Depeche Mode Announce Global Spirit Tour

 

MILAN, ITALY (October 11, 2016) - Depeche Mode, one of modern music’s most influential artists, announced today at a special event in Milan that they will be embarking on a world tour in May 2017 to support their new studio album, Spirit, due to be released in early 2017. Following the release of the album, the Global Spirit Tour will provide lifelong fans and new fans alike with an opportunity to see the band’s ground-breaking and intensely emotive shows.
 
The first leg of the Global Spirit Tour will see Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher play to more than 1.5 million fans in 32 cities in 21 countries across Europe. The tour starts at Stockholm’s Friends Arena on May 5, 2017, and will play fan-favourite venues including Paris’ Stade de France, San Siro in Milan, and Berlin’s Olympiastadion. Additional tour stops include new stadiums for the band such as London Stadium, Otkritie Arena in Moscow, and Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The European leg ends July 23 with a final stadium show in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Please see below for full tour routing and information.
 
Following the European tour dates in Summer 2017, the Global Spirit Tour will continue with shows in North and South America. The Global Spirit Tour will be the band’s 18th tour and will mark their first live performances in over three years. The band’s last tour, the Delta Machine Tour, played to over 2.5 million fans at sold-out shows across Europe and North America and was one of 2013’s largest and best selling tours. On the Global Spirit Tour the band will continue their charity partnership with Swiss watch maker Hublot, raising money and awareness for Charity: Water toward their mission of providing safe drinking water to everyone in the world.
 
Spirit will be the musical pioneers’ 14th studio album and the follow-up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Delta Machine, which reached a top five chart position in 26 countries and the number one position in 12 countries. Spirit is being produced by James Ford, founding member of the band Simian Mobile Disco, whose recent production work includes albums by Florence and the Machine and Arctic Monkeys. Spirit will be released in early 2017 via Columbia Records worldwide.
 
Speaking in Milan, Dave Gahan commented, “We're exceptionally proud of Spirit's sound and energy, and we're excited to get back on tour to share it with our fans around the world."
 
Having sold over 100 million records and played live to more than 30 million fans worldwide, Depeche Mode refuse to become complacent, with innumerable artists citing them as inspirations and critics celebrating them as “still blazing trails” and “becoming more and more significant as time passes”. Spiritand the Global Spirit Tour are poised to continue this history of musical innovation and the band’s critical and commercial success.
 
The Global Spirit Tour –  Summer 2017 European Tour Dates
 
May 5               Stockholm, Sweden                              Friends Arena
May 7               Amsterdam, Netherlands                     Ziggo Dome
May 9               Antwerp, Belgium                                  Sportpaleis
May 12             Nice, France                                           Stade Charles-Ehrmann
May 14             Ljubljana, Slovenia                               Dvorana Stožice
May 17             Athens, Greece                                      Terra Vibe Park
May 20             Bratislava, Slovakia                               Štadión Pasienky
May 22             Budapest, Hungary                               Groupama Aréna
May 24             Prague, Czech Republic                       Eden Aréna
May 27             Leipzig, Germany                                   Festwiese
May 29             Lille, France                                            Stade Pierre-Mauroy
May 31             Copenhagen, Denmark                        Telia Parken
 
June 3              London, United Kingdom                      London Stadium
June 5              Cologne, Germany                                 RheinEnergieStadion
June 9              Munich, Germany                                   Olympiastadion
June 11             Hannover, Germany                              HDI Arena
June 18             Zurich, Switzerland                               Letzigrund Stadion
June 20             Frankfurt, Germany                               Commerzbank-Arena
June 22             Berlin, Germany                                    Olympiastadion
June 25             Rome, Italy                                             Stadio Olimpico
June 27             Milan, Italy                                              Stadio San Siro
June 29             Bologna, Italy                                         Stadio Rentao Dall’Ara
 
July 1               Paris, France                                            Stade de France
July 4               Gelsenkirchen, Germany                       Veltins-Arena
July 6               Bilbao, Spain                                            BBK Live Festival
July 8               Lisbon, Portugal                                      NOS Alive Festival
July 13             St. Petersburg, Russia                           SKK
July 15             Moscow, Russia                                      Otkritie Arena
July 17             Minsk, Belarus                                         Minsk-Arena
July 19             Kiev, Ukraine                                            Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
July 21             Warsaw, Poland                                       PGE Narodowy
July 23             Cluj-Napoca, Romania                          Cluj Arena
 
 Tickets are on-sale from 9am on Friday 14th October priced at £70, £60, £55, £40 (subject to per-ticket charge plus order processing fee) and are available from www.livenation.co.uk 
 
For more info and press enquiries, please contact:
 
Barbara Charone
BC@MBCPR.com
 
Fred Mellor
Fred@MBCPR.com

October 11, 2016 8:12am ET by Live Nation  

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