Depeche Mode were the musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert this week – watch their majestic performances of ‘Ghosts Again’ and ‘Personal Jesus’ below.
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The performances come soon after the synth-pop duo – comprising Dave Gahan and Martin Gore – announced their huge 2023 ‘Memento Mori’ world tour, which begins next month following the release of their 15th album, ‘Memento Mori’, which is out on March 17 via Columbia/Mute.
Earlier this month, the duo performed new single ‘Ghosts Again’ live for the first time at the SanRemo Song Festival in Italy, marking the first time the band had performed live since the death of bandmate Andy Fletcher last year.
On The Late Show, they gave the track another outing alongside classic hit ‘Personal Jesus’ – check out both performances below.
Last week, Depeche Mode added more North American shows to their 2023 world tour, which begins in the US and Canada next month.
Ahead of the run, the band 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.
Kelly Lee Owens and Gahan’s daughter Stella Rose will appear as the support acts on the first North American leg. It is not yet know who’ll open for the band when they return in the autumn. Tickets are available here.
Depeche Mode are also scheduled to tour in Europe, the UK and Ireland this year. Find any remaining tickets for the UK dates here.
‘Memento Mori’ follows on from the duo’s 2017 album ‘Spirit’, and is their first record since the death of founding member Andy Fletcher in May 2022. The group shared a new single called ‘Ghosts Again’ last week, before performing it live onstage for the first time.
During an interview with NME last October, frontman Gahan explained that he was initially hesitant about making a new Depeche Mode album.
“It wasn’t something I dived into, I have got to say,” he said. “At first I put up quite a bit of resistance. I would say, ‘I don’t know if I still want to do this’; all the usual kind of stuff, but there was a bit more of that than usual.”
Depeche Mode’s 2023 UK and European tour dates are as follows:
MAY 202316 – Amsterdam, NL Ziggo Dome20 – Antwerp, BE Sportpaleis Antwerpen23 – Stockholm, SE Friends Arena26 – Leipzig, DE Leipziger Festwiese28 – Bratislava, SK Národný Futbalový Štadión31 – Bordeaux, FR Matmut Atlantique
JUNE 202302 – Barcelona, ES Primavera Sound Festival04 – Dusseldorf, DE Merkur Spiel-Arena06 – Dusseldorf, DE Merkur Spiel-Arena09 – Madrid, ES Primavera Sound Festival11 – Bern, CH Stadion Wankdorf14 – Dublin, IE Malahide Castle17 – London, UK Twickenham Stadium20 – Munich, DE Olympiastadion22 – Lille, FR Stade Pierre Mauroy24 – Paris, FR Stade de France27 – Copenhagen, DK Parken29 – Frankfurt, DE Deutsche Bank Park
JULY 202304 – Lyon, FR Groupama Stadium07 – Berlin, DE Olympiastadion12 – Rome, IT Stadio Olympico14 – Milan, IT San Siro16 – Bologna, IT Stadio Renato Dall’Ara21 – Klagenfurt, AT Wörthersee Stadion23 – Zagreb, HR Arena Zagreb26 – Bucharest, RO Arena Națională28 – Budapest, HU Puskás Aréna30 – Prague, CZ Letňany Airport
AUGUST 202302 – Warsaw, PL PGE Narodowy06 – Tallinn, EE Tallinna Lauluväljak08 – Helsinki, FI Kaisaniemen Puisto11 – Oslo, NO Telenor Arena
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