. Sure you want to be in a rock band?

But leave it to Dave Gahan to top the lot, and nearly himself. He had an actual heart attack on stage, and later, after a hefty drugs overdose, died for two minutes, complete with a near death experience.

Sure you want to be in a successful rock band?

That any of the band even survived the 1990s is a miracle. That Depeche Mode are still making great records and touring 30 years on - they just finished a marathon set of dates for the excellent Memento Mori album - is simply insane.

So, despite the utter destruction that followed its recording, SOFAD's success played a big part in the band's longevity. With it, there was very nearly no Depeche Mode three decades ago. Yet without it, there would be no Depeche Mode today.

The Songs of Faith and Devotion – track by track

Let's take a look at the tracks on SOFAD with some commentary from Alan Wilder from his excellent Q&A section at recoli.co.uk .

The screeching tyre sound - actually a synth - that opens SOFAD on I Feel You is Dave and the band driving an XR2 Fiesta out of Basildon aiming for LA, squealing to a halt in front of you while Dave puts a cassette in, smiling as he knows you're going to be surprised by the album you're about to hear. You think, 'you really shouldn't be driving Dave', but give the album a listen anyway.

"Everyone else felt I Feel You should be first [as a single]," Alan Wilder says on Recoil . "The main reason for the choice was that the track had attitude and was radically different to what we had done before. We hoped it would surprise people and make them curious about the rest of the album."

It certainly did that…

Walking in My Shoes

According to Wilder, this second SOFAD single is one of the few Mode tracks that came together through jamming, with he and Martin playing bass and guitar respectively over a drum machine, after which he and Flood constructed the arrangement as he and we described earlier.

The result is a highlight track still played live to this day, while the accompanying video is all religion, naked women and moody black and white shots - standard DM fair, then. That said, the weird beaked creatures in the video that also appear on the live Devotional backdrop are cool, and we're pretty sure Dave had his eyes on them to go in his flat with his Bugs Bunny and Tin Man.

Condemnation

If by now you are in any doubt that SOFAD is a departure for the Mode - and you shouldn't be - then the gospel-laden Condemnation should seal the deal with its soul, heart, incredible vocal and not an ARP 2600 in sight.

I mean, whatever next? Country and western?

Mercy in You

Not one of Alan's top picks from SOFAD according to Recoil - "I don’t think it was particularly bad, it just wasn’t one of my favourites and took some time to complete" - but Mercy In You does have some fine elements: the backwards tracks, the chugging vocal, and the harmonies, plus the chorus is greater than the track four position promises. But yeah, it probably did take too long…

Judas is one of the most underrated tracks on one of the highest-rated DM albums, which should be enough, but we think it deserves even wider praise. Of all the tracks on SOFAD it might be less 'new direction' than old, but is still one of Martin's finer solo moments. Lovely strings, amazing vocals, a nice electronic sequence to close, and a superb atmosphere overall.

But not such a superb atmosphere during its recording according to Alan on Recoli : "I think Martin was quite attached to his demo version but I felt it needed more atmosphere. He in turn didn’t like the sequencer end section."

In Your Room

Here we go. You might not know it yet, but this is what you paid your entrance fee for. In Your Room is, quite simply, one of the top five Depeche Mode tracks of all time, partly because we said it was here , but mostly because it is 'everything Depeche Mode' in one track .

There's SOFAD DM, of course, there's incredibly moody DM, the subject matter is all sexy DM, and the arrangement is the perfect clash of electronics and rock. It really is the peak of SOFAD in that sense, so we're guessing you want some In Your Room facts, right?

According to Wilder on Recoil , the track employs a variphone which, depending on which corner of the internet you believe, is either an electronic wind instrument from Cologne or an early Soviet synthesizer.

In Your Room also uses a sound that Wilder calles ‘Splang’ which is "derived from a guitar. Each chord was sampled individually and then double-tracked with a second but different guitar sound. There is also a string/choir pad (another backwards sound) playing the same chords in the background."

Get Right with Me

If you were the song Get Right with Me, you'd be annoyed at having to follow In Your Room, and in some ways the track does suffer from its 'follow that' position. It's probably the most straight up rock/blues/gospel track on SOFAD – any DM album, in fact – and it fulfils its brief in less than three minutes.

But hang on, what's this? After Get Right With Me, DM insert one of their mini electronic tracks they used to include on earlier albums. These ditties often appeared as 'hidden' tracks, and while this is hardly hidden, it's a neat nod back to synthier times after the most acoustic of SOFAD tracks.

'Rush has to be about drugs, right?' someone rather forthrightly asks Alan at his Q&A on SOFAD at Recoil . To which he elegantly sidesteps by replying: "I always personally preferred to interpret his [Martin's] songs in exactly the same way as the audience might, using one’s own imagination and consequently giving them one’s own personal meaning."

What Rush is though is one of SOFAD's highlights; a blistering wakeup call where synths sound like guitars and vice-versa and where Dave sings 'when I come up, I rush for you' like he really ruddy well means it. It's about drugs then, isn't it?

Just when you think you've got your head around SOFAD  – it's DM with real drums and guitars and long hair, right? – along comes One Caress, all string quartets and Martin probably wearing some kind of powdered wig as he saunters through his 16th-century ballroom, singing one of his best ever songs and swinging a cane.

By this point, if the band closed SOFAD with a 1940s jazz number number in 13/4 time you wouldn't be surprised. Fortunately, it's a lot better than even that.

Higher Love

Where many bands might finish off an album with a throwaway track - "just stick that on the end, no-one will notice" - Depeche Mode have always gone out on a high. From Just Can't Get Enough on their debut album, for example, to Clean on Violator. Need we say more?

