DATE: SEPTEMBER 8, 2005
FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/MARCEE RONDAN/LATHUM NELSON
DEPECHE MODE
ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN ARENA TOUR
DEPECHE MODE have unveiled dates for a North American arena tour that will launch November 2 in Ft. Lauderdale and continue through mid-December. Touching down at such venues as Madison Square Garden in New York City (December 7) and Staples Center in Los Angeles (November 21), the trek will support PLAYING THE ANGEL, the new album from DEPECHE MODE that comes out October 18 on Sire/Reprise. Supporting duties will alternate between the Bravery and the Ravonettes.
This trek marks DEPECHE MODE’s first since 2001’s mega-successful “Exciter” tour, when they performed 85 shows to nearly two million people. PLAYING THE ANGEL is the band’s first new studio album since Exciter, which sold two million copies worldwide. The album features the single “Precious,” a classic DEPECHE MODE song with a cyber pulse matched to a glorious chorus.
Following the U.S. concert leg, DEPECHE MODE–DAVE GAHAN, MARTIN GORE and ANDREW FLETCHER–head overseas for 55 European dates that span a host of countries including Germany, England, Switzerland, Poland, France and Italy. Four months prior to their first European show, tickets are going fast with sales already topping 520,000, leading to a host of notable sell-outs. The overseas tour kicks off in Dresden on January 13, 2006, finishing with the opening shows of the new Wembley Arena on April 2 and 3, 2006.
DEPECHE MODE’s North American tour dates:
DATE CITY VENUE
*Wed 11/2 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Office Depot
*Thu 11/3 St. Petersburg, FL St. Pete Times Forum
*Sat 11/5 Atlanta, GA The Arena at Gwinnett Center
*Mon 11/7 Houston, TX Toyota Center
*Tue 11/8 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
*Wed 11/9 San Antonio, TX SBC Center
*Fri 11/11 Denver, CO Magness Arena
*Sat 11/12 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
+Tue 11/15 Vancouver, BC GM Place
+Wed 11/16 Seattle, WA Key Arena
+Fri 11/18 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
+Sat 11/19 San Diego, CA ipayOne Center (Sports Arena)
+Mon 11/21 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
+Fri 11/25 Phoenix, AZ Glendale Arena
+Sat 11/26 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
+Tue 11/29 Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
+Wed 11/30 Detroit, MI Palace
+Thu 12/1 Toronto, ON Air Canada Center
*Sat 12/3 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata
*Sun 12/4 Montreal, QU Bell Center
*Wed 12/7 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
*Fri 12/9 Washington DC Patriot Center
*The Bravery supports
+The Raveonettes supports
For more information, visit www.depechemode.com.
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