Andy Fletcher: Last News

Depeche Mode frontman Dave Gahan has spoken to NME about the late Mark Lanegan ahead of a special London gig in his honour this week.The former Screaming Trees frontman, Queens Of The Stone Age collaborator, grunge icon and solo pioneer passed away in February 2022 at the age of 57. This Thursday (December 5), a tribute gig for Lanegan will be held at The Roundhouse – the venue of his last live appearance in the city – marking what would have been the legend’s 60th birthday.The night will feature performances from friends and collaborators including Gahan, QOTSA’s Josh Homme and Troy Van Leeuwen, Chrissie Hynde, Primal Scream‘s Bobby Gillespie, Greg Dulli, The Kills‘ Alison Mosshart, Soulsavers and more, all delivering songs from throughout Lanegan’s catalogue.Gahan became friends with Lanegan when they toured together in the ’00s, before going on to record together with Soulsavers and with the Depeche Mode man singing songs penned by and for Lanegan with Humanist.Having also lost Depeche Mode’s Andy Fletcher in the run-up to recording the band’s 2023 album ‘Memento Mori‘, Gahan explained how he was feeling the profound impact of his friends’ passing.“It’s time; you start thinking about time,” he told NME of the shadow cast by Lanegan’s death.

Depeche Mode have played the final show of their extensive ‘Memento Mori’ tour earlier this week. See footage and the setlist below.The tour consisted of 112 shows in support of the band’s 15th studio album ‘Memento Mori’ and saw them perform to well over 2million fans.

Depeche Mode performed ‘My Favourite Stranger’ from their latest album ‘Memento Mori‘ for a Halloween special of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.The synth-pop veterans played the latest single from their 15th studio album for the spooky special, which aired yesterday (October 31).On Friday (October 27) the band performed the album’s second single, ‘Wagging Tongue’, for the same programme.Watch both performances below.‘Memento Mori’ was released in March and marked the band’s first album since bandmate Andy Fletcher died last year.‘Wagging Tongue’, meanwhile, recently got the remix treatment courtesy of Wet Leg.News of Depeche Mode performing for the Fallon… Halloween special follows the band announcing yesterday (October 31) the acts that will join them on the UK and European leg of their 2023 ‘Memento Mori’ tour.The band shared that there will be four different artists joining them across the 32 dates that take place between January and April 2024.Nadine Shah will support the band for the UK dates in London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as in Dublin, Antwerp, Amsterdam and Copehagen. Humanist, Suzie Stapleton and Deeper will split the remaining dates as support acts.See the full updated tour schedule and buy tickets here.In a four-star review of the group’s recent London show, NME wrote: “What ultimately hits the hardest is the generosity of bangers and the graceful energy they arrive with.“Look at that setlist: the bittersweet euphoria of ‘Everything Counts’, the furious stomp of ‘I Feel You’, a gnarly outing of ‘Wrong’, the Jacques Lu Cont dancey swagger of ‘A Pain That I’m Used To’.“And that encore? ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’ into ‘Never Let Me Down Again’ into ‘Personal Jesus’? Come on.

Wet Leg have shared a biting new remix of Depeche Mode‘s ‘Wagging Tongue’ – listen to it below.The track – released on Friday (July 7) – sees Wet Leg put their signature stamp on Depeche Mode’s ‘Wagging Tongue’, off their latest album ‘Memento Mori’. The remix trades in Depeche Mode’s gloom for a glitzier, more colourful interpretation that transforms Dave Gahan’s vocals into a dreamier instrument. Listen to Wet Leg’s remix of Depeche Mode’s ‘Wagging Tongue’ below.‘Wagging Tongue’ features on Depeche Mode’s latest offering, ‘Memento Mori’.

James Ford has said that he “regrets” producing Mumford & Sons’ ‘Wilder Mind’, but that Depeche Mode’s ‘Spirit’ was the “hardest” to make.Speaking to NME, Ford – who counts Arctic Monkeys and Blur among his other credits – was asked which record from his career he has found the hardest to produce.“Well, the one I wish I’d never done was that fucking Mumford record [2015’s ‘Wilder Mind’]!” he replied.“I don’t know why I did that. It paid for my house but it’s the record I regret doing.”Of the hardest record he has made, he added: “The hardest was probably the [2017] Depeche Mode album ‘Spirit’ because everyone was in a horrible place, the mood was strange, people weren’t getting on, and a lot of it felt like marriage guidance counselling to stop the whole thing falling off the rails and the band splitting up.”Despite this, Ford has positive memories of producing Depeche Mode’s most recent album, 2023’s ‘Memento Mori’.