Higher Love is right up there with In Your Room on SOFAD according to these ears, and springs to life from its swirling production into a rock synth classic. So good, in fact, that U2 might have even lifted the drums to use in their track So Cruel on Achtung Baby . Well, not U2, per se: "Didn’t Flood work on both LPs?" Alan enquires on Recoil.

Anyway, it's damn near perfect ending to a damn near perfect DM album that has everything from rock to classical and blues to sequences. As Bugs Bunny might say, 'That's all folks'.

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Depeche Mode’s “Memento Mori” tour stretches into 2024 with 29 more European dates

Depeche Mode ‘s massive tour in support of the group’s 15th studio album Memento Mori will stretch into 2024, as the band today announced a second European leg — and fourth overall — to begin in late January and run into early April.

The new 29-date leg opens Jan. 22 in London and will feature two shows apiece in Berlin, Prague, Lodz, Paris, Madrid and Milan before wrapping up with concerts on April 3 and 5 in Cologne, Germany. See full dates below, and head over to depechemode.com for full ticketing information.

Depeche Mode’s tour, now spanning 110 dates, opened in March with a short North American leg, and has continued through Europe; the band plays Rome on Wednesday. The second North American leg opens Sept. 21 in Mexico City and continues through four Los Angeles dates in mid-December.

Check out the band’s itinerary below.

Depeche Mode “Memento Mori” World Tour 2023-2024

EUROPE 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 Aug. 2:  Warsaw, PL – PGE Narodowy Aug. 6:  Tallinn, EE – Tallinna Lauluväljak Aug. 8:  Helsinki, FI – Kaisaniemen Puisto Aug. 11:  Oslo, NO – Telenor Arena

NORTH AMERICA Sept. 21: Mexico City, MX – Foro Sol Sept. 23: Mexico City, MX – Foro Sol Sept. 29: Austin, TX – Moody Center Oct. 1: Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center Oct. 4: Houston, TX – Toyota Center Oct. 7: New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center Oct. 10: Orlando, FL – Amway Center Oct. 12: Miami, FL – Miami-Dade Arena Oct. 15: Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena, Oct. 19: Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena Oct. 21: Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center Oct. 23: Washington, D.C. – Capital One Arena Oct. 25: Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center Oct. 28: New York, NY – Madison Square Garden Oct. 31: Boston, MA – TD Garden Nov. 3: Montreal, QC – Centre Bell Nov. 5: Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena Nov. 8: Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena Nov. 10: Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Nov. 13: Chicago, IL – United Center Nov. 16: Denver, CO – Ball Arena Nov. 18: Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena Nov. 21: Edmonton, AB – Rogers Place Nov. 24: Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena Nov. 26: Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena Nov. 28: Portland, OR – MODA Center Dec. 1: Las Vegas, NV – T-Mobile Arena Dec. 3: San Francisco, CA – Chase Center Dec. 6: San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena Dec. 8: San Diego, CA – Pechanga Arena Dec. 10: Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum Dec. 12: Los Angeles, CA – Kia Forum Dec. 15: Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena Dec. 17: Los Angeles, CA – Crypto.com Arena

EUROPE Jan. 22: London, UK – O2 Arena Jan. 24: Birmingham, UK – Utilita Arena Jan. 29: Manchester, UK – AO Arena Jan. 31: Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro Feb. 3: Dublin, IE – 3Arena Feb. 6: Antwerp, BE – Sportpaleis Feb. 8: Amsterdam, NL – Ziggo Dome Feb. 10: Copenhagen, DK – Royal Arena Feb. 13: Berlin, DE – Mercedes-Benz Arena Feb. 15: Berlin, DE – Mercedes-Benz Arena Feb. 17: Hamburg, DE – Barclays Arena Feb. 22: Prague, CZ – O2 Arena Feb. 24: Prague, CZ – O2 Arena Feb. 27: Lodz, PL – Atlas Arena Feb. 29: Lodz, PL – Atlas Arena March 3: Paris, FR – Accor Arena March 5: Paris, FR – Accor Arena March 7: Munich, DE – Olympiahalle March 12: Madrid, ES – Wizink Center March 14: Madrid, ES – Wizink Center March 16: Barcelona, ES – Palau Sant Jordi March 19: Lisbon, PT – Altice Arena March 21: Bilbao, ES – BEC March 23: Torino, IT – Pala Alpitour March 26: Budapest, HU – MVM Dome March 28: Milan, IT – Mediolanum Forum March 30: Milan, IT – Mediolanum Forum April 3: Cologne, DE – Lanxess Arena April 5: Cologne, DE – Lanxess Arena

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One of the most influential and highest-earning electronic acts in music history, Depeche Mode have enjoyed success for over 3 decades around the world.

Formed in the late 70’s in Essex, UK, the band transitioned from the early, ‘The Cure’ influenced work into synthesizer territory, inspired by the pioneering work of acts like ‘Orchestral Manoeuvers in the Dark’. The band settled on a name borrowed from a French fashion magazine and played their first gig in 1980 at their school.

The band began shopping their demo in the hope of securing a record deal, and after a verbal agreement with founder Daniel Miller, began an important partnership with fledgling label ‘Mute Records’. By their third single they had already appeared on Top of The Pops and landed a top 10 hit on the charts, all in the build up to their debut album ‘Speak & Spell’ which was released in 1981.

When founding member Vince Clark left later that year (going on to form Erasure amongst other things) the band held auditions and hired Alan Wilder who would go on to play a pivotal role as the band’s ‘Musical Director’ until his departure in the 90s.

