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Depeche Mode announce 2009 European tour




Jaunt will include a date at London 02 Arena

Depeche Mode have announced details of the European leg of their forthcoming world tour.

The electro-rock veterans will kick off the tour in Israel on May 10, before playing a date at London's 02 Arena on May 30 as part of the tour.

Tickets for the 'Tour Of The Universe go on sale 9am (BST) this Friday (October 10).

The band are currently in a New York studio recording their 12th album, which is set for release in the spring next year.

Depeche Mode will play:

Tel Aviv Ramat Gan Stadium (May 10)
Athens Terra Vibe Park (12)
Istanbul Santral Istanbul (14)
Bucharest Parc Izvor (16)
Sofia Vasil Levski Stadium (18)
Belgrade USCE Park, Tuborg Greenfest (20)
Zagreb Arena (21)
Warsaw Gwardia Stadium (23)
Riga Skonto Stadium (25)
Vilnius Zalgirio Stadionas (27)
London O2 Arena (30)
Hamburg HSH Nordbank Arena (June 2)
Dusseldorf LTU Arena (4)
Liepzig Zentralstadion (7)
Berlin Olympiastadion (10)
Frankfurt Commerzbank Arena (12)
Munich Olympiastadion (13)
Rome Stadio Olimpico (16)
Milan Stadio San Siro (18)
Werchter TW Classic Festival (20)
Bratislava Inter Stadium (22)
Buspest Puskas Ferenc Stadium (23)
Prague Slavia Stadium (25)
Paris (venue TBC) (27)
Copenhagen Parken Stadium (30)
Bergen Koengen (July 2)
Arvika Festival (3)
Porto Superbock Super Rock Festival (11)

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Major World Tour Begins May 2009, New Album Due April 2009

OCTOBER 6th, BERLIN: Depeche Mode (Dave Gahan, Martin Gore and Andy Fletcher) have today announced the European leg of their ‘Tour of the Universe 2009’. The band are currently in New York working on a new album, due April next year.

Depeche Mode’s eagerly-anticipated follow up to ‘Playing The Angel’ will be the 12th album of a glorious 28 year career in which they have sold over 75 million records. One of the world’s biggest and best live acts, ‘Tour of the Universe 2009’ will undoubtedly be the musical highlight of next year.

Kicking off in Israel on May 10th, this will be Depeche Mode’s first ever stadium tour, taking in 28 cities across 22 countries before finishing at Porto’s Superbock Super Rock Festival on July 11th.

Depeche Mode will play to over 1.3 million fans on this European leg of ‘Tour of the Universe 2009’. It’s their first since 2006’s ‘Playing the Angel’ tour, which smashed European sales records with 1.8 million tickets sold across 87 shows.

The last date of the ‘Playing The Angel’ tour – August 3rd 2006 – was to take place at Tel Aviv’s Hayarkon Park, but the band were forced to cancel due to the impending war. Tel Aviv’s Ramat Gan Stadium thus provides a fitting stage for Depeche Mode’s spectacular live return.

check out: Depeche Mode :: Press Conference for a stream of the live press conference held earlier today.

sweet
apparently the sisters of mercy are touring in 2009 too!

the sisters of mercy are playing in north america this month. i may go, i haven't seen them since the early 90's.

i can't wait for this depeche mode tour. they are always such a great live band.

i was gonna post this

I CANNOT WAIT. i'll surely be at both italian dates and maybe some others, who knows. i wont pay, may i add (at least over here)

seeing them live was one of the best things EVER.