Depeche Mode performed their track ‘Wagging Tongue’ from new album ‘Memento Mori‘ on French TV last month – watch the newly-aired footage below.The synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – performed the atmospheric track on French music television show Taratata, which aired Saturday (March 25).The song – one of three songwriting credits Gahan has on ‘Memento Mori’ – is track number two on the album, which NME said in a four-star review was “their best work this century”.Check out footage of the performance below.The band also performed ‘Personal Jesus’, ‘Ghosts Again‘ and ‘Precious’, which you can watch below.In a recent interview with NME, Gore reflected on how Gahan’s writing “gets better with each record we do”, adding “that’s interesting to see”.The new album is Depeche Mode’s first since the loss of bandmate Andy Fletcher. Speaking to NME last year, Gahan said: “Fletch was probably, let’s just say, the least of all of us in terms of excesses.

Depeche Mode kicked off their 2023 world tour in the US last night (March 23) – check out photos, fan-shot footage and the full setlist below.The synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – delivered a 23-track set at the Golden 1 Center arena in Sacramento, California. To open the concert, they performed ‘My Cosmos Is Mine’ from their new album ‘Memento Mori’ for the first time.They also debuted ‘Speak To Me’ and ‘Soul With Me’ from the record, and played their recent single ‘Ghosts Again’.Elsewhere, Depeche Mode dedicated a live rendition of their 1990 single ‘World In My Eyes’ to their late bandmate Andy Fletcher.

Depeche Mode have spoken to NME about what The Psychedelic Furs‘ Richard Butler brought to the writing of their upcoming album, ‘Memento Mori’.The synth-pop icons will this week release their long-awaited 15th album ‘Memento Mori’ – marking their first new material since the passing of founding member Andy Fletcher last year.Four of the album’s tracks – with a further two set to be released later this year – feature songwriting credits from Butler. Speaking to NME as part of a recent interview, the band’s chief songwriter Martin Gore explained the significance of this being a “big first” for him.“I’ve never written with anyone outside of the band in our history,” Gore told NME.

Depeche Mode have revealed why they hand-picked Kelly Lee Owens to open for the band on their upcoming US dates.In February, the band announced the support acts for the North American leg of their 2023 ‘Memento Mori’ world tour.The band confirmed that Kelly Lee Owens would open for them on the first leg of their US/Canada trek, with dates including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago and Toronto.In a new interview with NME, Dave Gahan and Martin Gore spoke about their respect for the Welsh electronica genius and former NME cover star.“We were given a massive list of potential support acts; some of them I knew, like Kelly Lee Owens who I actually really liked, and we decided she’d be a perfect fit,” Gore said.“What she does is very atmospheric and it never seems like there’s only one person playing – she really puts her soul into it.”Elsewhere in the interview, the band spoke about their long-awaited upcoming album ‘Memento Mori’, which is Depeche Mode’s first record since 2017’s ‘Spirit’ and their first since bandmate Andy Fletcher died at the age of 60 in May 2022.“The most important thing is to be putting out good music and that people like it,” Gore said. “Once we finish this tour we’ll take a break, then we’ll see if and when we feel like doing it again.

Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan and Martin Gore have spoken to NME about how the death of Andy Fletcher impacted their dynamic, and said that the loss brought them closer.The two surviving members were speaking as part of a new interview with NME when they opened up about how Andy Fletcher’s death last year impacted the band. Frontman Gahan likened the loss of the keyboardist to that of The Rolling Stones’ late drummer, Charlie Watts.“With The Stones losing Charlie Watts, knowing about their longevity and how it’s fucking hard work to keep a band going for that long, you realise how it’s got to be losing an anchor,” Gahan told NME.

Depeche Mode have spoken about their 1987 track ‘Never Let Me Down Again’ appearing on HBO‘s The Last Of Us.The track, which originally appeared on their 1987 album ‘Music For The Masses’, is heard at the end of the first episode, ‘When You’re Lost in the Darkness’. It is then featured again in the series’ sixth episode.Streams of ‘Never Let Me Down Again’ saw a 220.5 per cent increase in the US alone thanks to its inclusion in the closing sequence of the hit apocalyptic show’s pilot.“That was nuts,” frontman Dave Gahan said. “We didn’t expect that.

Depeche Mode have released an eerie new song, ‘My Cosmos Is Mine’ – check it out below.The song is the second, following ‘Ghosts Again’, to be lifted from their long-awaited upcoming album ‘Memento Mori’, which will be released on March 24. ‘My Cosmos Is Mine’ is set to serve as the album’s opening track.Check out ‘My Cosmos Is Mine’ below:‘Memento Mori’ is Depeche Mode’s first record since 2017’s ‘Spirit’ and their first since bandmate Andy Fletcher died at the age of 60 in May 2022.However, despite the record’s dark themes, particularly the idea of life after death, Dave Gahan told NME back in October that the music pre-dates Fletcher’s passing.“A lot of the songs for this record were written over the last couple of years Martin [Gore, bandmate] had been demoing for a while and was just waiting for me to come back to the fold,” he said.