By 1984 the band’s profile was building globally, first topping the charts in West Germany before packing out shows in the US. By the end of the 80s and moving into the 90s the band were an unstoppable global phenomenon with packed out stadium shows and platinum records.

Considered one of the most influential British acts of all the time, the band continue to release albums and with Mute records and pack shows all over.

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The concert was amazing when it comes to the bands' performance. The guys are always amazing and I just love them! However, Eventimn really screwed up the whole organisation of the event. Since we were all informed beforehand, that no cash will be accepted as a method of payment inside the stadium, we had to buy tokens in advance. We waited 30 minutes in line for those, thank G we only bought 10 EUR worth of tokens and not more. Then we waited 1,5 hours in line for drinks in the pouring rain, while the band already started their performance. If we knew this would happenm we would have not bought the tokens in the first place and we could have enjoyed the whole concert, pouring rain or not. Also, until it was our turn in line, we learned that we could have paid cash as well which really pissed us off even more. The tokens were non-refundable so you either use them or throw your money away. But Depeche Mode was amazing, they even made us forget about the terrible weather conditions :) I just wish that we could have enjoyed the concert in full, without missing half of it dues to the poor organisation of Eventim.

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Depeche Mode is one of the biggest electronic acts in the world and seeing them live is an incredible, unforgettable experience for any electronic music lover. They have enjoyed international success for over 3 decades now and continue to tour with as much passion and energy as when the act first started performing in the early 80s and when the band consisted of school kids. Depeche Mode is a group of talented, unstoppable show men with natural charisma and stage presence. Their wide catalogue of musical successes range from synth pop classics to more rockier, edgier sounds. The band played all their old favourites from the past decades as well as their newer music. Even without lead songwriter Vincent Clarke at the fore, Depeche Mode are still very much worth seeing live. Dave Gahan continues to astound on vocals whilst Martin Gore wows on a whole range of instruments, switching mid show from guitar to keyboards and joining in on vocals. Andy Fletcher makes up the last of the band on keyboards. The show was packed out with fans of all ages cheering along to the legendary band.

Hard to believe, but I've been going to DM shows for nearly thirty years, now (wasn't till I got to college that I found people who liked the music I liked *and* were willing to travel for live shows). As usual, DM put out a great effort - they definitely aren't still touring just because they need the money (they aren't just phoning it in).

That said, you can tell they've been at this for nearly three decades. As noted above, you could tell they were putting the effort into it, you can also tell that Father Time is a bastard. Gahan doesn't quite have the lyrical power he once did and Gore is starting to sound a bit reedy. That said, the errors in singing and playing let you know that they were actually on stage, belting it out and not relying on enhancements to the sound. The show was heavy on "the classics" (songs from the 85-95 period) - though they did rearrange most of them - mostly to good effect.

Expensive show (as everything at the Verizon Center - or whatever the hell it's called now - always seem to be), but generally worth it.

That said, you can tell they've been at this for nearly four decades. As noted above, you could tell they were putting the effort into it, you can also tell that Father Time is a bastard. Gahan doesn't quite have the lyrical power he once did and Gore is starting to sound a bit reedy. That said, the errors in singing and playing let you know that they were actually on stage, belting it out and not relying on enhancements to the sound. The show was heavy on "the classics" (songs from the 85-95 period) - though they did rearrange most of them - mostly to good effect.

I had a great time at the Depeche Mode Concert. I enjoyed the whole concert experience. I loved every song, and the videos played in the background. The band has high energy. The concert was packed from the very young to the very old. What amazed me is how the very young knew all the lyrics to every song the band played. Any wild antics was from the fans. Some of the fans wore some very outlandish outfits. I think the band members like the style of their fans. There is lots of fan participation. You have to attend one concert to experience their talent and the excitement. You won't be sorry. I am so looking forward to the next concert. The concert goes by too fast and you wonder where the time went. The only bad thing was the concert wasn't long enough and had to end. I wanted the concert to go on forever.

I say please just try one concert. Once you attend one of their concerts, you will become a fan for life.

A good concert in general.

The best part was the hit parade from the "good old days" at the final half hour to fourty minutes.

Coming to the concert area there was a challange with the logistics taking a very long time with checking everybody before entering.

People where cuing for a very long time.

The Arena it self is and was very good, had a lot of conveniences and everything you need really.

They have the possibility to play with the roof covered or open and they had the roof on for the concert. At the end the temperature and atmosphere was high.

Depeche Mode is an established band with lots of fans so the concert was sold out and good, not perfect because it lost momentum and the audience had problems interacting with the new releases an latest songs.

We did not make it in time to see the opening act so I can't review that.

Worth seeing every time but not superb.

I would give it a 7 out of 10.

Absolute fantastic, we were FOS and close enough to see them Face to Face - i love that they arrange every Song a little different and so i discover more and more favorite Songs. Sound was brilliant and not to loud , stunning dance performance of Dave and we all love Martin taking the lead vocal sometimes. All over all they really support the feeling that they are bythemself full of Joy and Happiness - made us sing all the time - play my favorite Song 'A Pain i used to know' andd all what i want to hear - if i could wish one Song for the next concert it would be'The things you said' or 'Waiting for the Night' - anyhow 'never let me down (again) - is one of the heights of the Concert - you know this waving thing - with the arms ...will see them again.

