Depeche Mode Tribute

Pinkpop boss Jan Smeets has been quoted by the Belga press agency saying that Depeche Mode will most probably not be perfoming at this year’s Pinkpop festival in Holland. Smeets says he’s trying to book Oasis or The Prodigy as a replacement act. As if…

In the end Pinkpop asked Krezip, once again, to act as a replacement… crazy.

As www.side-line.com reported, Dave Gahan has been diagnosed having bladder cancer. We wish him all the best whilst recovering!

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Depeche Mode have announced that they are forced to cancel a further three shows on their “Tour of the Universe”. The offical announcement reads that doctors have advised that more time is needed to allow singer, Dave Gahan, to fully recover from his recent illness and ensure that the tour can resume shortly.  The following additional shows have been cancelled:

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Sat 23 - Warsaw, Poland, Gwardia Stadium
Mon 25 - Riga, Latvia, Skonto Stadium
Wed 27 - Vilnius, Lithuania, Zalgiris Stadium

Ticket holders for the above shows are advised to hold onto their tickets, as an announcement will follow soon with regard to either new rescheduled concert dates, or their final cancellation.

No news yet on the illness of Dave Gahan giving room to lots of speculation…

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Erasure frontman criticises latest Depeche Mode album in a Q&A with fans. The title says it all.

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Depeche Mode have been forced to cancel a further four shows on their “Sounds of the Universe” tour due to further complications from singer Dave Gahan’s severe bout of gastroenteritis. The following shows have been cancelled:

• May 16th Bucharest, Romania, Izvor Park
• May 18th Sofia, Bulgaria, Vasil Levski Stadium
• May 20th Belgrade, Serbia, USCE Park
• May 21st Zagreb, Croatia, Arena

Ticket holders for the above shows are advised to hold on to their tickets as an announcement will be made shortly in regard to rescheduled dates or final cancellation. 

New shows to be announced
In better news, new dates are about to be added as well including on-sale info for Spain, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Argentina and Brazil.

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The Greek Depeche Mode fans that had gathered at the Terra Vibe Park near Athens yesterday evening didn’t really get the show they had expected. Over 30.000 people got the not so pleasant message that the show was canceled due to Gahan being rushed to hospital. The announcement was followed by bottles being thrown on stage by enraged fans though the venue was cleared soon after without further incidents. 

According to the first reports Gahan suffers from stomach and further intestinal problems and is currently being examined in a hospital near the capital of Greece. It’s not sure when the band will continue the tour. They are expected to perform in Istanbul, Turkey on May 14th followed by a gig on May 16th in Bucharest, Romania.

In more not so pleasant news, it seems the father from Andy Flether passed away last weekend.

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Side-Line Magazine announces that the pre-sales for the Depeche Mode live CD’s of the new tour have started:

As we announced about a month ago, Depeche Mode are ready to repeat the Live Here Now approach for their upcoming world “Tour of The Universe 2009″. The news has been confirmed by Liveherenow.com who has started the pre-sales for the live recordings right here. This means that every concert will be released as a 2CD set and download. It will be the second time that Depeche Mode chooses this approach. Almost the complete last half of their 2005/2006 “Touring The Angel” tour was also available as ‘legal bootlegs’ via the EMI company Live Here Now. Just like last time, fans will be able to buy vouchers at the shows and online. The 2CD versions are 18 UK Pound (if you buy 3 you get one for free) and the downloads are 10 UK Pound (also here, if you buy 3 you get one for free) . 

Small detail, the first try-out gig in Luxemburg is not featured in the list.

Live Here Now was established in 2004 to produce and sell live concert recordings within minutes of an event finishing. The project is run by a team of industry professionals and the company’s first release was recorded at Camber Sands in December 2004, capturing Throbbing Gristle live. Later on the releases were post-produced and sent off a few days to a few weeks after the gigs took place which increased the quality largely.

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Enjoy this rather tasty setlist from the warming up gig last night:

01. In Chains
02. Wrong
03. Hole To Feed
04. Walking In My Shoes
05. It’s No Good
06. A Question Of Time
07. Precious
08. Fly On The Windscreen
09. Jezebel
10. A Question Of Lust (acoustic)
11. Come Back
12. Peace
13. In Your Room
14. I Feel You
15. In Sympathy
16. Enjoy The Silence
17. Never Let Me Down Again
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18. Stripped
19. Master And Servant
20. Strangelove
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21. Personal Jesus
22. Waiting For The Night (acoustic)

Enjoy these videos from last night:

And there are some more overhere.

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And here is the video for “Wrong”:

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From April 28 to May 26, 2009, Depeche Mode is inviting all DJs and aspiring producers out there to remix the band’s new single “Peace”, taken from their new album “Sounds of the Universe“. The winning remix will be released on Beatport.com through Mute Records. The grand prize winner will also win a Jazzmutant Lemur multitouch controller, Native Instrument’s Maschine groove production studio, a Pacemaker portable DJ system, V-Moda headphones and a $250 Beatport gift card. More details can be found through following link.

Mind you, you’ll have to pay 3.99 US$ to get the sources…

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Check this new ‘Nick Rhodes’ look of the ex-curly Martin Lee Gore and let us know what you think of it!

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