Depeche Mode have added more North American shows to their 2023 ‘Memento Mori’ world tour – tickets will be available here.The synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – are due to hit the road in the US and Canada next month following the release of their 15th album, ‘Memento Mori’, which is out on March 17 via Columbia/Mute.Today (February 16), Depeche Mode announced a second North American leg that takes in 29 new dates between late September and mid-December, 2023.Extra gigs will take place in locations such as Mexico City, Austin, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Orlando, Brooklyn, Nashville, Philadelphia and Toronto. The run is set to conclude with a pair of LA gigs at the city’s Kia Forum and Crypto.com Arena.Tickets for the newly-confirmed concerts go on general sale at 10am local time next Friday (February 24) – you’ll be able to purchase yours here.

It was another difficult year in 2022, and the sadness extended to many beloved and groundbreaking people in the show business and media worlds who died during the past 12 months.

Depeche Mode‘s Dave Gahan has spoken to NME about returning from the brink to make new album ‘Memento Mori’, and life after the loss of bandmate Andy Fletcher. Watch our video interview with the frontman above.Yesterday (October 4) saw the electro icons announce details of their 15th album and an upcoming world stadium tour from a press conference in Berlin.

Depeche Mode have announced that they will release a new album, called ‘Memento Mori’, early next year, and embark of their first live shows for five years.The news follows the death of founder member Andy Fletcher, who passed away during the making of the album earlier this year.“We started work on this project early in the pandemic, and its themes were directly inspired by that time”, says the band’s Martin Gore. “After Fletch’s passing, we decided to continue as we’re sure this is what he would have wanted, and that has really given the project an extra level of meaning”.Dave Gahan adds: “Fletch would have loved this album.

Depeche Mode have announced their 15th studio album, ‘Memento Mori’, and detailed a world tour for 2023.During a press conference in Berlin today (October 4), frontman Dave Gahan and main songwriter Martin Gore previewed a piece of music from their upcoming LP, which they’ve been recording in Santa Barbara, California.The pair are due to head to New York following the event to finish working on the James Ford-produced new record.“We’re quite far into it now, the actual recording process,” Gore explained. “We’ve got all of the tracks finished for the album, without them being mixed.”Gahan said that Depeche Mode had begun writing the material “a couple of years back”, before eventually reuniting in the studio this summer.A “memento mori” is an object that’s kept as a reminder of the inevitability of death – a skull, for example.

Depeche Mode have shared a new teaser for their upcoming announcement, due next week (October 4).Earlier this week (September 27), the band posted a photo of a studio on Instagram with the date 4.10.22, next Tuesday.A further video has now been shared ahead of the announcement, confirming a time for the announcement (1pm CET, 12pm BST) and the word: “BERLIN.”“Join us virtually,” the band wrote.No further details on what the announcement will be have been shared at this stage, but “more info soon” is promised by the new post.The announcement will come after singer Dave Gahan and the band’s main songwriter Martin Gore were recently pictured in the studio working on new music. “Finding stability in what we know and love, and focusing on what gives life meaning and purpose,” they wrote at the time.See the new Berlin-based teaser for Tuesday’s announcement below.A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)The band’s new announcement will arrive after founding member and keyboardist Andy Fletcher died earlier this year aged 60.Fletcher was a member of the band for more than four decades since the release of their debut album ‘Speak & Spell’ in 1981.

Depeche Mode are teasing an announcement for next week.The surviving members of the band posted a photo of a studio on Instagram this evening (September 27) with the date 4.10.22.It is unclear what the announcement will be at this stage but frontman Dave Gahan and the band’s main songwriter Martin Gore were recently pictured in the studio working on new music.“Finding stability in what we know and love, and focusing on what gives life meaning and purpose,” they wrote at the time.A post shared by Depeche Mode (@depechemode)That photo was shared just months after founding member and keyboardist, Andy Fletcher died, aged 60.Fletcher was a member of the beloved synth-pop group for more than four decades since the release of their debut album ‘Speak & Spell’ in 1981. That album included chart-topping hits, such as ‘Dreaming Of Me’ ‘New Life’ and ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’.

Depeche Mode have shared a new photo of the band recording in the studio.Frontman Dave Gahan and the band’s main songwriter Martin Gore took to Instagram to upload the pic alongside the caption: “Finding stability in what we know and love, and focusing on what gives life meaning and purpose.”The photo was shared just months after founding member and keyboardist, Andy Fletcher died, aged 60.Fletcher was a member of the beloved synth-pop group for more than four decades since the release of their debut album ‘Speak & Spell’ in 1981. The album included chart-topping hits, such as ‘Dreaming Of Me’ ‘New Life’ and ‘Just Can’t Get Enough’.

Andy Fletcher’s death, his Depeche Mode bandmates revealed his cause of death.“A couple weeks ago, we received the result from the medical examiners, which Andy’s family asked us to share with you now,” they wrote in a heartfelt Instagram post on the band’s official page on Monday. “Andy suffered an aortic dissection while at home on May 26.