22 years later after having been introduced to Depeche Mode, I find myself blessed and fortunate to have been able to attend this concert. This is literally one of my so called "Kick the Bucket Concerts" of all time, that I absolutely ,and without a doubt had to attend to! It was everything I thought it would be and much more! They sound the same even after so many years. It had been at least 16 years since I had been to the Cynthia Mitchell Woods Pavilion and the entire night was a blast! Good, sound quality, light show and the Lawn area does bring back fond memories of my previous times! If you all have never seen Depeche Mode live in concert, I recommend you! The venue and the experience will be memorable for years to come!

Depeche Mode - RheinEnergie Stadium - Cologne -

05.06.2017 - The show was great! Dave was in a great mood and his voice was perfect. Martin was emotional and perfect, as usual. The sound was good, but I also had a great place - in front of the sound check booth. After the bad experience from Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, I will always try to stay close to the sound guy :). The location was great, just a big problem with the toilets - not enough and they also closed part of them before the end of the show and that created a chaos. As usual, the parking and getting out of the area takes long time after the show - but I guess it is normal. A draft beer was 5 EUR, but also a glass of water. Overall, it was a great show!

Depeche Mode - Manchester Arena fri 17/11/17

First time I've seen Depeche Mode live. It won't be the last I hope. I remember them from way back when, early 80's I think, yes I'm old!! The band are amazing, sound great & look great. Dave never stops moving around the stage, wish I had half of his energy!! They performed a mix of songs but mostly new ones from SPIRIT the new album. If you haven't got it yet, why not? Go out and get it!! But then towards the end of the show out came the crowds old favourites, but still sounding fresh to this day, and there was a good old sing a long!

Yes I will definitely go to see them again in the future. Highly recommended.

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Australia concerts in 2024: here’s a list of shows and tours coming up

Artists touring Down Under in 2024 include Coldplay, Pearl Jam, Hozier, Laufey, aespa, IVE and more

Fresh out of a pandemic, Australia’s 2023 touring calendar was one of the busiest in recent memory, as artists of all stripes took centrestage everywhere from stadium shows to intimate local gigs. With a starry schedule that included the likes of Post Malone , Red Hot Chili Peppers , and Mötley Crüe , it’ll be tricky for 2024’s schedule to outdo its predecessor – and yet, thanks to the likes of Taylor Swift , Blink-182 and Pink , plus Coldplay, Pearl Jam and SZA, it’s poised to do just that.

From debut headline shows for breakout artists to bustling festival sideshow programs, there’s something for everyone to enjoy as a stellar batch of musicians make their way Down Under in 2024. Read on for NME’s roundup of all the biggest concerts and tours coming to Australia this year.

Here are the concerts and tours coming to Australia in 2024:

James Taylor: An Evening with James Taylor & His All-Star Band When: April 12 – April 28 Find tickets and more info here

If there was ever a festival made for James Taylor & His All-Star Band at this juncture of his 50-year career, it’s Day on the Green . The singer will perform at wineries in Queensland (Sirromet Wines in Mount Cotton), and New South Wales (Bimbadgen in the Hunter Valley, and Centennial Vineyards in Bowral) across April 2024. Taylor will be accompanied by Aussie pair Josh Pyke and Ella Hooper .

Taylor is also playing his own headline shows. After selling out dates in Perth, Melbourne and Sydney, new shows have been added in those cities. A Live Nation pre-sale begins February 9 while general on-sale starts February 12.

Chase & Status When: April 19 – April 28 Find more info and ticket waitlists here

After a new mixtape, charting singles and landmark Boiler Room set, drum’n’bass lifers Chase & Status celebrated a huge 2023. This year, the British duo will bring the party to Australia and New Zealand on a sold-out co-headlining tour with Australia’s very own Luude. They’re notably playing RAC Arena in Perth, on top of Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane.

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SZA When: April 19 – May 2 Find tickets and more info here

Fresh off winning three Grammys, SZA has announced a tour of Australia and New Zealand this April. The ‘Kill Bill’ singer will be performing two shows in New Zealand and eight across Australia, with shows confirmed for Auckland, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Beth Orton When: April 24 – April 30 Find tickets and more info

Initially slated to appear in Australia in November 2023, Beth Orton  rescheduled her Australian tour to April 2024 and added an extra show in Tasmania. The folk musician will now embark on a four-date run with performances in Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney and Brisbane from April 24 to April 30, with tickets for the original cities still valid for the rescheduled dates. Tickets for the additional date at Hobart’s Odeon Theatre are accessible here.

Nick Cave (solo) When: April 25 – May 7 Find tickets and more info

The legendary Nick Cave embarks on a solo tour of Australia (read: without the Bad Seeds) this April, playing two shows in Melbourne and five in Sydney. Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood will be on bass duties for these shows at Plenary Melbourne and State Theatre Sydney, which are all sold out.

The Dandy Warhols When: April 25 – May 1 Find tickets and more info

The Dandy Warhols will make their return to Australia in April 2024 armed with their new album ‘Rockmaker’. So far, they’ve scheduled dates in Brisbane , Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. If you missed them when they toured down under with Hoodoo Gurus in 2022, this is your chance. Find tickets here.

Elephant Gym When: April 26 – April 28 Find more info and tickets here

Elephant Gym isn’t the result of a random band name generator; “elephant” refers to the Taiwanese math rock band’s bass-led grooves, while “Gym” denotes the “agility” of their rhythm. The trio will perform their technical and idiosyncratic instrumentals at three shows on the Australian east coast for the first time this April, supporting sleepmakeswaves.

6LACK: Since I Have A Lover Tour When: April 26 – May 1 Find tickets and more info

R&B favourite 6LACK (pronounced ‘black’) will return to Australia in April to tour his new album, ‘Since I Have A Lover’. The four-date jaunt will take him to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.

