DT: SEPTEMBER 15, 2005
FM: LATHUM NELSON/MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER
DEPECHE MODE AND SIRE/REPRISE RECORDS
BREAK NEW GROUND AS CLUB DJs COAST TO COAST DOWNLOAD SPECIAL REMIXES OF THE BAND'S NEW SINGLE "PRECIOUS"
DEPECHE MODE and their label Sire/Reprise–in conjunction with Pitch Control Marketing–set a precedent by inviting the 152 Billboard reporting club DJs to download digital copies of seven remixes of the group's new single "Precious" via pitchcontroldj.com. Over 100 DJs have downloaded both special U.K. and Victor Calderone dance remixes versions of the song–which debuted in clubs over Labor Day weekend–making the single the #2 Breakout on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart. Featuring a cyber pulse matched to a glorious chorus, "Precious" is the first single from PLAYING THE ANGEL, the band's new album that's due out October 18.
DEPECHE MODE and their label Sire/Reprise–in conjunction with Pitch Control Marketing–set a precedent by inviting the 152 Billboard reporting club DJs to download digital copies of seven remixes of the group's new single "Precious" via pitchcontroldj.com. Over 100 DJs have downloaded both special U.K. and Victor Calderone dance remixes versions of the song–which debuted in clubs over Labor Day weekend–making the single the #2 Breakout on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play Chart. Featuring a cyber pulse matched to a glorious chorus, "Precious" is the first single from PLAYING THE ANGEL, the band's new album that's due out October 18.
PLAYING THE ANGEL is already receiving acclaim ahead of its release date. Robert Hanson at Remix magazine says, "This record stands shoulder-to-shoulder with their finest work," while Ernie Rideout at Keyboard calls the album "an electronic masterpiece."
DEPECHE MODE–DAVE GAHAN, MARTIN GORE and ANDREW FLETCHER-recently announced their North American arena tour will launch November 2 in Ft. Lauderdale and continue through mid-December. 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 bands first new studio album since Exciter, which sold two million copies worldwide.
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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