Niall Horan: ‘The Show’ Live On Tour When: April 26 – May 4 Find tickets and more info

Niall Horan will take ‘The Show’ on the road down under in 2024. The ex- One Direction member’s world tour comes in support of his third solo album ‘The Show’ , out June 9. For the Australian leg, he’ll perform arena shows in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Groovin The Moo sideshows When: April 29 – May 11 Find tickets and more info

Sadly, Groovin The Moo is no longer going ahead this year – but many of the artists who would have played the touring festival will still be forging ahead with their own Australian headline shows. Singer-songwriter Claire Rosinkranz, Wu-Tang Clan legend GZA (performing a set dubbed ‘Liquid Swords Live’) and Stephen Sanchez will all perform headline shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

Toronto indie rockers The Beaches will also perform their own dates, playing shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in May. Find more information and tickets for all sideshows here .

Jessie Reyez When: April 30 – May 7 Find tickets and more info

Jessie Reyez will tour Australia for the first time in autumn, playing three shows along the east coast. The Canadian R&B singer will bring cuts from 2020 debut ‘Before Love Came to Kill Us’ and 2022 follow-up ‘Yessie’ to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on April 30, before shows at the Forum in Melbourne and the Tivoli in Brisbane. Find tickets here .

Nothing But Thieves: Welcome To The DCC World Tour When: April 30 – May 7 Find tickets and more info

Nothing But Thieves cleaned up on a sold-out tour of Australia last year – and they’re back for more. The UK alt-rockers have announced the second Aussie leg of their Dead Club City World tour, which will kick off at Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion on April 30, continue on to Brisbane and Melbourne, and wrap up at Hindley Street Music Hall in Adelaide on May 7.

Mahalia: In Real Life When: April 30 – May 8 Find tickets and more info

UK R&B artist Mahalia has booked a five-date tour of Australia, her biggest yet and her first time back down under since 2020. Audiences in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane should get ready for smooth tunes off her 2023 album ‘IRL’ .

• READ MORE: Mahalia on her emotional, empowering new record: “I didn’t think I would finish this album”

Jonas Brothers: Five Albums. One Night. Tour When: May 1 – 9 Find tickets and more info

Joe , Nick and Kevin Jonas – the Jonas Brothers – play Australia for the first time between May 1 and May 9 as part of their massive Five Albums. One Night. Tour. The tour will see the brothers perform hits from all five of their albums across one night, including fan favourites.

Tesseract When: May 2 – May 9 Find tickets and more info

UK prog metal outfit Tesseract are set to make the highly anticipated return to Australia in May 2024, marking their first shows Down Under since 2018. Between May 2 and May 9, the band will perform in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

With 2023 album ‘War of Being’ and songs from 2021’s ‘Portals’ not played in Australia yet, Tesseract are set to bring with them a fresh bounty of new music to Australia.

The Vaccines and Everything Everything Dates: May 4-11 Find tickets and more info here

UK indie rockers The Vaccines and Everything Everything are banding together for a co-headline tour of Australia, their first time back in the country since 2019 and 2018 respectively. Embrace the indie disco in May when they head to Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and finally Sydney.

Sammy Virji When: May 10 – May 18 Find more info and tickets here

UK garage has been making a steady comeback, and DJ/producer Sammy Virji is one of its frontrunners. He’s set to come back to Australia for his biggest headline tour of the country yet. Virji will kick off his tour at Metro City in Perth on May 10, before heading through Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and finishing at The Roundhouse in Sydney May 18.

Melissa Etheridge: I’m Not Broken Tour When: May 10 – May 17 Find tickets and more info here

Melissa Etheridge is bringing her trailblazing heartland rock to Australian shores for the first time in five years in May 2024. The ‘I’m Not Broken’ tour kicks off in Perth on May 10, before heading through Adelaide, Melbourne and finishing up in Sydney on May 17. Expect to hear a blend of the songwriter’s greatest hits as heard on her latest live album ‘Beautiful Day’.

Macklemore When: May 11 – May 20 Find tickets and more info

Fresh off the release of latest album ‘Ben’, Macklemore will embark on an Australian tour next May. The hip-hop artist will perform at Hordern Pavillion in Sydney on May 11-12, before taking to Melbourne’s John Cain Arena and Brisbane’s Riverstage on May 15 and May 17, respectively. Macklemore will perform at BASSINTHEGRASS in Darwin, and then conclude his Australian run at HBF Stadium in Perth on May 20. Find tickets here.

• READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Macklemore

Sleater-Kinney When: May 17 – May 23 Find tickets and more info

In their first shows here since 2016, Sleater-Kinney are embarking on a theatre tour of Australia. Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein will play four headline shows down under in support of their latest album, ‘Little Rope’ , in what the latter has called a “homecoming” of sorts.

• READ MORE: Sleater-Kinney talk new single ‘Untidy Creature’ and grief-driven new album: “This is not a somber record”

“For all intents and purposes, Sleater-Kinney got its start in Australia,” Brownstein said in a statement. “We recorded our first album and played our first ever shows there. Because of that, Australia feels like one of the band’s spiritual homes, and returning there always feels like a homecoming, a reunion.”

Jungle When: May 17 – May 22 Find more info

Jungle have unleashed more dancey goodness with their latest album, ‘Volcano’. Get ready to boogie in May when they tour Australia. The entire run, comprising the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney, Festival Hall in Melbourne, and Fortitude Music Hall in Brissy, is sold out.

Botch When: May 17 – 25 Find tickets and more info

Cult-favourite mathcore/hardcore/metal band Botch from Tacoma, Washington reunited last year more than two decades after their split – and now they’re embarking on their first-ever Aussie tour. The jaunt will include two dates in Melbourne and Sydney apiece as well as shows in Adelaide, Perth and Brisbane.

Guitarist David Knudson has promised Botch will go all out: “We don’t want to half-ass it…we want to be fucking tight as we ever were, if not tighter. We don’t want to disappoint a fan that’s never seen us live. So you know, it’s all in or nothing.”

Peter Hook & The Light When: May 21 – 28 Find tickets and more info

Peter Hook , the legendary bassist and co-founder of Joy Division and New Order is set to return to Australia in May 2024, just two years after his last tour of the country in 2022. For the upcoming tour, Hook will perform the New Order and Joy Division substance compilations live, giving fans a chance to once again revel in both bands’ music.

The Snuts When: May 23 – May 26 Find tickets and more info

Scottish indie rockers The Snuts will return for their second Australian tour in as many years, following their debut run of headline shows in 2023. With third studio album ‘Millennials’ in tow, the band will kick off their 2024 tour with a show at Melbourne’s Northcote Theatre. They’ll play Sydney’s Metro Theatre on May 25, before a show at the Triffid in Brisbane the following evening. Find tickets here .

Tom Grennan When: May 29 – May 30 Find tickets and more info

Tom Grennan will duck over to Australia for a pair of headline shows this year, following a debut visit in 2022. The English singer-songwriter will play Sydney’s Metro Theatre and 170 Russell in Melbourne on May 29 and 30 respectively.

Since his last trip, Grennan has released his third studio album, ‘What Ifs & Maybes’. Find tickets here .

Sky Ferreira When: June 2 – June 4 Find more info and tickets here

It’s been 12 years since Sky Ferreira released her debut ‘Night Time, My Time’, and her mystique has only grown in the interim: Ferriera has explored the silver screen, modelling, and long teased the release of a second album ‘Masochism’ . She’ll play two rare headline shows at bespoke Melbourne and Sydney festivals RISING and Vivid LIVE this June – a decade after her last Australian performance.

Boney M featuring Maizie Williams: The Farewell Tour When: June 3 – July 6 Find tickets and more info

Legendary disco group Boney M and vocalist Maizie Williams will bid goodbye to Australia with an extensive national tour in June and July 2024. Don’t wait to get your tickets – 15 of the 20 shows are sold out. More info here.

Bar Italia When: June 4 – June 8 Find more info and tickets here

Buzzy London trio Bar Italia are proteges of Dean Blunt, and have emerged from relative anonymity in the last few years with two albums of sinister post-punk. They’ll tour Australia for the first time in June, playing at Oxford Art Factory in Sydney and Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge before a matinee show in Melbourne as part of RISING festival.

Deerhoof: Miracle Level Tour When: June 12 – June 16 Find tickets and more info

Indie vets Deerhoof return to Australia this June for the Miracle Level Tour, in support of their 19th (!) album of the same name. They’ll play five cities in five days, kicking off in Melbourne and then heading to Sydney for Vivid before Brisbane, Adelaide and finally Perth.

LANY When: June 19 – June 28 Find tickets and more info

LANY – the pop duo of Paul Klein and Jake Goss – will return to Australia in mid-2024. After playing small, intimate shows down under in August 2023, they’ll go bigger in this national tour at venues including the Hordern Pavilion and Margaret Court Arena. See info on dates and tickets here.

Lizzy McAlpine: The Older Tour When: July 11 – July 18 Find tickets and more info

A year after breaking out with TikTok hit ‘Ceilings’, Lizzy McAlpine has released her major-label debut, the album ‘Older’. To celebrate, she’ll stage her debut headline shows in Australia with four stops across Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Conan Gray When: July 11 – July 19 Find more info and tickets here

Conan Gray is the archetypal Gen Z popstar, honing his craft as a teenage YouTube vlogger before unleashing his multimodal talent as a singer. Gray will play songs from his upcoming third album ‘Found Heaven’ in some of the biggest rooms in the country this July, as well as a headline spot at Adelaide’s Spin Off Festival on July 19.

Girl In Red: Doing It Again: Asia/Oceania Tour When: July 11 – July 21 Find tickets and more info

She’s doing it again: Marie Ulven aka Girl In Red returns to Australia after selling out her headline tour here last year. The Norwegian alt-pop sensation will play Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane this go round. Pre-sale begins Friday April 26, while general on-sale kicks off Monday April 29.

• READ MORE: Girl In Red on her new album: “It’s ballsy, big dick energy”

Tenacious D When: July 13 – July 22 Find tickets and more info

It’s been more than a decade since Tenacious D toured Australia, but that all changes in July. Jack Black and Kyle Gass will play their first shows in the country since 2013, performing six arena dates.

The tour will kick off with two shows at the ICC Sydney Theatre on July 13, continuing on to Newcastle, Brisbane and Melbourne before wrapping up at Adelaide Entertament centre on July 22. Find tickets here .

FLETCHER When: July 16 – July 28 Find tickets and more info

After postponing her original tour, the rescheduled dates for FLETCHER ’s long-awaited Australian visit have been locked in for mid-2024. Audiences across the country will revel in FLETCHER’s latest album ‘Girl Of My Dreams’ towards the end of July, with venues including Perth’s Metro City (July 16), Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane (July 18), Festival Hall in Melbourne (July 23) and Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion (July 28). Find tickets here.

The Last Dinner Party When: July 20 – July 23 Find tickets and more info

Nothing else will matter when The Last Dinner Party touch down in Australia this July. See the buzzy baroque indie pop band – and NME Cover stars – in Brisbane (a co-headline with TV Girl), Melbourne and Sydney (both supported by Tia Gostelow).

• READ MORE: The Last Dinner Party: the newly-coronated monarchs of baroque-pop

IVE: 1ST WORLD TOUR ‘SHOW WHAT I HAVE’ When: July 25 – July 28 Find tickets and more info

As part of their broader debut world tour, IVE will bring their ‘Show What I Have’ set to Australian shores in July, kicking off the two-date run at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena on July 25. The K-pop group will conclude the Australian leg of their tour in support of 2023 album ‘I’ve IVE’ with a show at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on July 28. Find tickets here.

• READ MORE: IVE – ‘I’VE MINE’ review: K-pop’s queen bees grow beyond the archetype

HEALTH: Rat Based Warfare Tour Down Under When: July 31 – August 4 Find more info and tickets here

The electronic body music of HEALTH flirts with metal, noise, and synth wave, but remains uniquely their own. The band are back in Australia after their 2023 Dark Mofo appearance for a full tour in support of their seventh album ‘Rat Wars’. They’ll play cosy rooms in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane from late July this year.

Greta Van Fleet: Starcatcher World Tour When: August 21 – August 27 Find tickets and more info

Classic rock revivalists Greta Van Fleet return to Australia for the first time in five years this August, supporting their 2023 album ‘Starcatcher’. They’ll kick things off in Brisbane then head to Sydney and Melbourne.

aespa: SYNK: Parallel Line Tour When: August 31 – September 2 Find more info

K-pop girl group aespa will bring all the dra-ma-ma-ma down under for two stops of their SYNK: Parallel Line tour. The four-piece of Karina , Giselle , Winter and NingNing will perform at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena on August 31 and head to Melbourne for the Rod Laver Arena two days later. A Telstra pre-sale begins May 7 while a TEG Live + Ticketek pre-sale begins two days later. General on-sale starts May 10.

• READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2023

Iron Maiden: The Future Past Tour When: September 1 – September 13 Find tickets and more info

In what will be their first trip Down Under since 2017, Iron Maiden are poised to bring The Future Past tour to stadiums in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne next September.

The first three cities will host the metal legends between September 1 to September 10, while Melbourne and Sydney will each enjoy a two-night outing at Rod Laver Arena (September 6 and 7) and Qudos Bank Arena (September 12 and 13), respectively. Find tickets here.

J Balvin: Que Bueno Volver a Verte Tour When: September 4 – September 10 Find more info and tickets here

J Balvin’s career as the Prince of Reggaeton has dovetailed with an explosion in the popularity of Latin music worldwide. The juggernaut will bring his Que Bueno Volver a Verte Tour (It’s Good To See You Tour) to Australian arenas in September this year. Sofi Tukker will support him as he plays the biggest rooms in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

Laufey: Bewitched: The Goddess Tour When: September 7 – September 14 Find tickets and more info

Get ready to fall under Laufey’s spell this September. The young jazz-pop star’s first Aussie tour last year sold out in minutes, and the Bewitched: The Goddess Tour looks set to do the same, with pre-sales already fully exhausted. She’ll play two shows in Sydney and Melbourne apiece, and also perform in Brisbane – general on-sale begins Friday April 26.

• READ MORE: Laufey on winning her first Grammy: “There is no way to prepare. It was really amazing”

SiM: Playdead World Tour When: September 12 – September 15 Find tickets and more info here

Like a kind of Japanese Gorillaz , SiM are a content universe unto their own – spanning anime , video games and records. Australian audiences can experience their inimitable reggae-metal-punk at The Zoo in Brisbane September 12, Sydney’s Crowbar on September 14 or Max Watts in Melbourne on September 15.

Thirty Seconds To Mars: Seasons World Tour When: September 12 – September 17 Find tickets and more info

To announce Thirty Seconds To Mars ’ Seasons World Tour, Jared Leto pulled a massive stunt: scaling the Empire State Building . The tour comes in support of their album ‘It’s The End Of The World But It’s A Beautiful Day’ and will hit Australian shores in mid-September. It marks the band’s first headline tour in over five years, and will see them grace the stage at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena (September 12), Qudos Bank Arena in Sydney (September 14) and Brisbane’s Riverstage (September 17). Find tickets here.

Ne-Yo: Champagne & Roses Tour When: September 26 – October 3 Find tickets and more info

Come closer – Ne-Yo is coming back to Australia for the Champagne & Roses Tour with special guest Lloyd. Expect smooth throwback R&B in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Brisbane and Sydney.

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The Reytons When: September 29 – October 5 Find more info and tickets here

Yorkshire four-piece The Reytons are revivalists of another revival – 2000s British indie. But this band is independent in the truer sense of the word, self-releasing their latest album ‘Ballad of a Bystander’. They will tour their raucous, ungenteel rock from late September to early October this year, packing rooms in Perth, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne.

The Kid LAROI When: October 2024 Find tickets and more info

US-based homegrown rap phenom The Kid LAROI ‘s return to Australia was supposed to take place in February, but it was postponed in December , with the Gamilaroi star calling February “logistically impossible”. Instead, he’ll fill stadiums around the country in October with tracks from his freshly released debut album ‘The First Time’. With shows locked in for Melbourne, Perth, Adelaide, Sydney and the Gold Coast, these all-ages shows will be his biggest to date. Stay tuned for more info on specific dates for the rescheduled tour.

• READ MORE: The Kid LAROI live in Sydney: A hometown hero returns a certified legend

Passenger When: October 17 – October 23 Find tickets and more info

Passenger’s first Australian tour in six years also serves as a celebration of his 2012 album ‘All The Little Lights’, which received an anniversary edition last year. This jaunt will feature Josh Pyke as supporting act and, notably, two shows at the Sydney Opera House (one of which is already sold out).

• READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life: Passenger

Kim Wilde: The Greatest Hits Tour When: October 17 – October 26 Find more info and tickets here

If you look at the pop charts for any given week in the 1980s, chances are Kim Wilde was on it. The ‘Kids in America’ singer is still performing, on a break from her new life as a gardener, and will play a whirlwind Australian tour this October. Wilde will begin in Brisbane on October 17, before heading through Tweed Heads, Sydney, Wollongong, Perth, Adelaide and finishing in Melbourne October 26.

• READ MORE: Soundtrack of My Life: Kim Wilde

Buzzcocks When: October 24 – November 2 Find more info and tickets here

The Buzzcocks , progenitors of “love punk” and pop punk before it even existed, are still going strong almost 50 years after their formation. With Steve Diggle on vocals, replacing the late Pete Shelley, the band will return to Australia for seven shows in late October to early November. The Buzzcocks will begin on the Gold Coast on October 24, before travelling through Brisbane, Adelaide, Fremantle, Newcastle, Sydney and finishing in Melbourne on November 2.

PinkPantheress: Capable of Love Tour When: October 29 – November 5 Find tickets and more info here

PinkPantheress was once an anonymous beatmaker going viral on TikTok – she’s anything but anonymous now, as she comes to Australia for the first time promoting her debut album ‘Heaven’. Between opening for Coldplay , the 22-year-old Brit will headline shows at Melbourne’s Festival Hall (October 29) and Horden Pavilion in Sydney on November 5.

Coldplay: Music of the Spheres Tour When: October 30 – November 9 Find tickets and more info here

Coldplay will bring their ‘Music of the Spheres’ tour to Australia’s east coast at the end of a more than two-year stretch. The pop juggernauts have already sold 9 million tickets – the most for any tour in history – and are set to play eight stadium shows in Melbourne and Sydney after playing in Perth in 2023.

Expect to experience the galactic sprawl of the band’s recent rock operas, while still belting out the anthems that took them to the top.

Take That and Sophie Ellis-Bextor When: October 30 – November 10 Find tickets and more info

It’ll be murder on the dancefloor when this tour comes to town. Sophie Ellis-Bextor , enjoying a Saltburn -fueled resurgence, will accompany Take That on a six-show tour of Australia . Three dates of the tour, which marks Take That’s first live shows in the region since 2017, will take place at wineries as part of A Day on the Green, where Ricki-Lee Coulter will also appear.

• READ MORE: Sophie Ellis-Bextor on the return of ‘Murder On The Dancefloor’ – and watching Saltburn with her mum

Hozier: Unreal Unearth Tour When: November 6 – November 18 Find more info and tickets here

Irish singer-songwriter Hozier will tour Down Under for the first time since 2019 this November, supporting his 2023 album ‘Unreal Unearth’ with a nation-wide arena sojourn. Hozier will kick off in Perth on November 6, before heading through Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. He will also play regional areas Torquay and the Hunter Valley as part of Summersalt festival.

• READ MORE: Hozier: “There has always been a space in my work for my own conscience”

Tate McRae: Think Later World Tour When: November 8 – November 17 Find tickets and more info

In what marks her biggest headline Australian shows to date, Tate McRae’s Think Later World Tour will head Down Under in November, encompassing five shows in Perth (November 8), Brisbane (November 10), Sydney (November 12), Adelaide (November 15) and Melbourne (November 17). The tour comes in support of McRae’s sophomore album ‘Think Later’, which features her massive single ‘Greedy’. Tickets are available here.

Pearl Jam: Dark Matter World Tour 2024 When: November 13 – November 23 Find tickets and more info

Pearl Jam have announced their new album ‘Dark Matter’, which they’ll support with a massive tour around the world . They’ll make a stop Down Under with Pixies in support, playing stadium shows in the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney. The grunge giants have added bonus gigs in Melbourne on November 18 and Sydney on November 23 in response to overwhelming demand. Find tickets here.

James Blunt: The Who We Used To Be Tour When: November 21 – November 28 Find tickets and more info here

Self-deprecating superstar James Blunt is returning to Australian stages for the first time in over six years in November 2024. The ‘You’re Beautiful’ singer will begin a five-date arena tour at Brisbane’s Riverstage on November 21, before heading through Sydney’s ICC Super Theatre (November 23), Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena (November 24), Adelaide’s Entertainment Centre Theatre (November 25) and Perth’s Red Hill Auditorium (November 28).

Wallows: Model Tour 2024 When: December 5 – December 14 Find more info and tickets here

US alt-rockers Wallows played some of their favourite shows ever on their previous tour of Australia – so they’ll undoubtedly be looking to top the experience when they return in December. They’ll kick things off in Perth, before heading to Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and finally Brisbane.

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Aussie Depeche Mode fans are an incredibly patient bunch. The last time the British synth-pop titans toured the country was in 1994, meaning nearly three decades have passed since they last paid us a visit. But good things come to those who wait, and it seems there is a glimmer of hope for those hoping to catch the band Down Under.

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In March 2023, Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan told an Italian blog that the band were eyeing “as-yet-unannounced dates in Asia and Australia” as part of a touring run that would lead into 2024. The band have toured the world in support of their latest album, ‘Memento Mori’ , and a trip to Australia to cap off the jaunt seems more likely than ever.

Additional reporting by Ellie Robinson, Tom Disalvo and Josh Martin

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